THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

JUNE 22.]

1657

Letters of Naturalization granted.

Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 13th June, 1922.

It is hereby notified, for public information, that letters of naturalization or endorsements of letters of naturalization, in accordance with the provisions of the Aliens Act, 1908, have been granted to the persons named and described hereunder.

W. H. HERRIES, for Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block II, Purua Survey District, for the more Effective Carrying-out of the Drainage or other Works in the Hikurangi Drainage Area, or for the Better Disposal of Crown or other Land within the said Drainage Area.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, and the Swamp Drainage Act, 1915, to take the land described in the Schedule hereto for the more effective carrying-out of the drainage or other works authorized by the latter Act, or for the better disposal of Crown or other land within the Hikurangi drainage area. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Ruatangata, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land, should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing within forty days from the first publication of this notice to the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

Approximate areas of the pieces of land required to be taken:

Situated in Ruatangata Parish, Block II, Purua Survey District. (S.O. 21887.)

In the North Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 54376, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 20th day of June, 1922.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block I, Ruakaka Survey District, for the Purposes of a Road.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to execute a certain public work—to wit, the construction of a road in Block I, Ruakaka Survey District; and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Maungatapere, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

Approximate area of the piece of land required to be taken:
13 perches.
Portion of Section 121, Maungatavere Parish, Block I, Ruakaka Survey District (Auckland R.D.). (S.O. 21067.)

In the North Auckland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 51694, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured blue.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 15th day of June, 1922.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.

Te Makarini Scholarships tenable at Te Aute College, Hawke’s Bay.

THREE scholarships of the yearly value of £35, tenable for two years, are offered for competition in the year 1922.

One of these scholarships, to be called the Senior Makarini Scholarship, is open to all Maori boys under sixteen years of age at the end of the month next preceding the month of the examination. The other two scholarships, to be called the Junior Makarini Scholarships, are open to Maori boys under fourteen years of age at the end of the month next preceding the month of the examination. One of the junior scholarships is reserved for competition amongst candidates from Native village schools only, the other is open to Maori boys attending any school in the Dominion.

The scholarships are open to Maori boys on the conditions set forth in the regulations of the Trustees of the Te Makarini Scholarships Fund, as printed in the Appendix to the Regulations relating to Native Schools, except that for the Junior Scholarship the age-limit is now fourteen years, and that for the senior examination the work required is that of Standard VI instead of Standard V. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 4th and 5th of December, 1922.

Candidates must, either directly or through their teachers, send notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education Department, Wellington, of their intention to present themselves for examination. Such notice must be posted so as to reach the Department not later than the 30th of September, 1922.

Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may be obtained from teachers of Native schools and boarding institutions, the Secretaries to Education Boards, or the Director of Education, Wellington.

JOHN PORTEOUS,
Inspector of Native Schools.

Education Department,
Wellington, 14th June, 1922.

Public Trust Office.—Establishment of Agency at Fairlie.

It is notified, for public information, that an agency of the Public Trust Office has been established at Fairlie, in charge of Mr. Ernest Edward Biggs as Agent.

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of June, 1922.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.