Notice to Persons Affected by Applications for Licences Under
Part III of the Industrial Efficiency Act, 1936

Manufacture of Footwear

Felt and Textiles of N.Z., Ltd., C.P.O. Box 848, Wellington,
has applied for permission to transfer that portion of its licence
permitting the manufacture of slippers at C. P. and R. Nielson's,
Blenheim, to Buchanan and Edwards, Lower Hutt.

Pharmacy Industry

R. D. Stevenson, care of Coutts the Chemist, Bank Street,
Whangarei, has applied for a licence to operate a new pharmacy
at Oxford.

Retail Sale and Distribution of Motor-spirit

T. H. Pilbrow, Lake Rotorua, via Rotorua, has applied for a
licence to resell motor-spirit from one pump to be installed at
garage and service-station premises, Lake Rotorua.

C. G. Knew and N. J. Thorburn, 4 Calfer's Avenue, Whangarei,
have applied for a licence to resell motor-spirit from one pump to
be installed on garage premises at 4 Calfer's Avenue, Whangarei.

E. J. Mitchell, Motor and General Engineer, Port Road,
Whangamata, has applied for a licence to resell motor-spirit from one
pump to be installed on garage premises at Port Road, Whangamata.

William Hart and Sons, Coromandel, have applied for a licence
to resell motor-spirit from one pump to be installed outside garage
premises at the corner of Wharf and Hauraki Roads, Coromandel.

Dawson Stonewigg Motors, Ltd., 200 Victoria Avenue,
Wanganui, has applied for a licence to resell motor-spirit from one
pump to be installed on garage premises at 200 Victoria Avenue,
Wanganui.

A. H. Turner and Son, High Street, Eltham, have applied for
permission to remove one petrol pump from a position inside garage
premises to a site on the kerbside at High Street, Eltham.

Royal Akarana Yacht Club (Inc.), Campbell's Point, Auckland,
has applied for a licence to resell motor-spirit from one pump
to be installed on a proposed fuelling jetty at Okahu Bay, Orakei.

Applicants and other persons considering themselves to be
materially affected by the decisions of the Bureau of Industry on
these applications should, not later than 27th January, 1949, submit
any written evidence and representations they may desire to tender.
All communications should be addressed to Secretary, Bureau of
Industry, P.O. Box 3025, Wellington.

J. D. KERR, Secretary.

Land Surveyors' Examination, February-March, 1949.-Australia
and New Zealand

The Survey Board of New Zealand,
Wellington, 11th January, 1949.

It is hereby notified for general information that the Survey
Board, in conjunction with the Australian Surveyors' Boards,
will conduct an examination of candidates for registration as
surveyors, commencing at 10 a.m. on Monday, 28th February, 1949,
at Wellington.

Candidates are notified that their applications, on the proper
form, must reach the Secretary of the Board not later than Monday,
14th February, 1949, and that the examination fee must be paid at
the same time to the Secretary, from whom application forms and
other particulars may be obtained.

Candidates may present themselves for examination in the
following written subjects:-

After one year's service-
(1) Physics, geology, and forestry.
(2) Plotting and plan drawing.
(3) Computations A.

After two years' service-
(4) Computations B.
(5) Engineering surveying.
(6) Town-planning.

After three years' service-
(7) Laws and regulations.
(8) Astronomy and geodesy.
(9) Land-surveying design.
(10) Preparation of field notes.
(11) Land classification and valuation.

Candidates presenting themselves for examination in any
written subject or subjects may present themselves for examination
at any Chief Surveyor's Office.

The oral and practical portion of the examination cannot be
taken until the candidate's term of indentureship has been completed.

Candidates for the oral and practical portion of the examination
must sit in Wellington. Plans for this portion of the examination,
the certificate, and other evidence required by Regulation No. 31
of the Survey Examination Regulations 1943, must be forwarded
with the application to sit.

The fees for examination are as follows:-

Full examination . . . . . 5 5 0
Part examination . . . . . 3 3 0
Each subsequent part of examination 2 2 0

R. C. AIREY, Secretary, Survey Board.
Government Buildings, Wellington.

Unclaimed Lands.-Notice by the Public Trustee Under the Public
Trust Office Act, 1908 (Part II), and its Amendments

To the owner of the following land, that is to say: All that parcel
of land containing 60 acres, more or less, being southern portion
of Allotment 15 and northern portion of Allotment 16 of the
Parish of Wariara, bounded on the north-east by other portion
of Allotment 15 (3690 links), bounded on the south-east by
Allotment 21 (1610 links), bounded on the south-west by other
part of Allotment 16 (3880 links), and bounded on the north-
west by a road, and being all the land comprised-firstly, in a
Crown Grant No. 2706b dated the 9th day of September, 1865,
to one Martin Kelly, of Manukau, Settler, and, secondly, in an
unrecorded Conveyance No. 241329, dated the 27th day of
February, 1867, from the said Martin Kelly to one John
Sheehan, of Auckland, Articled Clerk, and also being land
whereof Lily George and Katherine Groome are recorded in
the Valuation Roll as the owners and occupiers.

WHEREAS, after due inquiry, the owner of the above-described
land cannot be found: And whereas the said owner has no
known agent in New Zealand: Now, the Public Trustee hereby
calls upon such owner, within six months of the date of the publication
of this notice in the Gazette, to establish to the satisfaction of the
Public Trustee his title to the said land, and if he fails or neglects
to do so the Public Trustee will exercise as regards the said land the
powers and authorities granted to him in and by the Public Trust
Office Act, 1908 (Part II), and its amendments.

Dated this 22nd day of December, 1948.

W. G. BAIRD, Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office.-Appointment of Agent at Featherston

It is notified for public information that Mr. James Blain has
been appointed to the position of Agent of the Public Trust
Office at Featherston.

Dated at Wellington, this 22nd day of December, 1948.

W. G. BAIRD, Public Trustee.

The Standards Act, 1941.-Specifications Declared to be Standard
Specifications

NOTICE is hereby given that on the dates stated in the first
column hereunder the undermentioned specifications were
declared to be standard specifications by the Minister of Industries
and Commerce pursuant to section 8 of the Standards Act, 1941:

Date of
Declaration. Number and Title of Specification. Price of
Copy (Post
Free).

(1) 25th November, N.Z.S.S. 468 : Household Furniture (superseding N.Z.S.S. E. s. d.
1948. 159) with Amendment No. 1 3 0

(2) 13th December, N.Z.S.S. 364 : Ratings and Methods of Test for Electric 2 0
1948. Heating Elements for Hot-water
Containers (Electrical Sectional
Committee)

(3) 13th December, N.Z.S.S. 365 : Salt-glazed Ware Pipes with Amendment No. 1 2 0
1948. (Ceramic Sectional Committee)

(4) 13th December, N.Z.S.S. 367 : Sequence of Trade Headings and Specification 2 0
1948. Items for Building-work with
Amendment No. 1 (Building
Terms Committee and Trade
Headings Committee)

Copies may be obtained from the New Zealand Standards
Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay, Wellington C. 1,
at the prices indicated above.

L. J. McDONALD, Executive Officer.

CROWN LANDS NOTICE

Land in Hawke's Bay Land District for Selection on Optional Tenure

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 10th January, 1949.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is
open for selection on optional tenure under the Land Act,
1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and
Survey Office, Napier, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, 7th February,
1949.

Applicants should appear personally for examination at the
District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, on Thursday, 10th Febru-
ary, 1949, at 10.30 o'clock a.m., but if any applicant is unable to
attend he may be examined by any other Land Board or by any
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Applicants are required to produce for inspection when examined
documentary evidence of their financial position and farming
experience.