FEB. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 591

Kyeburn Diggs, Lauder, Lauder Railway, Lawrence, Lowburn,
Lower Harbour, Luggate, Macraes, Makarora, Matakanui,
Maungatua, Miller's Flat, Moa Creek, Moonlight, Morven
Hills, Naseby, Nevis, North-east Harbour, Ngapuna, North
Taieri, Otakou, Oturehua, Outram, Paerau, Patearoa, Pool-
burn, Portobello, Post-office Creek, Puketi, Rae's Junction,
Ranfurly, Rongahere, Roxburgh, Saddle Hill, Sandymount,
Shingle Creek, Sutton, St. Bathan's, Strath Taieri, Tahora,
Taiaroa Heads, Tarras, Tuapeka Flat, Tuapeka Mouth,
Tuapeka West, Upper Nevis, Waenga, Waipiata, Waipori,
Waipori Falls, Waitahuna, Waitahuna Gully, Waitahuna
West, Walton, Wanaka, Wanaka Road, Wedderburn, West
Taieri, Wetherstones, Whare Flat, Wharetoto.
III. South Ward, containing the following schools: Akatore,
Akatore Coast, Allanton, Arthurton, Awamangu, Balclutha,
Benhar, Chaslands and Tautuku, Clinton, Conical Hills,
Crookston, Dunrobin, East Taieri, Glenkenich, Glenledi,
Glenomaru, Glenore, Henley, Hillend, Hinahina, Houipapa,
Kahuika, Kaitangata, Kaihiku, Kakapuaka, Katea, Kelso,
Kuri Bush, Kuriwao, Lovell's Flat, Maclennan, Manuka
Creek, Matau, Matea, Merino Downs, Milburn, Moa Flat,
Momona, Mosgiel, Mount Stuart, Nugget Point, Otanomomo,
Otekura, Otokia, Owaka, Owaka Valley, Popotunoa, Point
Molyneux, Pounawea, Pukema, Pukepito, Puketiro, Pura-
kauiti, Purekireki, Ratanui, Reomoana, Romahapa, South-
bridge, Spylaw Valley, Stirling, Stony Creek, Table Hill,
Takahopa, Tahatika, Taieri Beach, Taieri Ferry, Tapanui,
Tarara, Taumata, Tawanui, Te Houka, Tokomairiro, Tokoiti,
Waihola, Waikoikoi, Waipahi, Wairuna, Waitapeka, Waiwera
South, Wangaloa, Warepa, Waronui, Wylie's Crossing.
SOUTHLAND EDUCATION DISTRICT.
I. Central Ward, containing the following schools: Awarua
Plains, Bluff, Brown's, Dacre, Elderslie, Forest Hill North,
Glencoe, Greenhills, Grove Bush, Half-moon Bay, Hedgehope
Lower, Hedgehope Upper, Hokonui, Kapuka, Kapuka South,
Kennington, Longbush, Mabel, Makarewa, Makarewa North,
Menzies Ferry, Morton Mains, Morton Mains Siding, Motu-
Rimu, Myross Bush, New River Ferry, Otatara, Oteramika,
Oteramika Gorge, Rimu, Roslyn Bush, Ryal Bush, Seaward
Downs, Spar Bush, Springbank, Springhills, Taramoa, Tisbury,
Tussock Creek, Waianiwa, Waikiwi, Waimatuku, Waituna,
Wallacetown, West Plains, Winton, Woodlands.
II. East Ward, containing the following schools: Ardlussa,
Balfour, Benio, Brydone, Charlton, Chatton East, Chatton
North, Croydon, East Gore, Edendale, Ferndale, Fortification,
Fortrose, Glenham, Gore, Greenvale, Haldane, Kaiwera,
Knapdale, Longridge, Longridge Village, Maitland Village,
Mandeville, Mimihau, Mataura, Mataura Island, Mokoreta,
Niagara, Otama, Otapiri, Otara, Pine Bush, Pukerau, Pyramid
Siding, Quarry Hills, Waikawa Valley, Redan, Riversdale,
Sandstone, Titipua, Tokanui, Tuturau, Waikaka, Waikaka
Valley, McNab, Waikawa, Waikaia, Waipounamu, Waima-
haka, Waimumu, Wairekiki, Wendon, Wendonside, Wendon
Valley, Whitehead, Wyndham, Wyndham South.
