HIS HONOR the Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has appointed

Constable Richard Gervis Creech,
to be Inspector of Slaughter Yards for Dunedin District.

D. REN,
Provincial Secretary.

15 June 1872.

HIS HONOR the Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has appointed

John Hislop, Esq.,
to be Inspector of Industrial Schools, without salary, vice
Thomas King Weldon, Esq., resigned.

D. REN,
Provincial Secretary.

16th June, 1872.

APPOINTMENT TO BE MADE.

APPLICATIONS will be received until noon of Friday, the 28th. instant, from authorised Surveyors, for the appointment of Surveyor and Land Officer for the Clyde District. Salary, £100 per annum, with fees. Further information on application to the Chief Surveyor, Dunedin.

D. REN,
Secretary for Land.

14th June, 1872.

Gold Fields Office,
Dunedin, 17th June, 1872.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Mining Leases issued in favor of the undermentioned persons have been cancelled, in consequence of their having failed to execute the leases:—

• Edward Brooks, section 4, block VII, Skipper’s Creek
• Robert Clements, section 18, block XI, Shotover
• Alexander Murdoch, section 31, block XI, Skipper’s Creek
• John Edgar, section 4, block IV, do
• W. Temple and another, section 48, block XI, do
• Roskrudge and Malpas, section 80, block XI, do
• Wm. McHardy, section 48, block XI, do
• J. F. Roskrudge and another, section 37, block XI, do
• J. Stephenson and another, section 52, block XI, do
• John Terry, section 7, Glenorchy
• James Gardiner and others, section 6, do
• Gorinan and Lynch, section 1, block XIV, Skippers
• Towers and Stevenson, section 1, Glenorchy
• Maurice Fitzgerald and another, section 9, do

and the land is open for occupation by holders of miners’ rights.

J. B. BRADSHAW,
Provincial Gold Fields Secretary.

NOTICE to Local Road Boards.—The following Resolution passed by the Provincial Council on the 15th May, 1872, is published for the information and guidance of Local Road Boards:—

"That copies of all alterations of roads made by Road Boards, be forwarded to the respective Survey Offices."

ALEX. WILLS,
Clerk General Road Board.

17th June, 1872.

THE Statutory Half-yearly Meeting of the Education Board will be held at the Government Buildings, Dunedin, on Wednesday, the 10th day of July, 1872, at noon.

JOHN SPERREY, Secretary.

TO TEACHERS.—Examination of Candidates for the Education Board’s Certificates of Competency will be held at the Education Office, Dunedin,

upon Wednesday the 10th and Thursday the 11th of July, 1872. Printed copies of the Board’s Regulations may be obtained on application to

JOHN SPERREY, Secretary.

TO LIBRARY COMMITTEES.

LIBRARY Committees are informed that a large order for Public Library Books has been sent to Britain. Priority of choice in the selection of the books on their arrival here will be strictly determined by the dates on which the several Committees forwarded their subscriptions to this Office, or submit their claims to free grants in respect of moneys expended by them directly on the purchase of library books.

J. SPERREY,
Secretary to Education Board.

11th June, 1872.

SUPREME COURT.—Notice is hereby given that a Sitting of the Supreme Court for the despatch of Criminal and Civil Business will be held at the Supreme Court House, Dunedin, on Monday, the first day of July next, at the hour of ten o’clock in the forenoon, at which time and place all persons bound by recognizances to appear as Prosecutors, Defendants or Witnesses, are required to give their attendance.

Notice is hereby further given that the Civil Cases will not be called on for trial until Tuesday, the ninth day of July, at ten o’clock in the forenoon.

THE following extract from the "Impounding Ordinance 1872" is published for general information.

D. REN,
Provincial Secretary.

Dunedin, 17th June, 1872.

The Third Schedule

Poundage Fees.

For each Entire Horse above the age of twelve months ... 2s 6d

Mare, Gelding, Colt, Filly, Foal, Mule ... 1s 0d

Bull, above the age of twelve months ... 2s 6d

Ox, Cow, Steer, Heifer, or Calf, for the first ten ... 0s 6d

Ditto next ten ... 0s 4d

Ditto next thirty ... 0s 3d

Ditto next fifty ... 0s 2d

Ditto above ... 0s 1d

Ram, above the age of nine months ... 1s 0d

Ewe, Wether, or Lamb, for the first twenty ... 0s 2d

Ditto next thirty ... 0s 1 1/2d

Ditto next fifty ... 0s 1d

Ditto above ... 0s 0 1/4d

Charges for Food.

For every Entire Horse, and every Bull ... 3s 0d

Mare, Gelding, Mule, Ass, Colt, Filly, or Foal ... 2s 0d

Cow, Ox, Steer, or Heifer ... 1s 0d

Sheep or Lamb ... 0s 3d

Goat ... 0s 4d

Boar, Sow, or other Pig ... 1s 0d

The above charges to be paid for each day of 24 hours, or part of a day, during which the animal is supplied with food and water by the poundkeeper, but the owner may supply food and water, in which case these charges are not to be made.