3. The absence of any pupil during the week, unless previously explained by letter, is reported every Friday afternoon to his parent or guardian.

4. At the end of each quarter a report upon the conduct and progress of each pupil is forwarded to his parent or guardian.

5. The Vacations are six weeks at Christmas, and two weeks at Midwinter, each quarter consisting of eleven weeks, and every Saturday being a whole holiday.

6. At the end of the fourth or Christmas Quarter in each year, the pupils will be examined, according to their Forms, in the whole of the subjects studied during the year, and prizes will be publicly awarded to the successful competitors.

7. In addition to the Annual Examination there will also be three quarterly Examinations at the end of the first, second, and third quarters of the School year respectively. The first Quarterly Examination will be in English subjects, including History and Geography; the second in Classics and Modern Languages; and the third in Mathematics and Natural Science. In these examinations the pupils will be divided according to age, into the six following classes:—

8. Pupils under 12 years at the time of Examination

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These examinations will be held on the last two days of each Quarter, and will be open to pupils from any of the public or private Schools of Otago, who will compete on precisely the same conditions as pupils of the High School.

8. A printed Certificate, stamped with the School Arms, will be given to the successful competitor in each of the six classes mentioned in the foregoing regulation; and the holder of two such Certificates in any one year will be entitled to receive a medal at the Public Distribution of Prizes in December.

Quarter Days.

1871—30th January; 17th April; 17th July; 2nd October.

1872—29th January; 15th April; 15th July; 30th September.

1873—27th January; 14th April; 14th July; 29th September.

By order of the Board of Education,

JOHN HISLOP, Secretary.

NOTICE.—The Precept authorising the Collection of the Highway Rate for the Ashley Downs District for the year 1870-71, having been issued, Ratepayers are requested to pay the amount of their respective Rates to me at my house on or before the 13th of March, 1871.—MATTHEW PETERSON, Collector. Feb. 23rd, 1871.

NOTICE.—The Ratepayers of West Taieri Road District are requested to pay their respective Rates on or before the 10th March, 1871, to me, at the Schoolhouse.—GEORGE CROCKETT, Collector. West Taieri, 1st March, 1871.

NOTICE.—Corstorphine Road Board:—All persons not having paid up their respective rates for the year 1870-71, on or before the 20th instant, will be immediately after legally proceeded against.—J. J. EAGERTY, Chairman. Green Island, 6th March, 1871.

IMPOUNDED, on the 14th day of February, 1871, by John M’Kay, Waitahuna, one chestnut pony mare, star, and blotch brand off shoulder, owner unknown, for trespassing on Gold Fields; for which the sum of ten shillings is claimed; and in default of being released, the above Mare will be sold at the Public Pound at Lawrence on Friday, 17th day of March, 1871, at 12 o’clock noon.—PETER ROBERTSON, Poundkeeper of the Lawrence Pound.

STATEMENT of Income and Expenditure on account of West Taieri Cemetery, for the year ending 31st December, 1871:—

Receipts.

£ s. d.

Balance on hand, 1st Jan., 1870 ... 8 11 0

Received for allotments sold during the year ... 16 0 0

Received for lease of Cemetery Reserve, from September 1, 1869, to September 1, 1871 ... 16 10 0

£41 1 0

Payments.

Jan. 3.—Paid for carting turf off walks ... 1 5 0

Feb. 30.— ,, Plan of Cemetery and pegs ... 2 4 0

Aug. 5.— ,, Planting hedge ... 3 0 0

Aug. 24.— ,, Ornamental trees ... 0 6 0

Dec. 30.— ,, Planting trees ... 0 10 6

,, Stumps ... 0 6 0

Dec. 31.—Balance in hand ... 33 9 6

£41 1 0

DAVID BORRIE,
Clerk and Treasurer to Managers.

Signed, { ALEX. CRISHOLM, Auditors.
{ DONALD BORRIE,

REGISTRATION FORMS may be had, gratis, from the Registration Officers throughout the Province, and also from the Government Storekeeper, Dunedin.

THE Gazette may be had gratis by applying to J. Logan, Superintendent’s Office, Dunedin. Parties should give with their address the nearest post town.

GAZETTE.—Complaints respecting the non-receipt of the Gazette, if made to J. Logan, Superintendent’s Office, Dunedin, will receive immediate attention. Each person will please see that the nearest Post Town is given in his address.

NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS IN GAZETTE.—All advertisements for insertion in Gazette, other than those from Road Boards, &c., which are inserted free, must from this date be accompanied by a cheque (or cash) for the full amount, including, if from a country district, 1s for exchange, otherwise they will not be inserted. The charge is 6d per line of 7 words.

January 10, 1871.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership which has for some time past existed between John Ross, Robert Glendining, and Thomas Septimus Harrison, under the style or firm of “Ross and Glendining,” in Dunedin, in the Province of Otago, as Merchants and Warehousemen, was this day dissolved by mutual consent, as regards the said Thomas Septimus Harrison. The said John Ross and Robert Glendining will continue the said business under the said co-partnership style, and they will receive all debts due to and pay all debts due by the late firm.

Dated this 27th day of January, 1871.

T. S. HARRISON.

JOHN ROSS, by his Attorney,

R. GLENDINING.

Witness—

WILLIAM DOWNIE STEWART,
Solicitor, Dunedin.

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