SEPT. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2295

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of “The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894.”

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 19th September, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in the office of the Supreme Court at Wellington an election to administer the several intestate estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations, so far as known, are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross properties being estimated not to exceed £250 in each case.

Sarah Evans, late of Bannockburn, in the Provincial District of Otago, widow. Filed on the 18th day of September, 1905.

James Walter Petterton, late of Wharepapa, in the Provincial District of Auckland, settler. Filed on the 18th day of September, 1905.

Croasdaile Bowen, late of Riccarton, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, clerk in holy orders. Filed on the 18th day of September, 1905.

John McLeod, late of Kohukohu, in the Provincial District of Auckland, farmer. Filed on the 18th day of September, 1905.

Ham Sing Tong, late of Tapanui, in the Provincial District of Otago, gardener. Filed on the 18th day of September, 1905.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

TENDERS FOR MAIL-SERVICE BETWEEN TOKAANU, WAIOURU, OHAKUNE, KARIOI, RAETIHI, MANGAITUROA, AND PIPIRIKI.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 15th September, 1905.

SEALED TENDERS will be received at the General Post Office, Wellington, until Saturday, the 21st October proximo, for the conveyance of mails by four-horse coach between the undermentioned places for a period of three years, and also four years, from the 1st January, 1906:—

Tokaanu, Waiouru, Ohakune, Karioi, Raetihi, Mangaituroa, and Pipiriki, thrice-weekly between the 1st November and the 30th April, and twice-weekly between the 1st May and the 31st October, in each year.

The attention of intending tenderers is directed to the terms and conditions of contract printed on the back of the tender forms, which may be procured at the principal post-offices.

No tender will be considered unless made on the printed form.

The contractor whose tender may be accepted must be prepared to carry out the service according to a time-table framed by the Department.

As this mail-route may be shortened by railway extension, the Postmaster-General may terminate the contract on giving one month’s previous notice in writing, or may reduce the subsidy in proportion to the number of miles the service may be shortened by the length of railway opened or extended.

Tenders should be indorsed “Tender for Tokaanu-Pipiriki Mail-service.”

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

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.

Drawing at Junior National Scholarship Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 10th August, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that at the Junior National Scholarship Examination to be held on the 12th and 13th December, 1905, the exercises in freehand drawing may include drawing from actual objects, or from a representation of some natural or conventional form with simple outlines. (Public-school Syllabus, clause 44.)

GEORGE HOGBEN,
Inspector-General of Schools.

Teachers’ Certificates.—Examination in Handwork.

NOTICE is hereby given that examinations in subjects (1), (2), and (3) of handwork under clause 36 of the Regulations for the Examination and Classification of Teachers will be held at various times and places.* Candidates that enter for examination in any of these three subjects at the teachers’ examination of January, 1906, will be given the option of attending for examination in such subjects at the first opportunity that occurs after the receipt of their applications to be examined. An application to be examined in handwork only may be sent to the Inspector-General of Schools at any time, and must be accompanied with a bank receipt for the amount of the fee, which is 2s. 6d. for each branch of handwork. Candidates that wish to be examined in handwork before Christmas are recommended to apply early.

N.B.—Applications for admission to the teachers’ certificate examinations of January, 1906, must reach the office of the Inspector-General of Schools by the 30th September, or, with a bank receipt for a late-fee of £1 in addition to the ordinary fee, by the 15th October.

G. HOGBEN,
Inspector-General of Schools.

• Examinations in these subjects will be held at many places, chiefly in the North Island, before the end of the current year.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Canterbury Land District surrendered.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 15th September, 1905.

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

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—LYNDON SURVEY DISTRICT.—HANMER SPRINGS TOWNSHIP.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Lands in Canterbury Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 15th September, 1905.

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

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—LYNDON SURVEY DISTRICT.—HANMER SPRINGS TOWNSHIP.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 19th September, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that, the lease of the undermentioned land having been forfeited by resolution