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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 145

Mining Privileges struck off the Register.—Notice under the Mining Amendment Act, 1914.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the mining privileges mentioned in the Schedule hereto have been struck off the Register, no cause to the contrary having been shown within the prescribed period of three months.

T. R. W. PHILPOTTS,
Mining Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 21st December, 1915.

THE Te Akatea Miners and Settlers Medical Association, situated at Glen Massey, is registered as a friendly society under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 20th day of December, 1915.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Notice of Vesting of Land in the Public Trustee under the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, Part II, Unclaimed Lands.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has, for the purpose of Part II of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its amendments (relating to unclaimed lands), made due inquiries with respect to the land described in the Schedule hereunder, and the whereabouts of the owner thereof, and has, in respect of the said land, given the notices prescribed by section 66 of the said Act, and has in all respects complied with the provisions of that Act pertinent hereto: And whereas the Public Trustee has not thereby ascertained the whereabouts of the owner or of any agent of such owner in New Zealand, nor has such owner established his title to the said land, as required by the said Act:

Now, I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee, hereby give notice that the said land is, under and by virtue of the said Act, vested in the Public Trustee as aforesaid, as from the date of the publication hereof, and will be administered under the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its amendments; the value of the land for the purposes of section 67 (d) of the said Act being less than £100.

Dated at Wellington this 18th day of December, 1915.

FRED. FITCHETT,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Auckland, containing by admeasurement 50 acres, more or less, being Allotment 152, Parish of Waimana, County of Opotiki. Bounded towards the north by a road 100 links wide, 1014 links; towards the east by Allotment 153, 3990 links; towards the south-west by Allotment 145, 1255 links; and towards the north-west by Allotment 151, 3315 links.

Notice to Shipowners.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 17th December, 1915.

THE following announcement which appeared in the “Board of Trade Journal” of the 21st October, 1915, is republished by direction of the Minister of Customs for the guidance of those concerned.

W. B. MONTGOMERY,
Comptroller of Customs.

INACCURATE MANIFESTS.

THE attention of the Board of Trade has been called to cases in which goods exported from the United Kingdom have been detained by the Allied authorities on the ground that the bills of lading covering such goods did not correspond exactly with the manifests of the ships on which they were carried. For instance, a ship was recently detained by the Italian authorities because the ship’s manifest did not specify that the goods were in transit for Switzerland, a fact which was clearly shown in the bills of lading.

His Majesty’s Government and the Allied Governments attach the utmost importance to the accurate making out in full detail of ships’ manifests; and His Majesty’s Government have frequently acted with severity where the manifests on board foreign ships have been found not to correspond with the bills of lading. In these circumstances shipowners are warned not only that His Majesty’s Government would find it difficult to support their claims against foreign Governments in cases where an irregularity of the nature indicated was made the ground of the detention of goods exported from the United Kingdom, but that the shippers would have a grave grievance against the shipowners in such cases.

Exportation to United States of Hides and Skins.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 20th December, 1915.

THE following information is published, by direction of the Minister of Customs, for the guidance of parties concerned.

W. B. MONTGOMERY,
Comptroller of Customs.

1. EXPORTATION direct to the United States of hides and skins other than woolled and haired sheep and goat skins may only be made to the British Consul-General at New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and San Francisco for account of approved consignees.

2. Applications for permits should be sent to the Comptroller of Customs, Wellington, and should state—
   (a.) Name of proposed consignee;
   (b.) Name of exporting vessel, and probable date and final port of departure from New Zealand;
   (c.) Quantity and value of hides and skins.

3. Bills of lading must be viséed by the Collector of Customs at the final port of departure of the exporting vessel, and must show that the hides and skins are consigned—
   (a.) For delivery at one of the four approved ports;
   (b.) To the British Consul-General for account of the real approved consignee.

4. Where the proposed consignee submitted by any exporter is found to be not approved, the said exporter will be notified. He can then instruct the proposed consignee to communicate with the British Embassy, Washington, with a view to having his name included in the approved list.

5. Applications for permission to export woolled and haired sheep and goat skins must be made through Messrs. Brandon, Hislop, and Brandon, Featherston Street, Wellington, in the same manner as applications to export wool.

Applications invited for the Position of District Valuer, Valuation Department, Nelson and Westland Districts.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 10th December, 1915.

APPLICATIONS will be received by the undersigned up till noon on the 5th January, 1916, for the position of District Valuer, Valuation Department, Nelson and Westland Districts.

2. Applications (to be made on P.S.C. Form 17A, obtainable at principal post-offices) 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 should possess—
   (1.) A practical experience of farming and of valuing improvements effected on land, and be competent to estimate the producing-capacity of different classes of land, the values of live-stock, and the values of all improvements effected on land;
   (2.) A knowledge of land-values in Nelson and Westland Districts;
   (3.) A working knowledge of the principles and practice governing the valuation of land under the New Zealand Valuation of Land Act, 1908, and its amendments.

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

The position will be graded in the General Division. Commencing salary, £275 per annum; maximum salary, £370 per annum.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.