A MEMORIAL having been presented to the Board of Education from a consi derable portion of the inhabitants of the Moeraki Downs District (as hereinafter des cribed) slating that no provision has been made for Public School Education in the said District, and praying for the erection of such district into a separate Educational District, I hereby give notice in accordance with the provisions of the Education Ordinance, 1864, that a PUBLIC MEETING of the owners and occupiers of land and householders resi dent in the said district wilt be held on MONDAY the 21st day of MARCH, 1870, at 7 o’clock p.m., at the House of Mr Mac- Lachlan, North Moeraki Downs, for the pur pose of ascertaining whether such owners, occupiers and householders are willing that the said district should be formed into an Educational District; also for ascertaining whether such owners, occupiers and house holders are willing to provide the proportion of the annual expenses of an Educational Dis trict to be paid by such district, as provided by the Education Ordinance, 1864.” The following is the description of the pro posed district:— Starting from a point on the River Ashley due north of the north-west corner of section 3245 ; thence due south in a straight line to such corner; thence southerly along the western boundary of that section, and of section 3195, and easterly along the southern boundary of the latter section to the north west corner of section 2991 ; thence southerly along the western boundary of the latter section, and easterly along its southern boun dary to the road lying to the east of such section ; thence southerly along such road to ttie River Oust; thence westerly along such River to the road to the south of section 6989 ; thence westerly along such road to the south eastern corner of such section ; (hence northerly along the eastern boundary of such section to the road to tt;e north of such sec tion ; thence westerly along such road to the road to the east of section 8461 ; thence northerly along sued road to the south eastern corner of section 7253 ; thence westerly along the southern boundary of this latter section, and of sections 7999, 7095, 7673 and 7674 to the road to the west of the latter section ; thence northerly along such road, and a straight line in continuation thereof to the River Ashley, and thence easterly along such River to the starting point. 