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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 10

Sale of Unclaimed Property.

Police Department (Commissioner’s Office),
Wellington, 14th January, 1888.

THE unclaimed property described hereunder, and now
in possession of the Police, at New Plymouth, will,
unless previously claimed, be sold by public auction, at the
Police Office, New Plymouth, on Saturday, the 11th proximo,
at noon, in accordance with the Police Regulations:—
One silver lever watch, two Geneva watches, two revolvers,
one carbine pistol, one gold nugget, one ring, and sundries.
W. E. GUDGEON,
Commissioner of Police.

Te Makarini Scholarships.—Supplementary Examination.

TWO scholarships of the yearly value of £35, tenable until
the end of 1889, are offered for competition. These
scholarships are open to all Maoris that are under fifteen
years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of
the examination, and that have attended a Native village
school for the previous twelve months. These scholarships
are offered for competition to Maori youths, on the conditions
laid down in the regulations of the Trustees of the Te Maka-
rini Scholarships Fund, as printed in the Native Schools
Code, 1886. The examination will be held at convenient
centres on the 19th and 20th March, 1888.
Candidates must, either directly or through their teachers,
send notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education
Department, Wellington, of their intention to present them-
selves for examination. Such notice must be posted not
later than the 25th February next.
Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may be
obtained from teachers of Native schools and boarding insti-
tutions, the Secretaries to Education Boards, or the Secre-
tary to the Education Department.
JAMES H. POPE,
Inspector of Native Schools.
Wellington, 28th January, 1888.

Officiating Ministers for 1888.—Notice No. 3.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 4th February, 1888.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, passed in the forty-fourth
year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and inti-
tuled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following names of
Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are
published for general information:—
Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called
the Church of England

The Reverend Henry Hayward.
[The above-mentioned name is published in substitution
for the name “Henry Heyward,” in Notice No. 1, of the 17th
January.]

Wesleyan Methodist Society.
The Reverend Samuel B. Fellows.
The Reverend Charles H. Laws.
Wm. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

New Plymouth Savings Bank Balance-sheet for 1887.

STATEMENT of Receipts and Payments of the New
Plymouth Savings Bank for the Year ending 31st
December, 1887.

RECEIPTS.
£ s. d.
Cash in hand, 1st January .. .. .. 0 1 6
Cash at Bank of New Zealand .. .. 630 15 10
Deposits, including interest .. .. 2,681 8 0
Securities .. .. .. 673 15 6
Interest on securities .. .. 404 7 10
Rents .. .. .. 17 1 6
£4,407 10 2

PAYMENTS.
£ s. d.
Deposits .. .. .. 2,304 15 9
Interest on deposits .. .. 279 9 1
Securities .. .. .. 204 5 3
Property .. .. .. 325 0 0
Salaries .. .. .. 60 0 0
Charges .. .. .. 22 2 3
Rent of office .. .. 40 0 0
Repairs to buildings .. .. 10 14 2
Post Office Savings Bank .. .. 478 17 0
Cash in hand .. .. 29 6 4
Cash at Bank of New Zealand .. .. 653 0 4
£4,407 10 2

STATEMENT of Assets and Liabilities of the New Plymouth
Savings Bank, 31st December, 1887.

ASSETS.
£ s. d.
Cash in hand .. .. .. 29 6 4
Cash at Bank of New Zealand .. .. 653 0 4
Post Office Savings Bank .. .. 509 10 7
Mortgages .. .. .. 5,429 4 3
Property .. .. .. 455 4 6
Office furniture .. .. 19 10 3
Interest due and accrued .. .. 191 15 9
Rent due and accrued .. .. 1 0 8
£7,288 12 8

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Due to depositors .. .. .. 6,358 0 2
Interest added this year .. .. 279 9 1
Profit and loss .. .. 651 3 5
£7,288 12 8

T. KING, Vice-President.
T. WHITE, Accountant.
We have counted the cash, and have, to the best of our
belief, ascertained the correctness of the above balance-
sheet.
T. KING,
FRANK THOMPSON,} Trustees.

Annual Balance-sheet of the Hokitika Savings Bank.

STATEMENT of the Receipts and Payments of the
Hokitika Savings Bank for the Year ending 31st De-
cember, 1887.

RECEIPTS.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Cash in hand, 31st December, 1886 .. 1,455 8 0
Amount lodged by depositors .. 3,881 12 10
Interest credited during year .. 14 10 0
Interest credited on 31st Decem-
cember, 1887 .. .. 478 7 0
4,374 9 10
Interest on mortgages .. .. 932 8 2
Interest on deposits with Union Bank of Aus-
tralia (Limited) .. .. 61 9 4
Mortgages repaid .. .. 2,895 7 7
£9,719 2 11

PAYMENTS.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Repaid depositors .. .. 3,420 13 4
Interest credited depositors .. 492 17 0
3,913 10 4
Charges .. .. .. 183 7 9
Invested on mortgage .. .. 3,179 11 9
Cash balance, namely,—
In Union Bank of Australia
(Limited), on fixed deposit 1,800 0 0
In Union Bank of Australia
(Limited), on open account 642 13 1
2,442 13 1
£9,719 2 11

Wm. DUNCAN, Manager.
Audited and found correct.
R. W. WADE, Auditor.
23rd January, 1888.

We certify that we have examined the above statement of
the receipts and payments of the Hokitika Savings Bank,
and that, to the best of our belief, it contains a true and
correct account of the transactions of the bank during the
year, and that the balance of cash in hand, deposited with
the Union Bank of Australia (Limited), amounts to £2,442
13s. 1d. sterling.
Jas. A. BONAR, Vice-President.
JAMES CHESNEY,
E. F. RICH,
H. L. ROBINSON,} Trustees.

STATEMENT of Assets and Liabilities, 31st December, 1887.

ASSETS.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Amount invested on mortgage.. .. 10,209 10 0
Bank premises and furniture .. .. 126 5 0
Cash on hand in Union Bank of
Australia (Limited), namely,—
On fixed deposit .. .. 1,800 0 0
On open account .. .. 642 13 1
2,442 13 1
£12,778 8 1