488

Do, section 5, 6, 7, 12 and 13, block XXVI, do
Do, and Hallenstein, B., section 40, block XII,
Coneburn district
Do, and Hallenstein, B., section 34, block XII,
Coneburn district
Rowe, Edward, sections 14 and 15, block XII, Grey-
town
Russell, J. M., section 19, block XI, Balclutha
Sheath, William, sections 38, 39, 40 and 41, block
I, Tuapeka district
Swanston, C. L., p.r. on Run 193, Application 6751,
South Eastern district
Thompson, Frank, section 2, block XI, Clinton
Thompson, Nelson, section 2, block XIX, Queens-
town
Tolmie, John, sections 7 and 8, block IV, Catlins
district
Walker, Joseph, section 14, block VI, Wyndham
district
Welsh, Wm., section 4, block XIII, Arrowtown
Do, sections 1, 2, 3 and 4, block XVIII, Arrowtown
Whitbourne, James, section 13, block XII, Coneburn
district
Do, section 36, block XII, Conburn district
Williams, John, section 4, block XI, Clinton

Persons in whose favor Crown Grants have been
signed, can only obtain them by calling at the Crown
Grant Office, or by sending an Agent with an authority
in the subjoined form, signed before a Justice of the
Peace, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court, a Clergyman,
or Postmaster.

I, A. B., of __________ hereby authorise C. D., of __________
to receive from the Commissioner of Crown Lands the
Crown Grant in my favor for section __________ block
__________ District, his receipt for which shall be binding
on me.
Signature of Claimant.
Signed before me this ______ }
day of ______, 18 ______ }
A Justice of the Peace for the Colony
of New Zealand.

EDUCATION MEETINGS.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the Annual Statutory
Meeting of the Owners and Occupiers of Land
and Householders in each Educational District, for the
Election of a new School Committee, and for the other
purposes specified by Ordinance, will be held upon
Monday, the 8th day of January, 1872, at seven o'clock
p.m., at the following mentioned places respectively,
viz. :—
At Dunedin, in the Middle District School-house,
between York place and Dowling street.
At Tokomairiro, in the Main District School-house,
Milton.
And in the respective School-houses, or buildings used
as School-houses, in the following mentioned districts,
viz. :—Port Chalmers, Portobello, North East Harbor,
Anderson's Bay, North East Valley, Wakari, Kaikorai,
Mornington, Caversham, Green Island, East Taieri,
Saddle Hill, North Taieri, Lake Waipori, Waibola,
Balclutha, Warepa, Kaihiku, Blueskin, Waikouaiti,
Hampden, Otepopo, Oamaru, Lawrence, Queenstown,
Waihola Gorge, West Taieri, Maungatua, Clyde,
Alexandra, Naseby (Mount Ida), Palmerston, Waitahuna,
Port Molyneux, Pleasant River, Arrowtown, Cromwell,
East Clutha, Waitepeka, Inch Clutha, Kaitangata,
Switzers, Invercargill, Long Bush, Wallace Town,
Campbelltown, Woodlands, Waianiwa, Flint's Bush,
Roslin, Winton, Gummie's Bush, One Tree Point,
Riverton, and Waikivi.
The householders, in the following mentioned locali-
ties respectively, in which Side Schools have been

established or authorised, are advised to meet in the
School-houses or buildings used as School-houses, of
their respective districts on the aforesaid Monday, the
8th day of January, 1872, at 7 o'clock p.m., for the
purpose of electing School Committees for the ensuing
year, viz. :—Teviot, Moa Flat, Hamilton's, St. Bathans,
Waipori, Blue Spur, Weatherstones, Otokia, Popotunoa,
Taieri Beach, Awamoka, Macraes, Hillend, Tapanui,
Upper Harbor West, Lower Harbor, Whare Flat,
Black's, Te Houka, Waiwera, Merton, Waireka (Cave
Valley), Mimihau (Mataura), Hide, Wangaloa, Lower
Shotover, Moeraki, Macetown, Glenore, South Akatore,
South Bridge, Cardrona, Kakanui, Sawyer's Bay, High-
cliffe, Tuapeka Mouth, Thompson's (Drybread), Tuturau,
Taieri Ferry, Greytown, Tuakitoto, Albertown (Wa-
naka), Sandymount, Mount Cargill, Nokomai, Papakaio,
Kuri Bush, Adam's Flat, Shag Valley, Sowburn,
Clarke's Flat, Forest Hill, Manuka Creek, Mabel Bush,
Grove Bush, and Mosgiel.

By order of the Education Board,
JOHN HISLOP, Secretary.
Dunedin, December 5, 1871.

Extract from Section XIV of the "Education Ordi-
nance, 1864."

On the second Monday in the month of January in
each year, a public meeting of the owners and occupiers
of land and householders in every Educational District,
being male persons above twenty-one years of age, shall
be held at a time and place to be fixed by the Secretary
of the Board, and notified by public advertisement at
least one month previously, and in such other manner
as the Board shall direct, and at such meeting a Chair-
man shall be chosen and the School Committee for the
preceeding year shall give a full report of their pro-
ceedings, and thereupon the electors present shall pro-
ceed to elect, either by show of hands or by ballot, as
shall be determined upon by the said meeting, a new
School Committee for the ensuing year of not less than
five nor more than nine persons possessing the qualifi-
cations prescribed by clause 13, and may re-elect all or
any of the persons going out of office to be members of
such new Committee, and every Committee so to be
appointed shall hold office until the appointment of
their successors.

EDUCATION BOARD.—The meeting of the Edu-
cation Board is postponed to Thursday, the 15th
day of January, 1872.
JOHN HISLOP, Secretary.

WANTED, a Teacher for the Side School, Grove
Bush. Salary: Government subsidy and
School fees. Applications, with testimonials, to be
lodged with the undersigned on or before the 1st Jan.,
1872.—THOMAS M'MATH, Clerk, School Committee,
Grove Bush, Invercargill.

PRESBYTERIAN Fast Day in Dunedin, being
Thursday, 14th December current, the Provin-
cial Government Offices in Dunedin will not be opened
on that day.

NOTICE.—The Deborah Bay District Road Board
hereby notify their intention of applying to the
General Road Board, at its next meeting in January,
1872, for authority to levy a Highway Rate of Six-
pence per Acre throughout the district, for year ending
June, 1872. The Assessment Roll lies for inspection
at the house of the undersigned.—GEO. C. HITCHCOCK,
Clerk to Local Board. Port Chalmers, 8th December,
1871.

MOSGIEL Road Board hereby notify their inten-
tion of applying at the first meeting of the
General Road Board for authority to levy a Highway