MAY 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2121

Applications invited for the Position of Stores Manager for the Public Works Department for the Dominion.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 15th May, 1914.

1. APPLICATIONS will be received up till noon on the 6th June, 1914, for the position of Stores Manager for the Public Works Department for the Dominion.

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. The qualifications essential for the position are special knowledge and experience of modern stores organization, including—

(i.) The drafting of contracts and specifications for the supply of stores.

(ii.) The purchase and ordering of stores by indent, contract, or special quotation.

(iii.) The handling and custody of stores.

(iv.) The collection and custody of old or unserviceable material.

(v.) The disposition of surplus or obsolete material.

(vi.) The issue of stores either in bulk or broken quantities.

(vii.) The transport of stores either by sea, rail, or other means, and all matters connected therewith.

(viii.) The accounts of stores administration generally.

(ix.) The setting-up of sub-stores to suit any special purpose or condition.

4. The successful applicant will be required to carry out the scheme of stores administration provided in the Stores Regulations.

5. Salary, £405; maximum, £425. Class III, Clerical Division.

6. The appointment will be subject to the provisions of the Public Service Act, 1912.

7. Duties to commence about the 1st July, 1914.

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.

Applications invited for the Position of Chief Clerk, District Office, Lands and Survey Department, New Plymouth.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 14th May, 1914.

1. APPLICATIONS will be received by the undersigned up till noon on the 4th June, 1914, from officers of the Lands and Survey Department, for the position of Chief Clerk in the District Office of the Lands and Survey Department, New Plymouth.

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

3. Applications must be made on forms obtainable from the Permanent Head of the Lands and Survey Department, or from any Commissioner of Crown Lands.

4. Applicants will be required to have a knowledge of Receiver’s work as well as general work of the office.

5. The position is graded in Class IV, Clerical Division; maximum, £370.

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.

Applications invited for the Position of Chief Draughtsman, District Office, Lands and Survey Department, Blenheim.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 20th May, 1914.

1. APPLICATIONS will be received by the undersigned up till noon on the 8th June, 1914, from officers of the Lands and Survey Department, for the position of Chief Draughtsman in the District Office of the Lands and Survey Department at Blenheim.

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

3. Applications must be made on forms obtainable from the Permanent Head of the Lands and Survey Department, or from any Commissioner of Crown Lands.

4. It is necessary that applicants should be licensed surveyors.

5. The position is graded in Class D, Professional Division. Maximum, £345.

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.

Position of Assistant Inspector of Secondary Schools.—Temporary Position for Six Months only.

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

1. APPLICATIONS will be received by the undersigned up till noon on the 8th June, 1914, for the position of Assistant Inspector of Secondary Schools.

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 have had secondary-school teaching experience, must be University graduates, and must possess special qualifications in science and mathematics.

4. Duties to commence, if possible, not later than 1st July, 1914.

5. The position will be a temporary one for six months only. Salary, £450 per annum, with travelling-allowance according to scale.

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.

Notice under Subsection (2) of Section 22 of the West Coast Settlement Reserves Act, 1892.

WHEREAS by section 22 of the West Coast Settlement Reserves Act, 1892, it is provided (inter alia) that, for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the said Act, the Public Trustee may, subject to the regulations of the Survey Department of the Dominion, make surveys of reserves and subdivide the same as he thinks fit, and also lay off any portions of reserves for public roads, and may make such roads, and that any roads so laid off shall, upon a notice being published in the New Zealand Gazette that the same has been laid off as a road, be deemed a public highway and shall vest in His Majesty the King: And whereas under the authority of the said Act the Public Trustee has, in accordance with the regulations of the Survey Department of the Dominion, laid off as public roads the portions of the reserves vested in him under the West Coast Settlement Reserves Act, 1892, specified in the Schedule hereto:

Now, in pursuance of the said authority, and of all other powers and authorities him thereunto enabling, the Public Trustee hereby notifies that the portions of the said reserves named and described in the Schedule hereto have been laid off as public roads.

Dated this 18th day of May, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, containing by admeasurement eight acres and three and eight-tenths perches (8 acres 0 roods 3·8 perches), more or less, being part of Subdivision No. 9 of the Poukawa Native Block, situated in Block IX, Te Mata Survey District. Bounded on the north-west by Subdivisions Nos. 9A, 9B, 9C, 9E, 9F, 9J, 9G, and 9H of the said Poukawa Block, 8045·9 links; towards the east by a road, 108·6 links; towards the south-east by Subdivisions Nos. 10, 9F, 9D, 9C, 9B, and 9A of the said Poukawa Native Block, 8001·7 links; and towards the south-west by Poukawa No. 8 Native Block, 100 links: be all the said linkages a little more or less: as the same is more particularly delineated on a plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor at Napier under No. 648.

FRED. FITCHETT,
Public Trustee.

Victoria College Council.—Election of Members.

Victoria College,
Wellington, 1st April, 1914.

IT is hereby notified that the following gentlemen duly nominated as members of the Victoria College Council have been returned unopposed, viz.:

As representing the Parliamentary Electors: Mr. C. P. Knight, LL.D.

As representing the Graduates: Mr. H. H. Ostler, LL.B.

As representing the Teachers: The Rev. W. A. Evans.

As representing the Education Boards: Mr. R. McCallum, M.P.

C. P. POWLES,
Registrar and Returning Officer.