Mar. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 787

Certificate and Declaration of Execution of Criminal.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 6th March, 1918.

THE following certificate and declaration are published in conformity with the provisions of the Crimes Act, 1908.

THOMAS M. WILFORD,
Minister of Justice.

CERTIFICATE.

I, Maurice George Louisson, the Medical Officer in attendance at the execution of Frederick William Eggers at the Prison of Lyttelton, do hereby certify and declare that I have this day witnessed the execution of the said Frederick William Eggers at the said prison, and I do further certify and declare that the said Frederick William Eggers was, in pursuance of the sentence of the Supreme Court, hanged by the neck until his body was dead.

Given under my hand, this 5th day of March, 1918, at the Prison of Lyttelton.

M. G. LOUISSON, M.B., B.S., London,
M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Eng.

DECLARATION.

We do hereby certify and declare that we have this day been present when the extreme penalty of the law was carried into execution on the body of Frederick William Eggers, convicted at the criminal sittings of the Supreme Court held at Christchurch on the 11th day of February last, and sentenced to death; and that the said Frederick William Eggers was, in pursuance of the said sentence, hanged by the neck until his body was dead.

Dated this 5th day of March, 1918, at the Prison of Lyttelton.

A. H. HOLMES, Sheriff.
J. C. SCANLON, Gaoler.
J. T. REID, Principal Warden.
W. T. LESTER, J.P.
M. HAWKINS, Deputy Inspector of Prisons.
DAVID JACKSON, Sergeant of Police.
B. O’NEILL.
W. L. PATERSON.
A. BURNS.
CLEM GRIFFITH.

Member of the House of Representatives elected, Wellington North Electoral District.

Clerk of the Writs Office,
Wellington, 7th March, 1918.

THE Clerk of the Writs has received a return to the writ issued on the 12th day of February, 1918, for the election of a member of Parliament to serve in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Wellington North, and by the endorsement on such writ it appears that

JOHN PEARCE LUKE, C.M.G.,

has been duly elected to serve as a member for the said district.

J. HISLOP,
Clerk of the Writs.

Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 26th February, 1918.

THE Milton United Friendly Societies’ Dispensary, situated at Milton, is registered as a Friendly Society under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 31st day of January, 1918.

R. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies

Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 26th February, 1918.

THE Auckland Hospital Patients’ Benevolent Fund, situated at Auckland, is registered as a benevolent society under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 14th day of January, 1918.

R. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

D

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 28th February, 1918.

THE Michael Davitt Branch No. 614, situated at Kumara, is registered as a branch of the New Zealand District Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 27th day of February, 1918.

R. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.—Declaration by the Registrar dissolving a Society.

I, ROBERT EDWARD HAYES, Registrar of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it has been made to appear to me that the Fairlie Bowling Club (Incorporated) is no longer carrying on its operations and has no assets, the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved, in pursuance of section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of February, 1918.

R. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

Sale of Unclaimed Property.

Police Department,
Wellington, 28th February, 1918.

IT is hereby notified that unclaimed property in the hands of the police at the various police-stations will, if not claimed before Saturday, the 30th March, 1918, be sold thereafter by public auction.

Particulars as to the time and place of sale may be obtained from the Superintendent or Inspector of Police in charge of the district.

J. O’DONOVAN,
Commissioner of Police.

Election of Member of Westland Land Board.

I, THOMAS BROOK, Returning Officer for the election of a member of the Westland Land Board, do hereby notify, in accordance with the provisions of section 41 of the Land Act, 1908, and the regulations made thereunder, that the only person nominated to fill the vacancy occurring on the said Board was

GEORGE MALLINSON, Esq., of Moana,

and I do therefore hereby declare that the said George Mallinson is duly elected a member of the Westland Land Board as from the 28th March, 1918.

T. BROOK,
Returning Officer.

Hokitika, 20th February, 1918.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Otago Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 27th February, 1918.

NOTICE is hereby given that the certificate of occupation of the undermentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Otago Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Section 33, Block IV, Tuapeka West District.

TENURE: Certificate of occupation. No. 39. Formerly held by S. B. Ussher. Reason for forfeiture: Non-fulfilment of conditions.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
For Minister of Lands.