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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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New Zealand Rainfall for February, 1916—continued.

SOUTH ISLAND—continued.

(G.) EAST ASPECT—KAIKOURA TO CAPE SAUNDERS—continued.

Otiake .. .. 115 9
Borton's Siding .. .. 122 5
Livingstone .. .. 181 9
Arnmore, Windsor .. .. 116 10
Totara Station, near Oamaru .. .. 88 9
Duntroon .. .. 122 7
Oamaru .. .. 86 7
Trotter's Creek, Hillgrove .. .. 116 14
Kauroo Hill, Maheno .. .. 84 11
Balruddery, Kauroo Hill, Maheno .. .. 127 15
Bushey Park, Palmerston South .. .. .. ..
Opoho, Dunedin (383 ft.) .. .. 164 9
Fish-hatchery, Portobello .. .. 128 14
Whare Flat .. .. 155 15

(H.) SOUTH ASPECT—CAPE SAUNDERS TO PUYSEGUR POINT.

Paerau .. .. 236 12
Great Moss Swamp, via Patearoa .. .. 92 10
Eweburn Nursery, Ranfurly .. .. 240 10
Waipiata .. .. 222 11
Naseby .. .. 247 11
Kokonga .. .. 136 8
Gladbrook Station, Middlemarch .. .. 162 14
Mount Pisa Station, Cromwell .. .. 84 5
Maungawera, Otago .. .. 144 7
Luggate, Cromwell .. .. 125 6
Manorburn Dam .. .. 183 12
Queenstown .. .. .. ..
Moa Creek .. .. 88 8
Galloway, Alexandra South .. .. 152 6
Ophir .. .. .. ..
St. Bathan's .. .. 195 11
Blackstone Hill .. .. .. ..
Clyde .. .. 195 9
Roxburgh .. .. .. ..

New Zealand Rainfall for February, 1916—continued.

SOUTH ISLAND—continued.

(H.) SOUTH ASPECT—CAPE SAUNDERS TO PUYSEGUR POINT—continued.

Balclutha .. .. .. ..
Owaka .. .. 264 11
Tapanui Nursery .. .. 267 12
Waikawa Valley .. .. 364 18
Wharuarimu .. .. 483 18
Uplands, Waimahaka .. .. 483 16
Roslin Estate, Woodlands .. .. 450 19
Wyndham South .. .. 382 17
Dipton .. .. 317 13
Bluff .. .. .. ..
Nightcaps .. .. 251 11
Rannock, Orawia .. .. .. ..
Otautau .. .. 678 12
Riverton .. .. 649 16
Manapouri .. .. .. ..

(I.) ISLANDS.

Centre Island .. .. 423 14
Stewart Island .. .. 624 22
Horse-shoe Bay, Stewart Island .. .. 649 21
Port Pegasus .. .. .. ..
Niue Island .. .. .. ..
Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands .. .. .. ..
Aitutaki Island, Cook Islands .. .. .. ..
Mangai'a, Cook Islands .. .. .. ..
Chatham Island .. .. .. ..

LATE RETURNS.

Timaru, January, 1916 .. .. 9 2
Okuru, January, 1916 .. .. 910 12
Singletree, Alford Forest, Dec., 1915 .. .. 412 11
Luggate, January, 1916 .. .. 110 6
Galloway, December, 1915 .. .. 65 3
" January, 1916 .. .. 171 5

Applications invited for the Position of Rabbitcr, Department of Agriculture, Renwicktown.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 29th March, 1916.

A PPLICATIONS will be received by the undersigned up till noon on the 17th April, 1916, for the position of Rabbitcr, Department of Agriculture, Renwicktown.

2. Applications (to be made on P.S.C. Form 17A, obtainable 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 should possess—
   (a.) A thorough knowledge of and experience in methods of control of the rabbit pest; and
   (b.) Experience in the eradication of noxious weeds.

The appointment will be subject to the provisions of the Public Service Act, 1912.

The position will be graded in the General Division. Salary 9s., maximum 10s., per diem.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Applications invited for the Position of Chief Clerk and Deputy Registrar of Industrial Unions, Labour Department.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 27th March, 1916.

A PPLICATIONS will be received by the undersigned up till noon on the 10th April, 1916, for the position of Chief Clerk and Deputy Registrar of Industrial Unions, Labour Department.

2. Applications (to be made on P.S.C. Form 6) should be addressed to the Secretary, Public Service Commissioner, Wellington, and must embrace a statement of education and experience, particulars of age, &c.

3. Applicants must have had experience in the control of staff, and have considerable knowledge of correspondence.

4. Special consideration will be given to applicants possessing legal qualifications.

The appointment will be subject to the provisions of the Public Service Act, 1912.

The position will be graded in the Clerical Division, Class III.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Officiating Ministers for 1916.—Notice No. 10.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 28th March, 1916.

P URSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Baptists.

Pastor OSWALD MACHATTIE.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

Result of Land Surveyors' Examination, March, 1916.

Office of the Surveyors' Board,
Government Buildings,
Wellington, 29th March, 1916.

A T the examination of candidates for a surveyor's license held in March, 1916, under the Surveyors' Institute and Board of Examiners Act, 1908, and conducted by the Federated Surveyors' Boards of Australia and New Zealand, ten candidates presented themselves in New Zealand.

Of these, Mr. Francis Alan Fendall, of Auckland, Mr. Thomas Duncan McLean, of Greymouth, and Mr. Frederick Rich Smale, of Hamilton, completed their examination by passing in the computations, astronomy, and geodesy papers.

M. C. SMITH,
Secretary, Surveyors' Board.