JULY 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2745

Education Board of the District of Nelson.—Election of Member to fill Extraordinary Vacancy.

IN accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, 1908, it is hereby notified that WILLIAM CHARLES BAIGENT, Esq., has been elected a member of the Nelson Education Board, representing the Middle Ward, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of L. D. Easton, Esq.

The number of valid votes recorded for each candidate was as follows:—

Baigent, William Charles .. .. .. 40
Patterson, Robert .. .. .. 26
Symes, Thomas .. .. .. 19
Pattie, Thomas .. .. .. 16
Pugh, John .. .. .. 16
Win, John William .. .. .. 15
Wilkinson, Oliver Clinton .. .. .. 13
Riley, Harry Bolton .. .. .. 12
Clough, Enoch .. .. .. 8
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Total number of votes recorded .. 165

N. R. WILLIAMS,
Returning Officer.

Education Office, Nelson, 30th May, 1914.

Applications invited for the Position of Farm Overseer, Boys’ Training-farm, Weraroa.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 8th July, 1914.

1. APPLICATIONS will be received by the undersigned up till noon on the 25th July, 1914, from officers of the Public Service, for the position of Farm Overseer, Boys’ Training-farm, Weraroa.

2. Applications must be made on forms obtainable from the Permanent Head of the Education Department or from this office.

3. Applicants must—
   (a.) Have a thorough knowledge of farming in all its branches;
   (b.) Have ability to control and instruct boys in modern farming methods;
   (c.) Be of a thoroughly good moral character, sober, and even-tempered.

4. The successful applicant would be a working overseer, and would be required to perform a certain amount of supervision duty in addition to his duties on the farm.

5. The position will be graded in the General Division. Salary to commence, £160 per annum, and keep; maximum, £175.

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.

Immigration and Emigration Returns.

RETURN of IMMIGRATION to and EMIGRATION from the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the MONTH of MAY, 1914, showing the Places from which Persons arrived and to which they departed, and the Ports of Arrival and Departure.

ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES FROM AND TO DIFFERENT PLACES.

The excess of the departures from New Zealand over the arrivals therein during the month of May, 1914, was therefore 918 persons.

• From Bengal, 66; Singapore, 1; British Columbia, 43; Cape Town, 18. † For British Columbia, 70; Singapore, 2. ‡ From Sandwich Islands, 12; Friendly Islands, 7; Navigator Islands, 2; Society Islands, 14. § For Society Islands. || From San Francisco. ¶ For San Francisco, 65; Monte Video, 13; Rio de Janeiro, 2.

ARRIVALS AT AND DEPARTURES FROM DIFFERENT NEW ZEALAND PORTS.

Chinese: Arrivals—
At Auckland .. .. 136 36
,, Wellington .. .. 15 —
Total arrivals .. 151 36

Chinese: Departures—
From Auckland .. .. 59 20
,, Wellington .. .. 16 —
Total departures .. 75 20

• It is important to mention that, in the returns from which this table is made up, immigrants to the Dominion are all counted at the first port of arrival, and emigrants at the final port of departure.

MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 6th July, 1914.