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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 20

ASSETS and LIABILITIES of the Hokitika Savings-bank on the 31st December, 1893.

ASSETS.
Amount invested on mortgage .. .. 11,643 1 5
Bank premises and office furniture .. 87 4 0
Cash balance, namely,—
In Bank of New Zealand, on fixed deposits 1,800 0 0
In Bank of New Zealand, on open account 417 6 3
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£13,947 11 8
To balance, excess of assets over liabilities .. £3,210 8 2
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£13,947 11 8

LIABILITIES.
Amount due depositors (501 in number) .. 10,737 3 6
Balance .. .. .. .. 3,210 8 2
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£13,947 11 8

WM. DUNCAN, Manager.
Audited and found correct.
R. W. WADE, Auditor.

We certify that, to the best of our belief, the above is a true and correct statement of the assets and liabilities of the Hokitika Savings-bank as at the 31st December, 1893.

JAS. A. BONAR, Vice-President.
H. L. ROBINSON,
JAMES CHESNEY,
D. MACFARLANE,
JAMES HOLMES,
} Trustees.

Commissioner of Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—JOHN WOODLANDS WATKIN, Esq., of No. 11, Thomas Street, London, S.E., a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature in England, has been this day appointed by his Honour the Chief Justice a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in England, under the 2nd section of “The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875,” for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 12th day of March, 1894.
D. G. A. COOPER,
Registrar, Supreme Court.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—ROBERT BRUCE RENWICK, Esq., of Salisbury Buildings, Queen Street, Melbourne, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria, has been this day appointed by his Honour the Chief Justice a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in Victoria, under the 2nd section of “The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875,” for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 12th day of March, 1894.
D. G. A. COOPER,
Registrar, Supreme Court.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 13th March, 1894.

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:—

Frederick Lowe, late of Pukete, in the Provincial District of Auckland. Filed at Auckland, on the 6th day of March, 1894.

William Maxwell, late of Kakarie, in the Provincial District of Auckland. Filed at Auckland, on the 5th day of March, 1894.

William Welsh, late of Oamaru, in the Provincial District of Otago. Filed at Oamaru, on the 7th day of March, 1894.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Notice to Receivers of Public Moneys.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 1st March, 1894.

WITH a view to the early completion of the Treasury Accounts of the current financial year, ending on Saturday, the 31st March, Receivers are directed to prepare copies of their cash-books for the period ended on that day, and to transmit the same by post to the Receiver-General immediately after the close of the bank on that date.

In the case of officers who account four-weekly, the period ending on the 24th instant is hereby extended to the 31st, and the copy of cash-book must embrace all transactions from the 24th February to the 31st March.

If any bank receipts dated on or before the 31st instant are received from sub-offices after copies of cash-books have been rendered, officers are directed to enter all such receipts in a supplementary account, and to transmit a copy thereof to the Receiver-General daily, such account to be finally closed on the 7th April.

The first ordinary account for the new year should be for the period from the 2nd to 7th April, both inclusive, and should only contain such revenue as shall have been paid to the Public Account subsequent to the 31st instant, or collected after bank hours on that date. The first four-weekly account is to be made up to the 28th April next.

Receivers who account weekly are requested to take great care that the copies of their cash-books to be rendered during the current month are promptly posted.

JAMES B. HEYWOOD,
Receiver-General.

Notice by Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1892.”

In the matter of a parcel of land, containing by admeasurement 2 roods, more or less, being Allotment 4 of Suburban Section 11, or Suburban Section 11, Subdivision 4, in Main Street, Borough of Napier, originally owned by Rev. W. Colenso, who sold this and other portions to the men of the 65th Regiment on their arrival in Napier, about 1856, but such purchaser is utterly unknown. The land is in the occupation of A. Scheele.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has been made aware of the above-described land having no known owner, and he, having made reasonable inquiry, can discover neither the owner nor any agent for the said land, nor any objection to the said land being declared subject to the above-named Act:

Now, this is to give notice to all whom it may concern that, unless on or before the 31st day of December, 1894, the owner of the above-described land establishes his title thereto to the satisfaction of the Supreme Court or any Judge of such Court, the Public Trustee will take the steps prescribed by “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” to be registered as the owner of such land.

Dated this 9th day of March, 1894.
J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Notice by Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1892.”

In the matter of a parcel of land being Town Acre numbered 873, Coromandel Street, in the City of Wellington, which was granted in 1853 to Henry Douthwaite, described therein as of London, in England, Gentleman, who has never knowingly possessed the land.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has been made aware of the above-described land having no known owner, and he, having made reasonable inquiry, can discover neither the owner nor any agent for the said land, nor any objection to the said land being declared subject to the above-named Act:

Now, this is to give notice to all whom it may concern that, unless on or before the 31st day of December, 1894, the owner of the above-described land establishes his title thereto to the satisfaction of the Supreme Court or any Judge of such Court, the Public Trustee will take the steps prescribed by “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” to be registered as the owner of such land.

Dated this 8th day of March, 1894.
J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Will accepted by the Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 12th March, 1894.

In the matter of the will of WILLIAM RYSDALE, of Pukerimu, Auckland, deceased.

IT is hereby notified that this will has been finally accepted, in accordance with the provisions of “The Public Trust Office Act, 1872,” and that the Public Trustee is the Executor appointed under the said will.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.