2098
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 94

Railway Boards of Appeal ("The Government Railways Department Classification Act, 1896").

New Zealand Government Railways,
Head Office, Wellington,
26th October, 1901.

THE following is the result of the second ordinary election of the elective members of the Railway Boards of Appeal for the North Island and Middle Island respectively, constituted under “The Government Railways Department Classification Act, 1896”:

NORTH ISLAND, FIRST DIVISION.
Davidson, Hercules .. .. Unopposed

NORTH ISLAND, SECOND DIVISION.
Wilson, Thomas .. .. .. 655
Mack, Matthew Joseph .. .. .. 413
Roulston, Nathan .. .. .. 328
Informal .. .. .. 12

MIDDLE ISLAND, FIRST DIVISION.
Brebner, Thomas Walter .. .. .. 239
Bridge, Harry Poynter .. .. .. 123
Kempthorne, William Oke .. .. .. 99
Frame, James .. .. .. 78
Ashley, James .. .. .. 52
Informal .. .. .. 5

MIDDLE ISLAND, SECOND DIVISION.
Nolan, Patrick Edward .. .. .. 1,483
Ferguson, Peter .. .. .. 385
Holmes, Charles Edward .. .. .. 327
Informal .. .. .. 17

I hereby declare Hercules Davidson and Thomas Wilson duly elected to act as members of the North Island Board, and Thomas Walter Brebner and Patrick Edward Nolan duly elected to act as members of the Middle Island Board.
R. W. McVILLY,
Returning Officer.

Surveyors licensed.

Office of the Secretary to the Surveyors’ Board,
Government Buildings,
Wellington, 26th October, 1901.

IT is hereby notified that licenses under “The New Zealand Institute of Surveyors and Board of Examiners Act, 1900,” have been issued to the following surveyors:—
Harding, Samuel.
Whitcombe, George.
Roddick, John.
Nalder, William Arthur.
Sexton, Andrew Archibald.
Fairburn, Edwin James.
Combes, Ernest.
Mirams, Samuel Haywood.
T. M. GRANT,
Secretary to Surveyors’ Board.

Officiating Ministers for 1901.—Notice No. 44.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 28th October, 1901.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand passed in the forty-fourth year of the reign of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.
The Reverend James Thomas McWilliam, B.A.

Seventh Day Adventists.
Paster A. T. Robinson.
Paster Herbert C. Lacey.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

“The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1900.”—Notice of Cancellation of Registry.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 23rd October, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to an application in that behalf made to me by “The Wanganui Society of Plumbers and Tinsmiths’ Industrial Union of Workers,” registered No. 310, situated at Wanganui, the registration of that industrial union will be cancelled at the expiration of six weeks from the date hereof unless within the six weeks specified proceedings be commenced by a member or other person interested in or having some claim on the funds of the industrial union to set aside such cancellation, and the same is set aside accordingly.
EDWARD TREGEAR,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.

Examination for Mine-managers’ and Battery-superintendents’ Certificates.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 1st October, 1901.

AN examination of candidates for certificates as First- and Second-class Mine-managers and Battery-superintendents under “The Mining Act, 1898,” and First- and Second-class Mine-managers under “The Coal-mines Act, 1891,” will be held on Tuesday, the 28th January, 1902, and three following days, at places to be hereafter named. All applications, with necessary certificates, and fee of £1. must be addressed to “The Secretary of the Board of Examiners under the Mining Act or Coal-mines Act, Wellington,” and must be received before the 16th December, or they will not be dealt with until the following examination. Forms of application may be obtained at Schools of Mines, Thames, Waihi, and Coromandel, also from Inspector of Mines, Thames, Westport, and Dunedin.
T. H. HAMER,
Secretary to the Board of Examiners.

[NOTE.—No candidate will be permitted to present himself for examination unless he holds an authority from the Secretary stating that his certificate of service has been accepted by the Board.]

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Notifying Land in Otago as being subject to “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900.”

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1901.

PURSUANT to the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” I hereby notify that the under-mentioned Crown land, which has been acquired under the said Act, is subject to the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 92 acres 3 roods 16 perches, more or less, being Sections Nos. 45, 48, 49, 52, 53, 56, 57, 60, 63, and 64, of Block X., Leaning Rock Survey District; as the same is delineated upon the plan marked S.G. 25533A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Kauri and Totara Timber in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 29th October, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned green, dry, and singed kauri and totara timber, standing upon Blocks IV. and VIII., Hukerenui Survey District, in the Puhipuhi State Forest, Bay of Islands and Whangarei Counties, will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 2nd day of January, 1902, at 11 o’clock a.m.

Lot No. 5: 278 green kauri-trees, containing about 987,245 superficial feet; 264 dry kauri-trees, containing about 550,683 superficial feet; 1,438 singed kauri-trees, containing about 4,320,581 superficial feet; 142 totara-trees, containing about 118,222 superficial feet. Total quantity of kauri timber, about 5,858,509 superficial feet, £3,661 12s.; total quantity of totara timber, about 118,222 superficial feet, £101. Total upset price of timber, £3,762 12s.

Conditions of Sale.

One-third of the purchase-money to be paid in cash, or by marked cheque, on the fall of the hammer; one third within two years, and the remaining third within four years, from date of sale.

The timber to be removed within eight years from date of sale.

All timber to be shipped by railway from the Whakapara Station.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,