Dec. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3269

The Mining Amendment Act, 1914.—Mining Privilege to be struck off the Register.

Warden’s Office,
Collingwood, 4th December, 1922.

In the matter of License No. 1/19, for a special quartz claim, dated 18/12/1918, covering an area of 50 acres between the two branches of the Cobb River, in the name of Henry Fox Chaffey.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 30, subsection (4), of the Mining Amendment Act, 1914, that the above-mentioned mining privilege has this day been struck off the Register, no cause to the contrary having been shown within the prescribed period of three months.

C. JOSS, Mining Registrar.

Mining Privilege struck off the Register.—Notice under the Mining Amendment Act, 1914.

Warden’s Court,
Queenstown, 5th December, 1922.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no cause to the contrary having been shown within the prescribed three months, the mining privilege mentioned in the Schedule hereunder has this day been struck off the Register kept by me, in pursuance of section 30, subsection (4), of the Mining Amendment Act, 1914.

C. O. PRATT, Mining Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

QUEENSTOWN REGISTER.

No. 1914. Date: 7/12/20. Nature of privilege: Water-race. Situation: Junction Roaring Meg and Skippers Creek. Registered holder: A. Smith and J. Jacobson.

Southland Education Board.—Election of Member to fill Extraordinary Vacancy.

IN accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, 1914, and amendments, it is hereby publicly notified that Mr. Andrew Bain has been duly elected to fill the extraordinary vacancy on the Board for the Invercargill Urban Area caused by the death of Mr. John Stead.

The number of valid votes recorded for each candidate was:—

Bain, Andrew .. .. .. 17
Blake, Frederick George .. .. .. 14
Carlisle, Joseph S. J. .. .. .. 11

The total number of valid votes recorded was 42. The number of voting-papers rejected as informal was nil.

F. G. STEVENSON, Returning Officer.

Education Office,
Invercargill, 30th October, 1922.

Appointment of Vice-Consul of United States of America at Auckland recognized.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 19th December, 1922.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs that, in accordance with instructions from His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies, he has recognized the appointment of

MARSHALL I. MAYS, Esquire,

as Vice-Consul of the United States of America at Auckland.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Unclaimed Property.—Notice under Part III of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to an order of the Supreme Court made at Wellington on the 27th October, 1922, the Public Trustee is authorized to take possession of all the real and personal property of WILLIAM CLAXTON CLARKE, formerly of Papakura, Retired Share-broker, but whose present address is unknown, and to exercise in respect of such property the powers conferred on him by Part III of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and that the Public Trustee intends to exercise such powers forthwith.

Dated the 13th day of December, 1922.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

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Notice of Vesting of Land in the Public Trustee under the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, Part II, Unclaimed Lands.

WHEREAS I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee, have, for the purposes of Part II of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908 (relating to unclaimed lands), made due inquiries with respect to the land described in the Schedule hereunder, and the whereabouts of the owner thereof, and have, in respect of the said land, given the notices prescribed by section 66 of that Act, and have in all respects complied with the provisions of that Act pertinent hereto: And whereas I have not thereby ascertained the whereabouts of the owner, and believe that such owner or an agent of such owner is not in the Dominion, nor has such owner established his title to the said land, as required by the said Act: I hereby give notice that the said land is, under and by virtue of the said Act, vested in the Public Trustee as aforesaid, as from the date of the publication hereof, and will be administered under the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its amendments, the value of the land for the purposes of section 67 (d) of the said Act being less than £500.

Dated at Wellington this 18th day of December, 1922.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing by admeasurement 3 acres 3 roods 16 perches, more or less, being Allotments Nos. 295, 296, 297, 298, and 299 on the plan of the Township of Fitzherberton, deposited as No. 12, being parts Sections 38, 39, and 40 of the said township, being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Vol. 15, folio 226, Wellington Registry, the registered proprietor of which is Alexander Smith, of Wellington.

Notice of Vesting of Land in the Public Trustee under the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, Part II, Unclaimed Lands.

WHEREAS I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee, have, for the purposes of Part II of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908 (relating to unclaimed lands), made due inquiries with respect to the land described in the Schedule hereunder, and the whereabouts of the owner thereof, and have, in respect of the said land, given the notices prescribed by section 66 of that Act, and have in all respects complied with the provisions of that Act pertinent hereto: And whereas I have not thereby ascertained the whereabouts of the owner, and believe that such owner or an agent of such owner is not in the Dominion, nor has such owner established his title to the said land, as required by the said Act: I hereby give notice that the said land is, under and by virtue of the said Act, vested in the Public Trustee as aforesaid, as from the date of the publication hereof, and will be administered under the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its amendments, the value of the land for the purposes of section 67 (d) of the said Act being less than £500.

Dated at Wellington this 18th day of December, 1922.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land in the Provincial District of Auckland, containing by admeasurement 50 acres, more or less, being Allotment No. 269, Parish of Te Papa, Cook County. Bounded on the north-east by Allotment No. 267, 2350 links; on the south-east by a road 100 links wide, 1925 links and 1711 links; and on the west by a road of width aforesaid, 1000 links, 2434 links, and 330 links; and being all the land granted by Crown Grant No. 106711 to Benjamin Johnson, a private in the 1st Regiment, Waikato Militia.

Order in Council prohibiting the Export of Lambs save in accordance with Determination of New Zealand Meat-producers Board.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 21st day of December, 1922.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the Meat-export Control Act, 1921–1922, it is provided that for the purpose of enabling the New Zealand Meat-producers Board constituted under the said Act effectively to control the export sale and distribution