May 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1705

Applications invited for the Position of Fields Inspector, Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce, Hokitika.

Office of Public Service Commissioner, Wellington, 30th April, 1915.

APPLICATIONS will be received by the undersigned up till noon on the 25th May, 1915, for the position of Fields Inspector, Hokitika.

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 possess—
   (a.) A sound knowledge of field-cropping operations in New Zealand;
   (b.) A good knowledge of the control of rabbits and noxious weeds in New Zealand;
   (c.) Practical experience of rabbit-suppression;
   (d.) Some experience of office work and correspondence; and
   (e.) Ability to ride across country.

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

The position will be graded in the General Division. Salary, £180 per annum, to commence.

P. VERSCHAFFELT, Secretary.

Applications invited for the Position of Seed Assistant (Female), Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce, Wellington.

Office of Public Service Commissioner, Wellington, 4th May, 1915.

APPLICATIONS will be received by the undersigned up till noon on the 25th May, 1915, for the position of Seed Assistant (Female), Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce, Wellington.

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 at least possess an elementary knowledge of botany.

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

The position will be graded in the General Division. Salary £48, rising to £108, per annum.

P. VERSCHAFFELT, Secretary.

Applications invited for the Position of Assistant Actuary, Government Insurance Department, Wellington.

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

APPLICATIONS will be received by the undersigned up till noon on the 25th May, 1915, for the position of Assistant Actuary, Government Insurance Department, Wellington.

2. Applications must be addressed to the Secretary to the Public Service Commissioner, Wellington, and must embrace a statement of education, experience, professional qualifications, and particulars of age, &c.

3. Applicants must—
   (a.) Possess a certificate of membership from some recognized actuarial society or body having its headquarters in Great Britain; and
   (b.) Have had practical experience of actuarial work, especially in connection with life insurance.

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

The position will be graded in the Professional Division. Salary £500, maximum £575, per annum.

P. VERSCHAFFELT, Secretary.

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 purposes 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 4th day of May, 1915.

T. S. RONALDSON, Deputy Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Auckland, containing by admeasurement 10 acres, more or less, being Allotment 119, Parish of Maungatapere, County of Marsden.

Officiating Ministers for 1915.—Notice No. 15.

Registrar-General’s Office, Wellington, 4th May, 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:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, Commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend GEORGE HERBERT ROEBUCK OCEOLA FENTON, B.A.

Methodist Church of New Zealand.

Mr. W. BOWDEN.
Mr. JAMES WILLIAM BAYLISS.
Mr. REGINALD A. E. BRIGGS.
Reverend ALDWYN R. GORDON, M.A.
Mr. HENARE HEMARA.
Mr. W. A. HITCHINSON.
Reverend WILLIAM HENRY HOCKING.
Reverend HENRY H. MARSHALL.
Reverend ALFRED JAMES LESTER MINIFIE.
Mr. JOHN R. NELSON.
Reverend HENRY J. ODELL.
Reverend NEIIO HEMI PAPAPAKURA.
Reverend PARAIRE KARAKA PAIKEA.
Mr. ERNEST RANSON.
Mr. ARTHUR SMART.
Mr. HAROLD SPENCER.
Reverend ERUERA TE TUHI.
Reverend SAMUEL J. WERREN.

Baptists.

The Reverend PERCY JOHN WAINWRIGHT.

Christians, commonly known as Brethren.

Mr. JOHN F. GRAY.

ERRATUM.—Under Methodist Church of New Zealand the following corrections are notified: The Reverend Albert Bygrave Chappell, M.A., instead of The Reverend Arthur Bygrave Chappell, M.A. Mr. Harry Stanley G. S. Kings, instead of Mr. Harry Stanley G. S. King.

F. W. MANSFIELD, Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1915.—Notice No. 16.

Registrar-General’s Office, Wellington, 4th May, 1915.

IT is hereby notified that the following names have been withdrawn from the list of Officiating Ministers under the Marriage Act, 1908, for the current year:—

Methodist Church of New Zealand.

Mr. HENRY BENNY.
Reverend WILLIAM SMITH BOWIE.
Reverend JOSEPH NEWMAN BUTTLE.
Reverend JOHN H. CABLE.
Reverend CLYDE L. CARR.
Mr. NORMAN CHALLENGER.
Mr. JOHN DENNIS.
Reverend WILLIAM G. MASLIN.
Reverend HECTOR C. ORCHARD.
Mr. A. J. WEBSTER.
Reverend ROBERT H. WYLIE.

F. W. MANSFIELD, Registrar-General.