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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 85

Despatch, Nobel Peace Prize, 1924.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 29th November, 1923.

THE following despatch, received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

(New Zealand.—Dominions No. 378.)

Downing Street, 6th October, 1923.

MY LORD,—With reference to my despatch, Dominions No. 390 of the 1st November, 1922, I have the honour to transmit to Your Excellency, for the information of your Ministers, copies of a circular issued by the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament regarding nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize for 1924.

2. I should be glad if your Ministers would cause the conditions of the prize to be made known to those bodies and persons who are qualified to nominate candidates.

I have, &c.,
DEVONSHIRE.

Governor-General, His Excellency the Right Honourable Viscount Jellicoe, G.C.B., C.M., G.C.V.O., &c.

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.

ALL proposals of candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize, which is to be distributed December 10th, 1924, must, in order to be taken into consideration, be laid before the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament by a duly qualified person before the first of February of the same year.

Any one of the following persons is held to be duly qualified: (a) Members and late members of the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament, as well as the advisers appointed at the Norwegian Nobel Institute; (b) members of Parliament and members of Government of the different States, as well as members of the Interparliamentary Union; (c) members of the International Arbitration Court at the Hague; (d) members of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau; (e) members and associates of the Institute of International Law; (f) university professors of political science and of law, of history and of philosophy; and (g) persons who have received the Nobel Peace Prize.

The Nobel Peace Prize may also be accorded to institutions or associations.

According to the Code of Statutes, par. 8, the grounds upon which any proposal is made must be stated, and handed in along with such papers and other documents as may therein be referred to.

According to par. 3, every written work, to qualify for a prize, must have appeared in print.

For particulars, qualified persons are requested to apply to the office of the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament, Drammensvei 19, Kristiania.

[NOTE.—See page 1278 of New Zealand Gazette No. 57, of 1901, for first notice respecting this bequest.]

Results of Elections of Trustees of Drainage Districts.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 30th November, 1923.

THE following results of the elections of Trustees of Drainage Districts have been received from the Returning Officer, and are published in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.

J. HISLOP, Under-Secretary.

Tuatua-Moana Drainage District, County of Waipa—
H. Edwards.
F. Glover.
E. Hamerton.
A. E. Odlin.
C. Russo.

Roto-Manuka Drainage District, County of Waipa—
Andrew Karl.
Percy Kivell.
John Turney.
Arthur Rossiter.
William J. Ranby.
Anton Turnwald.
George E. Trott.

Officiating Minister for 1923.—Notice No. 43.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 4th December, 1923.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Seventh Day Adventists.

Pastor Frederick Lacey Sharp.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Conscience-money received.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 29th November, 1923.

I HEREBY acknowledge receipt of the following amounts forwarded by persons unknown as conscience-money to the New Zealand Government:—

£80 forwarded to the Commissioner of Taxes, Wellington.
7s. 6d. forwarded to the Railway Department, Wellington.

J. J. ESSON, Secretary to the Treasury.

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

I, WILLIAM GREER FLETCHER, Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it has been made to appear to me that The Association of Suggestive Therapeutics in New Zealand (Registered) is no longer carrying on its operations, the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved, in pursuance of section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.

Dated at Auckland, this 3rd day of December, 1923.

WM. G. FLETCHER,
Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

CROWN LANDS NOTICE.

Land in the Canterbury Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 1st December, 1923.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Canterbury Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 13, Brooksdale Settlement: Area, 54 acres 1 rood 15 perches. Tenure: Special Tenure Lease, No. 145, formerly held by Alfonso Leo. O’Loughlin and Harold William Watson. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease and non-payment of rent.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

STATE FOREST SERVICE NOTICES.

Milling-timber for Sale by Public Tender.

State Forest Service,
Nelson, 3rd December, 1923.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders for the purchase of the undermentioned lots of milling-timber will close at the office of the State Forest Service, Nelson, at 4 o’clock p.m., on Monday, the 7th January, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON—MARLBOROUGH FOREST-CONSERVATION REGION.—
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

An approximate area of 127 acres, situated in State Forest NM 147, Block IX, Inangahua Survey District, about 5 miles from Landing Railway-station.