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Lawrence, on Tuesday, the 9th day of February next, at
noon, at the upset price of £1 per acre.

Tuesday, 9th February, at Noon.

NOTICE is hereby given that Sections 40, 41, and
42, Block I., Earnslaw District, will be offered for
sale by public auction at the Survey Office, Queenstown,
on Tuesday, the 9th day of February next, at noon, at
the upset price of £1 per acre.

Tuesday, 16th February.

NOTICE is hereby given, that sections 2 and 4, block
I., and section 26, block III., Table Hill District,
comprising respectively 173a. 2r. 18p.; 206a. 3r. 37p.,
and 45a. 0r. 20p., will be offered for sale by public auc-
tion, at the Survey Office, Lawrence, on Tuesday, the
16th day of February next, at noon, at the upset price of
£1 per acre.

Tuesday, 16th February.

NOTICE is hereby given, that section 52, block 4,
Table Hill District, containing 10a. 3r. 18p., will
be offered for sale by public auction, at the Survey Office,
Lawrence, on Tuesday, the 16th day of February, at
noon, at the upset price of £3 3s. per acre, with valua-
tion and survey fees, £1 19s., added.

Tuesday, 23rd February.

NOTICE is hereby given, that section 42, Waihemo
District, containing 117a. 3r. 22p., will be offered
for sale by public auction, at the North-Western Hotel,
Palmerston, on Tuesday, the 23rd day of February next,
at noon, at the upset price of £1 per acre.

THE Ordinary Monthly Meeting of the EDUCATION
BOARD will be held at the Government Buildings,
Dunedin, upon Monday, the 11th January, 1875, at noon.
JOHN HISLOP, Secretary.

EDUCATION MEETINGS.

Monday, 11th January.

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 11th day of January, 1875, at
seven o'clock p.m., at the following-mentioned places
respectively, viz.:--

At Dunedin, in the Athenæum Hall.
At Tokomairiro, in the Grammar School, Milton.
At Oamaru, in the Grammar School.
At Invercargill, in the Grammar School.

And in the respective School-houses, or buildings,
used as School-houses, in the following-men-
tioned districts, viz.: -- Port Chalmers, Portobello,
North-East Harbour, Anderson's Bay, North-East
Valley, Wakari, Kaikorai, Mornington, Caversham,
Green Island, East Taieri, Saddle Hill, North Taieri,
Lake Waipori, Waihola, Balclutha, Warepa, Kaitiki,
Blueskin, Waikouaiti, Hampden, Otepopo, Oamaru,
Lawrence, Queenstown, Waihola Gorge, West Taieri,
Maungatua, Clyde, Alexandra, Naseby (Mt. Ida),
Palmerston, Waitahuna, Port Molyneux, Pleasant
River, Arrowtown, Cromwell, East Clutha, Waita-
peka, Inch Clutha, Kaitangata, Switzers, Teviot,
Waipori, Invercargill, Long Bush, Wallacetown,
Campbelltown, Woodlands, Waianiwa, Flint's Bush,
Myross Bush, Winton, Gummie's Bush, One Tree
Point, Riverton, Waikivi, Outram, Kensington, For-
bury, Mosgiel, Wairuna, Clinton.

The householders, in the following mentioned
localities respectively, in which schools have been
established or authorised, are advised to meet in the
school-house or buildings used as a school-house, of
their respective districts on the aforesaid Monday,
the 12th day of January, 1875, at 7 o'clock p.m., for
the purpose of electing School Committees for the
ensuing year, viz.: -- Moa Flat, Hamilton, Sowburn,
St. Bathans, Blue Spur, Wetherstones, Otakia, Popo-
tunoa, Taieri Beach, Awamoko, Macraes, Hillend,
Tapanui, Upper Harbour West, Lower Harbour,
Whare Flat, Blacks, Te Houka, Waiwera, Merton,
Waiaeka, Minimbau, Hyde, Wangaloa, Lower Shoto-
ver, Moeraki, Maerewhenua, Glenore, South Akatore,
South Bridge, Cardrona, Kakanui, Sawyers Bay,
Highcliff, Tuapeka Mouth, Thompson's, (Drybread
and Tinkers), Tuturau, Taieri Ferry, Greytown, Tua-
kitoto, Albertown (Wanaka), Sandymount, Mount
Cargill, Nokomai, Papakaio, Pukeuri, Kuri Bush,
Adam's Flat, Shag Valley, Clarke's Flat, Upper Kye-
burn, Lower Kyeburn, Inch Valley, Purakanui,
Evan's Flat, Dunkeld (Beaumont), Walton, Manuka
Creek, Forest Hill, Mabel Bush, Grove Bush,
Gropers's Bush, Limestone Plains, Orepuki, Oreti,
Wild Bush, Welshman's, Miller's Flat, Owaka Flat,
Clifton, Ahuriri Flat, Kingston, Kawarau Gorge,
Bannockburn, Blackstone Hill, Maerewhenua, Eden-
dale, Mataura Bridge, Brighton, Beaconsfield Coast,
Oteramika, Tuapeka Flat, Fortrose, Stewart's Island,
Ida Valley, and Maheno.

By order of the Education Board,
JOHN HISLOP,
Secretary.

BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL, DUNEDIN.

THE School will be re-opened on the 2nd February,
1875. Mr. D. Petrie, M.A., will conduct the Clas-
sical Department until the Rector's arrival in March next.
The following are the other Masters of the School: --
Mathematics -- D. Brent, M.A.; English -- Alex. Wilson,
M.A.; Second Master and Teacher of Science -- G. M.
Thomson; Commercial Master -- J. Gow; French -- E.
Demontalk, B.A.; Drawing -- D. C. Hutton; Drill -- Ser-
geant Stevens.

The School will be thoroughly re-organised, and divided
into a Lower and an Upper Department. The Upper
Department will have a Classical and a Modern Side.
Boys not under nine years, or thereabouts, will be ad-
mitted into the Lower School without examination as to
scholarship. Candidates for admission to the Upper
School must pass an examination in Reading, Writing,
Arithmetic, English Grammar, Geography, and from
Dictation, and the Rudiments of Latin. Boys who do not wish to
take Latin must pass either in Elementary Mathematics, or
French.

A Prospectus, containing full information, may be ob-
tained on application.

By order,
JOHN HISLOP,
Secretary to the Education Board.

5th January, 1875.

TEACHER Wanted for the Wairuna School, salary
£75 per annum with school fees. There is a new
school and commodious residence now in course of erec-
tion with a few acres of land attached to it. Applications
with testimonials to be lodged on or before the 8th
January 1875.

WILLIAM McG. MURRAY,
Clerk to Committee.

PALMERSTON MAIN SCHOOL.

APPLICATIONS, with testimonials, will be received,
until 5 p.m. on Tuesday, January 12th, from
qualified persons, for appointment of Female Teacher.
Salary: £100 per annum with small two roomed cottage.
The school accommodation unsurpassed. The successful
applicant will be required to enter upon her duties as
promptly as circumstances will admit. Applications to
be addressed to the undersigned, and endorsed "Appli-
cation for Teacher."

WILLIAM COBDEN,
Secretary to School Committee.