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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 97

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

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

A PPLICATIONS 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 com-
petency 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, Ex-
aminer of Marine Engineers, and Examiner of Land
Stationary, Winding, and Traction and Locomotive Engine
Drivers, and generally perform such work as may be re-
quired 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.

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

Mines Department,
Wellington, 5th October, 1906.

E XAMINATIONS of candidates for certificates as First-
and Second-class Mine-managers and Battery Super-
intendents 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.

A N examination of candidates for certificates as dredge-
masters, under “The Mining Act, 1905,” will be
held on Tuesday, the 29th January, 1907, at Grey-
month 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.

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

District Lands Office,
Invercargill, 22nd October, 1906.
N OTICE 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 pro-
visions 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
ballot.

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.

Rural Land in Nelson Land District for Sale by Public
Auction.

District Lands Office,
Nelson, 5th November, 1906.
N OTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land
will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Dis-
trict Lands Office, Nelson, on Wednesday, the 19th day of
December, 1906, under the provisions of section 118 of “The
Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

Situated about two miles and a half from the Village of
Takaka, and about three miles from the Port of Waitapu,
Golden Bay. Flat and undulating land, covered with
manuka scrub. About 35 acres of the southern portion is
land of fair quality, the remainder medium.

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,