XII. Blocks XIV to XX, of from 3 to 11 acres,
at the upset price of £6 per acre. Municipal
Reserves—12 and 22, block III; 32, block IV;
20 and 30, block VI.

At the Land Office, Dunedin, on Monday, the 25th
day of March, at noon.

Waikava—Sections 1 to 9, 11 to 19, 21 to 29, 31, 32,
34 to 39 and 41, block I; 2, 3, 6 to 8, 10 to 18,
20 and 21, 22 to 24, 26, 27, 30 to 36, block II.
Municipal Reserves—10 and 20, 30 and 40, block
I; 9 and 19, 29 and 37, block II.

William Russell John Brook
James L. Wilson.

A meeting for the election of Wardens for New
River Hundred will be held at the Land Office, Inver-
cargill, at noon on Saturday, the 2nd day of March
proximo.

WALTER H. PEARSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands Office,
Invercargill, 12th February, 1872.

At the Land Office, Dunedin, on Monday, the 25th
day of March next, at noon.

Bluegum—Sections 1 and 2, block IV; 1 to 6, block
V; 9 and 10, block V; 1 and 2, block VII; 1 to
4, block VIII; 1 to 19, block IX; 1 to 13, block
X; 1 to 7, block XI; 1 to 11, block XII; 1
to 3, block XIII; 3, block XIV; 3, 6 and 7,
block XV. Municipal Reserves—2 and 12, block
I; 8, block III.

At the Survey Office, Lawrence, on Monday, the 25th
March next, after the sale of Dalhousie.

The Township of Waipori—Sections 13, 18, 19, 24 to
28, block I; 1 to 4; block II; 6, 9, 13 to 14,
block III; 15, block IV; 1, block V.

At the Land Office, Dunedin, on Monday, the 25th
March next, at noon.

Jamestown—Sections 4, 8, 10, 12, 16 and 18, block I;
4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12 to 14, 16, 18, 19, 20 to 22,
block II; 2 to 21, block III; 1 to 20, block IV;
4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 to 20, block V; 1 to 20,
block VI.

At the Royal Mail Hotel, Popotunoa, on Wednesday,
the 27th March next, at noon.

Fortrose—Sections 1 to 7, 14 to 20, block I; 3 to 19,
block II.

At the Land Office, Dunedin, on Monday, the 25th
March next, at noon.

Hull—Sections 1, 4 to 6, block I; 1 to 3, 5 to 10,
block II; 1 to 3, and 5, block III; 1 to 8, 10
and 11, block IV; 1, 2 to 7, 9 and 10, block
V; 1 to 7, block VI; 1 to 6, block VII; 1 to 4,
block VIII. Municipal—4, block II; 4, block
III; 9, block IV; 8, block V; 8, block VI; 5,
9, block VIII.

J. T. THOMSON,
Chief Commissioner.
Waste Land Office,
Dunedin, 15th Feb., 1872.

THE undermentioned occupiers of land in Forest
Hill Hundred have been licensed to depasture
cattle within the said Hundred for the current year:

David Anderson Denis Tobin
Alexander Ross James Miller
Joseph Fosbinder Archibald M’Kay
Robert Castle.

A meeting for the election of Wardens for Forest
Hill Hundred will be held at the Land Office, Inver-
cargill, at noon on Thursday, the 29th inst.

WALTER H. PEARSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands Office,
Invercargill, 12th February, 1872.

THE undermentioned occupiers of land in New
River Hundred have been licensed to depasture
cattle within the said Hundred for the current year:

Hodgkinson Bros. Frederick Twemlow
Alex. Hamilton Edward F. Butler
William Lawrence William H. Butler

William Russell John Brook
James L. Wilson.

A meeting for the election of Wardens for New
River Hundred will be held at the Land Office,
Invercargill, at noon on Saturday, the 2nd day of March
proximo.

WALTER H. PEARSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

IN Consequence of no School Committee having
been elected, His Honor the Superintendent has
fixed Monday, the 25th day of March, 1872, at seven
o’clock p.m., for the election of a School Committee
in each of the following mentioned districts, viz.—Crom-
well, Arrow, Bluff, Trotter’s Creek, Flint’s Bush, and
Hampden. The meeting in each district will be held
in the Schoolhouse. See “Education Ordinance
1864,” section 15.

John Hislop, Secretary.

PERSONS wishing to obtain employment under the
Otago Education Board, and teachers already
employed who have not yet received full certificates
of competency, are invited to attend an examina-
tion to be held at the Education Office, Dunedin, on Fri-
day, the 22nd day of March, 1872, at half-past nine
o’clock a.m.

For information as to subjects of examination, &c.,
apply to

John Hislop, Secretary.

SPECIAL Meeting of the Education Board will
be held at the Government Buildings, Dunedin,
on Thursday, the 29th February, 1872, at twelve
o’clock noon.

John Hislop, Secretary.

PROVINCIAL SCHOLARSHIPS.

THE Education Board has authorized the offering of
Three Scholarships for competition; one for
High School Pupils, and two for boys from the Dis-
trict Schools in 1871. The examination will pro-
bably take place in February. Particulars will be given
in next issue.

By order,
John Hislop, Secretary.

PROVINCIAL SCHOLARSHIPS.—The following
Regulations of the Education Board respecting
Provincial Scholarships are published for general infor-
mation. Schoolmasters are requested to forward to
me, before the 26th February, 1872, a list containing
the names and ages of intending competitors belonging
to their several schools.

By order of the Education Board,
John Hislop, Secretary.

REGULATIONS.

1. Three Scholarships, in connection with the High
   School, shall be open for competition on the 27th of
   February, 1872, to boys who shall have been in atten-
   dance at the public schools of Otago during the year

2. Two of the said Scholarships shall be bestowed
   on boys from the District Schools, and one on a boy
   who has attended the High School. Competitors must
   be under fourteen years of age at the date of the com-
   petition.

3. The holders for the time being of the said Scholar-
   ships shall be called “Provincial Scholars,” and shall be
   entitled to the privileges and advantages hereinafter
   specified. A Scholarship shall be tenable as long as the
   holder of it remains a pupil of the High School, but
   not longer than five years.