taining respectively 8a. 1r. 15p. and 224a., will be open for application, at the Land Office, Invercargill, on Monday, the 20th day of April next.

J. T. THOMSON,
Chief Commissioner.

Waste Land Board Office,
Dunedin, 17th February, 1874.

IN terms of the 14th section of the “Otago Waste Lands Act, 1873,” it is hereby notified that Mr. Henry Aldborough Stratford has been appointed to be District Officer for the Land District of Naseby, in place of Mr. Henry Wirgman Robinson, absent on leave.

J. T. THOMSON,
Chief Commissioner of the Waste Lands Board of the Province of Otago.

Dunedin, 12th Feb. 1874.

THE Undermentioned persons have obtained Licenses to Depasture Cattle in the Oteramika Hundred during the current year:—

Abraham M’Kenzie
James Cock
Geo. F. Richardson
Donald M’Lennan
James Henderson
John Drake
George Dawson
Solomon Shepherd
James Munro
Jas. Morris
William Copland
John Birss
John F. Dundas
Peter M’Kay

Thos. Dawson
Malcolm M’Callum
Peter Chalmers
N. Zealand & Australian Land Co.
Rodney Pasley
George Dawson
James Munro
Jas. Morris
William Copland
John Birss
John F. Dundas
Peter M’Kay

A meeting for the election of Wardens for Oteramika Hundred, for the current year, will be held at Mr. M’Kay’s House, Bay Bush, Oteramika, at noon on Monday, the 23rd February.

THE Undermentioned Persons have obtained Licenses to Depasture Cattle in Mabel Hundred during the current year:—

Little and Sanderson
Denis Tobin

James Allan

A meeting for the election of Wardens for Mabel Hundred, for the current year, will be held at the Land Office, Invercargill, at noon on Monday, the 23rd February.

THE Undermentioned Persons have obtained Licenses to Depasture Cattle in Oreti Hundred during the current year:—

Wm. Lawrence
Arthur Gerrard
John Cowie
Wm. Hogan
John Connell
Charles Coster
John Boyle

R. D. M’Lachlan
Wm. Blackwood
Thos. Fowler
Jas. Mackintosh
Rodk. Mackintosh
Spence Brothers

A meeting for the election of Wardens for Oreti Hundred, for the current year, will be held at the House of Mr. Mackintosh, section 61, Oreti Hundred, at noon on Wednesday, the 25th February.

THE Undermentioned persons have obtained Licenses to Depasture Cattle in Aparima Hundred during the current year:—

Patrick Reihill
Donald M’Kay
Jas. Mackintosh
Wm. Johnston

Richd. W. Williams
Wm. Martin
Richd. James
Rodk. Mackintosh

A meeting for the election of Wardens for Aparima Hundred, for the current year, will be held at the House of Mr. Macintosh, Strathmore, Otautau, at noon on Thursday, the 26th February.

THE Undermentioned Persons have obtained Licenses to Depasture Cattle in Jacobs River Hundred during the current year:—

Wm. Graham
H. & J. Christie
Wm. Boyd & Sons

Wm. Stevens
Jas. W. Hamilton
W. J. & G. Cummings

Wm. Strang
Jas. J. Boyd
Brown & Walker
Matthew Instone

James R. Stuck
Wm. Thomas
John Highet
Patrick Sheridan

A meeting for the election of Wardens for Jacob’s River Hundred, for the current year, will be held at the School-house, Flint’s Bush, at noon on Friday, the 27th February.

C. HOWARD,
For Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands Office,
Invercargill,
12th February, 1874.

EDUCATION MEETINGS.—In consequence of no School Committee having been elected for the following-mentioned districts on the 12th of January, His Honor the Superintendent has appointed a Meeting of the Owners and Occupiers of land and householders of each district, to be held in the Schoolhouse, on Monday, the 30th March, at Seven o’clock, p.m., to elect a School Committee for the current year:—

Port Chalmers
Portobello
Mace town
Waipori
Popotunoa

Otepopo
Saddlehill
Maeetown
New Zealand & Australian Land Co.
Waipori

The meeting at Clinton will be held at the Royal Mail Hotel.

JOHN SPERREY, Secretary.

SCHOLARSHIPS.

THERE are offered for Competition, to Students intending to study for the Ministry of the Presbyterian Church,

TWO Scholarships, tenable for three years, of the annual value of £25 and £15, respectively, to be competed for by students entering on their University course; and

ONE Scholarship, tenable for two years, of the annual value of £25, to be competed for by second year students.

The subjects of examination for the first two scholarships are:—1. Arithmetic. 2. English Grammar and Analysis. 3. Mathematics: Euclid, Book I. 4. English History: period between French Revolution and Accession of Queen Victoria. 5. Latin: De Amicitia. 6. Greek: Grammar. 7. Scripture Knowledge: Genesis and Acts.

The subjects for the last-mentioned scholarship are:—1. Mathematics: Euclid, Books I. and II. 2. Algebra up to Quadratics. 3. English History and Literature: period 1689—1727. 4. Roman History: first century. 5. Latin: Eneid Book VI. 6. Greek: Anabasis Book II. 7. Scripture Knowledge: Genesis and Acts.

The competition will take place in the Class-room of Knox Church, on the 29th and 30th April, at 10 a.m.

Intending competitors will please give early notice of their intention to E. B. Cargill, Esq., and also forward certificates of character from their respective ministers.

WANTED, a Master and Mistress for the new District School at Invercargill. Salary: Master, £200 per annum, and Rent allowance, £20; Mistress, £100 per annum.

Applications must be sent in not later than 28th February, addressed to the Chairman, Invercargill School Committee.

P. NUTTER, Clerk School Committee.

WANTED, a Teacher for the Side School, Awamoko. Salary about £120 per annum, with Residence, and four acres of Glebe.

Applications to be lodged with the undersigned, on or before the 3rd of March, 1874.

ROBERT STEWART,
Clerk School Committee, Awamoko.

WANTED, Teacher for Kuri Bush School. Salary—Government allowance and school fees. Applications, with testimonials, to be lodged with the undersigned, not later than March 8th, 1874. Successful applicant to take charge of the school April 1, 1874.

JAMES L. LANDER,
Clerk School Committee, Kuri Bush.

Kuri Bush, Otokia, Jan. 31, 1874.