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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

Applications invited for the Position of District Health Officer, Department of Public Health, Auckland.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 13th March, 1914.

1. APPLICATIONS will be received up to noon on the 31st March, 1914, for the position of District Health Officer, Department of Public Health, Hospitals, and Charitable Aid at Auckland.

2. Applications must be addressed to the Secretary to the Public Service Commissioner, Wellington, and must embrace a statement of education and experience, particulars of age, &c.

3. Applicants must be duly qualified medical practitioners and the holders of diplomas in public health or other equivalent qualifications in sanitary and bacteriological science.

4. Preference will be given to applicants under thirty-five years of age.

5. Duties will be defined later by the Chief Health Officer, Department of Public Health.

6. The position will be graded in Classes B and A, Professional Division. Minimum, £500; maximum, £700.

7. The successful applicant will not be permitted to engage in private practice, and the appointment will be subject to the provisions of the Public Service Act, 1912.

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.

Applications invited for the Position of Ranger, Public Trust Office.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 18th March, 1914.

APPLICATIONS will be received up till noon on the 8th April, 1914, for the position of Ranger, Public Trust Office.

2. Applications must be addressed to the Secretary to the Public Service Commissioner, Wellington, and must embrace a statement of education and experience, particulars of age, &c.

3. Applicants must not be more than forty-five years of age.

4. Applicants must have had farming experience and have a knowledge of—
   (a.) The business and methods of agriculture.
   (b.) The market prices of the main staple items of agricultural produce.
   (c.) The raising, feeding, and value of live-stock.
   (d.) Noxious weeds and the effect of their growth as upon the land.
   (e.) Farm draining, roading, fencing; and of the suitability and condition of farm buildings.
   (f.) The value of farming improvements generally.
   (g.) The value of country lands and of the prospect of their increasing in value with improved management, or their liability to deteriorate from neglect or bad farming, or from other local drawbacks.

5. Applicants must be judges of—
   (a.) The carrying-capacity of land and its suitability for sheep-farming, dairying, or cropping.
   (b.) The rental values of farm lands.

6. Applicants must have some aptitude for clerical work and correspondence.

7. The Ranger’s district will comprise the following counties:—
   Clifton, Taranaki, Egmont, Stratford, Whangamomona, Waimate West, Eltham, Hawera, Patea, Waitotara, Wangaehu, Rangitikei, Waimarino, and Kaitieke; and his headquarters will be Hawera.

8. Salary, £300 per annum, General Division.

9. Appointment to be subject to the Public Service Act, 1912.

10. Particulars of duties may be seen at any branch of the Public Trust Office.

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.

Public Service Stores Tender Board.—Supply and Delivery of Provisions to Government Steamers and Clothing to Training-ship “Amokura,” at Wellington.

Wellington, 13th March, 1914.

WRITTEN tenders, addressed to the undersigned, will be received up to 5 p.m. on Thursday, the 26th March, 1914, at the office of the Public Service Stores Tender Board, Wellington, for the supply of groceries and meat to the Government steamers at Wellington for the period from the 1st April to the 31st December, 1914, and for the supply of clothing, &c., to the training-ship “Amokura,” at Wellington, for the year ending the 31st March, 1915. Tenders to be marked, “Tender for Supplies, Government Steamers.” Copies of condition of supply and forms of tender may be obtained from the Secretary, Marine Department, Customhouse, where the samples of clothing, &c., may also be seen.

Each tender must be accompanied by a deposit of £25. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

J. MACKAY, Chairman.

Public Service Stores Tender Board.—Supply and Delivery of Aluminium Cable, Bolts, &c.

Wellington, 13th March, 1914.

THE time for receiving tenders for the aluminium cable, bolts, &c., advertised in the New Zealand Gazette of the 19th February, 1914, is extended to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, the 6th May, 1914.

J. MACKAY,
Chairman.

Public Service Stores Tender Board.—Supply and Delivery of Mail-bags.

Wellington, 16th March, 1914.

TENDERS for the supply and delivery of mail-bags for the period ending the 31st March, 1915, will be received at the office of the Chairman up to 5 p.m. on Monday, the 6th April, 1914. Tenders must be addressed to the Chairman, Public Service Stores Tender Board, Wellington, and be accompanied by a bank cheque for £25. They must be marked on the outside “Tender for mail-bags.” Delivery of the bags is to be made as shown in the Conditions of Tender, and the successful tenderer will be required to give the security required by the conditions for the due performance of the contract. Particulars and conditions of tendering and specifications may be obtained at the offices of the Controller of Stores, Post and Telegraph Department, Wellington; the District Storekeeper, Post and Telegraph Department, Christchurch; or the Chief Postmasters at Auckland and Dunedin, where samples may be seen.

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

J. MACKAY,
Chairman.

Election of Members of the Public Service Superannuation Board.

Public Service Superannuation Office,
Wellington, 19th March, 1914.

IN accordance with the regulations made under the provisions of the Public Service Classification and Superannuation Act, 1908, the official count of votes polled at the election held on the 2nd day of March, 1914, for three members of the Public Service Superannuation Board, to represent contributors belonging to Departments other than the Post and Telegraph Department and the Police Force, took place at the Board-room, Wellington, on Wednesday, the 18th day of March, 1914. The following is the number of votes recorded for each candidate:—

Bishop, Helyar Wedderburn .. .. 2,505
Allport, George .. .. 2,417
Macdonald, John William .. .. 2,340
Fraser, Malcolm .. .. 2,219
Hazhard, Henry Douglas Morpeth .. .. 992

I hereby declare Messrs. H. W. Bishop, G. Allport, and J. W. Macdonald to be duly elected members of the Board for the ensuing three years.

Messrs. H. E. Combs and H. A. R. Huggins, being the only candidates nominated to represent the contributors belonging to the Post and Telegraph Department, have been declared duly elected for the ensuing three years.

Mr. J. W. Ellison, being the only candidate nominated to represent the contributors belonging to the Police Force, has been declared duly elected for the ensuing three years.

WILLIAM M. WRIGHT,
Returning Officer.