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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 94

Results of Election of Trustees of Drainage Districts.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 5th November, 1906.

THE following results of the election of Trustees of drainage districts have been received from the Returning Officers, and are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Land Drainage Act, 1904.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Wainono Drainage District, County of Waimate :
J. H. Mitchell.
Michael McGoverin.
Walter Hayman.
Paul Studholme.
George Hunter.

Makerua Drainage District, Counties of Horowhenua and Kairanga :
Harry Greig.
Alfred Seifert.
George Seifert.
Frederick W. Venn.
Joseph Liggins.

Ohaupo Drainage District, County of Waipa :
Vincent Marshall.
Alfred Williamson.
Arthur Graham.
Anton Turnwald.
William Hambling.

Officiating Ministers for 1906.—Notice No. 35.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 7th November, 1906.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand passed in the fourth year of the reign of His Majesty King Edward VII, and intituled “The Marriage Act, 1904,” the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information :—

Roman Catholic Church.

The Reverend John Francis O’Connor.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

[NOTE.—The above name has been entered in substitution for that of the Reverend John O’Connor, previously entered. See New Zealand Gazette of the 18th January, 1906, page 139, Notice No. 1.—E. J. v. D.]

Appointment of Inspector of Machinery, Surveyor of Ships, and Examiner of Marine Engineers.

Inspection of Machinery Department,
New Customhouse, Wellington,
30th October, 1906.

APPLICATIONS will be received up to the 3rd December next, at this office, for this appointment.

Applicants must have served an apprenticeship as an engineer for at least five years, must be not less than twenty-five and not more than forty years of age, and must have served at sea in charge of engines for at least five years in a position of not less than second engineer. The applicants must also possess a first-class certificate of competency as marine engineer, and must forward a medical certificate showing that they are in good health and of a robust constitution.

Applicants must give full particulars of their service on shore and at sea, and forward letters of recommendation, testimonials, discharges, and certificates that they may possess, including certificate of birth.

The salary payable will be at the rate of £275 per annum.

The selected applicant will be required to undertake the duties of Inspector of Machinery, Surveyor of Ships, Examiner of Marine Engineers, and Examiner of Land Stationary, Winding, and Traction and Locomotive Engine Drivers, and generally perform such work as may be required by this Department.

The appointment will be subject to the provisions of “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” and “The Civil Service Insurance Act, 1893.”

The selected candidate will be required to commence his duties about the 7th January, 1907.

ROBERT DUNCAN,
Chief Inspector of Machinery and Chief Surveyor of Ships.

Notice by the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land containing 1 rood, more or less, and being Allotment 354 of Section 2, on the south-east side of Eighth Avenue, in the Town of Tauranga and Provincial District of Auckland. The registered owner is John Harris, described as private of the Waikato Militia, who cannot be traced.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted inquiries, and has not thereby ascertained who the owner or owners of the above-described land is or are, and believes that such owner is, or owners are, not in the colony :

Now, this notice calls upon such owner or owners, within six months of the date of the publication of this notice in this Gazette, to establish to the satisfaction of the Public Trustee his or their title to the land specified in this notice; and, if such owner does or owners do not, within the time limited, so establish his or their title, the Public Trustee will exercise the powers and authorities granted to him in and by “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

Dated this 22nd day of October, 1906.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

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 2nd day of November, 1906.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land containing 80 acres, more or less, being south-eastern part of Allotment 103, Parish of Tauraroa, Survey District of Tangihua, in the Provincial District of Auckland.

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 3rd day of November, 1906.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land containing in the aggregate 3 acres and 35 perches, more or less, and being Allotments 34, 136, 154, 180, 252, and 253 on plan deposited in the Wellington District Land Registrar’s Office as No. 96 at Beaconsfield, being parts of Sections 163 and 165, Township of Sandon, in the Provincial District of Wellington.