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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 5

STATEMENT showing DISCOUNT-STAMP TRANSACTIONS in the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of the DOMINION OF NEW ZEALAND during the Quarter ended 31st DECEMBER, 1925.

*Palmerston North was created a chief office on 1st July, 1925.

General Post Office, Wellington, 25th January, 1926.
A. MARKMAN, Secretary.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 19th January, 1926.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to Captain S. D. Rogers, M.C., 3rd Cadet Battalion, the Wellington Regiment.

R. HEATON RHODES, for Minister of Defence.

Land Surveyors’ Examination, March, 1926, Australia and New Zealand.

The Surveyors Board of New Zealand,
Wellington, 27th January, 1926.

IT is hereby notified, for general information, that the Surveyors Board, in conjunction with the Australian Surveyors Boards, will conduct an examination of candidates completing sittings for licenses to survey, commencing at 10 a.m. on Monday, 15th March, 1926, at Wellington.

Candidates are notified that their applications, on the proper form, must reach the Secretary of the Board not later than Thursday, 4th 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. Candidates desiring to sit in other centres than Wellington must forward a double fee of £2 2s.

At this examination no candidates sitting for the first time will be accepted, only those completing former sittings.

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

Result of Election of Trustees of a Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 8th December, 1925.

THE following result of the election of trustees of a drainage district has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.

G. P. NEWTON,
Assistant Under-Secretary.

Eltham Drainage District, Counties of Eltham and Stratford :—
Walter Charles Clement .. Ward No. 1
John O’Neill .. }
Henry Alfred Wood .. } Ward No. 2
Alfred Cocker .. Ward No. 3
John Cocker .. Ward No. 4

Sale of Unclaimed Property.

Police Department,
Wellington, 11th January, 1926.

IT is hereby notified that unclaimed property in the hands of the police at the various police stations will, if not claimed before the 31st January, 1926, 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.

Lands in Nelson Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 25th January, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease and license of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeited by the resolution of the Nelson Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE R.L. 825, Section 24, Block IV, Waitakere Survey District. Lessee, J. B. O’Neill. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

Tenure P.L. 437. Section 5, Block XII, Takaka Survey District, Lessee, C. L. Rankin. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Lands in Nelson Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 25th January, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Nelson Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

LEASE No. R.L. 316. Section 2, Block III, Burnett Survey District. Formerly held by Ronald Gavin Peacock. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.