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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 102

Government Printing and Stationery Offices to be closed from the 25th December, 1908, to the 7th January, 1909.

Printing and Stationery Department,
Wellington, 16th December, 1908.

THE Government Printing and Stationery Offices, Wellington, will be closed from Friday, the 25th December, 1908, until Thursday, the 7th January, 1909, both days inclusive.

J. MACKAY,
Government Printer.

Surveyor Licensed.

The Surveyors' Board,
Department of Lands,
Wellington, N.Z., 14th December, 1908.

IT is hereby notified for general information that a license under “The Surveyors’ Institute and Board of Examiners Act, 1908,” has been issued to the following surveyor by the Surveyors’ Board:—

Surveyor. Address.
THORPE, JAMES.. Wanganui.

C. E. ADAMS,
Secretary, Surveyors’ Board.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 11th December, 1908.

THE Star of Ohaeawai Lodge, situated at Ohaeawai, is registered as a branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of New Zealand Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1908,” this 11th day of December, 1908.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 15th December, 1908.

THE Eastbourne Lodge, No. 68, situated at Rona Bay, Wellington, is registered as a branch of the Grand Lodge of the North Island of New Zealand of the United Ancient Order of Druids Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1908,” this 15th day of December, 1908.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Examination for Dredgemasters’ Certificates.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 9th October, 1908.

AN examination of candidates for certificates as dredgemasters, under “The Mining Act, 1908,” will be held on Tuesday, the 30th March, 1909, at Greymouth and Clyde. All applications, with necessary certificates, and fee of £1 by post-office order, should be addressed to “The Secretary, Board of Examiners under the Mining Act, Wellington,” and must be received on or before the 8th March, 1909. Forms of application may be obtained from Inspectors of Mines, Westport, Reefton, Clyde, and Dunedin.

H. E. RADCLIFFE,
Secretary to 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 certificates of service have been accepted by the Board.

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

Mines Department,
Wellington, 9th October, 1908.

WRITTEN and oral examinations of candidates for certificates as First- and Second-class Mine-managers and Battery Superintendents under “The Mining Act, 1908,” and First- and Second-class Mine-managers under “The Coal-mines Act, 1908,” will be held on Tuesday, the 23rd March, 1909, and following days, at the Thames, Waihi, Reefton, and Dunedin. All applications, with necessary certificates, and fee of £1 by post-office order, should be addressed to “The Secretary, Board of Examiners under the Mining Act [or Coal-mines Act], Wellington,” and must be received on or before the 8th March, 1909. Forms of application may be obtained at any School of Mines, and from Inspectors of Mines.

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 certificates of service have been accepted by the Board.]

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

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 40 acres, more or less, being the middle portion of Allotment 6, Parish of Mangatete, in the Provincial District of Auckland. Bounded on the north by a road, 1380 links; on the north-east by other part of Allotment 6, 1850 links; on the south-east by other part of Allotment 6, 1920 links; on the south-west by other part of Allotment 6, 1670 links; and on the north-west by a road, 310 links and — links, to the point of commencement. The land was Crown-granted to John Cuttriss, described as of Auckland, stonemason, who cannot now 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 Dominion :

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 11th day of December, 1908.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Election of Member of Otago Land Board.—Result of Poll.

I, DAVID BARRON, Returning Officer for the election of a member of the Otago Land Board, do hereby notify, in accordance with section 41 of “The Land Act, 1908,” and the regulations thereunder, the result of the poll taken by me on the 4th day of December, 1908, for the election of a member of the Otago Land Board to be as follows:—

Candidates. Votes polled.
George Livingstone .. 751
Robert Logan .. 641
Thomas Barr .. 142
Alexander Fraser .. 53
Arthur Edwin Wilde .. 9

Number of valid votes .. 1,596
Number of votes rejected as informal .. 102

Total votes recorded .. 1,698

And I do hereby declare that GEORGE LIVINGSTONE, having received the greatest number of valid votes, is duly elected a member of the Otago Land Board.

Dated at Dunedin, this 8th day of December, 1908.

D. BARRON,
Returning Officer.

Result of an Election under “The Government Railways Department Classification Act, 1901.”—Railway Board of Appeal.

New Zealand Government Railways
(Head Office),
Wellington, 12th December, 1908.

THE following is the result of an election of a member to act as representative of the Second Division, Traffic and Stores Branch, on the Railway Board of Appeal for the North Island, constituted under “The Government Railways Department Classification Act, 1901”:—

SECOND DIVISION.
Traffic and Stores Branch.—North Island.

Burrell, David .. 55
Lee, Martin .. 338
Mackenzie, Donald .. 224
Styles, Robert Thomas .. 76
Informal .. —

I hereby declare MARTIN LEE duly elected to act as a member of the North Island Appeal Board.

R. W. McVILLY,
Returning Officer.