Sept. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2273

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 15th September, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the undermentioned persons:—

J. G. WARD.

Notifying Land in the Canterbury Land District subject to “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900.”

Office of Board of Land Purchase Commissioners,
Wellington, 15th September, 1904.

PURSUANT to the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” I hereby notify that the undermentioned Crown land, being parts of the land known as the Rosewill Settlement, which has been acquired under the said Act, is subject to the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

ROSEWILL SETTLEMENT.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing 38,143 acres, more or less, situated in Block XVI., Tengawai Survey District; Blocks III., IV., VII., VIII., XI., and XII., Opawa Survey District; Blocks II., III., V., VI., VII., IX., X., XI., XII., XIII., and XIV., Pareora Survey District; and Block VIII., Arowhenua Survey District, comprising all the land contained in certificate of title, Vol. 214, folio 198, in the office of the District Land Registrar of the Land Registration District of Canterbury: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked S.G. 19295, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and bordered pink thereon.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Enumerators appointed under “The Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics Act, 1895.”—Notice No. 902.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 14th September, 1904.

THE following Enumerators have been appointed, under “The Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics Act, 1895,” for the districts specified:—

CLIFTON, EDMUND, Inspector of Stock, Auckland,
the Counties of Mangonui, Whangaroa, Hokianga, Bay of Islands, Hobson, Whangarei, Otamatea, Rodney, Waitemata, Eden, Manukau, Coromandel, Thames, Ohinemuri, Raglan, Waikato, Waipa, Piako, Tauranga, Rotorua, Whakatane, Opotiki, Kawhia, Awakino, West Taupo, and East Taupo;

MILLER, WALTER, Inspector of Stock, Napier,
the Counties of Waiapu, Cook, Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay, Waipawa, Patangata, Weber, Woodville, and Pahiatua;

BLUNDELL, ARTHUR KENNEDY, Inspector of Stock, Wanganui,
the Counties of Clifton, Taranaki, Egmont, Stratford, Hawera, Patea, Waitotara, Wanganui, Waimarino, Rangitikei, Kiwitea, Pohangina, Manawatu, Oroua, Kairanga, and Horowhenua;

JENKINSON, GEORGE HENRY, Inspector of Stock, Masterton,
the Counties of Mauriceville, Masterton, Castlepoint, Eketahuna, Akitio, Wairarapa South, and Featherston;

MILLS, ALFRED, Inspector of Stock, Wellington,
the Hutt County, including the Islands of Mana and Kapiti;

MOORE, JOHN, Inspector of Stock, Blenheim,
the Counties of Kaikoura, Marlborough, and Sounds, also D’Urville Island;

FRASER, THOMAS ARCHIBALD, Inspector of Stock, Nelson,
the Counties of Waimea, Takaka, and Collingwood;

EMPSON, CHARLES CLENDON, Inspector of Stock, Hokitika,
the Counties of Buller, Inangahua, Grey, and Westland;

TURNER, HENRY THOMAS GEORGE, Inspector of Stock, Christchurch,
the Counties of Cheviot, Amuri, Ashley, Selwyn, Akaroa, Mount Herbert, Ashburton, Geraldine, Levels, Mackenzie, and Waimate;

BRUCE, JOHN LESLIE, Inspector of Stock, Dunedin,
the Counties of Waitaki, Maniototo, Waihemo, Waikouaiti, Peninsula, Taieri, Tuapeka, Bruce, Clutha, Vincent, and Lake;

WRIGHT, ROBERT, Inspector of Stock, Invercargill,
the Counties of Southland, Wallace, and Fiord, also Stewart Island.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Authorising the Laying-off of Cecil Road, in the Town of Cecil town, of a Width of 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 20th September, 1904.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 2 of “The Towns Main Streets Act, 1902,” I, Thomas Young Duncan, Minister of Lands, do hereby authorise the laying-off of Cecil Road, in the Town of Cecil town, Auckland Land District, of a width of 66 ft., instead of 99 ft. as prescribed by section 17 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Junior National Scholarships and Free Places in Secondary Schools.

Education Department,
Wellington, 19th September, 1904.

IN pursuance of “The National Scholarships Act, 1903,” and of “The Secondary Schools Act, 1903,” notice is hereby given that the time within which candidates’ applications to be admitted to the examination for Junior National Scholarships and for Free Places in Secondary Schools to be held in December, 1904, must reach the office of the Inspector-General of Schools is extended for one month, to the 31st October, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Education.

Notice under “The Victoria College Act, 1897,” and the Regulations made by virtue thereof.

Victoria College, Registrar’s Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 1904.

I HEREBY notify that

RICHARD McCALLUM,

of Blenheim, has been duly elected a member of the Victoria College Council by members of the Education Boards.

CH. P. POWLES,
Returning Officer.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 13th September, 1904.

THE Star of Napier Lodge, No. 64, situated at Napier, is registered as a branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of New Zealand Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 13th day of September, 1904.

GEO. LESLIE,
Registrar of Friendly Societies