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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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the authority of that section shall be notified to the Minister
of Labour in the manner therein provided, and the Minister
shall thereupon appoint the day determined by the result
of such poll as the statutory closing-day for that district:
And whereas the Town Clerk of the Borough of Feilding has
notified to me that the result of the poll taken in the
Separate District of the Borough of Feilding is in favour
of Wednesday as the statutory closing-day in that separate
District:
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers in this behalf con-
ferred on me by the said section 17, I, Alexander Wilson
Hogg, the Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint Wednesday
as the statutory closing-day in the Separate District of the
Borough of Feilding.
Dated at Wellington, this 26th day of May, 1909.
A. W. HOGG,
Minister of Labour.

This notice takes effect from the 1st day of June, 1909,
and continues in force till another day is appointed by a
similar poll. (Section 17 (11).).

Appointing Thursday as the Statutory Closing-day in
the Separate District of the Borough of Lyttelton.

WHEREAS by section 17 of “The Shops and Offices
Act, 1908,” it is enacted that the result of every poll
taken in any separate or combined district under the autho-
rity of that section shall be notified to the Minister of Labour
in the manner therein provided, and the Minister shall there-
upon appoint the day determined by the result of such poll
as the statutory closing-day for that district: And whereas
the Town Clerk of the Borough of Lyttelton has notified to
me that the result of the poll taken in the Separate District
of the Borough of Lyttelton is in favour of Thursday as the
statutory closing-day in that separate district:
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers in this behalf
conferred on me by the said section 17, I, Alexander Wilson
Hogg, the Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint Thursday
as the statutory closing-day in the Separate District of the
Borough of Lyttelton.
Dated at Wellington, this 26th day of May, 1909.
A. W. HOGG,
Minister of Labour.

This notice takes effect from the 1st day of June, 1909,
and continues in force till another day is appointed by a
similar poll. (Section 17 (11).)

“Conscience Money” received.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 19th May, 1909.

THE Minister of Finance directs me to acknowledge
receipt of 1s., forwarded to the Railway Department,
Christchurch, and 11s., forwarded to the Railway Depart-
ment, Wellington, as “conscience money.”
ROBERT J. COLLINS,
Receiver-General.

Notice by the Public Trustee under “The Public Trust Office
Act, 1908” (Part II, Unclaimed Lands).

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing
3 acres, more or less, situated in the Shotover District,
being Section 114, Block III, on the map of the said
district. Bounded towards the north-west by Section 113,
502 links; towards the north-east by a road-line, 382
links; towards the south-east by a road-line, 567 links and
100 links; and towards the south-west by a road-line,
741 links. The land was Crown-granted to Mary
Marshall, wife of William Teal Marshall, of Shotover
District, farmer, 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 Public Trust Office Act,
1908.”
Dated this 21st day of May, 1909.
J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Notice of Date of Examinations.

Education Department,
Wellington, 10th May, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that a Civil Service Junior
Examination will be held in November, 1909,
beginning on or about the 20th day of the month. That
a Junior National Scholarship and Free Place Examination
will be held on or about the 1st and 2nd days of December,
1909, and that a Civil Service Senior Examination and an
examination for teachers’ certificates of Class C and Class D
will be held in January, 1910, beginning on or about the 5th
day of the month.
With the Civil Service Junior Examination will be taken
the Special Examination for senior free places in secondary
schools and district high schools; and the First Examination
of pupil-teachers.
With the Junior National Scholarship Examination will be
taken the Junior Free Place Examination (including the
examination for junior free places in technical schools).
Entries for Junior National Scholarships, Junior Free
Places, and the First Examination of pupil-teachers must be
made through the principals or head teachers of the schools
attended, and will be received by Secretaries of Education
Boards not later than the 15th September, 1909.
Entries for the Civil Service Junior Examination and
Special Examination for Senior Free Places will be received
by the Inspector-General of Schools, at Wellington, until the
15th September, 1909, or, with a late fee of £1, until the 22nd
September, 1909.
Entries for the January examinations will be received by
the Inspector-General of Schools, at Wellington, until the
30th September, 1909, or, with a late fee of £1 in addition to
the ordinary fee, until the 15th October, 1909.
All entries must be made on the proper forms, which may
be obtained later from the office of any Education Board or
of the Education Department.
Special attention is drawn to alterations in date for the
receipt of applications.
GEORGE HOGBEN,
Inspector-General of Schools.

Amending Regulations for the Leasing of Land within the
Thermal-springs District.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section 15 of “The Maori
Land Laws Amendment Act, 1908,” that, notwith-
standing anything to the contrary in “The Thermal Springs
Districts Act, 1908,” the Governor may from time to time
delegate to the Maori Land Board for the Waiariki District
any of his powers under the last-mentioned Act in so far as
they relate to the leasing of land under such Act:
And whereas the said Board has, for the purpose of ex-
ercising such powers, adopted by resolution regulations
bearing date the 8th day of May, 1909, and published in the
Gazette and Kahiti each of the 20th day of May, 1909:
And whereas it has been found expedient to amend such
regulations:
Now, therefore, the said Board doth hereby amend the
said regulations in manner following, that is to say,—
By repealing Regulation 12, and by substituting therefor
the following:—
“12. The person declared to be the lessee shall be entitled
to possession of the land as soon as he has been notified of
the acceptance of his tender, and has complied with all the
other conditions lawfully prescribed in that behalf.”
By repealing Regulation 18, and by substituting therefor
the following:—
“18. The lessee shall be liable for all rates, taxes, or
assessments of every nature or kind whatsoever (land-tax
excepted) imposed upon the occupier of the lands included
in his lease during the term for which he is lessee.”
By repealing the words “shall mortgage or make” and
“of such land” in the third and fourth lines of section (7)
of Regulation 17.
Dated this 23rd day of May, 1909.
JAS. W. BROWNE,
President, Waiariki District Maori
Land Board.