Mar. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 869

Workshops Branch.
McKenzie, David .. .. .. 274
Holmes, Charles Edward .. .. .. 199
Evans, William Grant Daville .. .. .. 154
Informal .. .. .. .. 2

MIDDLE ISLAND.
FIRST DIVISION.
Gray, John .. .. .. .. 442
Bevin, John .. .. .. .. 276
Informal .. .. .. .. 9

SECOND DIVISION.
Traffic and Stores.
Reddington, Martin .. .. .. 284
Watson, Thomas Cameron .. .. .. 271
Waldie, David Hannibal .. .. .. 165
Informal .. .. .. .. 6

Locomotive Running.
Brown, George .. .. .. 189
Milroy, Thomas .. .. .. 166
Hutchins, Frank .. .. .. 138
Informal .. .. .. .. 3

Maintenance.
No nomination.

Workshops.
Jones, John Henry .. .. .. 440
Thomas, Matthias .. .. .. 404
Informal .. .. .. .. 1

I hereby declare Charles Philip Ryan, John Andrew Dimond, William Andrew Veitch, Patrick Laffy, and David McKenzie duly elected to act as members of the North Island Appeal Board; and John Gray, Martin Reddington, George Brown, and John Henry Jones duly elected to act as members of the Middle Island Appeal Board; and I further declare that an election of a member to represent the Maintenance Branch on the Middle Island Board of Appeal will take place on Monday, 27th April, 1908.

R. W. McVILLY,
Returning Officer.

Government Railways Superannuation Fund.—Result of an Election for Scrutineers under “The Government Railways Superannuation Fund Act, 1902.”

New Zealand Government Railways,
Head Office, Wellington, 10th March, 1908.

THE following is the result of the second ordinary election of two contributors to the Government Railways Superannuation Fund to act as Scrutineers in the election of elective members of the Government Railways Superannuation Fund Board, constituted under “The Government Railways Superannuation Fund Act, 1902” :—

Caldow, Robert Thompson .. .. 2767
McKay, Alexander .. .. .. 3393
O’Loughlin, George .. .. .. 1382
Scrimgeour, Daniel .. .. .. 1437
Wilson, James .. .. .. 2316
Informal .. .. .. .. 472

I hereby declare Robert Thompson Caldow and Alexander McKay duly elected to act as Scrutineers in the election of elective members of the Government Railways Superannuation Fund Board.

R. W. McVILLY,
Returning Officer.

Tenders for the Supply of Bicycles.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 4th March, 1908.

TENDERS to be addressed to “The Controller of Stores, Post and Telegraph Department, Wellington,” will be received up to 5 p.m. on the 4th April, 1908, for the supply of not less than one hundred (100) bicycles for the Post and Telegraph Department, Wellington. Delivery to be made as required by specification. Copies of the specification may be obtained on application to any Chief Postmaster; to the Officer in Charge, Telegraph Office, Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Napier, or Wellington; or to the Controller of Stores, Post and Telegraph Department.

D. ROBERTSON,
Secretary.

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

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 48 acres, more or less, being the northern portion of Allotment 80, in the Parish of Maungakaramea, in the Provincial District of Auckland. Bounded on the north-east by Allotment 81, 1660 links; on the south-east by other part of Allotment 80, 3010 links; on the south-west by a road, 454 links, 280 links, 125 links, and 820 links; and on the north-west by a line, 2814 links. The land was Crown-granted to Josiah Salt, described as of Auckland, settler, 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 5th day of March, 1908.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee

Officiating Ministers for 1908.—Notice No. 12.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 11th March, 1908.

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 names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Baptists.
The Reverend W. S. Strong.

Wellington Association of Spiritualists.
Mr. William McLean.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General

Government Insurance Department.—Agency opened at Hikurangi.

Government Insurance Department,
Wellington, 10th March, 1908.

AN Agency of the above Department (Life and Accident Branches) will be opened at

THE POST-OFFICE, HIKURANGI,

as from the 23rd March, 1908.

J. H. RICHARDSON,
Commissioner.

Notice under “The Public Works Act, 1905.”

NOTICE is hereby given that the Education Board of the District of Wellington intends to take for the purposes of a public school within the meaning of “The Education Act, 1904,” the following land, namely:—

All that piece of land, containing 1 acre 3 roods 3 perches, more or less, and situate in and being part of the Section No. 3 on the plan of the Hutt District, and being part of the Maori Subdivisions 19A, 19B, 19C, and 19D.

A plan of the said land is deposited at the Petone Public School, Petone, and is there open to inspection by all persons at all reasonable hours.

All persons affected are hereby required to set forth in writing any well-grounded objections to the erection of a public school or to the taking of such lands, and to send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the said Education Board, at its offices, in Mercer Street, in the City of Wellington.

Dated this 10th day of March, 1908.

By order of the Education Board.

G. L. STEWART,
Secretary.

NOTE.—This notice was first published on the 10th day of March, 1908.