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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 2

Southern Maori Electoral District.

IN accordance with section 64 of the Legislature Amendment Act, 1910, I hereby declare the following to be the result of the election held on the 19th December, 1911, for the return of a member of Parliament for the above district :—

Taare Parata ... ... ... 264 votes.

• John Hopere Wharewiti Uru ... ... ... 233 ,,
  Tahuaroa Karira Watson ... ... ... 131 ,,
  Teone Matapura Erihana ... ... ... 84 ,,
  James Apes ... ... ... 80 ,,
  Haimona Patete ... ... ... 18 ,,

And TAARE PARATA having received the greatest number of votes, I hereby declare him to be duly elected as a member of Parliament for the Southern Maori Electoral District.

H. W. BISHOP,
Returning Officer.

3rd January, 1912.

Western Maori Electoral District.

IN pursuance of the Legislature Act, 1908, and the Legislature Amendment Act, 1910, I, William Henry Grace, Returning Officer for the Western Maori Electoral District, do hereby declare the result of the poll taken on the 19th day of December, 1911, for the election of a member of Parliament to serve in the House of Representatives for the above-mentioned district, the candidates nominated and the votes recorded for each being as follow :—

Names of Candidates. Votes polled.
Henare Kaihau ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,899
Maui Pomare (Dr. Pomare) ... ... ... ... 2,464
Pepene Eketone ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,470
Ngarangi-Katitia ... ... ... ... ... ... 560
Tarapipipi Taingakawa ... ... ... ... ... 581
Pomare Hetaraka ... ... ... ... ... ... 19

Valid votes polled, total ... ... ... 6,993

Number of votes rejected as informal ... 38

As Maui Pomare (Dr. Pomare) has obtained the majority of votes recorded, I therefore declare him the said MAUI POMARE (DR. POMARE) to be the member elected for the Western Maori Electoral District.

W. H. GRACE,
Returning Officer.

Dated at Kihikihi, this 30th day of December, 1911.

Legislature Amendment Act, 1910.

I, HAROLD CARR, the duly appointed Returning Officer for the Eastern Maori Electoral District, do hereby notify that on the close of the time appointed for receiving nominations of candidates qualified for election as members of Parliament for the said district, only one candidate was nominated — namely, Apirana Turupa Ngata, of Waiomatatini.

I therefore declare the said APIRANA TURUPA NGATA to be duly elected.

Dated at Gisborne, this 1st day of December, 1911.

H. CARR,
Returning Officer.

Notice of the Date on which Income-tax is payable.

THE LAND-TAX AND INCOME-TAX ACT, 1911.

Land and Income Tax Office,
Wellington, 9th January, 1912.

BY Order in Council made and issued by His Excellency the Governor in Council on the 4th day of January instant, under the authority of the above Act, it was determined that the respective duties by way of income-tax, leviable under the said Act, should be paid in one sum on Wednesday, the 31st day of January, 1912, at the office of the Commissioner of Taxes, Government Buildings, Wellington; and, in accordance with such Order in Council, I hereby give notice that the said duties will be payable accordingly.

G. F. C. CAMPBELL,
Commissioner of Taxes.

Election of Member of Nelson Land Board.—Result of Poll.

I, ROBERT THOMAS SADD, Returning Officer for the election of a member of Nelson Land Board, do hereby notify, in terms of the regulations under the Land Act, 1908, the result of the poll taken by me on the 30th day of December, 1911, for the election of a member of the Nelson Land Board to be as follows :—

Candidate. Votes polled.
Robert Patterson ... ... ... ... 259
John Badcock ... ... ... ... ... 157
Thomas Symes ... ... ... ... ... 150
E. H. Donaldson ... ... ... ... 77
G. B. McInroe ... ... ... ... ... 53

Number of valid votes, 696; number of votes rejected as informal, 78.

And I do hereby declare that ROBERT PATTERSON, having received the greatest number of valid votes, is duly elected member of the Nelson Land Board.

Dated at Nelson, this 4th day of January, 1912.

ROBT. T. SADD,
Returning Officer.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Small Grazing-runs in Otago Land District for Lease on Application.

District Lands Office,
Dunedin, 3rd January, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-runs are open for lease for a term of twenty-one years, with right of renewal; and applications will be received at the District Lands Office, Dunedin, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, 13th February, 1912, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

Applicants will have to appear personally before the Land Board at the District Lands Office, Dunedin, at 10 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, 14th February, 1912, to answer any questions the Land Board may ask.

The ballot, if necessary, will be held at the conclusion of the examination.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TAIERI AND WAIKOUAITI COUNTIES.

Second-class Pastoral Land.

Possession will be given on 1st March, 1911.

DESCRIPTION OF RUNS.

Run 121.—Undulating tussock country, partly cultivable; well watered. Access from railway at Middlemarch; distance, twelve miles. Height above sea-level, 900 ft. to 1,500 ft. The improvements comprise 339½ chains of boundary-fencing, of a total value of £110 3s. 9d.

Run 121J.—Undulating tussock country, partly cultivable; well watered. Access from railway at Middlemarch (distance, seventeen miles) or from Dunback (distance, nineteen miles) by formed roads. School and post-office at Moonlight, distance about five miles and a half. Height above sea-level, 1,000 ft. to 1,700 ft. The improvements comprise 319 chains of boundary-fencing, of a total value of £116 5s. 6d.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Taranaki Land District for Disposal under Section 131 of the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands Office,
New Plymouth, 18th October, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that part of Section 8, Block VII, Waro Survey District, Taranaki Land District, containing about 7 acres 2 roods 21 perches, will be disposed of to the holder of adjoining land, under section 131 of the said Act, on or after Friday, the 26th day of January, 1912.

WILLIAM ARMSTRONG,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.