Wilson, John William, late of Tawa Flat, in the Provincial District of Wellington, military pensioner. Filed 22nd April, 1914.

Davies, George Hazely, late of Underwood, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, groom. Filed 22nd April, 1914.

Young, Loren Clarence, late of Atlanta, State of Georgia, in the United States of America. Filed 24th April, 1914.

Hanrahan, Moses, late of St. Bathan's, in the Provincial District of Otago, ex-miner. Filed 24th April, 1914.

O'Donnell, Michael, late of Great Barrier Island, in the Provincial District of Auckland, gum-digger. Filed 24th April, 1914.

Arthur, Henry Frederick, late of Remuera, in the Provincial District of Auckland, carpenter. Filed 25th April, 1914.

Lawson, Andrew Ballantyne, late of Bealey, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, labourer. Filed 27th April, 1914.

Richmond, John, late of Mount Cook, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, guide. Filed 27th April, 1914.

McCullagh, Robert or Robert John, late of Wanganui, in the Provincial District of Wellington, publican. Filed 27th April, 1914.

Carroll, James, late of Okahukura, in the Provincial District of Auckland, engine-driver. Filed 28th April, 1914.

Anderson, James, late of Larrikins, near Kumara, in the Provincial District of Westland, miner. Filed 28th April, 1914.

Gerrey, William or William Henry, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, labourer. Filed 30th April, 1914.

Owens, Patrick, late of Ashburton, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, labourer. Filed 7th May, 1914.

Trimble, Mary, late of Papatoetoe, in the Provincial District of Auckland, married woman. Filed 7th May, 1914.

Ward, Thomas, late of Dannevirke, in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, labourer. Filed 7th May, 1914.

Watson, William, late of Masterton, in the Provincial District of Wellington, blacksmith. Filed 7th May, 1914.

Tinning, Elizabeth or Elizabeth Murray Watt, late of Marton, in the Provincial District of Wellington, married woman. Filed 7th May, 1914.

Somerville, Charlotte or Lottie, late of Mangaweka, in the Provincial District of Wellington, married woman. Filed 8th May, 1914.

Jackson, George Charles Noel, late of Te Maniuri, in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, shepherd. Filed 8th May, 1914.

Wallis, Martha, late of Southbridge, in the Provincial District of Otago, married woman. Filed 11th May, 1914.

Stevens, Alfred Jesse, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, wharf labourer. Filed 12th May, 1914.

Johnson, Charles Samuel Craig, late of Kiwitea, in the Provincial District of Wellington, farm labourer. Filed 12th May, 1914.

FRED. FITCHETT,

Public Trustee.

Notice published pursuant to Section 18, Subsection (3), of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1913.

Public Trust Office,

Wellington, 26th May, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken out probate, the Public Trustee has filed in the office of the Supreme Court at Wellington an election to administer the estates of the following deceased testate persons, whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as are known) are respectively set out hereunder, and whose properties are estimated not to exceed the sum of £400 in each case:—

Arthur Howse, late of Napier, canvasser.

James Richardson, late of Claremont, miner.

Owen McIntyre, late of Auckland, labourer.

James Kiernan, late of Dunedin, labourer.

Mary Elizabeth Luxon, late of Dunedin, widow.

Henry William Corney, late of Auckland, labourer.

Mary Anderson, late of Wellington, married woman.

John Sampson, late of Auckland, engineer.

Otto Theune, late of Queenstown, labourer.

Margaret Smout, late of Kimbolton, widow.

Sidney Joseph Young Watson, late of Nelson, settler.

James Bellett, late of Dunedin, farmer.

Patrick Casey, late of Greymouth, miner.

FRED. FITCHETT,

Public Trustee.

Arrangements for First Election, &c., Whakaki Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,

Wellington, 21st May, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

BRUNGAR GEORGE SIGNALL,

of Wairoa, to be Returning Officer and the person to prepare an electors roll for the purposes of the first election of seven members of the Board of Trustees of the Whakaki Land Drainage District, County of Wairoa, as constituted under the Land Drainage Act, 1008; also to appoint Saturday, the 6th day of June, 1914, to be the date, and the Wairoa County Council Chambers, Wairoa, to be the place, at which the said first election shall be held; also to appoint Saturday, the 13th day of June, 1914, at half past two o'clock in the afternoon to be the time, and the said Wairoa County Council Chambers, Wairoa, to be the place, at which the first meeting of the said Board shall be held.

H. D. BELL,

Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice of Date of Examinations under the Control of the Inspector-General of Schools.

Education Department,

Wellington, 17th April, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned examinations will be held on the dates specified in each case:—

Intermediate Competitive (Education Board Senior Scholarship Examination): On or about 17th November, 1914, and following days.

Intermediate Non-competitive, for Senior Free Places in Secondary Schools and District High Schools and for the First Examination of Pupil-teachers: On or about 17th November, 1914, and following days.

Junior National Scholarship: On or about the 26th and 27th November, 1914.

Junior Free Place (including the examination for Junior Free Places in Technical Schools): On or about the 26th and 27th November, 1914.

Teachers' Certificate Examinations, Class C and Class D: On or about the 5th January, 1915, and following days.

NOTE.—The Public Service Entrance Examination (heretofore known as the Civil Service Junior Examination) being now confined exclusively to candidates desirous of entering the Public Service, Scholarship candidates who are required by the various scholarship regulations to take this examination will now enter as Intermediate Competitive candidates.

Entries for Junior National Scholarships and Junior Free Places, and for 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, 1914. Junior Scholarship and Junior Free Place entries received after that date can be accepted only with the consent of the Education Department, which, if satisfied in any special case that there has been reasonable ground for the delay, may allow not more than seven days of grace.

Entries for the Senior Board Scholarship Examination and for the First Examination of Pupil-teachers will be received by Secretaries of Education Boards until the 15th September, 1914. For all other Intermediate Examinations (Senior Free Place, Drawing only, &c.) entries must be sent direct to the Inspector-General of Schools, Wellington, so as to reach his office by the same date. The time for recognizing entries for these examinations will be extended to 22nd September, 1914, on payment of a late fee of £1; otherwise, no entrance fee is payable in respect of these examinations.

The provision heretofore existing whereby candidates other than those for Education Board Senior Scholarships were permitted to take Scholarship papers in the Intermediate Examinations is abolished.

Entries for the Teachers' C and D Certificate Examinations will be received by the Inspector-General of Schools, Wellington, until the 15th October, 1914, or, with a late fee of £1 in addition to the ordinary fee, until the 31st October, 1914.

All entries must be made on the proper forms, which may be obtained after 1st July from the office of any Education Board or of the Education Department.

GEORGE HOGBEN,

Inspector-General of Schools.