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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 96

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Culverden is situated in the Amuri County, sixty-nine miles from Christchurch, is the present terminus of the railway, and is part of the recently subdivided Culverden Estate. The whole of the township is flat, the soil being of a light and shingly nature. Water is obtained by means of wells and pumps.

IMPROVEMENTS.

The undermentioned improvements are not included in the capital values of the sections, and have to be paid for separately by the successful applicants:—
Section 2. Dwellinghouse of four rooms, wood with iron roof; valued at £190.
Section 14. Cottage of four rooms, wash-house, painter's shop, trap-shed, open shed, blacksmith's shop and brick oven for heating tires; valued at £361 10s.
Section 16. Dwellinghouse of six rooms, men's quarters, stable and feed-house, trap-shed, &c.; valued at £316.
Section 35. Dwellinghouse of five rooms, wood with iron roof, surgery of wood with iron roof, and two-stalled stable; valued at £220.

The present lessees of Sections 45, 46, and 47 have the right of removal of all fences, the lessees of Sections 43 and 44 all except those on the south-west boundaries, the lessee of 50 all except those on the south and east boundaries, and the lessee of 51 all except that on the east boundary.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-sixth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Officer dismissed.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office,
Wellington, 25th November, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to dismiss from the public service

ROBERT STANLEY LAWSON CALVERT,
lately a Distributor in the Post and Telegraph Department, at Timaru.

J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General.

Cadet appointed in Department of Lands.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 25th November, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FRANCIS PETER HAGAN

to be a clerical cadet in the Department of Lands, as from the 10th July, 1908.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Nelson Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 28th November, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to reappoint

GEORGE WALKER

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Nelson, as from the 27th day of December, 1908.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Southland Land Board reappointed.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 28th November, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to reappoint

DUNCAN KING

to be a member of the Land Board of the Land District of Southland, as from the 27th day of December, 1908.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Trustee of Timaru Racecourse resigned.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 28th November, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of

The Honourable WILLIAM HALL-JONES
as a Trustee of the Timaru Racecourse.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Cadet appointed.—Notice No. 1249.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM KERR DALLAS

to be a cadet in the Civil Service of the Government of New Zealand (Department of Agriculture) in terms of section 4 of “The Civil Service Act, 1908”; the appointment to date from 10th November, 1908.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Agriculture.

Services of Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under section 104, (1), of “The Defence Act, 1908,” the services of the

Upper King-country Defence Rifle Club,
with headquarters at Matapuna (Auckland Military District). Date of acceptance, 14th November, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Services of Defence Rifle Club accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under section 104, (1), of “The Defence Act, 1908,” the services of the

Kaeaea Defence Rifle Club,
with headquarters at Kaeaea (Auckland Military District). Date of acceptance, 13th November, 1908.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer (Battalion Staff) Officer resigned, and promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th November, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the appointment of

Captain JAMES HISLOP, as Adjutant to the 3rd Battalion, Wellington Rifle Volunteers,

and to approve of his promotion to the rank of Major to that battalion, and with effect from 18th September, 1908.

ROBERT MCNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th November, 1908.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointments:—

No. 3 Company, Auckland Division, New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers.
Francis Potter to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 2nd September, 1908.

New Zealand Medical Corps.
James Hudson to be Major. Date of appointment, 20th October, 1908.

ROBERT MCNAB,
For Minister of Defence.