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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 145

election of a member to the Nelson Land Board to be as follows:—

Candidate. Votes polled.
Badcock, John 112
Patterson, Robert 450
Sinclair, George Bell 375

Number of valid votes 937
Number rejected as informal 74

Total number of votes recorded 1,011

And I hereby declare the above-mentioned ROBERT PATTERSON, having received the greatest number of valid votes, to be duly elected a member of the Nelson Land Board.

F. A. THOMPSON,
Returning Officer.

Unclaimed Property.

WHEREAS it was reported to the Public Trustee that Charles Boby, of Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, Gentleman, was the owner of realty in New Zealand, and it was not known whether the said Charles Boby was alive or dead, or where he was: And whereas the Public Trustee applied to the Supreme Court for an order under section 87 of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, in respect of such property, and by an order made in the Supreme Court at Wellington on the 10th day of December, 1915, the Public Trustee was authorized to exercise in respect thereof all or any of the powers contained in said section 87: And whereas such property is situate in the Provincial District of Canterbury:

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

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of December, 1915.

T. S. RONALDSON,
Deputy Public Trustee.

Applications invited for the Position of Accountant, Education Department, Wellington.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 18th December, 1915.

APPLICATIONS will be received by the undersigned up till noon on the 22nd January, 1916, for the position of Accountant, Education Department, Wellington.

2. Applications must be made on form P.S.C. 17A, obtainable at principal post-offices, and must be addressed to the Secretary to the Public Service Commissioner.

3. Applicants should be—
   (a.) Qualified as an accountant by examination, and have had experience in analysing and costing in large commercial houses;
   (b.) Qualified to take charge of the whole of the revenue and expenditure accounts and statistics of the Education Department, including Head Office accounts and accounts of the various institutions forming part of the administration, together with the accounts connected with the Teachers’ Superannuation Scheme;
   (c.) Qualified to carry out inspections and make reports from time to time upon the accounting and stores methods, and to place the whole of the accounts of the Department as may be required on a commercial basis;
   (d.) Qualified to prepare detailed instructions outlining the practice to be followed in Head Office and the several institutions in connection with accounts and stores transactions.

4. The position will be graded in the Clerical Division. Salary, £405 to commence.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Applications invited for the Position of Land Transfer Draughtsman, Lands and Survey Department.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 21st December, 1915.

APPLICATIONS will be received by the undersigned up till noon on the 14th January, 1916, for the position of Land Transfer Draughtsman, Lands and Survey Department, Wellington.

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 must have passed the Land Surveyors’ Examination.

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

The position will be graded in the Professional Division, Class D. Salary to be considered in connection with present salary; maximum, £380.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Pastoral Runs in Otago Land District classified.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th December, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Commissioners appointed to classify and report on rural lands in Otago Land District have classified the pastoral runs in the Schedule hereto as therein noted.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Class A.—Pastoral Lands.

Being Lands suitable exclusively for Pasturage and not capable of being used with Profit in Areas of a Carrying-capacity of less than 5,000 Sheep.

Run 211, Maniototo and Waitaki Counties: Area, 90,900 acres (national endowment).

Run 34 (Wakatipu), Lake County: Area, 7,180 acres.

Run 233, Vincent and Waitaki Counties: Area, 32,830 acres (national endowment).

Run 429A, Waitaki County: Area, 17,160 acres (national endowment).

Run 362B, Waitaki County: Area, 29,700 acres (national endowment).

Runs 217 and 217A, Waitaki County: Area, 34,460 acres.

Runs 109, 255, and 217C, Waitaki and Waihemo Counties: Area, 15,110 acres.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Timber in Wellington Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 21st December, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the right to cut and remove the timber on the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction, in one lot, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, at 2.30 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, 23rd February, 1916, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Timber Regulations thereunder.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Parts Sections 1, 3, 5, 6, Block I; part Section 1 and Section 2, Block V, Karioi Survey District.

Area of milling-timber: About 734¼ acres.

This lot fronts the Main Trunk Railway, and is situated about a mile to the east of Ohakune Railway-station.

Timber: Matai, 1,773,800 sup. ft.; rimu, miro, 11,239,700 sup. ft.; kahikatea, 290,000 sup. ft.: total (estimated), 13,303,500 sup. ft.

Upset price: £7,466.

Weighted with £1,047 12s. 8d., cost of railway-siding.

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

1. The right to cut and remove the timber will be sold generally in accordance with the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, the Timber Regulations made thereunder, and the following conditions, and may contain such additional conditions as the Commissioner in his discretion considers necessary in the interests of the Crown or of the public.

2. The quantities of the various timbers set forth in the above Schedule are approximate only, and are furnished for the information of intending purchasers, who are expected,