APRIL 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1191

Election of Member of Education Board.

New Plymouth, 6th April, 1908.

AN extraordinary election held on the 9th March, to fill the vacancy on the Board caused by the resignation of Mr. William Monkhouse, resulted in the election of Mr. William Rogers.

The number of valid votes recorded for each candidate was :-

Jemison, John .. .. .. 28
Rogers, William .. .. .. 46
Wake, Frederick William .. .. .. 36

The total number of valid votes recorded was 110. The total number of votes rejected as informal was 4.

P. S. WHITCOMBE,
Returning Officer.

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

I, FRANCIS SIMPSON, Returning Officer for the election of a member of the Taranaki Land Board, do hereby notify, in terms of the regulations under the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1907, the result of the poll taken on the 2nd day of April, 1908, for the election of a member of the Taranaki Land Board to be as follows:—

Votes polled.

Connett, James Baxter .. .. .. 153
Kennedy, William McLaughlin .. .. .. 139
Mills, Fred .. .. .. 37
Sheehy, John .. .. .. 73
—
Total valid votes .. .. .. 402
Votes rejected as informal .. .. .. 11
—
Total votes recorded .. .. .. 413

And I do hereby declare that JAMES BAXTER CONNETT, having received the greatest number of valid votes, is duly elected a member of the Taranaki Land Board.

FRANCIS SIMPSON,
Returning Officer.

Dated at New Plymouth, this 6th day of April, 1908.

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

I, GEORGE JOHN ROBERTS, Returning Officer for the election of a member of the Westland Land Board, do hereby notify, in terms of the regulations under the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1907, the result of the poll taken on the 31st day of March, 1908, for the election of a member of the Westland Land Board to be as follows:—

Votes polled.

Mallinson, George .. .. .. 234
Morgan, William .. .. .. 32
Ryall, John .. .. .. 204
Ward, John .. .. .. 75
—
Total valid votes .. .. .. 545
Votes rejected as informal .. .. .. 68
—
Total votes polled .. .. .. 613

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

G. J. ROBERTS,
Returning Officer.

Dated at Hokitika, this 3rd day of April, 1908.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Village-homestead Allotments in Otago Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 15th April, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned village-homestead allotments are open for selection on renewable lease, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and its amendments, and applications for leases will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 24th day of June, 1908.

The ballot for the allotments for which there is more than one applicant will be held on Thursday, the 25th day of June, 1908, at 11 o’clock a.m.

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SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Village-homestead Allotments.

CLUTHA COUNTY.—GLENOMARU SURVEY DISTRICT.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
67 | VIII | 6 3 11 | 10 10 0 | 0 4 2

Weighted with £60, valuation for improvements.

A bush section, with soil of good quality; general aspect good. Situated about one mile and a half from Owaka Railway-station.

LAKE COUNTY.—KAWARAU SURVEY DISTRICT.

20, 21 | V | 13 2 10 | 8 15 0 | 0 3 6
22, 23 | " | 15 1 12 | 9 10 0 | 0 3 9

Situated at Gibbston, on main road between Cromwell and Arrowtown.

MANIOTOTO COUNTY.—KOMAKO TOWNSHIP.

166 | .. | 6 2 20 | 8 15 0 | 0 3 6

Open land; soil light and inferior. Altitude, 1,000 ft. Situated at Waipiata Railway-station, Otago Central Railway.

CLUTHA COUNTY.—WAIKOIKOI TOWNSHIP.

17 | .. | 5 2 34 | 15 0 0 | 0 6 0
24 | .. | 3 2 7 | 16 0 0 | 0 6 5
26 | .. | 2 0 5 | 8 0 0 | 0 3 3
27 | .. | 1 2 25 | 8 0 0 | 0 3 3

Undulating land. Situated about four miles and a half from Pomahaka Railway-station, in centre of good agricultural district.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Nelson Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Nelson, 9th March, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on renewable lease, at this office, on Wednesday, the 17th day of June, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—BULLER COUNTY.—KONGAHU BLOCK.

National Endowment.

SECOND-CLASS UNSURVEYED LAND.

Acres. d.
Kongahu .. | III | 750 | 5·28

Situated near Little Wanganui. Access by Karamea Inland Road from Mokihinui, about twenty miles, and thence by Westport–Mokihinui Railway, twenty-nine miles. The land can also be reached by steamer trading between Westport and Little Wanganui River, a distance of about thirty-five miles.

Forest-clad country, the bush being principally birch. The soil is fair, and when cleared and sown produces excellent grass. Altitude, about 800 ft. above sea-level. Good climate; abundant rainfall.

Kongahu .. | III | 430 | 4·68
" .. | VI | 30 | 4·68

Hilly pastoral country, with patches of excellent soil on western side of Glass-eye Creek, remainder good soil of sedimentary marine formation; covered with bush, comprising birch, rimu, and kamahi. Access by about two miles of unformed track from the Little Wanganui River, which is distant about thirty-five miles from Westport by steamer.

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.