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5 THE BOARD OF THE EDUCATION DISTRICT OF CANTERBURY. "THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES SUBSIDIES A 0. 1 ,. 1377." ■ is hereby giyon, that the I JLN Board has received authority to t distribute within the District of Canterbury a sum of one thousand find sixtyeight pounds'seventeen shillings, which, under section 2 of "The Public Libraries Subsidies Act," is to be allotted " to .. libraries maintained or partly maintained by voluntary subscriptions in their respective districts, in accordance with, and in proportion to. the amount of r voluntary subscriptions received by the respective libraries." Applications to share in the distribution must be sent to the Chairman of the Board on or before MONDAY, the fifteenth day of April next, accompanied in each case by a statement of the P amount of the voluntary subscriptions for the year ending December 31st, 1877. ' WM, JAS. HABENS, I Secretary. Christchurch, March 14, 1878. L , :— . r _, _ , 1 OKAIN'S DISTRICT ROAD BOARD. ; ELECTION NOTICE. \ nriHE undermentioned gentlemen hay- ' _1_ ing this day >>een duly Nominated, as Candidates for the office of Member L of the said Board, viz..— Patrick Callaghan Thomas Henry Old ridge I hereby give notice that a POLL will be taken on SATURDAY, the 23rd day of March, 1878, for the purpose of electing ONE of the abovenamed candidates to serve as a member } of the aforesaid Okain's District Road f Board. The Polling Booths are—The School Houses, Okain's Bay, Little Akaloa, and Le Bon's Bays ; and the Poll will be taken between the hours of 9 a.m. 1 and 6 p.m. on the same day. D. WRIGHT, Returning Officer. Road Board Office, Okain's Bay, March 16, 1878. THE BOARD OF THE EDUCATION DISTRICT OF CANTERBURY. SCHOLARSHIPS. "ISTTOTICE is hereby given, that Ten l>l Scholarships of the annual value of Forty Pounds each, and tenable for two years, will be awarded upon examination in the month of June next as follows :— (a) Two scholarships..open to- all children whose age does not exceed eleven years on the first day of June, 1878. (b) Two scholarships open to all whose age does not exceed twelve years on the first of June. (c) Two scholarships open to all whose age does not exceed thirteen years on the first of June. (d) Two scholarships open to all 1 whose age does not exceed < fourteen years on the first of June. 1 And two scholarships to be applied > to the three classes a, b, and c, according to the respective merit of the candidates in those classes. Candidates must enter their names by giving notice in their own hand writing to the Chairman of the Board on or before the tenth day of May next, in • every case, stating the day and year of birth, and the school at which the candidate" is receiving instruction. The Board will not publish the name of the i school from which a candidate comes without the consent of the principal teacher of the school, which may be • sent with the notice of entry. Any candidate not attending school must 1 give his or her address. The Board reserves the right of requiring proof as to age. 1 The examinations will be held at 1 Christchnrch, begining on the fifth day ' of June for classes (a), (b), and (c), and on the twelth day of June for class (d). Necessary expenses of travelling, I and of board and lodging, will be defrayed by the Board. The subjects in which candidates in classes (a), (b), and (c), will be examined ' are the following:—Reading, writing, spelling, arithmetic, English grammar and composition, geography, and British and Sacred history. [ The subjects for class (a) are as follows :—Arithtuetio, English grammar and composition (including spelling), physical and political geography, and history (sacred, ancient, and modern), geometry, and algebra. A scholarship will not be awarded to - any candidate who has not obtained 25 per cent of the possible number of marks . in each subject, and 50 per cent of the possible total. " The successful competitor for any such scholaship shall receive the amount f of his or her scholarship only so long r as he or* she shall continue his or her j education at any school or educational institution under the control of the I Board at which the higher branches oi I education are taught, but, if there, be no such school or institution in the j district where the holder of the scholarship resides, then at such school, subject c to inspection by a public School Inspector, as tne Board may approve of.' [The Education Act, 1877, section 51 sub-section.] WM. JAS. HABENS, Secretary. Christchurch, March 15,1878.