August.

7.—Opening of new Post Office at Invercargill by Hon. J. G. Ward, Postmaster-General.

8.—Death of Mrs. Livingston, æt. 85, wife of late Mr. Alex. Livingston, Government Auditor, who was brought out by the Provincial Government in 1856, as Master of the High School.

17.—Graduation ceremony, Otago University:—Graduates: M.A.: Misses A. Hallenstein, B. Watt, F. Ross; Messrs. F. H. Campbell, C. D. Lillie, T. A. Patterson, J. Porteous, F. V. Seideberg, P. Marshall, J. W. W. Hunter, and W. W. Bird. B.A.: Misses J. B. Jameson, C. M'Leod, M. E. Moore, E. H. Pearce, E. M. Rainforth, M. A. Sinclair; Messrs. T. R. W. Coutts, A. Doull, D. J. Matheson, A. S. Morrison, and C. R. D. Richardson. B.Sc.: Messrs. J. Chisholm, J. Rennie, and J. W. W. Hunter. D.Sc.: C. Chilton. LL.D.: J. G. Findlay. M.B.: Messrs. C. T. Little, K. M'Adam, R. Church, and J. Torrance.