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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 97

Immigration and Emigration Returns.

RETURN of IMMIGRATION to and EMIGRATION from the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the MONTH of JULY, 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 July, 1914, was therefore 297 persons.

ARRIVALS AT AND DEPARTURES FROM DIFFERENT NEW ZEALAND PORTS.*

Chinese: Arrivals—
At Auckland .. .. Males. 5 Females. ..
,, Wellington .. .. 28 2
Total arrivals .. .. 33 2

Chinese: Departures—
From Auckland .. .. Males. 3 Females. ..
,, Wellington .. .. 37 ..
Total departures .. .. 40 ..

*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, 1st September, 1914.

Public Service Stores Tender Board.—Supply and Delivery of Stores.

Wellington, 8th July, 1914.

SEPARATE tenders will be received at the office of the Chairman (Government Printing Office) not later than 5 p.m. on Tuesday, the 8th September, 1914, for the supply and delivery, C.I.F. & E., main ports, New Zealand, of the undermentioned material :—

3,000 telephones, B.B. wall, 1,000 ohms.
50 (or more) typewriters, telegraph.
6 tons wire, copper, annealed, binding, 60 lb. per mile.
5 tons wire, galvanized iron, binding, No. 16, 65 lb. per mile.

Tenders must be addressed to the Chairman, Public Service Stores Tender Board, Wellington. Delivery of the material is to be made as shown in the Conditions of Tender, and the successful tenderer must give the security required by the conditions for the due performance of the contract. Particulars and conditions of tendering and specifications may be obtained at the office of the Controller of Stores, Post and Telegraph Department, Wellington, the District Storekeeper, Post and Telegraph Department, Christchurch, or the Telegraph Engineers at Auckland and Dunedin. A deposit as shown by the conditions must accompany each tender. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

J. MACKAY,
Chairman.

Applications invited for the Position of Palaeontologist to the Mines Department, Wellington.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, N.Z., 9th July, 1914.

APPLICATIONS, to be addressed to the Secretary to the Public Service Commissioner, Wellington, New Zealand, will be received up till noon on the 30th November, 1914, for the position of Palaeontologist to the Mines Department, Wellington.

Applicants must give full particulars of education, age, health, and experience, and must—
(a.) Have a good knowledge of geology;
(b.) Have performed original work in connection with palaeontology.

A knowledge of one or more foreign languages is desirable. The chief duties will be—
(1.) To classify the fossil collections of the Geological Survey;
(2.) To specialize in some branch of New Zealand palaeontology, preferably in connection with the Cretaceous and Tertiary fauna or flora;
(3.) To assist field geologists in determination of fossils, &c.; and
(4.) To perform any necessary fieldwork in connection with general palaeontological work.

Salary, £365; maximum, £400. Professional Division. Deductions to be made for superannuation, and appointment to be subject to the Public Service Act, 1912.

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.