Sept. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3301

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

Education Office,
Timaru, 10th August, 1915.

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 . . . . . . . . . . . 98
McPhedran, Duncan Turner . . . . . . 31

The total number of valid votes recorded was 129. The number of voting-papers rejected as informal was 2.

J. M. MILLER,
Returning Officer.

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

Education Office,
Dunedin, 7th July, 1915.

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,
Returning Officer.

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

Education Office,
Invercargill, 5th July, 1915.

IN accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, 1908, it is hereby notified that the following candidates have been duly nominated for election as members of the Education Board of the District of Southland :—

West Ward—
Hewan Alexander Archdall.

Central Ward—
Gavin Emmanuel Amos.

East Ward—
Duncan Gilchrist.

As there is only one duly nominated candidate for each ward, it is hereby notified that Messrs. H. A. ARCHDALL, G. E. AMOS, and D. GILCHRIST have been duly elected members of the Board.

F. G. STEVENSON,
Returning Officer.

The Foreign Insurance Companies’ Deposits Act, 1908.

THE Public Trustee hereby gives notice, pursuant to section twenty of the above Act, that the Australian Widows’ Fund Life Assurance Society (Limited); by a notice dated the 14th December, 1914, and served on the Public Trustee on 7th January, 1915, duly notified the Public Trustee that it had ceased to carry on business in New Zealand, and proposed to withdraw from the Public Trustee the deposits made under the provisions of the above Act; that such proposal was duly advertised, and no objections having been received and the said society having satisfied the Public Trustee that from the date of such notice the society has not, except as to policies or contracts granted or made before such date, carried on business in New Zealand, and that all the liabilities of the society in New Zealand are fully liqui-

dated or provided for, the Public Trustee has decided to allow such withdrawal.

Dated 31st day of August, 1915.

T. S. RONALDSON,
Deputy Public Trustee.

Unclaimed Property.

In the matter of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908 (Part III), and its amendments; and in the matter of the estate of JOHN PETTY, of Timpany’s Siding, in the Provincial District of Otago, Farmer.

WHEREAS it has been reported to the Public Trustee that John Petty, of Timpany’s Siding, in the Provincial District of Otago, Farmer, but now a member of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces operating at the Dardanelles, is the owner of personal property in New Zealand, but has no agent in New Zealand with authority to take possession of and administer such property: And whereas the Public Trustee recently applied to the Supreme Court for an order under Part III of the Public Trust Office Act 1908, and its amendments, in respect of such property, and by an order made in the Supreme Court at Wellington on the 7th day of September, 1915, under section 87 of the said Act, the Public Trustee was authorized to exercise in respect of such property all or any of the powers contained in said section 87: And whereas such property is situate in the Provincial District of Otago:

Now, the Public Trustee hereby gives notice that he proposes to exercise in respect of such property the powers conferred on him by the said order and by Part III of the said Act.

Dated at Wellington this 15th day of September, 1915.

T. S. RONALDSON,
Deputy Public Trustee.

Mining Privileges to be struck off the Register.—Notice under the Mining Act, 1908, and Amendments.

Mining Registrar’s Office,
Tauranga, 16th September, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that at the expiration of three months from this date the mining privileges mentioned in the Schedule hereto will, unless cause to the contrary is shown, be struck off the Register.

T. R. W. PHILPOTTS,
Mining Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

Conscience-money received.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 17th September, 1915.

THE Minister of Finance directs me to acknowledge the receipt of the sum of 5s., forwarded to the Railway Department, Wellington, by some person unknown, as conscience-money to the New Zealand Government.

G. F. C. CAMPBELL,
Secretary to the Treasury.

Officiating Ministers for 1915.—Notice No. 31.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1915.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information :—

Baptists.

The Reverend GEORGE HOWARD LAWRENCE.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.