Aug. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1825

Annual Election of Members of Education Board, South Canterbury, 1903.

Education Office,
Timaru, 11th August, 1903.

IT is hereby publicly notified that
JOHN TALBOT,
JOHN SCOTT RUTHERFORD, and
WILLIAM MILNE HAMILTON

have been elected members of the South Canterbury Education Board.

The numbers of valid votes recorded for each candidate were,—

John Talbot .. .. .. 219
John Scott Rutherford .. .. 186
William Milne Hamilton .. .. 147
William Stephen Maslin .. .. 135
Thomas Cheyne Farnie .. .. 129

The total number of valid votes recorded was 313. The number of votes rejected as informal was 23.

A. BELL,
Returning Officer.

Annual Election of Members of Education Board, North Canterbury, 1903.

Education Office,
Christchurch, 11th August, 1903.

THE following is the number of votes recorded for each candidate at the election of three members to serve upon the Education Board of the District of North Canterbury :—

Buddo, David .. .. .. 684
Rennie, John .. .. .. 531
McMillan, David, jun.. .. .. 482
Simpson, Rev. William .. .. 403
Radcliffe, William .. .. 307
Pine, Horace Daniel .. .. 110

I therefore declare—

Mr. DAVID BUDDO,
Mr. JOHN RENNIE, and
Mr. DAVID MCMILLAN, Jun.,

to be duly elected members of the Education Board of the District of North Canterbury.

The total number of votes recorded was 2,517: 60 voting-papers, representing 180 votes, were rejected, being informal; and 14 envelopes containing voting-papers were too late for the election, not having been posted in time, or not having been delivered as required by the statute.

H. C. LANE,
Returning Officer.

Te Makarini Scholarships, held at Te Aute College, Hawke’s Bay.

THREE scholarships of the yearly value of £35, tenable for two years, are offered for competition. One of these scholarships, to be called the senior scholarship, is open to all Maori boys under sixteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination: the other two scholarships are junior scholarships, one of which is open to all Maori boys under fifteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination who have attended a Native school or schools other than Te Aute or St. Stephen’s, and whose attendance at school during the previous year is considered by the Inspector of Native Schools to have been satisfactory; the other is open to Maori boys whose attendance at any school other than Te Aute and St. Stephen’s during the previous year has been similarly satisfactory. The senior scholarship is open to Maori boys on the conditions laid down in the regulations of the Trustees of the Te Makarini Scholarships Fund, as printed in the Native Schools Code, 1897. Candidates for the junior scholarships will be examined in the subjects specified for Standard IV. in the Native Schools Code, 1897. The questions will, however, be somewhat more difficult than those set for the standard examinations. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 14th and 15th of December, 1903.

Candidates must, either directly or through their teachers, send notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education Department, Wellington, of their intention to present themselves for examination. Such notice must be posted so as to reach the Department not later than the 9th of November, 1903.

Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may be obtained from teachers of Native schools and boarding institutions, the Secretaries to Education Boards, or the Secretary for Education, Wellington.

JAMES H. POPE,
Inspector of Native Schools.

Wellington, 10th August, 1903.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Canterbury Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 19th August, 1903.

IT is hereby notified that, the undermentioned Crown land having been forfeited by a resolution of the Canterbury Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Part of Reserve 1650, Rangitata.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Lands in Wellington Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 10th August, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that, the undermentioned lands having been forfeited by resolution of the Wellington Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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