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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 70

Board being held at the District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, at 10.45 a.m. on Thursday the 15th January,
19th February, 19th March, 16th April, 21st May, 18th June,
16th July, 20th August, 17th September, 15th October,
19th November, 17th December, during the year 1925.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Unclaimed Lands.—Notice by the Public Trustee under the Public Trust Office Act, 1908 (Part II) and its Amendments.

To the owner of the following land, that is to say: All that piece of land situate in the Parish of Mangatete, containing by admeasurement 40 acres, more or less, being south-western portion of Allotment 38. Bounded on the north-east by part Allotment 38, 2,700 links; on the south-east by Allotments 34 and 35, 2,600 links; on the south-west by a road 100 links wide, 150 links, 334 links, 432 links, 756 links, 577 links, 471 links, 550 links, and 90 links; and on the north-west by Allotment 41, .940 links: being the land included in unregistered Crown grant to Anne Jane Taylor, of Auckland, Settler.

WHEREAS, after due inquiry, the owner of the above-described land cannot be found: And whereas the said owner has no known agent in New Zealand:

Now, the Public Trustee hereby calls upon such owner within six months of the date of the publication of this notice in this Gazette to establish to the satisfaction of the Public Trustee his title to the said land, and if he fails or neglects so to do the Public Trustee will exercise as regards the said land the powers and authorities granted to him in and by the Public Trust Office Act, 1908 (Part II), and its amendments.

Dated this 21st day of October, 1924.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

Director of Research required, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, London.

State Forest Service,
Wellington, 28th October, 1924.

THE following advertisement received through the High Commissioner for New Zealand in London is published for general information.

E. PHILLIPS TURNER, Secretary of Forestry.

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH.

Director of Research, Forest Products Research Laboratories.

THE Department of Scientific and Industrial Research requires the services of a Director of Research for their Forest Products Research Laboratories. These laboratories are being provided to deal with pure and applied scientific research called for by the practical needs of the using industries and Departments of State. They will be specially concerned with home-grown and Empire-grown timbers and other forest products.

Candidates, who must be natural-born British subjects, should possess good scientific qualifications, and a broad experience of the origin and use of both major and minor forest products, as well as organizing and administrative ability. Width of knowledge in forest economy, in the technology and practical problems of the wood-using industries, and in the bearing on these problems of both scientific and industrial research, is of first importance.

The salary offered will depend on the qualifications and experience of the candidate selected.

Applications giving particulars of age, qualifications, experience, military service, &c., and not less than two personal references should be made in writing to the Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, 16 Old Queen Street, Westminster, London S.W. 1, not later than 1st December, 1924.

Tenders.

Public Works Department, Wellington, 23rd October, 1924.

THE following particulars of tenders received by the Public Works Department are published for general information:—

F. W. FURKERT, Engineer-in-Chief and Under-Secretary.