Mar. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 877

RETIREMENTS, ETC.—continued.

LAND AND DEEDS DEPARTMENT.

Gorman, Alfred Patrick .. | Assistant Land Registrar .. | Wellington .. .. | 21 Jan., 1918 | Deceased.

MARINE AND INSPECTION OF MACHINERY DEPARTMENT.

Munro, James Alexander.. | Accounts Clerk .. .. | Wellington .. .. | 21 Dec., 1917 | Deceased.

MENTAL HOSPITALS DEPARTMENT.

Holloway, Henry Terence | Junior Attendant .. | Hokitika .. .. | 1 Nov., 1917 | Dismissed.

MINES DEPARTMENT.

Hall, William .. .. | Chief Clerk, State Coal-mines | Greymouth .. .. | 28 Dec., 1917 | Deceased.

POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.

Baker, Francis Charles .. | Cadet .. .. .. | Wanganui .. .. | 8 Dec., 1917 | Killed in action.
Hastedt, Roy Cuthbert .. | Telegraphist .. .. | Papakura .. .. | 15 ,, ,, | ,,
Lind, Arthur James .. | Clerk .. .. .. | C.P.O., Dunedin .. | 15 ,, ,, | ,,
MacLeod, Robert Blair .. | Telegraphist .. .. | Stratford .. .. | 15 ,, ,, | Died of wounds.
Mills, Stanley Charles .. | Cadet .. .. .. | Timaru .. .. | 23 ,, ,, | ,,
Minnis, Harry Waterworth | Telegraphist .. .. | Kaikoura .. .. | 3 ,, ,, | Killed in action.
Dempsey, William Henry | Postmaster .. .. | Pahiatua .. .. | 31 Jan., 1918 | Retired on super-annuation.
Ferguson, John .. .. | Telegraphist .. .. | Invercargill .. .. | 31 Dec., 1917 | Ditto.
Oxley, Antony William .. | Assistant Superintendent .. | T.O., Nelson.. .. | 28 ,, ,, | ,,
Gill, Roland Ray .. .. | Lineman .. .. .. | ,, ,, .. | 18 Nov., ,, | Absent without leave.

PRINTING AND STATIONERY DEPARTMENT.

Campbell-Gow, Daniel Amy : Paper-cutter .. .. | Wellington .. .. | 3 Dec., 1917 | Killed in action.

PUBLIC TRUST DEPARTMENT.

Lyes, John William .. | Cadet .. .. .. | Wellington .. .. | 3 Dec., 1917 | Killed in action.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

Dobson, John Howard .. | Assistant Engineer .. | Alexandra .. .. | 21 Jan., 1918 | Retired on super-annuation.
Pitcher, Arthur John .. | Overseer .. .. .. | Blenheim .. .. | 12 ,, ,, | Died of wounds.
Widdowson, Will .. .. | Resident Engineer .. | Nelson .. .. | 24 ,, ,, | Deceased.

Election of Member of Auckland Land Board.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 13th March, 1918.

IN accordance with the provisions of section 41 of the Land Act, 1908, and the regulations made thereunder, I, Harry May Skeet, Commissioner of Crown Lands, as Returning Officer for the election of a member of the Auckland Land Board, do hereby declare the result of the poll taken on the 13th day of March, 1918, to be as follows:—

Cooper, Herbert Osmund .. .. .. 95
Lane, Henry. .. .. .. 80
McLeod, James .. .. .. 107
Trounson, James .. .. .. 943

Total number of valid votes .. .. 1,225
Number of votes rejected as informal .. 33

And I do hereby declare that JAMES TROUNSON, having received the greatest number of valid votes, is duly elected a member of the Auckland Land Board as from the 17th day of March, 1918.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
Returning Officer.

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.

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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.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 19 of 1918.

NAPIER HARBOUR.—AUCKLAND ROCK LIGHT-BUOY.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 15th March, 1918.

THE Napier Harbour Board have notified that the temporary light on the Auckland Rock buoy has been replaced by the original unwatched red flashing light shown from a black can buoy on west side of Auckland Rock. The light shows 0·3 second of light and 2·7 seconds of darkness.

Charts, &c., affected.—Admiralty Charts Nos. 2513 and 2528; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter iv, page 133; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1918, page 278.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Notice to make Returns of Land under the Land and Income Tax Act, 1916.

Land and Income Tax Department,
Wellington, 20th March, 1918.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in pursuance of the above Act and the regulations made thereunder, every person and company within the meaning of the said Act, being owner of land in New Zealand, is hereby required to make and furnish to me, in the prescribed form, returns of such land as at 12 o’clock noon on the 31st day of March, 1918.