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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 89

scriptions of members, pounds shillings and
pence; and from voluntary contributions other
than members’ subscriptions, pounds shil-
lings and pence; that the library is public in the
sense of belonging to the public, and is not under the
control of an association, society, or club whose membership
is composed of a section of the community only; that the
information hereinafter furnished by me in the appendix
hereto is correct in every particular; that the abstract of
accounts is a true statement of the receipts and expendi-
ture of the institution for the year herein specified; that
the whole of the subsidy received during the year was
expended in the purchase of books for the library; and
that by the rules of the library it is open to the public
free of charge.
And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously be-
ieving the same to be true, and by virtue of “The
Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.”
Declared at , this day of , 190 ,
before me— Justice of the Peace [or Solicitor, or
Notary Public].
[Here affix and cancel a stamp at 2s. 6d.]
[Note.—The words relating to last year's subsidy and
to free admission may be struck out if they are not ap-
plicable. The words in brackets are not part of the form,
but indicate matter to be inserted or substituted].
Copies of the form of application may be obtained from
the Secretary for Education, Wellington, and from the
Secretary of any Education Board.
GEO. FOWLDS,
Minister of Education.

Public Offices closed at Noon on 17th November, 1908
(Electoral and Licensing Polls).
THE Government offices throughout the Dominion will
be closed at noon on Tuesday, the 17th November,
1908.
By order.
HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.
Sitting of the Native Land Commission at Kihikihi.
Gisborne, 2nd November, 1908.
NOTICE is hereby given that a sitting of the Native
Land Commission will be held at the Hall, at Kihi-
kihi, on Thursday, the 19th day of November, 1908, at
10 a.m.
ROBERT STOUT,
Chairman.
Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.
NOTICE. — GEORGE FREDERICK MATTHEWS, Esq., of
89 Queen Street, Melbourne, a Solicitor of the
Supreme Court of Victoria, has this day been appointed
by His Honour the Chief Justice a Commissioner of the
Supreme Court of New Zealand in Victoria, under the
2nd section of “The Commissioners of the Supreme Court
Act, 1875,” for the purpose of administering and taking all
such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section
mentioned.
Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of October, 1908.
A. STUBBS,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court.
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 13th April, 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 cer-
tificates 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 6th April, 1909, and following days, at the Thames,
Waihi, Reefton, and Dunedin. All applications, with neces-
sary 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
29·9 perches, more or less, being Lot 11, Plan No. 28, part
of Section 39, Block XVI, Town of Gore, and all the land
comprised and described in certificate of title, Vol. 15,
folio 198, Invercargill Registry. The registered proprietor
of the land is George Keith, described as of Invercargill,
surveyor, who cannot now be traced.
WHEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted in-
quiries, 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, with-
in 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 3rd day of November, 1908.
J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.
Notice by the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed
Lands Act, 1894.”
To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing
1 acre and 12 perches, more or less, being part Section 1,
Block I, Campbelltown Borough, Southland. The last
registered owner of the land is James Clarke, described
in the conveyance to him dated the 29th March, 1864, as
of Melbourne, master mariner, who cannot now be traced.
WHEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted in-
quiries, 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, with-
in 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 3rd day of November, 1908.
J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.