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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 52

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

WHEREAS I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee,
have, for the purposes of “ The Unclaimed Lands
Act, 1894,” and the above Act, made due inquiries with
respect to the land described in the Schedule hereunder,
and the owner thereof, and have, in respect to the said
land, given the notices prescribed by section 4 of the first-
named Act, and have in all respects complied with the pro-
visions of the said Acts pertinent hereto: And whereas I
have not thereby ascertained who the owner is, and believe
that such owner is not in the Dominion, nor has such owner
established his title to the said land, as required by the said
Unclaimed Lands Act or the last named Act : I hereby give
notice that the said land is under and by virtue of the said
Acts, or one of them, vested in the Public Trustee as afore-
said as from the date of publication hereof, and will be
administered under “ The Public Trust Office Act, 1908 ”;
the value of the land for the purposes of section 67 (d) of
the said last-named Act being less than £100.

Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of June, 1909.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, containing 40 acres, more or less,
being the middle portion of Allotment 6, Parish of Manga-
tete, in the Provincial District of Auckland. Bounded on
the north by a road, 1380 links; on the north-east by other
part of Allotment 6, 1850 links; on the south-east by other
part of Allotment 6, 1920 links; on the south-west by other
part of Allotment 6, 1670 links; and on the north-west by
a road, 310 links and — links, to the point of commence-
ment.

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
50 acres, more or less, being Allotment No. 142 in the
Parish of Pirongia, in the Provincial District of Auckland.
Bounded on the north by a road, 1621 links, 944 links,
602 links, and 487 links; on the east by a road, 775 links,
and by Allotment 150, 148 links; on the south by Allot-
ment 143, 3354 links; and on the west by a road, 1909 links.
The land is registered in the name of Henry Elston, de-
scribed as a private in the 2nd Company, Forest Rangers,
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 19th day of June, 1909.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee

The Education Board of the District of North Canterbury.—
Election of Member.—“ The Education Act, 1908.”

I HEREBY give notice that the number of valid votes
recorded for the several candidates for the election of
member of the Education Board of the District of North
Canterbury (North Ward), held on the 24th day of May
1909, is as follows, to wit:—

NORTH WARD. (One Member.)

Boyd, Hugh .. .. .. .. 141
Moore, Richard .. .. .. .. 131
Bullock, Samuel .. .. .. .. 106
Bernstein, Reverend Isaac Amber .. .. .. 43

The total number of valid votes recorded is 421. The
total number of votes rejected as informal is 20.

I therefore hereby declare the said HUGH BOYD to be duly
elected member of the Education Board of the District of
North Canterbury for the North Ward.

H. C. LANE,
Returning Officer.

Christchurch, 8th June, 1909.

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.

Government Insurance Department.—Agency opened at
Springfield.

Government Insurance Department,
Wellington, 18th June, 1909.

AN agency of the above Department (Life and Accident
Branches) will be opened at

THE POST-OFFICE, SPRINGFIELD,

as from the 23rd June, 1909.

J. H. RICHARDSON,
Commissioner.