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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 9

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 Manawawe Settlers 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 9th day of February, 1924.

WILLIAM GREER FLETCHER,
Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

Notice of Vesting 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, the value of the land for the purposes of section 67 (d) of the said Act being less than £500.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of February, 1924.

E. O. HALES,
Deputy of the Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing by admeasurement 1 rood 13 perches, more or less, being Town Section 1242, Town of Bunnythorpe, Manawatu District. Bounded on the north-east by Section 1240, 333 links; on the south-east by Section 1243, 100 links; on the south-west by Section 1244, 333 links; and on the north-west by a road, 100 links: be all the several admeasurements a little more or less: and being the balance of the land contained in certificate of title, Volume 24, folio 200, Wellington Registry, issued to Andrew Duncan, of Wanganui, Solicitor, under Grant 6646, under the Land Act, 1877.

The Poisons Act, 1908.—Register of Vendors of Poison for the Westland District as on 31st December, 1923.

Houston, Malcolm Henry, Camp Street, Hokitika.
Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce, Union Chambers, Customhouse Quay, Wellington.
Keddie, John Henderson, Tainui Street, Greymouth.
Parkinson, Frederick James, trading as “Parkinson and Co.” Tainui Street, Greymouth.
Williams, Charles Philip, trading as “Hanwell Williams,” Mawhera Quay, Greymouth.
Williams, William Edward, Revell Street, Hokitika.

C. W. CARVER, Registrar of Poisons.
Magistrate’s Court, Hokitika, 29th January, 1924.

Examination for Elementary Kindergarten Certificates, 1923.

Education Department,
Wellington, 4th February, 1924.

AT the examination for Elementary Kindergarten Certificates held in November and December, 1923, the following candidates obtained a complete pass:—
Bean, Ada Lucy, Christchurch.
Birch, Ethel Hamilton, Auckland.
Reid, Elizabeth May, Dunedin.
Richards, Olive Catherine, Christchurch.
Schneideman, Rosy, Auckland.

The following candidate obtained a partial pass in the examination:—
Baldwin, Caroline, Christchurch.

J. CAUGHLEY, Director of Education.

Triennial Election of Members of Teachers’ Superannuation Board.

Education Department,
Wellington, 5th February, 1924.

IN pursuance of regulations made under the Public Service Classification and Superannuation Amendment Act, 1908, I hereby certify that for the triennial election of members of the Teachers’ Superannuation Board constituted by the said Act the following nominations were received: For the North Island, William Henry Newton and George Rudal Kidson; for the South Island, John Ernest Purchase and Herbert Charles Jones.

As the number of persons nominated does not exceed the number of vacancies to be filled, I hereby declare that William Henry Newton, George Rudal Kidson, John Ernest Purchase, and Herbert Charles Jones are duly elected members of the said Board.

Dated at Wellington this 5th day of February, 1924.

C. E. CRAWFORD,
Secretary to the Teachers’ Superannuation Board, and Returning Officer.

Notice to Mariners No. 9 of 1924.

NAPIER INNER HARBOUR.—SHOAL OFF WESTWARD OF WEST PIER.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 12th February, 1924.

MASTERS of vessels entering the Napier Inner Harbour are warned not to go to the westward of the line of West Pier, as a shoal exists carrying 9 ft. to 10 ft. at low water extending seawards parallel to the Eastern Pier and in line with the end of the Eastern Pier.

Publications, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts, Nos. 2513 and 2528; “New Zealand Pilot,” 9th edition, 1919, page 273; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1924, page 216.

B. W. MILLIER, Assistant Secretary.

Officiating Minister for 1924.—Notice No. 4.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 12th February, 1924.

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:—

Unitarian Church.
The Reverend John Gillies Waite Ellis.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Sale of Unclaimed Property.

Police Department,
Wellington, 25th January, 1924.

IT is hereby notified that unclaimed property in the hands of the police at the various police-stations will, if not claimed before Friday, the 29th February, 1924, be sold thereafter by public auction.

Particulars as to the time and place of sale may be obtained from the Superintendent or Inspector of Police in charge of the district.

A. H. WRIGHT, Commissioner of Police.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Nelson Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 12th February, 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. O.R.P. 270. Section 1, Block V, Motupiko Survey District, and Section 4, Block VIII, Howard Survey District. Formerly held by Albert Ernest Benjamin. Reason for forfeiture: Property abandoned.

D. H. GUTHRIE, Minister of Lands.