Feb. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 467

Land Surveyors Examination, March, 1924, Australia and New Zealand.

The Surveyors Board of New Zealand,
Wellington, 6th February, 1924.

IT is hereby notified, for general information, that the Surveyors Board, in conjunction with the Australian Surveyors Boards, will conduct an examination of candidates for licenses to survey, commencing at 10 a.m. on Monday, 24th March, 1924, at Wellington.

Candidates are notified that their applications, on the proper form, together with plans and field-books, must reach the Secretary of the Board not later than Thursday, 13th March, and that the examination fee of £1 1s. must be paid at the same time to the Secretary, from whom examination regulations, application forms, and other particulars may be obtained.

The amount of postage must also be remitted if plans and field-books are desired to be returned.

At this examination all candidates sitting for the first time must lodge, in addition to the usual plans, &c., the following: Field notes, plan, and sections of a proposed road, railway, or drainage scheme of not less than 10 chains extent.

M. CROMPTON-SMITH,
Secretary, Surveyors Board.
Government Buildings, Wellington.

Notice to Mariners No. 8 of 1924.

BUOYS IN VERONICA CHANNEL, PORT RUSSELL.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 6th February, 1924.

THE Bay of Islands Harbour Board notifies that two red buoys will be placed in the following positions:—
(1.) 064° 5·6 cables from Trig. Station on Motu Mea Island.
(2.) 065° 1·4 cables from Trig. Station on Point 279° 4·3 cables from Okiato Point.

Publications, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 1090. “New Zealand Pilot,” 9th edition 1919, page 152.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

Qualifying Examination for Engineering Cadets.—Railway Department, November, 1923.

Education Department,
Wellington, 5th February, 1924.

THE following list contains the names of those candidates who have passed the Qualifying Examination for Engineering Cadets as required by the Railway Department regulations, and of those who have partial passes only in the examination.

J. CAUGHLEY, Director of Education.

PASSED THE EXAMINATION.

Name. Examination Centre.
Malcolm, Ian McLean .. .. .. Invercargill.
O’Hara, William Keith Macky .. .. Auckland.

PASSED IN FIVE SUBJECTS.

Gandell, Alan Thomas .. .. .. Greymouth.
McDougall, Robert Alexander .. .. Dunedin.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in the Otago Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 4th February, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the undermentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Otago 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.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 3A, Conical Hills Settlement. Tenure: Renewable lease. Lease number: 123s. Lessee: Alfred Alexander Patrick. Reason for forfeiture: Non-payment of rent.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.

Lands in Canterbury Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 31st January, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction for cash or on deferred payments at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, at 10.30 o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 26th March, 1924, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Paparua County.—Christchurch Survey District.

Hei Hei Settlement.

A. R. P. £
SECTION 3, Block IX: Area, 3 1 3; upset price, 160
" 4 " " 3 0 5 " 160
" 5 " " 3 1 2 " 170
" 6 " " 3 1 1 " 180
" 7 " " 3 0 5 " 170
" 10 " " 3 0 38 " 180

Situated about half a mile from Hornby Railway-station and is the centre of several manufacturing industries which should supply outside employment. All flat agricultural land suitable for bee and poultry farming.

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

Cash.—One-fifth of the purchase-money on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter.

Deferred Payments.—Five per cent. of the purchase-money and licensee fee (£1 1s.), on the fall of the hammer; balance by equal annual instalments extending over nineteen years, with interest payable half-yearly at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the unpaid purchase-money; but with the right to pay off at any time the whole or pay part of the outstanding amount.

In either case, if the purchaser fails to make any of the prescribed payments by due date, whether of purchase-money or interest, the amount (if any) already paid shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

Titles will be subject to section 60 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912.

The lands are described for the general information of intending bidders, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make a personal inspection, as the Department is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.

Sale plans and full particulars may be obtained at this office.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Canterbury Land District for Sale or Lease to Discharged Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 4th February, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for sale or lease to discharged soldiers under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and the regulations thereunder, and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, the 17th day of March, 1924.

The land may be purchased for cash or on deferred payments, or selected on lease for a term of thirty-three years, with right of renewal for further successive terms of thirty-three years, and a right to acquire the freehold.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 19th day of March, 1924, at 10 o’clock a.m.

The ballot will be held at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Waimairi County.—Christchurch Survey District.—Avonhead Settlement.

SECTION 13, Block X: Area, 5 acres, 2 roods, 8 perches. Capital value, £390: Annual instalment on deferred payment (excluding interest), £19 10s. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £8 15s. 6d.

All first-class flat agricultural land, situated about four miles and three-quarters from Christchurch by good road,