McLean, Catherine
,, Jessie
McHardie, Mary
McDonald, Anne
,, Helen
Dinsmore, Margaret
Flanagan, Margaret
Daly, Mary A.
Stewart, Elizabeth
Powell, Eliza
Gordon, Isabella
Considine, Margaret
Margaret
Muir, Elizabeth
Thomson, Moriah
,, Moriah
,, William
,, Richard
Cully, Jane
Coffee, Mary A.
McDonald, Catherine
McCallum, Mrs C.
,, Alex.
O’Farrell, Bridget
Lehmann, Mrs Mary A.
,, Annie
,, Caroline
,, Anton
Jamieson, Mary
Healy, Mrs. Emma
,, Mary I.
MacKenzie, Jessie

NOMINATED.
Carson, Elizabeth
Carddon, Ann
Crompton, Mrs. Sarah
,, Isabella
,, Mary
Niddrie, Isabella
McBride, Margaret
,, Catherine
Cowan, Mrs.
,, Isabella
Noker, Charlotte
Inman, Elizabeth
Watkins, Emily
Maloney, Margaret
Robertson, Mary Ann
Strachan, Mrs. Ann
,, James
,, Cecelia
Augustus, Mrs Isa M.
,, Charles N.
Cleaverly, Sarah
Willcocks, Margaret
,, Matilda
McKillop, Elizabeth
Baker, Ellen
Flook, Martha
Doocey, Johanna
Mulqueen, Ann
,, Michael
Hayes, Catherine
McCane, Margaret

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT DUNEDIN FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST, 1876, at 9 a.m.
Lat. 45 deg. 52 min. 12 sec. Long. 170 deg. 37 sec. Altitude above sea, 500 feet.

Barometer - Inches.
Mean for month ... 29.648
Maximum for month on the 24th ... 30.019
Minimum for month on the 27th ... 29.258
Extreme range ...

Temperature in shade - Fah.
Mean maximum temperature ... 49.9
Mean minimum temperature ... 37.3
Approximate mean temperature for month ... 43.6
Mean daily range of temperature ... 12.6
Extreme maximum temperature on 27th ... 60.0
Extreme minimum temperature on 14th ... 32.0
Extreme range of temperature for month ... 28.0

Exposed Thermometers
Mean terrestrial radiation ... 34
Minimum terrestrial radiation on 14th ... 27

Hygrometical
Mean elastic force of vapour (computed from the means of wet and dry bulbs.) ... .208 in.
Mean temperature of the dew point ... 35.5 Fah
Mean degree of moisture (saturation = 100) ... 73.7

Rain
Total rainfall ... 2.376 inches.
Number of days on which rain fell ... 16 days
Maximum rainfall in any twenty-four hours on the 20th ... 0.490 inches.

Wind
Average daily velocity for month ... 181 miles.
Maximum velocity for month on 4th ... 860 miles.
Mean amount of cloud for month ... 6.0 to 10

Remarks
Great gale on 4th and 5th from S.W. Snow fell on 4th and 29th.
(Signed) HENRY SKEY, Observer.

Note.—In this Abstract the results are inserted for the day on which they are recorded, although occurring during the preceding twenty-four hours.

NOTICE TO TEACHERS AND PUPIL TEACHERS.

THE Annual Examination of Pupil Teachers and Candidates for employment as such will be held on the 28th, 29th, and 30th of September next, at Dunedin, Oamaru, Invercargill, Milton, Lawrence, Tapanui, Mount Ida.
Candidates should send their names to me at least seven days before the first day of examination.
The Board’s regulations may be obtained on application.
JOHN HISLOP, Secretary.

N.B.—Candidates must forward a certificate from their teachers to the effect that they are in every respect qualified, and that it is their bona fide intention to become teachers.
J. H.

THE MONTHLY MEETING of the Education Board will be held at the Government Buildings, Dunedin, on Thursday, the 14th September, 1876, at noon.
JOHN HISLOP, Secretary.

TEACHER WANTED for the Side School, Wangoloa. Salary: Government allowance and School Fees, with good residence. Applications, with testimonials, to be lodged at the Education Office before the 29th instant.

TEACHER WANTED for Side School, Main Gully, Waitahuna. Salary: Government Subsidy £75, and School Fees, less ten per cent. paid to School Committee, with four-roomed house, and ten acres of glebe. Applications to be sent in to the Secretary of School Committee by September 20th.
W. F. BORTHWICK, Secretary School Committee.

TEACHER WANTED—A competent Teacher is wanted for Southbridge, Tokomairiro. Salary, £75, with School Fees, and an excellent residence of five rooms with one acre of land fenced. Applications, with testimonials, to be left at the Education Office, Dunedin, on or before September 18th, 1876.
WILLIAM GRANT,

WANTED a Qualified Teacher for Hamiltons and Low Burn, half-time schools. Salary, £100 per annum with residence. Applications with testimonials to be lodged at the Education Office, Dunedin, before October 1, 1876.

WANTED—A duly qualified Teacher for Black’s School. Salary, £75 per annum and School Fees. A comfortable four-roomed house and fuel found. Applications, with testimonials, to be lodged at the Education Office on or before the 23rd September.

[From the New Zealand Gazette, August 31, 1876.]

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE APPOINTED.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th August, 1876.

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR has been pleased to appoint
ARTHUR JOHN BURNS, Esq.,
of Dunedin, to be a Justice of the Peace for the colony.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.