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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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New Zealand Rainfall for January, 1918—continued.

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

Bushey Park, Palmerston South .. 144 10
Opoho, Dunedin (383 ft.) .. 209 11
Burnside, Dunedin .. 184 16
Fish-hatchery, Portobello .. 118 11
Whare Flat .. 167 11
Mosgiel .. 139 9

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

Paeran .. 433 9
Great Moss Swamp, via Patearos . 253 9
Eweburn Nursery, Ranfurly .. 161 8
Waipiata .. 203 9
Naseby .. 177 10
Kokonga .. .. ..
Gladbrook Station, Middlemarch .. 235 11
Mount Pisa Station, Cromwell .. .. 3
Maungawera, Otago .. 109 6
Luggate, Cromwell .. 89 6
Manorburn Dam .. 197 10
Queenstown .. 253 9
Moa Creek .. 176 9
Little Valley .. .. ..
St. Bathan's .. 347 12
Blackstone Hill .. 332 9
Clyde .. 190 10
Roxburgh .. 292 9
Sunnyvale Orchard, Island Block .. 121 9
Balclutha .. 148 7
Garston .. 247 7
Glenfalloch Station, Nokomai .. .. ..
Wendon .. 214 11
Lawrence .. 175 11
Owaka .. 229 7
Tapanui Nursery .. 163 14
Waikawa Valley .. 269 13
Wharuarimu .. 285 19
Uplands, Waimahaka .. 256 20
Roslin Estate, Woodlands . 339 12
Balfour .. 135 10

New Zealand Rainfall for January, 1918—continued.

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

Dipton .. .. 162 6
Radio, Awarua .. .. 279 17
Nightcaps .. .. 264 13
Otatau .. .. 247 11
Manapouri .. .. 230 7

(I.) ISLANDS.

Centre Island .. .. 182 12
Stewart Island .. .. 248 17
Half-moon Bay, Stewart Island .. 278 18
Niue Island .. .. .. ..
Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands .. 695 22
Aitutaki Island, Cook Islands .. .. ..
Mangai'a, Cook Islands .. .. ..
Chatham Island .. .. 127 9

LATE RETURNS.

Cuvier Island, December, 1917 .. 140 9
Ruatoki, December, 1917 .. 312 6
Taupo, December, 1917 .. 410 11
Otewa, Waitomo, November, 1917 .. 142 5
" , December, 1917 .. 250 ..
Ngatimaru, October, 1917 .. 583 19
" , November, 1917 .. 205 9
" , December, 1917 .. 444 8
Oruamatua, December, 1917 .. 363 10
Napier, December, 1917 .. 146 11
Pine Grove, December, 1917 .. 499 14
Puysegur Point, December, 1917 .. 519 15
Keinton Combe, September, 1917 .. 1126 11
" , October, 1917 .. 299 8
" , November, 1917 .. 220 8
" , December, 1917 .. 801 13
Roxburgh, December, 1917 .. 376 11
Balfour, November, 1917 .. 200 10
" , December, 1917 .. 301 15
Niue Island, December, 1917 .. 921 19
Avarua, Rarotonga, December, 1917 .. 1054 23

Officiating Ministers for 1918.—Notice No. 6.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 25th February, 1918.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information :—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend Frank McDonald.

Baptists.
The Reverend H. E. Edridge.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

Education Act, 1914.—Elections of Members of the General Council of Education.

Education Department,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1918.

ELECTIONS of members of the General Council of Education will be held on the 13th May, 1918. The poll will close at 5 o'clock on that day. Ten members are to be elected by the following eight classes of electors : Two members by the members of the Education Boards in the North Island, and two members by the members of the Education Boards in the South Island ; one member by certified male teachers of public schools in the North Island, and one member by certified male teachers of public schools in the South Island ; one member by male teachers in secondary and technical schools ; one member by certified women teachers of public schools in the North Island, and one member by certified women teachers of public schools in the South Island ; one member by the women teachers of secondary and technical schools.

Nominations will be received by the Returning Officer up till 5 p.m. on the 23rd April, 1918, in the form prescribed by regulation dated 27th February, 1915, and shown below. No person shall be eligible for election unless he is nominated by at least two electors entitled to vote for his election. For every election the rolls shall be closed on 23rd April, 1918, and shall remain closed until the election is completed. If necessary to hold an election, ballot-papers containing a list of all the duly nominated candidates for such election will be posted to each elector entitled to vote.

NOMINATION-PAPER.

We [Names and addresses], being electors duly entered on the [Name of roll] Roll for the election of members of the General Council of Education, do hereby nominate [Nominee's name and address] as a candidate for election to the said Council by the electors on the aforesaid roll at the election to be held on the day of , 19 .

[Signatures of Nominators.]

Dated at this day of , 19 .

Candidate's consent, to be subscribed at foot of nomination-paper :—

I hereby consent to my nomination—

[Signature of candidate nominated.]

Dated at this day of , 19 .

F. L. SEVERNE,
Returning Officer.