APRIL 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 915

Grading of Secondary-school Teachers and of Technical-school Teachers.—Setting-up of Appeal Boards for 1921.

Education Department,
Wellington, 13th April, 1921.

IT is hereby notified, for general information, that PETER BARR has been appointed Chairman of all Appeal Boards for the year 1921 set up to hear appeals in connection with the grading of secondary-school teachers and of technical-school teachers; and that THEOPHILUS BENJAMIN STRONG has been appointed representative of the Education Department upon such Boards.

These appointments are made under clause 10 of the Regulations for the Classification of Secondary-school Teachers, and under clause 9 of the Regulations for Classification of Teachers in Technical Schools and Classes and of Manual-training Classes, made by Order in Council of the 8th December, 1920.

C. J. PARR, Minister of Education.

Grading of Secondary-school Teachers.—Election of Teachers’ Representatives on the Appeal Boards for 1921.

Education Department,
Wellington, 13th April, 1921.

IN pursuance of clause 10 of the Regulations for the Classification of Secondary-school Teachers, made by Order in Council of the 8th December, 1920, it is hereby notified that the following persons have been duly elected members of the Appeal Boards as representatives of the full-time classified secondary-school teachers employed in the respective university districts:—

Auckland University District: WILLIAM CARADUS.
Middle University District: THOMAS BRODIE.
Canterbury College District: ROBERT MALCOLM LAING.

The following are the particulars of the voting:—
Auckland University District: William Caradus, elected unopposed.
Middle University District: Thomas Brodie, 70; Nellie Euphemia Coad, 63. Number of valid votes recorded, 133; number of informal votes, nil.
Canterbury College District: Robert Malcolm Laing, elected unopposed.

A. BELL, for Director of Education.

Education Act, 1914, as amended by the Education Amendment Act, 1920.—Classification of Teachers in Technical Schools and Classes and of Manual-training Classes.—Election of Members of Appeal Boards.

Education Department,
Wellington, 13th April, 1921.

IN pursuance of the regulations made in terms of section 34 (1) of the Education Amendment Act, 1920, it is hereby notified that the following persons have been duly elected members of Appeal Boards set up under clause 9 of the said regulations:—

Elected member of North Island Appeal Board as the representative of full-time classified teachers employed in the North Island: MOORE, ALFRED LESLIE.
Elected member of South Island Appeal Board as the representative of full-time classified teachers employed in the South Island: THOMPSON, ROBERT JOHN.

The following are the particulars of the voting:—
Representative on the North Island Appeal Board of full-time classified teachers employed in the North Island,—
Cunning, Clyde Alexander .. .. 19
George, George .. .. 35
Kalaugher, James Patrick .. .. 22
Moore, Alfred Leslie .. .. 56
—
Number of valid votes recorded .. .. 132
Number of votes rejected as informal .. 2

Representative on the South Island Appeal Board of full-time classified teachers employed in the South Island,—
Aldridge, Wilfred George .. .. 20
Marshall, Angus .. .. 38
Thompson, Robert John .. .. 47
—
Number of valid votes recorded .. .. 105
Number of votes rejected as informal .. 1

A. BELL, for Director of Education.

Minister’s Decisions under Customs Duties Act.

Customs Department, Wellington, 12th April, 1921.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Hon. the Minister of Customs has decided to interpret the Customs Duties Act in relation to the undermentioned articles as follows:—

NOTE.—“Not otherwise enumerated” appears as n.o.e.; “other kinds” as o.k.; “articles and materials suited only for, and to be used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the Dominion” as a. & m.s. Articles marked thus † are revised decisions.

Duckett’s “Duckett-ine” blue-black ..
Webster’s blue-black .. | As stationery, n.o.e. (148) | 20 per cent. | 10 per cent. |
| 16/5 | Scientific apparatus, viz.:—
Gauge for registering the pressure in an air-pressure tank used in connection with the inflation of motor-car tires
(NOTE.—This does not affect the decision on the Schrader’s “Universal” tire-pressure gauge in M.O.D. 23.) | As scientific apparatus (280) | Free. |
| 12/10/7
12/10/4
†12/10/4
12/10 | Surgical appliances, viz.:—
“Combistat” .. .. ..
“Multostat” .. .. ..
“Pantostat” .. .. ..
“Sunic Universal apparatus” Watson’s
(Except the motors, motor-generators, and rheostats controlling the same, which are to be classified separately under section 137 of the Customs Act, 1913.) | As surgical appliances (279) | Free. |

Minister’s Order No. 60.] W. B. MONTGOMERY, Comptroller of Customs.