4. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

credit of "The Public Trustee's Account" in Wel-
lington.
14. All payments out of "The Public Trustee's
Account" shall be made by cheques payable at that
branch of the bank which may be nearest to the
residence of the payee.
15. The fees following shall be payable or retain-
able, as the case may require, in respect of business
done with the office, or property placed therein.

SCALE OF FEES.
For management of estates, including collection
of rents and receipt of interest on invest-
ments
...
For disbursements under the several trusts, or
incidental to the management of estates
For recovery of debts
...
For leasing or letting land or houses (on one
year's rent, and amount of premium, if any)
For sale of property when directed to be sold
by deed of trust or will, and for realizing
securities when required for distribution
For receiving and recording wills deposited
for safe custody
For delivering will to testator or his agent
For delivering will to testator and receiving and
recording another will in lieu thereof
For investment of money in Government se-
curities, or in such other way as may be
directed by deed of trust or will:-
If the amount does not exceed £1,000
If above £1,000

10s. per cent.
5s. per cent.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Public Trustee appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th December, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JONAS WOODWARD, Esq.,
to be Public Trustee under "The Public Trust Office
Act, 1872."

JOHN HALL.

Consular Agent appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th December, 1872.

IT is hereby notified, that the Consul for France, in
Sydney, having nominated
DAVID BOOSIE CRUICKSHANK, Esq.,
to be Consular Agent at Auckland, His Excellency
the Governor has been pleased to accept such nomi-
nation provisionally.

JOHN HALL.

H. Driver has ceased to be American Consular
Agent at Dunedin.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd January, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be
notified that
HENRY DRIVER, Esq.,
has ceased to be American Consular Agent at
Dunedin.

JOHN HALL.

Notice of Election of Mayors.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 31st December, 1872.

IT is hereby notified, that, in conformity with Clause
133 of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867,"

the names of the under-mentioned persons have been
sent in to this office by the several Town Clerks as
the names of those who have been elected Mayors for
the Boroughs set opposite their names:-

PHILIP AARON PHILIPS, Esq.,-Auckland;
JOE DRANSFIELD, Esq.,-Wellington;
W. H. WATT, Esq., - Wanganui;
WILLIAM TODD, Esq.,-Hokitika;
EDWARD MASTERS, Esq., -Greymouth;
ADAM CHALMERS, Esq.,-Lyttelton;
EDWARD GEORGE KERR, Esq.,-Kaiapoi;
EDWARD B. BISHOP, Esq.,-City of Christ-
church;
HENRY CAIN, Esq.,-Timaru.

JOHN HALL.

Corresponding Time with Noon at Wellington at prin-
cipal places in the World.

New Zealand Telegraph Head Office,
Wellington, 17th December, 1872.

NOTICE -The following Table, showing corre-
sponding "Time" at the principal places in the
World when it is "Noon" at Wellington, New
Zealand, is published for general information.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Telegraph Commissioner.

Name of Place.
Time
at
Welling-
ton.
Correspond-
ing time at
Place.

In
advance of.

Wellington Time in
advance of or behind
Time of Place.

Behind.

Greenwich
...
Noon
12.20 a.m.
11.40
Paris
...
»
12.30
11.30
Marseilles
...
»
12.24
11.36
Hamburg
...
»
1.21
10.39
Bremen
...
»
12.56
11.4
St. Petersburgh
...
»
2.22
9.38
Antwerp
...
»
12.41
11.19
Calais
...
»
12.28
11,32
Florence
...
»
1.06
10.54
Rome
...
»
1.11
10.49
Naples
...
»
1.18
10.42
Brindisi
...
»
1.33
10.27
Constantinople
...
»
2.17
9.43
Cairo
...
»
2.26
9.34
Alexandria
...
»
2.21
9.39
Suez
...
»
2.32
9.28
Algiers
...
»
12.33
11.27
Malta
...
»
1.19
10.41
Bombay
...
»
5.12
6.48
Madras
...
»
5.42
6.18
Calcutta
...
»
6.14
5.46
Point de Galle
...
»
5.42
6.18
Batavia
...
»
7.28
4.32
Pekin
...
»
8.07
3.53
Hong Kong
...
»
7.58
4.02
Yokohama
...
»
9.39
2.21
Hobart Town
...
»
10.11
1.49
Perth
...
»
8.04
3.56
Melbourne
...
»
10.01
1.59
Adelaide
...
»
9.35
2.25
Sydney
...
»
10.26
1.34
Brisbane
...
»
10.34
1.26
Valparaiso
...
»
7.34 p.m.
7.34
Callao
...
»
7.20
7.20
Lima
...
»
7.09
7.09
Panama
...
»
7.04
7.04
San Francisco
...
»
4.11
4.11
Rio Janeiro
...
»
8.28
8.28
Cayenne
...
»
8.52
8.52
México
...
»
5.44
5.44
New Orleans...
...
»
6.20
6.20
Washington
...
»
7.34
7.34
Philadelphia
...
»
7.20
7.20
New York
...
»
7.25
7.25
Boston
...
»
7.37
7.37
Halifax
...
»
8.07
8.07
Quebec
...
»
7.36
7.36
Madeira
...
»
11.13
11.13
Ascension
...
»
11.23
11.23
St. Helena
...
»
11.58
11.58