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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 70

Central Ward—
ERNEST HERBERT ANDREWS.

South Ward—
JOHN STUDHOLME.

The number of votes recorded in favour of the several candidates was—

North Ward—
Banks, William Alexander … … 223
Dalziel, Matthew … … … 165

Central Ward—
Andrews, Ernest Herbert … … 85
Jamieson, John … … … 69
Langford, Herbert … … … 14

South Ward—
Maginness, George … … … 158
Studholme, John … … … 264

The total number of valid votes was—North Ward, 388; Central Ward, 168; South Ward, 422.

The total number of invalid votes was—North Ward, 4; Central Ward, 2; South Ward, 10.

H. C. LANE,
Education Office, Returning Officer.
Christchurch, 6th August, 1912.

Education Board of the District of South Canterbury.—Election of Members.

IN accordance with section 24 of the Education Act, 1908, it is hereby notified that the following persons have been duly elected members of the Education Board of the District of South Canterbury :—

North Ward—
THOMAS SHERRATT.

Middle Ward—
JOHN MAZE.

South Ward—
WILLIAM LINDSAY.

The number of valid votes recorded for each candidate in the contested election for the North Ward was—

Sherratt, Thomas … … … 112
Vucetich Matteo … … … 51

The total number of valid votes recorded was 163. The number of voting-papers rejected as informal was 2.

A. BELL,
Education Office, Returning Officer.
Timaru, 6th August, 1912.

Education Board of the District of Otago.—Election of Members.

IN accordance with the provisions of sections 15 (1) and 24 of the Education Act, 1908, it is hereby publicly notified that the following candidates have been duly nominated for election as members of the Education Board of the District of Otago :—

Northern Ward—
Donald Borrie.

Central Ward—
George Cashmore Israel.

Southern Ward—
David Thomas Fleming.

As the number of duly nominated candidates in each case is equal to the number of persons to be elected, I hereby declare Messrs. DONALD BORRIE, GEORGE CASHMORE ISRAEL, and DAVID THOMAS FLEMING duly elected as members of the Board for the Northern, Central, and Southern Wards respectively.

S. M. PARK,
Education Office, Returning Officer.
Dunedin, 1st July, 1912.

Education Board of the District of Southland.—Election of Members.

IN accordance with sections 15 and 24 of the Education Act, 1908, I hereby declare that the following gentlemen have been duly elected members of the Southland Education Board :—

Central Ward—
WILLIAM MACALISTER, Esq., B.A., LL.B.

East Ward—
DUNCAN GILCHRIST, Esq.

West Ward—
HEWAN ALEXANDER ARCHDALL, Esq.

It is further notified that for the Central and East Wards the candidates declared elected were the only ones nominated.

For the West Ward the number of valid votes recorded for the duly nominated candidates were—

Adamson, James Allan … … 65
Archdall, Hewan Alexander … … 228

The total number of valid votes recorded was 293. The number of votes rejected as informal was nil.

JOHN NEILL,
Education Office, Returning Officer.
Invercargill, 7th August, 1912.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 23rd August, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 30th day of September, 1912, for a lease of the undermentioned land, under section 339 of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—ROTORUA COUNTY.—ROTORUA SURVEY DISTRICT.

SECTION 5A, Block IX, comprising 491 acres; minimum annual rental, £33 15s.

Weighted with £1,755 10s. 6d., valuation for houses, 391 acres felled and grassed, 571 chains fencing, garden, cultivation, and logging, clearing, and planting. Situated on the Oxford–Rotorua Road about four miles from Mamaku Railway-station.

Term of lease: Twenty-one years, without right of renewal; rental payable half-yearly in advance; the first half-year’s rent at the rate tendered, and lease fee (£1 1s.), to be deposited with the tender. The loading, £1,755 10s. 6d. for improvements, is to be paid immediately on acceptance of tender.

The lessee shall have no right to underlet or part with possession of the land leased, or any part of it, without the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

The lessee shall discharge all rates, taxes, charges, and other assessments that may become due and payable.

Within one month from the date of expiry of the lease the then existing improvements shall be valued by the Crown, and be made a charge against the land in favour of the lessee or persons entitled thereto.

Rental payments in arrear for two calendar months shall render the lease liable to termination; or a breach of covenant in the lease, expressed or implied, shall entitle the Crown to re-enter and determine the lease.

The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Tenders to be indorsed “Section 5A, Block IX, Rotorua Survey District,” and to be addressed to—

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale under Section 131 of the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 5th August, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be sold under section 131 of the said Act on or after Friday, the 8th day of November, 1912.

SCHEDULE.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.