JAN. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

name, address, and occupation of nominee] as a candidate for
election as a member of the said Board.
Dated at this day of 1925.
Signature :
Address:
Occupation:
Registration No. of vehicle:

Signature:
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CONSENT TO NOMINATION.
I., of , do hereby consent to the above
nomination.

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[Form No. (2).
VOTING-PAPER FOR ELECTION BY PAYERS OF FEES UNDER
SECTION 9 OF THE HUTT ROAD AMENDMENT ACT, 1917,
OF MEMBER OF THE WELLINGTON CITY AND SUBURBAN
HIGHWAYS BOARD OF CONTROL.

CANDIDATES.
[Set out in alphabetical order of surnames the full name of
every duly nominated candidate.]

DIRECTIONS.
The voter must draw a line through the name of every
candidate for whom he does not intend to vote.
This voting-paper must be signed by the voter and enclosed
in a sealed envelope, and if posted to the Returning Officer,
must be posted on or before the [Insert date of election], or,
if delivered to him, must be delivered before that day or not
later than 4.30 o'clock in the afternoon of that day.
The envelope is to be addressed,—
"The Returning Officer for the Wellington City and
Suburban Highways Board of Control Election,
Town Hall, Wellington."

The vote of [Name, address, and occupation of voter] is
hereby recorded as above, this day of 1925.
[Signature, address, and occupation of voter, and registration number of vehicle.]

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 8th day of January, 1925.
G. JAS. ANDERSON,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Opening Otago University Endowment Reserve in Southland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, and the
Otago University Reserves Act, 1904, I, Sir Charles Fergusson,
Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the Otago University Endowment Reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall be open
for selection on renewable lease for the term of sixty-six years,
with right of renewal for successive periods of sixty-six
years, on Thursday, the twenty-sixth day of February, one
thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, at the rental mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the
said endowment reserve shall be leased under and subject
to the provisions of the said Acts.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—OTAGO UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT.

Forest Hill and Lindhurst Hundreds.
Lot 3 of part Section 132, Block IV, and part Section 5,
Blocks I and VI : Area, 795 acres 1 rood. Capital value, £1,195.
Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £23 18s ; £19 10s.*

• Instalment on buildings valued at £500, consisting of
  house, shearing-shed, and cow-byrre, repayable in twenty-one
  years by half - yearly instalments of £19 10s. Total half-yearly payment on lease, £43 8s.
  The total improvements are valued at £533. The valuation
  for buildings, £500, may be paid in cash or in twenty-one years
  as above. If the successful lessee elects to repay the £500 in
  instalments, then it will be necessary to pay the £33 in cash at
  time of selection.
  Situated five miles and a half from Hedghope Railway-station by a fair road, partly metalled. About 240 acres are

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swamp land of fair quality, which could all be improved by
cultivation; 750 acres low-lying, carrying fair grazing in its
natural state; balance is light hilly land not fit for cultivation, with a good deal of manuka-scrub.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 9th day of January, 1925.
A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Amending the Warrant authorizing the Minister of Public Works to construct a Bridge over the Patea River on Broadway Street, in the Borough of Stratford, and apportioning the Cost.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in me by section nine of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1913, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in this behalf, I, Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby amend the Warrant dated the fourth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and published in Gazette No. 67, of the seventh day of the same month, authorizing the Minister of Public Works to construct a bridge over the Patea River on Broadway Street, in the Borough of Stratford, and apportioning the cost in terms of section one hundred and nineteen of the Public Works Act, 1908, as follows, viz. : The amount which the Stratford Borough Council is authorized to borrow by special order without taking any poll of the ratepayers thereon for the purpose of the execution of the work described in the said Warrant shall be eleven thousand eight hundred and forty-four pounds twelve shillings and eightpence (£11,844 12s. 8d.).

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 8th day of January, 1925.
F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Public Works.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.
Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1924.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint
William Loxley Hunter
to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Springburn, on and from the 11th December, 1924.
G. JAS. ANDERSON,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Members of the Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 7th January, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General in Council has been pleased to appoint
Dr. Charles Chilton and
Dr. Leonard Cockayne, F.R.S.,
to be members of the Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute as constituted by the New Zealand Institute Act, 1908.
RICHARD F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Inspector under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, appointed.—Notice No. Ag. 2455.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 7th January, 1925.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint
George Fear
to be an Inspector for the purposes of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, for the City of Wanganui, the appointment to date as from the 6th January, 1925.
W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.