of Otago hereinbefore proclaimed to be included within

TOKOMAIRIRO EDUCATIONAL DISTRICT.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the Education Board, in virtue of the powers vested in them by the "Education Ordinance, 1864," have been pleased to nominate and appoint Messrs. James Smith, John Lillie Gillies, Alfred Jones, William Mathieson, Robert Murray, William Black, William Grey, and Thomas Brookes, to be Commissioners for Tokomairiro Educational District, to exercise all the powers, and to perform all the duties committed to or imposed upon the School Committee of the said Tokomairiro Educational District, by the aforementioned Education Ordinance, 1864.

JOHN HISLOP, Secretary.

Education Board Office,
Dunedin, Dec. 27, 1864.

IMPOUNDED on the 22nd day of December, 1864, by Constable Carter, one Red Bullock, branded H H off hip and side, down horns; one red bullock, branded JS near hip, white face, and spreading horns; one Strawberry Bullock, branded △ near rump, and O lower part of hip; one Red and White Cow with heifer calf, no visible brands, owners unknown, for trespassing on Main Road, Caversham; also, 26th December, by William Coutts, one Dark Bay Gelding, no distinct brand, owner unknown, for trespassing on Ferbury Paddocks, for which 2s. damages is claimed, and in default of being released, the above cattle will be sold at the Public Pound at Caversham, on the 18th day of January, 1865, at 12 o'clock noon.

JOHN ANDERSON,
Poundkeeper of the Caversham Pound.

J. HYDE HARRIS,
Superintendent.

Superintendent's Office,
Dunedin, 27th December, 1864.

IMPOUNDED on the 15th December, 1864, by Thomas Morris, Mount Pleasant, for straying on his ground, 1 Bay Horse, branded EG on neck (off side), 36 under the saddle (off side), on near shoulder A, star on forehead, white streak on nose, and in default of being released the above Horse will be sold at the Public Pound, at Port Chalmers, on Friday, 6th January, 1865.

DAVID KILOUR,
Poundkeeper of the Port Chalmers Pound.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
Dunedin, 22nd December, 1864.

HOLIDAY.

NEW YEAR'S DAY.—The Provincial Government Offices will not be opened on Monday, 2nd day of January, 1865.

JOHN CARGILL,
Acting Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
Dunedin, 22nd November, 1864.

His Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has received the resignation of THOMAS BIRCH, Esquire, in the Province of Otago as a Member of the Provincial Council of the Province aforesaid.

JOHN CARGILL,
Acting Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
Dunedin, 19th December, 1864.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Honor Mr. Justice Chapman, has appointed Monday, the twelfth day of January, 1865, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon, at the Supreme Court House of Invercargill, for the hearing of the above Petition.

Dated this 23rd day of December, 1864.

PRENDERGAST, KENYON, & MADDOCK,
Manse street, Dunedin,
Solicitors for the Petitioner.

11s. 6d.

His Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has been pleased to appoint CONSTABLE RICHARD PILKINGTON, No. 462, to be Gaoler at Tokomairiro vice Samuel Corry dismissed.

JOHN CARGILL,
Acting Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
Dunedin, 27th December, 1864.

A SPECIAL Gazette was published yesterday, 27th December, 1864.

NOTICE is hereby given, that by a certain Deed or Instrument dated the 20th day of December, 1864, and made under and in pursuance of the "Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862," between JAMES NELSON, of Dunedin, in the Province of Otago, Master Mariner, of the one part, and ANDREW MERCER, of the same place, Merchant (as Trustee for and on behalf of all the Creditors of the said James Nelson), of the other part; the said James Nelson did grant, convey, and assure all and singular the land in the said Deed described, and did assign, transfer, and