Nov. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2967

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

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 10 acres, more or less, and being Section 102, Queen Charlotte Sound District, in the Provincial District of Marlborough. The registered owner is James Keenan, settler, drowned about forty years ago, and his heir at law cannot be found.

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 10th day of November, 1906.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Examination for Mine-managers' and Battery Superintendents' Certificates.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 5th October, 1906.

EXAMINATIONS of candidates for certificates as First- and Second-class Mine-managers and Battery Superintendents under “The Mining Act, 1905,” and First- and Second-class Mine-managers under “The Coal-mines Act, 1905,” will be held on Tuesday, the 22nd January, 1907, and following days, at places to be hereafter named. All applications, with necessary certificates, and fee of £1 by post-office order, should be addressed to “The Secretary to the Board of Examiners under the Mining Act [or Coal-mines Act], Wellington,” and must be received before the 22nd December. Forms of application may be obtained at Schools of Mines, Thames, Waihi, and Coromandel, also from Inspectors of Mines, Thames, Westport, and Dunedin.

H. E. RADCLIFFE,
Secretary to the Board of Examiners.

[NOTE.—No candidate will be permitted to present himself for examination unless he holds an authority from the Secretary stating that his certificate of service has been accepted by the Board.]

Examination for Dredgemasters' Certificates.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 5th October, 1906.

AN examination of candidates for certificates as dredgemasters, under “The Mining Act, 1905,” will be held on Tuesday, the 29th January, 1907, at Greymouth and Dunedin. All applications, with necessary certificates, and fee of £1 by post-office order, should be addressed to “The Secretary to the Board of Examiners under the Mining Act, Wellington,” and must be received before the 3rd January, 1907. Forms of application may be obtained from Inspectors of Mines, Westport and Dunedin.

H. E. RADCLIFFE,
Secretary to the Board of Examiners.

[NOTE.—No candidate will be permitted to present himself for examination unless he holds an authority from the Secretary stating that his certificate of service has been accepted by the Board.]

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Dyer Settlement, Wellington Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 12th November, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 19th day of December, 1906, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

If more than one application is received for the section on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—FEATHERSTON COUNTY.—WAI-PAWA SURVEY DISTRICT.—DYER SETTLEMENT.

Ordinary Farm.

This section comprises mostly pastoral land fronting Dry River, and varying in altitude from 300 ft. to 800 ft. There are about 25 acres of stony flat land between Dry River Road and Dry River, and about 10 acres of flat land to the east of Dry River Road, the remainder consisting of easy slopes of native grass on clay soil, with fern and light manuka in the gullies. The flat land and tops of the spurs are ploughable. Watered by Dry River and by a branch of Kelly’s Creek, which also supplies permanent water. Access to this section is from Martinborough, about six miles and a half distant—by four miles metalled coach-road, another mile and a half unformed surveyed road practicable for wheel traffic, and the remainder unformed surveyed road. There is a school-site near the junction of the Dry River Road with the Main Road, about two miles and a half distant. The improvements (which are included in the price of the land) comprise half value of about 142 chains of boundary-fences and whole value of 69 chains of interior-fences, and sheep-yards, the whole valued at £80.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotment in Southland Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 22nd October, 1906.

NOTICE is hereby given that the village-homestead allotment mentioned in the Schedule hereto will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Tuesday, the 4th day of December, 1906, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903.”

For the purposes of “The Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903,” the land enumerated in the said Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be “swamp land.”

No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local authority from the said land for the period of three years from the date from which such land is disposed of, and no local authority shall have power to levy or collect any such rate from such land during such period.

After the first half-year’s rent has been paid by the selector the further instalments of rent payable by him for a period of three years shall not be demanded: provided that if at any time during the first five years of his occupancy the selector disposes of his interest in the land the rent so conceded shall be paid by him in full, and thereupon the Land Board may remit such instalments of rent payable by the incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate the amount of rent previously conceded to the selector, as the Board shall think fit.

If more than one application is received for the allotment on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by allot.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.—MORLEY VILLAGE.

Village-homestead Allotment.

First-class Swamp Land.

Situated about one mile from Nightcaps Railway-station. Soil fair, but swampy; gravel formation. Access good.

JOHN HAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.