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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

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 col-
lected 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.

Officiating Ministers for 1894.—Notice No. 9.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 28th March, 1894.

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 Alfred Ernest Spooner.
The Reverend E. Claude Budd.

Roman Catholic Church.
The Reverend Edward Donnelly.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

**Notice by Public Trustees under "The Unclaimed Lands
Act, 1892."

In the matter of a parcel of land containing 52 acres 2 roods,
more or less, being the block numbered 16 on the plan of
the Ruataniwha District, in the Provincial District of
Hawke's Bay; and in the matter of a parcel of land con-
taining 52 acres 2 roods, more or less, being the block
numbered 17 on the said plan, the grantee of which said
lands was Stephen Shelton, described as of Ahuriri, settler.
The lands have been in the charge of the Public Trust
Office since 1876, on a statement that the grantee died
some eighteen years before then.

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 pre-
scribed by "The Land Transfer Act, 1885," to be registered
as the owner of such land.

Dated this 27th day of March, 1894.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 27th 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 :—

Elizabeth Gush, late of Napier, in the Provincial District
of Hawke's Bay. Filed at Napier, on the 22nd day of
March, 1894.

William H. Wilkins, late of Aratapu, in the Provincial
District of Auckland. Filed at Auckland, on the 19th day
of March, 1894.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Crown Lands Notices.

Lands at Cheviot withdrawn from Sale for Cash, and
offered for Lease as Grazing-farms.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 14th March, 1894.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by "The Cheviot Estate Disposition
Act, 1893," I, John McKenzie, Minister of Lands for the
time being, appointed under "The Land Act, 1892," do
hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule
hereto are withdrawn from sale for cash; and I do further
declare and determine that the said lands shall be offered for
lease as grazing-farms at Christchurch on Monday, the 14th
May, 1894, subject to the conditions published in the New
Zealand Gazette No. 76, of the 12th October, 1893.

SCHEDULE.
FIRST-CLASS PASTORAL LAND.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Lands for Sale by Auction, Marlborough Land District.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 9th February, 1894.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lands will
be offered for sale by auction at the Lands and Survey
Office, Blenheim, on Wednesday, the 4th day of April, 1894,
at 11 o'clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

FOR SALE FOR CASH.

AVON SURVEY DISTRICT.—ON THE EBINA RUN.

Section 7, Block II.: Area, 671 acres; upset price, £337 10s.
Weighted with £29 16s. 5d., cost of survey.

Section 8, Block II.: Area, 591 acres; upset price, £295 10s.
Weighted with £27 13s. 4d. cost of survey, and £57 value of
improvements.

One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of
the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee, within
thirty days, or the deposit at auction will be forfeited.

**RESERVE FOR LEASING UNDER "THE PUBLIC RESERVES
ACT, 1882."

Section 172, Omaka: Area, 227 acres; term, fourteen
years; upset annual rental, £12. Burdened with £80; value
of improvements.

One half-year's rent and £1 1s. lease-fee must be paid on
the fall of the hammer.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.