Aug. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1901

Notice of the Laying-off of Roads through Whitikau No. 2b and Whitikau No. 3a Blocks, Blocks VII. and VIII., Urutawa Survey District, Cook County.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under the authority of section 92 of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” that the roads described in the Schedule hereto were in July and August, 1904, duly taken and laid off through the lands specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said colony, by Warrant dated the 11th May, 1904.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 8 acres 2 roods, more or less, situated in Block VIII., Urutawa Survey District, and being a road-line 100 links wide traversing the Whitikau No. 2b Block, No. 4740A2, the north-western boundary of which commences at a point on the south-eastern boundary of the above block at a distance of 4399 links, more or less, from its north-eastern angle, and proceeds south-westerly generally for a distance of 6617·2 links to its junction with the Whitikau Road. Also all that parcel of land the northern side of which commences at the south-eastern angle of the aforesaid road, and proceeds thence north-easterly generally along the northern side of the Motu-Opotiki Road for a distance of 3033·7 links, more or less, to the south-eastern boundary of the aforesaid block. As the same is delineated on the plan marked R. 6502, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured pink.

Also all that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 15 acres 3 roods, more or less, situated in Block VII., Urutawa Survey District, and being a road-line of a width of not less than 100 links traversing the Whitikau No. 3a Block, No. 5547A, the north-eastern boundary of which commences at a point on the southern boundary of the aforesaid block at a distance of 2320·2 links from Station No. 872, and proceeds north-westerly generally for a distance of 8873 links, more or less, to a point on the south-western boundary of the aforesaid block at a distance of 5565·4 links from its southern angle: as the same is delineated on the plan marked R. 6502a, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured pink.

Dated this 2nd day of August, 1905.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

Notice fixing Closing-hours of Shops in the Borough of Motueka.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in the Borough of Motueka (not being one of the districts mentioned in section 3 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1904”), has been forwarded to me, desiring that all shops, except in the following trades, in the borough shall be closed at 6 o’clock p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, at 10 o’clock p.m. on Saturdays, and at 1 o’clock p.m. on Wednesdays (the weekly half-holiday): And whereas the Motueka Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops within the borough:

Now, therefore, I, James Carroll, acting for and on behalf of the Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 21 of the said Act, do hereby direct that from and after the 7th day of August, 1905, all shops, except in the following trades, in the Borough of Motueka shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Excepted Trades.—Tobacconists, hairdressers, and fruiterers.

Dated at Wellington, this 1st day of August, 1905.

J. CARROLL,
For Minister of Labour.

Approving and appointing a Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this purpose vested by “The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882,” I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do hereby approve and appoint the undermentioned warehouse to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under bond, namely,—

Port of Lyttelton.

Part of a building built of concrete, brick, and wood, situate on Town Section 727, corner of Worcester Street and Cathedral Square, City of Christchurch, to be known as

ROYAL BOND.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and five.

C. H. MILLS,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Commissioner’s Order No. 780.]

Examination in Drawing.

Education Department,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that any pupil-teacher, or any student of a technical school, or any other person, may be examined in drawing only either at the Civil Service Junior Examination or at the Teachers’ Certificate Examination. Candidates may offer for examination any one or more of the six branches of drawing prescribed for the Civil Service Junior Examination or for the Teachers’ Certificate Examination. The fee for examination is 2s. 6d. for each branch of drawing so offered. Passing in any branch of drawing will exempt the candidate from further examination in the same branch for a teacher’s certificate. Application to be examined must be made on the form provided, must be accompanied by a bank receipt for the amount of the fee, and must reach the office of the Inspector-General of Schools, at Wellington, not later than the 30th September. Forms may be obtained from the office of any Education Board, or from the office of the Inspector-General of Schools, at Wellington.

[The Civil Service Junior Examination is held during the second and third weeks of December, and the Teachers’ Certificate Examination is held early in January. More precise notification of the date will be sent to each candidate after receipt of his application to be examined.]

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Education.

Junior National Scholarships.—Date of Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 26th June, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the next examination for Junior National Scholarships and for free places in secondary and technical schools will be held on Tuesday, 12th, and Wednesday, 13th December, 1905.

GEORGE HOGBEN,
Inspector-General of Schools.

Notice of Vesting of Land in the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

WHEREAS I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee, have, for the purposes of “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894,” made due inquiries with respect to the land described in the Schedule hereunder written, and the owner thereof, and have, in respect of the said land, given the notices prescribed by section 4 of the said Act, and have in all respects complied with the provisions of the said section: And whereas I have not thereby ascertained who the owner is, and believe that such owner is not in the colony, nor has such owner established his title to the said land, as required by the said Act: I hereby give notice that the said land is, under and by virtue of the said Act, vested in me, as the Public Trustee as aforesaid, as from the date of the publication hereof, and will be administered under the said Act; the value of the land for the purposes of section 5 of the said Act being less than £100.

Dated at Wellington, this 11th day of July, 1905.

A. A. K. DUNCAN,
Deputy Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land containing one rood, more or less, and being Allotment 409 of Section 2, in the Town of Tauranga and Provincial District of Auckland.