Oct. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2791

The Education Board of the District of Taranaki.—Election of Member to fill Extraordinary Vacancy.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with section 24 of “The Education Act, 1908,” that Arthur Herbert Halcombe, Esq., has been duly elected to fill the extraordinary vacancy caused by the death of Henry Faull, Esq., member for the North Ward.

The following are the votes recorded for each candidate of the election:—

Thomas Buchanan .. .. .. 16
Arthur Herbert Halcombe .. .. .. 126
James Rattenbury .. .. .. 31

The number of votes recorded was 167, and the number rejected as informal was 1.

P. S. WHITCOMBE,
Secretary.
Education Office,
New Plymouth, 19th October, 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.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

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

District Lands Office,
Nelson, 4th October, 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 128 of the said Act, on or after Friday, the 7th day of January, 1910.

SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—MARUIA SURVEY DISTRICT.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands Office,
Napier, 25th October, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for sale or selection, and applications will be received at this office, and at the Local Lands Office, Gisborne, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 8th day of December, 1909, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.
HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Cook County.—Hangaroa Survey District.—Tiniroto Village.

Situated close to the Gisborne-Wairoa Main Road, about forty-two miles south-west of Gisborne. Generally undulating open fern land, with fair soil.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Waiapu County.—Mata Survey District.

1 | VII | 185 0 0 | 450 0 0 | 11 5 0 | 9 0 0

Situated about six miles from Waipiro by formed dray-road. Two acres in bush, the remainder broken, fern country; soil good. Altitude, about 350 ft. above sea-level.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District open for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands Office,
Napier, 25th October, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands are open for selection on renewable lease, and applications will be received at this office, and at the Local Lands Office, Gisborne, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 8th day of December, 1909, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

SCHEDULE.
HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.
SECOND-CLASS LAND.
National Endowment.

WAIAPU COUNTY.—TOKOMARU SURVEY DISTRICT.

Situated on the inland Waiapu Road, about sixty miles north of Gisborne and fifteen miles from Tokomaru Bay. There is no flat land on the section, which comprises ridges with good wide sloping sides. The soil is fair, on a subsoil of inferior clay, with patches of pumice here and there; covered with fern and tutu; well watered.

HAWKE’S BAY COUNTY.—POHUI SURVEY DISTRICT.
Taupo Road Rural Sections.

2 and 38 | VIII | 670 2 0 | 655 0 0 | 13 2 0

Situated on the right bank of the Mohaka River. Distant about forty miles from Napier by the main Napier-Taupo coach-road. Comprises open country, covered with manuka scrub and fern, with patches of native and exotic grasses scattered over the whole area. The soil is of a light pumiceous character, on clay formation; well watered by the Mohaka River. The elevation ranges from 2,400 ft. to 2,450 ft. above sea-level. Improvements, consisting of 160 chains of fencing, are included in the price of the section.

T. N. BRODRICK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.