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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land required to be taken: 2 roods 35·4 perches and 2 roods 32·7 perches, portions of Porangahau 1b No. 40, Section 1 (Hawke’s Bay R.D.).

Situated in Block II, Tautane Survey District.

In the Hawke’s Bay Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 37315, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon edged red.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 1st day of April, 1915.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works

Appointment of Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals under Medical Practitioners Act.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 2 of the Medical Practitioners Act, 1914, I, Robert Heaton Rhodes, Minister of Public Health, do hereby appoint

JOSEPH PATRICK FRENGLEY, M.D., F.R.C.S., Irel., D.P.H., Irel. and Lond.,

as Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals for the purposes of the above-mentioned Act.

As witness my hand this 20th day of March, 1915.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Minister of Public Health.

Officiating Ministers for 1915.—Notice No. 12.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 7th April, 1915.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

Mr. ROBERT WILLIAMSON.

Baptists.

The Reverend LEONARD BAILEY BUSFIELD.

" EDWARD ROBBINS WESTON.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General

Applications invited for the Position of Manager, Ruakura Farm of Instruction, Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 6th April, 1915.

APPLICATIONS will be received by the undersigned up till noon on the 16th April, 1915, for the position of Manager, Ruakura Farm of Instruction.

2. Applications 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—

(a) Experience of farm management on present-day principles;

(b) Sufficient knowledge of agricultural science to enable them to lecture to learners on the underlying principles of farming;

(c.) A thorough knowledge of the breeding and raising of stud and other live-stock;

(d.) Experience in agricultural and pastoral experimental work;

(e.) Business aptitude and experience in the purchase and sale of live-stock and other farm produce; and

(f.) Ability to conduct correspondence and prepare reports on farming subjects.

4. The duties of the Manager are to carry out, subject to general Departmental control, the operations of the Ruakura Farm, which at present consist of agricultural and pastoral farming, milk-production, plant-breeding, orcharding, poultry-keeping, and bee-keeping. The farm is conducted for public instruction, and for that purpose carries out experiments and demonstrations and has a number of lads in residence as learners. The Manager’s duties include the supervision of these learners both during and outside of working-hours. In addition to the ordinary farm staff there are qualified officers in charge of the orchard, nursery, poultry, and bees.

5. The Manager and his family will live at the homestead, where the learners and any official visitors are also accommodated. In addition to the Manager’s office the homestead contains a private sitting-room for his family.

6. Each applicant should state whether his wife (or other member of his family) desires appointment as Matron, also the number and ages of his children.

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

8. The position will be graded in the General Division. Salary, £360 per annum; maximum, £400; subject to a deduction of £100 per annum for board and residence for self and family. If the Manager’s wife (or other member of his family) is appointed Matron of the homestead, a separate salary of £70 per annum will be paid her.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 7th April, 1915.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service:—

ALBERT JOHN GOER

to be Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the Nokomai and Switzers District, as from the 25th day of March, 1915.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908.—Notice of Proposed Cancellation of Registry.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 1st April, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to an application in that behalf made to me by the Auckland City employees in the Brewing, Bottling, and Wine and Spirit Trades’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 954, situated at Auckland, and in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 21 of the above-mentioned Act, it is my intention to cancel the registration of that industrial union after the expiration of six weeks from the date of the publication of this notice in the Gazette, unless in the meantime cause to the contrary is shown.

F. W. ROWLEY,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.

Notice to Mariners No. 27 of 1915.

NAPIER LIGHT.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 7th April, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that on and after Wednesday, 21st April, 1915, the light on Napier Bluff will be changed from a fixed white light to an occulting white light, showing ¼ second light followed by 2¼ seconds darkness. The power of the light will be considerably increased, the present light being replaced by an Aga light with a cluster burner. The light should be visible for a distance of 19 miles. Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 2513, 2528, and 1212; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter iv, page 132; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1915, pages 271 and 250, and plan facing page 250.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.