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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 47

Officiating Ministers for 1909.—Notice No. 23.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 9th June, 1909.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand passed in the eighth year of the reign of His Majesty King Edward VII, and intituled “The Marriage Act, 1908,” the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
Mr. Harry Bloomfield.

Salvation Army.
Brigadier James Henry Bray.

W. W. COOK,
Deputy Registrar-General.

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.

Election of a Member of the Wellington Land Board.—Result of Poll.

PURSUANT to section 41 of “The Land Act, 1908,” and the regulations made thereunder, I, George Robert Nicol Wright, Returning Officer for the election of a member of the Wellington Land Board, do hereby notify the result of the poll taken on the 31st day of May, 1909, for the election of a member of the Wellington Land Board, to be as follows:—

Candidates. Votes polled.
A’Court, John Medlyn .. .. .. 206
Bould, Robert .. .. .. 88
Bremner, James .. .. .. 135
Ellingham, Henry Thomas.. .. .. 350
Houlbrooke, Leonard .. .. .. 54
Joblin, Arthur John .. .. .. 180
McIntyre, Charles .. .. .. 116
McLennan, William .. .. .. 204
Robinson, Thomas Henry .. .. .. 34

Number of valid votes 1,367
Number of votes rejected as informal 84

And I hereby declare the above-mentioned HENRY THOMAS ELLINGHAM to be duly elected a member of the Wellington Land Board, he having received the greatest number of valid votes.

GEORGE ROBERT NICOL WRIGHT,
Returning Officer.

Dated at Wellington, this 3rd day of June, 1909.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Wellington Land District for Disposal under Section 128 of “The Land Act, 1908.”

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 28th April, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of “The Land Act, 1908,” that the undermentioned land will be disposed of to the holder of adjoining land, under section 128 of “The Land Act, 1908,” on or after Thursday, the 29th day of July, 1909.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—GORGE SURVEY DISTRICT.

Section. Block. Area.
6 II Acres.
100

JAMES MACKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Nelson Land District for License by Public Auction.

District Lands Office,
Nelson, 8th June, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for license by public auction, for a term of ten years, at this office, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 4th day of August, 1909, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.
Class II.

Run No. Locality. Area. Upset Annual Rent.
23 Collingwood County .. Acres. £ s. d.
10,000 20 0 0

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION.

Situated on the left bank of the Heaphy River and along the sea-board, extending from the Heaphy River southwards to within a short distance of the Kohaihai River. There are in the Heaphy Valley about 350 acres of really good land included in the run, 150 acres of which is flat land—exceptionally rich, being derived from limestone hills which flank the valley. A large area of bush on the run contains good cattle-feed. Present access is by horse-track from Heaphy to Collingwood (sixty miles). The distance from Karamea is about twenty-one miles, eleven miles of which is along the sea-beach, the remaining ten miles is walking-track only. No pack-track has been cut.

Possession of the run will be given on the day of sale.

F. W. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Cheviot Landing-service Plant for Sale by Public Tender.

District Lands Office,
Christchurch, 25th May, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received up to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the 14th July, 1909, for the purchase, either in one or more lots, of the landing-service buildings, plant, and appliances connected therewith, situated at Port Robinson, Cheviot, about sixty-five miles from Lyttelton and 110 miles from Wellington.

The buildings include large shed, 85 ft. by 62 ft.—framework principally kauri, iron roof and walls; landing-slip, 300 ft. long, with ironbark and totara piles; engine-shed, with 20-horse power engine; office and men’s hut; 12-ton steel cargo-boat; winding gear, buoys, blocks, tackle, and numerous sundries.

Full particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained at any Lands Office in the Dominion, or will be sent by post on application. No tender will necessarily be accepted.

ERIC C. GOLD SMITH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.