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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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must embrace a statement of education and experience, particulars of age, &c.

3. Applicants must have served an apprenticeship in some workshop where locomotives are either built or undergo repairs, and must have subsequently worked as a fitter in some approved engineering workshop.

4. Applicants must also be the holders of a first-class stationary-engine driver’s certificate.

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

The position will be graded in the General Division. Salary, 12s. per diem, rising to 13s. by two annual increments of 6d. per diem.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

Wellington, 21st October, 1915.

THE following notice, received from the Council of the County of Otamataea, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

OTAMATEA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Result of Poll on Proposal to raise a Loan.

PURSUANT to section 12 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, I hereby give notice that a poll of ratepayers of the Whakapirau Riding of the Otamataea County was taken on the 24th day of September, 1915, on the proposal of the Otamataea County Council to borrow the sum of £1,200 for the formation and metalling of roads in the Whakapirau Riding of the said county. The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 51, and the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 20. I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

Dated this 1st day of October, 1915.

J. GORDON COATES,
Chairman.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

License of Pastoral Run in Southland Land District liable to Forfeiture.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 18th October, 1915.

PURSUANT to section 251 of the Land Act, 1908, notice is hereby given to the licensee of the undermentioned pastoral run that the license thereof is liable to forfeiture, and that if the rent overdue on the said run, together with the penalty for non-payment at due date, be not paid within three months from the date hereof the license will be forfeited.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Run No. 515, Anglem Survey District.

License No. 165. Licensee: John Charles Wild.

G. H. M. McCLURE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 18th October, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned lands will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Monday, the 24th January, 1916.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—ORAHIRI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Section 10, Block III: Approximate area, 200 acres.

" 12, " VII: " 283 "

" 22, " VII: " 100 "

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 19th October, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that 23 acres in Block VI, Pirongia Survey District, Auckland Land District, will be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of the said Act on or after Monday, the 24th day of January, 1916.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Education Reserves in Taranaki Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 18th October, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for leases of the undermentioned reserves will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 1st December, 1915, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—EDUCATION RESERVE.—TOWN OF MANAIA.

SECTIONS 1, 2, 4–12, 14–20, Block XXV: Area, 4 acres 2 roods; minimum annual rental, £9; term, seven years. Mostly good flat land, all in grass.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £2 2s. lease fee, must accompany each tender.

2. Possession will be given on the date of acceptance of tender.

3. Term of lease is seven years, with no right of renewal, under section 5 (c) of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

4. No transfer, sublease, or subdivision allowed without consent.

5. Lessee to keep land clear of weeds. Creeks, drains, and watercourses to be kept open.

6. Interest at rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be paid on rent in arrear.

7. No gravel to be removed from land without consent of the Land Board.

8. Lessee will not carry on any offensive trade.

9. Lessee to give notice to Land Board before making improvements.

10. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.

11. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

Form of lease may be perused and full particulars obtained at this office.

Tenders should be addressed “The Commissioner of Crown Lands, New Plymouth,” and marked on the outside “Tender for Reserve.”

The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Nelson Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 19th October, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that Section 32, Block III, Kongahu Survey District, Nelson Land District, containing 2 acres, will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Monday, the 24th day of January, 1916.

F. A. THOMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 23rd August, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of the said Act on or after Monday, the 29th November, 1915.