2960
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 98

Applications invited for the Position of Assistant Engineer, Chief Electrical Engineer’s Branch, Public Works Department, Wellington.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 13th August, 1915.

A PPLICATIONS will be received by the undersigned up till noon on the 3rd September, 1915, for the position of Assistant Engineer, Chief Electrical Engineer’s Branch, Public Works 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 should show that they possess the following qualifications :—
   (a.) University or secondary and technical education.
   (b.) Workshop experience in mechanical or electrical engineering.
   (c.) Competent to take charge of survey party and carry out engineering surveys for hydro-electric developments.
   (d.) Experience in water-power development and the layout of power-stations.

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

The position will be graded in the Professional Division, Class E. Salary, £235; maximum, £300.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Applications invited for the Position of Draughtsman, Electrical Engineering Staff, Public Works Department, Wellington.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 17th August, 1915.

A PPLICATIONS will be received by the undersigned up till noon on the 3rd September, 1915, for the position of Draughtsman, Electrical Engineering Branch, Public Works 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 should show that they possess—
   (a.) Mechanical or electrical workshop practice;
   (b.) Capability of designing and drawing out details of headworks, pipe-lines, buildings, and the lay-out of machinery in connection with hydro-electric power schemes.

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

The position will be graded in the Clerical Division, Class VI. Salary, £200; maximum, £260.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Applications invited for the Positions (Two) of Harbourmaster and Customs Officer, Marine and Inspection of Machinery Department, Picton and Hokianga.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 17th August, 1915.

A PPLICATIONS will be received by the undersigned up till noon on the 7th September, 1915, for the positions (two) of Harbourmaster and Customs Officer, Marine Department, Picton and Hokianga.

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. An applicant must be not less than twenty-five and not more than forty-five years of age, and must hold a foreign-going certificate of competency as master ordinary.

4. He must produce certificates to date of good conduct and sobriety and certificates of service at sea, also medical certificate that he is in good health and not afflicted with any bodily infirmity rendering him unfit for the duties of the position.

5. He must also produce a recent form and colour test certificate as required by the latest Board of Trade regulations for examination of masters and mates.

6. The selected candidate will be required to pass the examination for pilots prescribed by the Harbour Regulations published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 14th June, 1915.

7. The Department will supply a house to the Harbourmaster at Hokianga, for which a rental of £25 per annum will be charged.

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

The positions will be graded in the Professional Division Class E. Salary, £250; maximum, £300.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Settlement Land in Auckland Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 17th August, 1915.

N OTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash or on deferred payments, at this office on Friday, the 1st day of October, 1915, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WAITEMATA COUNTY.—HETANA HAMLET.

First-class Land.

SECTION 14, Block XIV: Area, 5 acres; upset price, £150. Altitude, 60 ft. to 160 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land, rather steep, but ploughable; covered with light manuka. Soil a stiff loam, on clay subsoil; poorly watered by head of small stream. Distant a mile and a quarter from New Lynn Railway-station by good cart-road.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 16th August, 1915.

N OTICE is hereby given, pursuant to section 21 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, that the undermentioned land is open for sale or selection on the optional system; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, 9th September, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—OPOTIKI COUNTY.—WAIOEKA SURVEY DISTRICT.

SECTION 2, Block VIII: Area, 1,325 acres. Cash purchase: Total price, £665. Occupation with right of purchase: Half-yearly rental, £16 12s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rental, £13 6s.

Weighted with £200, valuation for improvements comprising iron shanty, felling and grassing, and 26 chains of fencing.

Altitude, 300 ft. to 2,000 ft. above sea-level. Broken country; 240 acres cleared and grassed, but 140 acres of this is somewhat overgrown; balance of section covered with heavy mixed forest comprising tawa, rimu, rata, tawai, tawhero, miro, and hinau, with moderate undergrowth of raurekau, rangiora, supplejack, &c. Soil of fair quality, slightly sandy, on sandstone formation; well watered by small streams. Situated fourteen miles from Opotiki, seven miles of which is by cart-road, balance bridle-track.

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, 26th July, 1915.

N OTICE is hereby given, in terms of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that six acres of Crown land adjoining Section 1, Block IX, Mangamuka Survey District, Auckland Land District, will be disposed of, in accordance with the provisions of the said Act, on or after Monday, 1st November, 1915.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.