Jan. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 183

Transmitting and Receiving Officers for the Service of Notices by Telegraph.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 21st November, 1919.

IN pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), and by the regulations made on the 12th May, 1914, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 21st May, 1914, the following officers, at the addresses set against their names, are hereby appointed Transmitting and Receiving Officers for the purpose of dealing with all notices by telegraph sent under the said Act or regulations, and of signing such certificates in relation to the service of any such notices as are required or authorized to be signed or given under the said Act or the regulations aforesaid:—

JAMES HOLMES, Postmaster, Reefton.
WILLIAM FISHER, Postmaster, Lyttelton.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Telegraphs.

Declaration of Result of Poll for the Northern Maori Electoral District.

I, WALTER HARRY BOWLER, Returning Officer for the Northern Maori Electoral District, do hereby declare the result of the poll taken on the 16th day of December, 1919, for the election of a member of Parliament for the said district to be as follows:—

Candidates. Votes polled.
Tau Henare .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,665
Nau Paraone Kawiti .. .. .. .. .. 1,036
Anaru Ngawaka .. .. .. .. .. .. 135
Aperahama Reupene Tuoro .. .. .. .. 72
Wiri Henare .. .. .. .. .. .. 30
Informal .. .. .. .. .. .. 44

Total number of votes polled .. .. 4,982

I therefore declare the said TAU HENARE to be elected.
Dated at Auckland this 6th day of January, 1920.

W. H. BOWLER,
Returning Officer.

Declaration of Result of Election for the Eastern Maori Electoral District.

IN pursuance of the Legislature Act, 1908, and amendments, I, William Edward Goffe, Returning Officer for the Eastern Maori Electorate, do hereby give notice that on the close of nominations at noon on the 8th day of December, 1919, for a qualified person to serve as member for the said district, only one candidate was nominated—namely, Apirana Turupu Ngata.

I therefore declare the said APIRANA TURUPU NGATA to be duly elected.
Dated at Gisborne this 20th day of December, 1919.

W. E. GOFFE,
Returning Officer.

Declaration of Result of Poll for the Western Maori Electoral District.

I, ERNEST WHITE CAVE, Returning Officer for the Western Maori Electoral District, do hereby declare the result of the poll taken on the 16th day of December, 1919, for the election of a member of Parliament for the said district to be as follows:—

Candidates. Votes polled.
Eruera Pohipi Chase .. .. .. .. .. 24
Henare Kaihau .. .. .. .. .. .. 215
Kipa te Whatanui .. .. .. .. .. 12
Keritoke te Ahu .. .. .. .. .. 44
Maui Pomare .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,669
Ngarangi Katitia .. .. .. .. .. 1,245
Otene Paora .. .. .. .. .. .. 35
Tanea Kaawe Short .. .. .. .. .. 567
Taiwiwi Tukimana te Taniwha .. .. .. 212
Tema Pouwharetapu Kewene .. .. .. 45
Tuwhakaririka Patena .. .. .. .. 536
Informal .. .. .. .. .. .. 71

Total number of votes polled .. .. 5,675

I therefore declare the said MAUI POMARE to be elected.
Dated at Palmerston North this 6th day of January, 1920.

ERNEST WHITE CAVE,
Returning Officer.

Declaration of Result of Poll for the Southern Maori Electoral District.

I, SAMUEL ERNEST McCARTHY, Returning Officer for the Southern Maori Electoral District, do hereby declare the result of the poll taken on the 16th day of December, 1919, for the election of a member of Parliament for the said district to be as follows:—

Candidates. Votes polled.
John Hopere Wharewiti Uru .. .. .. 376
Riki te Mairaki Taiaroa .. .. .. .. 169
Teone Matapura Erihana .. .. .. .. 97
Hoani Matiu .. .. .. .. .. .. 46

Total number of votes polled .. .. 688

I therefore declare the said JOHN HOPERE WHAREWITI URU to be elected.
Dated at Christchurch this 31st day of December, 1919.

S. E. McCARTHY,
Returning Officer.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in the Auckland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 13th January, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases and licenses of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Auckland Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.