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New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator, Volume I, Issue 8, 30 May 1840, Page 1

UNION BANK OF AUSTRALIA. London Office, No. 38, Old Byroad-street. Capital, £500,000; paid, up, Directors': George Fife Angas, Esq., Robert Brooks, Esq., James John Cummins, Esq.. Robert Gardener, Esq., Manchester, John Gore, Esq., > Charles Hindley, Esq., M.P., Benjamin E. Lindo, Esq., Charles Edward Mangles, Esq., .V Christopher Rawson, Esq., Halifax, -i TJhomas Sands, Esq., Liverpool, ' James Bogle Smith, Esq., James Ruddell Tddd, Esq. Trustees: George. Carr Glyn,, Esq., John Gore, Esq., and James J. Cummins, Esq. Bankers: Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co. Secretary : Samuel Jackson, Esq. * Colonial Inspector : J. C. M'Laren, Esq. New ■ Zealand Branch. Local Directors : Geo. S. Evans, Esq., D.C.L., Edw. Betts Hopper, Esq., and Geo. - Hunter, Esq. Manager : John Smith, Esq., late of the Commercial Bank of England, Manchester. Branches at Sydney,. Hobart Town, Launceston, and Port Philip. Port Nicholson, March 24, 1840. rjTVHE Directors of the New Zealand Land JL Company hereby give notice, that they have effected an arrangement with the Union Bank of Australia, No. 38, Old Broad-street, London, for the establishment of a BRANCH BANK IN NEW ZEALAND-, through which the business of the New Zealand Land Company will be transacted. The Directors therefore recommend to Colonists the Union Bank of Australia as. an establishment possessing their entire confidence) and able to provide effectually for the- financial wants of the- first settlement. By order of the Board, JOHN WARD} Secretary. New Zealand Land Company's Office, 1, Adam-street, Adelphi, 27th Aug., 1839. SEMINARY. MR. GRACE intends to open f. Tiiblic" School and Boarding Establishment, as early as possible after the settlement of the township at Thorndon. In making this announcement to.the community, Mr. G. considers it his duty to. state- that in the management of this Seminary, he will constantly endeavour to fit youth for the business of life ; and to furnish those intended for the learned: professions with the instruction preparatory to a more- professional education. His first object will be to make them well acquainted with the English language,, with its orthography and syntax, and with the- meaning and derivation of words. For this purpose, the pupils will be questioned upon every thing which they read, and required to state their conceptions of it in» their own language. A weekly English theme will be prescribed to the more advanced scholars, upon some subject in history or common llf-i,,. as an exercise in composition. English grammar will be taught rather by conversation, than by committing rules to memory.. Mfc. G, would Gonsider himself aa not doing justice to his pupils, even to those who confine themselves ta an ordinaiy English education, if he^ did not endeavour during the* whole course to impart a knowledge of the- facts in natural philosophy, astronomy, chemistry, anatomy, physiology, and, natural history, which are the most essential to their physical well beingv and which will Erove- a source* of" agreeable thought in after fe. In teaching geography, more attention; will be paid to the animal, mineral, and vegetable products of each country, and to> the manners and customs of its inhabitants, than to its topography. Writing, arithmetic, and. mathematics will- be taught according to the principles which exferience hasproved to be' the most successful, n the classical department, while- every portion, of 'grammar -will receive- its* due share of. attention, every means will be employed: to imSart to: the- pupils suchua knowledge of the- conuct of the great men of antiquity, of the opinions of its philosophers, and of the routine of its ordinary life, as will not leave them, when perhaps nearly all the terms of the Greek and Latin have faded from their memories. Mr. Grace is aware of the difficulty he will encounter from the want of assistants. He will endeavour to lessen this in thefi'rst instance by- arrangement; and when he* can procure the aid of competent persons, he will avail himself of it, confining, himself to a general superintendence of the establishment, and to the higher branches of education. A small portion of the scriptures will be read daily,, upon, which the students will be examined, and upon Sunday, the pupils whose parents wish it, will be- convened before divine service, for the purpose- of repeating the- church catechism and the- collect for the day. A printed copy of" Mr. Grace's testimonials may be seen at the- office of this paper. He has much pleasure iit mentioning that he has shown thenrto Dr. Evans, who expressed himself satisfied, from his knowledge of some of the gentlemen who have furnished them. WANTED, SEVERAL SA-Wi|RS. Apply to T. M. Partridge- and Cp; ; X April 11, IS 10. \ (^