78 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. No. 1

Engineers Registration Act, 1924.

EXAMINATIONS, MAY, 1928.

ENTRIES for the next examinations in accordance with
the regulations issued under section 16 of the above
Act close on the 31st January, 1928. Entrance forms received
after that date cannot be considered.

Entrance forms will be supplied on request to the Registrar,
Engineers Registration Board, Wellington. Applicants should
state whether they require forms for Civil, Mechanical, or
Electrical Engineering.

Syllabus of examination can be obtained on payment of 1s.

Civil Engineering candidates are notified that Electricity
and Magnetism is now an additional compulsory subject in
Section A, and Theory of Machines is the alternative subject
to Theory of Structures in Section A. The subject Applied
Chemistry has been added to Section B.

Candidates cannot sit for Section C of the Civil Engineering
Examination until they have had three years’ responsible
engineering experience as approved by the Board.

Unless applications for registration have already been con-
sidered by the Board, all applications for examination should
be accompanied by an application for registration made out
on the proper form, or by a letter giving full details of the
candidates’ training and experience.

Examination fee must also accompany entrance form.

W. L. NEWNHAM, Registrar.

Regulations respecting the Blue Ensign of H. M. Fleet (Naval Reserve Flag).

ADMIRALTY REGULATIONS (ARTICLE 126).

WITH reference to clause 1 (b) of the above regulations,
as published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 51,
dated 29th July, 1926, the number of reservists who must
form part of the crew in order that a ship may be eligible to
fly the Blue Ensign will, for the year 1928, be seven.

By direction of the Naval Board.

E. N. R. FLETCHER, Naval Secretary.

Navy Office, Wellington,
30th December, 1927.

Notice to Mariners No. 1 of 1928.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 4th January, 1928.

NEW ZEALAND.—NORTH ISLAND.—EAST COAST.—POVERTY BAY.

Temoana Rock: Buoy temporarily withdrawn.

Position: Lat. 38° 41′·5 S., long. 178° 01′·2 E. (approx.).
Details: The lighted buoy will be temporarily withdrawn
for about three weeks on or about 6th February, 1928, and
will be replaced by an unlighted black buoy.

No further notice will be given.

Charts affected: Nos. 3321 (plan)—3343.

Publications: N.Z. Pilot, 9th edition, page 261; New
Zealand Nautical Almanac, 1928, page 198.

Authority: Gisborne Harbour Board, 23/12/27.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

Meetings of the Otago Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st December, 1927.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-
General has, in pursuance of section 54 of the Land
Act, 1924, approved of meetings of the Otago Land Board
being held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin,
at 10 o’clock a.m., on Wednesday the 11th January, 8th
February, 14th March, Thursday the 12th April, Wednesday
the 9th May, 13th June, 11th July, 8th August, 12th Sep-
tember, 10th October, 14th November, and 12th December
during the year 1928.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Conscience-money received.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 11th January, 1928.

I HEREBY acknowledge receipt of the following amounts,
forwarded by persons unknown, as conscience-money to
the New Zealand Government: 3s. 6d., forwarded to the
Marine Department, Wellington; 2d., £2 13s. 4d., and
£1 16s. 6d. forwarded to the Railway Department; £2,
forwarded to the Postmaster-General, Wellington.

R. E. HAYES, Secretary to the Treasury.

Election of Member of Nelson Land Board.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 20th December, 1927.

I, ALLAN FRANCIS WATERS, Returning Officer for the
election of a member of the Nelson Land Board, do hereby
notify the result of the poll taken on the 20th day of Decem-
ber, 1927, to be as follows:—

Name of Candidate. Votes polled.
Hodgkinson, John William .. .. 42
O’Regan, John .. .. 330
Pagan, James .. .. 155
Powell, John Henry .. .. 162
——
Number of valid votes .. .. 689
Number rejected as informal .. 61
——
Total number of votes recorded .. 750

And I hereby declare the above-named John O’Regan, having
received the greatest number of valid votes, to be duly elected
a member of the Nelson Land Board.

A. F. WATERS, Returning Officer.

Poisons Act, 1908.—Register of Vendors of Poisons for the Southland District as on the 31st December, 1927.

Asher, Albert, Balfour.
Barwell, Charles Ernest, Otatau, care of C. G. G. Sinclair.
Briscoe and Co., Dee Street, Invercargill.
Cockerill, L. H., Tapanui.
Charlton, George Edward, Tuatapere.
Clark, Thomas, A.U.F.S. Dispensary, Invercargill.
Corbett, J. S., Mataura.
Dalgety and Co., Gore.
Department of Agriculture, Industries and Commerce, Wel-
lington, Gore, Invercargill, Lumsden, Otatau, and Queens-
town.
Federal Furnishing and Hardware Co., Ltd., Gore.
Galbraith, Walter Ernest, 99 Tay Street, Invercargill.
Gallagher, John Henry, Invercargill, care of Somerville,
chemist.
Galt, J. M. H., Thornbury.
Gilchrist, Kathleen Baillie, care of W. G. Gilchrist, Inver-
cargill.
Gilchrist, William, Dee Street, Invercargill.
Grant, Harold Herbert Francis, Gore.
Green, Albert E., care of U.F.S. Dispensary, Invercargill.
Green, William Theodore, care of W. Stewart, Invercargill.
Johnson, George F., Lumsden.
Kerr, Ernest William, Invercargill, care of R. Winning, Dee
Street.
Kidd, Norman, Invercargill, care of G. I. Moffett, chemist.
Kirkland, Robert, Mataura Island.
Kirkpatrick, Hugh, Invercargill, care of G. I. Moffett, chemist.
Kirkpatrick, Hugh Herries, Lumsden.
Leggett and Co., Clinton.
Macauley, Charles Gordon, Mosssburn, storekeeper.
Macrae, Ian Chisholm, Edendale South, storekeeper.
Marchant, Phillip John Bowring, Invercargill, care of R.
Somerville.
Matthews, J. N., Mandeville.
Matthews, James, Invercargill, care of R. Somerville, chemist.
Matthews, R. H., Riversdale, storekeeper.
Meredith, George Berwyn, Invercargill, care of G. I. Moffett,
chemist.
Moffett, George I., Dee Street, Invercargill.
Morrah, Edward Weston, Invercargill, care of U.F.S. Dis-
pensary.
Morton, Arthur, Gore.
Munn, Sophie, Nightcaps, care of Sinclair’s store.
Murray, Roberts, and Co., Ltd., Invercargill and Gore.
MacGibbon, John, and Sons, Gore, East Gore, and Mataura.
McNaughton, Allan George, Invercargill, care of Pollok’s
Pharmacy.
McRae, William Young, Hokonui.
National Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd., Invercargill and
Gore.
New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Inver-
cargill and Gore.
Oliver, Ivan A. L., Clinton.
Prentice, James William Allan, Invercargill U.F.S. Dis-
pensary.
Price, Thomas J., Riverton, chemist.
Quin, Thomas John, Gore.
Rattray, J., and Son, Ltd., Invercargill.
Raines, Harry Alfred, Tay Street, Invercargill.
Robertson, Mary, Riverton, care of T. J. Price.
Royds Brothers and Kirk, Ltd., Tay Street, Invercargill.
Sinclair, Charles George Gordon, Otatau.
Shepherd, Edwin Arthur, Winton, care of T. Walker.