III. West Ward, containing the following schools: Arrow-
town, Athol, Aparima, Arthur's Point, Beaumont, Birchwood,
Cardrona, Caroline, Clifden, Colac, Crown Terrace, Dipton,
Drummond, Eastern Bush, Ermedale, Etalvale, Fairfax,
Feldwick, Ferndunlaw, Fernhills, Five Rivers Siding, Flints
Bush, Garston, Gibbston, Gladfield, Glenorchy, Granite,
Gummies Bush, Hamilton Burn, Heddon Bush, Hillend South,
Holmesdale, Kingston, Koromiko, Lillburn, Limehills, Lime-
stone Plains, Lumsden, Macetown, Merrivale, Mossburn,
Nightcaps, Nokomai, Opio, Oraki, Orepuki, Oreti Plains,
Otautau, Pahia, Papapotara, Pembroke, Queenstown, Ray-
mond's Gap, Rees Valley, Riverside, Riverton, Round Hill,
Scott's Gap, Shotover Upper, Shotover Lower, Te Tua,
Te Waewae, Thornbury, Tuatapere, Waikouro, Wairaki,
Wairio, Wild Bush.
J. A. HANAN,
Minister of Education.
Public Service Stores Tender Board.—Supply and Delivery
of Cycle Material.
Wellington, 18th February, 1916.
TENDERS will be received at the office of the Chairman
not later than 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the 14th June,
1916, for the supply and delivery, C.I.F. and E., Wellington,
of motor-cycle and bicycle parts and accessories.
Particulars and conditions of tendering 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 at the offices of
the Telegraph Engineers at Auckland and Dunedin.
J. MACKEY,
Chairman.
Trustee of Western Taieri Drainage District appointed.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 18th February, 1916.
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in terms
of section 10 of the Land Drainage Act, 1908, to
appoint
Joseph McNeill,
of Momona, to be a Trustee of the Western Taieri Land
Drainage Board.
G. W. RUSSELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.
Government Offices to be closed on Friday, 17th March, 1916
(St. Patrick's Day).
Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 18th February, 1916.
A S provided under the Public Service Regulations, the
Government Offices throughout New Zealand will be
closed on Friday, the 17th March, 1916, being St. Patrick's
Day.
R. TRIGGS,
Deputy Public Service Commissioner.
Easter Holidays.
Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 19th February, 1916.
IT is hereby notified for general information that on
Friday, 21st April, Saturday, 22nd April, and Monday,
the 24th April, 1916, the Government Offices throughout
New Zealand will be closed.
R. TRIGGS,
Deputy Public Service Commissioner.
Applications invited for the Position of Underviewer, No. 3
Section, Liverpool State Colliery, Mines Department.
Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 17th February, 1916.
APPLICATIONS will be received by the undersigned up
till noon on the 4th March, 1916, for the position
of Underviewer, No. 3 Section, Liverpool State Colliery, Mines
Department.
2. Applications (to be made on P.S.C. Form 17A, obtain-
able at principal Post-offices) must be addressed to the
Secretary to the Public Service Commissioner, Wellington
and must embrace a statement of education and experience
particulars of age, &c.
3. Applicants must hold an Underviewer's Certificate under
the Coal Mines Act, 1908.
The appointment will be subject to the provisions of the
Public Service Act, 1912.
The position will be graded in the General Division.
Salary £235 per annum.
P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.
Applications invited for the Positions of Compiler in Charge
(two) and Compiler (one) in the Census and Statistics Office,
Wellington. (Three Positions.)
Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 17th February, 1916.
APPLICATIONS will be received by the undersigned up
till 3rd March, 1916, for the positions of (a) Compiler
in Charge of Statistics dealing with Industrial and Economic
Inquiries and Trade, (b) Compiler in Charge of Statistics
dealing with Agricultural and Pastoral Production, and (c)
Compiler for Census and for Statistics dealing with Manufac-
tories and Works, in the Census and Statistics Office,
Wellington.
2. Applications must be addressed to the Secretary to the
Public Service Commissioner, Wellington, and must embrace
a statement of education and experience, particulars of
age, &c.
3. The following are the qualifications required:
(a.) For the positions of Compiler in Charge (two),
(1.) The Public Service Senior Examination or its
equivalent.
(2.) Special knowledge and qualifications for the
compilation and "writing-up" of (i) statistics deal-
ing with industrial and economic inquiries and