May 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1193

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries of the Borough of Te Awamutu.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th May, 1924.

Pursuant to section 132 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, it is hereby notified that a petition, in accordance with regulations, signed by not less than one-fourth of the electors of the area described in the Schedule hereto, being part of the Borough of Te Awamutu, has been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General praying that the said area may be excluded from the said borough and included in the County of Waipa. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to or petitions against the proposed alteration which they desire to make within one month from the first publication of this notice. Such objections or petitions are to be addressed and forwarded to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE EXCLUDED FROM BOROUGH OF TE AWAMUTU.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded by a line commencing at the confluence of the Mangahoe Stream with the Mangapiko Stream and proceeding thence up the middle of said Mangahoe Stream to the south-western boundary of Section 129, Parish of Puniu; thence north-easterly, north-westerly, and south-westerly generally along the boundary of the Borough of Te Awamutu as described in the New Zealand Gazette, 1915, page 1834, to the point of commencement.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Date of Election of Insurance Members of the Westport Fire Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th May, 1924.

Pursuant to section 18 of the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, I, Richard Francis Bollard, Minister of Internal Affairs and the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act, do hereby appoint Friday, 30th May, 1924, to be the day for the holding of an election of three members of the said Westport Fire Board by the fire-insurance companies which, for the time being, are carrying on business within the said Westport Fire District.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Date of Election by Fire-insurance Companies to fill Extraordinary Vacancies on the Hawera Fire Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 14th May, 1924.

Pursuant to the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, and the rules made thereunder, I, Richard Francis Bollard, being the Minister charged with the administration of the said Act, do hereby appoint Friday, the 30th May, 1924, to be the date for holding the election of one member of the Hawera Fire Board by the fire-insurance companies concerned, such election being held to fill the extraordinary vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. D. H. Thomson.

F. H. D. BELL, for Minister of Internal Affairs.

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

Education Department,
Wellington, 10th May, 1924.

Three scholarships of the yearly value of £35, tenable for two years, are offered for competition in the year 1924. 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 1st and 2nd of December, 1924. 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, 1924.

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,
Senior Inspector of Native Schools.

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 Thames Boxing Association (Incorporated) 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 13th day of May, 1924.

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

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Hawke’s Bay Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 10th May, 1924.

Notice is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Hawke’s Bay Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

Run 103, Maungaharuru Survey District. Lease No. 172. Formerly held by Kenneth James Gould. Reason for forfeiture: Non-payment of rent.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Land in Southland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 9th May, 1924.

Notice is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Southland Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Sections 10 and 11, Block XXIII, Wairaki Survey District, Beaumont Settlement. Tenure: R.L. L.S. Lease No. 20. Former lessee: William James Dwyer. Reason for forfeiture: Arrears of rent.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Land in the Nelson Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 12th May, 1924.

Notice is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Nelson Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

Lease No. L.P. 22. Section 17, Block IV, Aorere Survey District. Formerly held by William Somerville Orr Caldwell (deceased). Reason for forfeiture: Non-payment of rent.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.