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of Dunedin. This sale was advertised for one month in the Otago Witness, and the advertisement also appeared six times in the Oamaru Mail and North Otago Times, three times in the Southland Weekly Times and Mataura Ensign, and twice in the Saturday Advertiser. If the Minister will supply the School Commissioners with particulars of further alleged causes of dissatisfaction with their administration of the education reserves, they trust to be able to give as conclusive replies to these as to the special cases referred to in your letter. I have, &c, The Secretary, Education Department, Wellington. J. P. Maitland, Chairman. {.Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, nil; printing (1,275 copies), £2 Is.]

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