Dec. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1877

3. Such application must be accompanied by a statutory
   declaration of the value of the land affected thereby, made
   by some person of competent knowledge in that behalf.
4. If the application has indorsed thereon or annexed
   thereto a memorandum of the consent of the trustee, or of
   each of the trustees where there are more than one, to the
   conveyance or lease, in the form numbered 2 in the
   Schedule hereto, or to the like effect, a Judge may, if he
   think fit, forthwith indorse upon the deed a minute of his
   approval of the terms of such sale or lease, or he may direct
   such notices to be given, or inquiries made, or such evidence
   by statutory declaration or otherwise to be produced, as the
   nature of the case may require.
5. An application for the assent of a Judge to the pay-
   ment of money by the Public Trustee in accordance with the
   provisions of section 6 of “ The Maori Real Estate Manage-
   ment Act, 1888,” may be in the form numbered 3 in the
   Schedule hereto, and must be signed by the applicant.
6. If the applicant in the last-preceding rule mentioned
   is a trustee, he must in his application state fully the pur-
   poses for which the money is required by him. If such
   applicant is a cestui que trust who has attained the age of
   twenty-one years, he must in his application state the date
   when he attained that age.
7. A Judge may upon reading such application forthwith
   assent to the payment of the money referred to, or of any
   part thereof, to such person as he may think fit, or he may
   before giving his assent require such notices to be given, or
   inquiries made, or such evidence by statutory declaration or
   otherwise to be produced, as the nature of the case may
   require.
8. Every application made in pursuance of Rule 1 or
   Rule 5 of these rules, and every memorandum of consent,
   signed by a Native, if not written in Maori, must have
   indorsed thereon a certificate of a licensed interpreter to
   the effect that the contents of such application or memo-
   randum were fully explained to the Native before he signed
   the same.
9. The signature of any Native to any application or
   memorandum of consent must be attested by a Judge, or
   a Registrar of the Court, or a Justice of the Peace, or
   a solicitor of the Supreme Court, or a licensed interpreter.

The Schedule above referred to.

Form No. 1, Rule 1. — APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL BY A
JUDGE OF TERMS OF SALE OR LEASE.

In the matter of “ The Maori Real Estate Management Act,
1888,” and of a deed, dated the __ day of
__, 18, intended or purporting to be a conveyance [or lease]
of the piece of land known as __, and made between
__, of __, trustee for __, and
__.

I, __, of __, do hereby apply that a minute of
approval of the terms of the sale [or lease] may be indorsed
on the said deed in respect of the share of the said
__ in the said land.

The __ day of __, 189____.

Signed by the said __, in the presence of
__.
(Signature of applicant.)

Form No. 2, Rule 4. — MEMORANDUM OF CONSENT.

I, __, of __, the trustee duly appointed for
__ in respect of the piece of land known as
__, do hereby consent to the indorsement of a minute of ap-
proval by a Judge of the Native Land Court of the terms of
the sale [or lease] of the share of the said __ in the
above-mentioned piece of land referred to in the within-
written application.

The __ day of __, 189____.

Signed by the said __, in the presence of
__.
(Signature of applicant.)

Form No. 3, Rule 5. — APPLICATION FOR THE ASSENT OF
A JUDGE TO THE PAYMENT OF MONEY.

I, __, of __ (trustee for __), do hereby apply
for the assent of a Judge of the Native Land Court to the
payment to me by the Public Trustee of the sum of
__, being the principal sum, with interest thereon [or interest
on the principal sum], paid to the credit of the account
opened in that behalf by the Public Trustee upon the sale of
__ [or of the share of __ in __]. The
purposes for which the said money is required by me
are: __ [or, I attained the age of twenty-one years on
the __ day of __, 189____].

Signed by the said __, in the presence of
__.
(Signature of applicant.)

As witness my hand, this fourteenth day of December, one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.
H. G. SETH-SMITH,
Chief Judge.

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the
month of November, 1893. Altitude above the sea,
140ft. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

From Self-registering Instruments, for
Twenty-four Hours previously.

Date.
Barometer reduced to
0°C. and corrected to
1,000 fathoms.
Max. Temp.
in Shade.
Min. Temp.
in Shade.
Mean Temp.
in Shade.
Solar Radia-
tion.
Terrestrial
Radiation.
Rainfall, in
Inches.
Veloc. Wind,
in Miles.
Amount of Cloud,
0 to 10.
Direction of Wind.

• Means. † Same month previous years.

Note.—Showery during early part and middle of month,
but on the whole fine, with small total rain; the maximum
falls recorded on the 1st, 0·37in., and on the 16th, 0·33in.
Prevailing N.W. wind, and strong on six days. Maximum
temperature in shade 76°, minimum 45°; mean temperature
of dew-point, 50°·6; mean humidity, 71.

R. B. GORE, Observer.

Notice by the Public Trustee of his Election to administer
Intestate Estates.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 19th December, 1893.

NOTICE.—It is hereby notified that, in pursuance of the
provisions of section 8 of “ The Public Trust Office
Acts Amendment Act, 1893,” the Public Trustee, having
elected to administer the property of the following persons,
who, so far as is known, have died intestate within the
Colony of New Zealand, did file his election in writing at
the Supreme Court Office, at the place stated after the name
of each such deceased person:—

Matthew Clune, late of Karangahake, in the Provincial
District of Auckland. Filed at Auckland on the 11th day of
December, 1893.

John Magan, late of Woodstock, in the Provincial District
of Westland. Filed at Hokitika on the 16th day of Decem-
ber, 1893.

Patrick O'Connor, late of Kopanga, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Taranaki. Filed at Auckland on the 12th day of
December, 1893.

Frederick Gordon Solomon Smith, late of Whakatane, in
the Provincial District of Auckland. Filed at Auckland on
the 11th day of December, 1893.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.