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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 44

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.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Milling-timber in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Tender.

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 26th May, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of “The Land Act, 1908,” and regulations thereunder, that written tenders will be received at the District Lands Office, Auckland, from the proprietors of existing sawmills, and logging-contractors, up till 12 o’clock noon on Wednesday, the 30th day of June, 1909, for the purchase of kauri and totara timber standing on the undermentioned lot.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

LOT 1.—BAY OF ISLANDS COUNTY.

Crown Land adjoining the Eastern Boundary of Section 2, Block XI, Kaeo Survey District.

54 KAURI-TREES, containing (approximately) 108,000 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

14 totara-trees, containing (approximately) 21,000 sup. ft. (standing measurement).

Time for removal: One year.

CONDITIONS.

1. Intending tenderers are expected to visit the locality and to satisfy themselves in every particular on all matters relating to their tenders.

2. The aforementioned quantities, qualities, and kind as to the said timber shall be taken as sufficiently accurate for the purpose of this sale; and no contract for purchase shall be voidable, nor shall the successful tenderer be entitled to any abatement in price, by reason of the said timber being of less quantity, quality, and kind than as stated herein or in any advertisement having reference to the said timber, nor shall any extra sum be claimed by the Crown if for any reason the quantity of timber is found to be in excess of that stated herein.

3. No tender will be considered wherein a less royalty is offered than 2s. per 100 sup. ft. for kauri, and 1s. 6d. per 100 sup. ft. for totara.

4. All timber on each lot, whether standing or in logs, shall remain the property of the Crown until all the instalments are paid.

5. The quantities stated are estimates on the standing trees.

6. The approximate position of the timber is shown on litho. plan lodged in the District Lands Office, Auckland.

7. Should any dispute arise as to boundaries, the decision of the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall be final.

8. In the event of the above lot not being disposed of, applications may be received and dealt with at any time within six months from the above date of closing of tenders (unless previously formally withdrawn), provided, however, that the amount offered is not less than the upset prices stated hereon.

9. All tenders must be submitted on forms which will be supplied on application to the Postmasters, Kaeo, Whangaroa, or Totara North, or the above office, and envelopes enclosing same to be marked “Tender for Timber,” and addressed to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland.

10. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

TERMS.

Tenders for the timber must be accompanied by a deposit of 5 per cent. on the amount of tender, in cash, marked cheque, or post-office order; the balance to be paid, if tender accepted, within fourteen days after acceptance, together with the cutting-license fee of £1 1s.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District for Disposal under Section 129 of “The Land Act, 1908.”

District Lands Office,
Auckland, 31st May, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of “The Land Act, 1908,” that the undermentioned land will be disposed of, under section 129 of the said Act, on or after Wednesday, the 8th day of September, 1909.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION E. 23, Paparoa Parish: Area, 9 acres.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Hawke’s Bay Land District open for Sale or Selection.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 1st June, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for sale or selection, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 14th day of July, 1909, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Dannevirke County.—Norsewood Survey District.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.

53 | XIV | 19 3 25 | 280 0 0 | 7 0 0 | 5 12 0

Part of Piripiri Block; slightly undulating. Fair soil; good grass. Water may be obtained by sinking. No standing bush or scrub. Within half a mile of Piripiri Railway-station by main road.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Hawke’s Bay County.—Maungaharuru Survey District.

93 | XIII | 280 0 0 | 210 0 0 | 5 5 0 | 4 4 0

Weighted with £6, valuation for iron shed.

About 40 acres flat land, balance undulating; covered with fern and manuka, with small patches of bush at back. Mostly light soil, mixed with pumice. Well watered. Situated twenty-four miles from Napier on the main coach-road to Taupo. Access to the section is by road leading south-westerly.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.