Feb. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 289

Notice by the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing by admeasurement 1 rood, more or less, being Section No.18, Block XI., Town of Campbelltown, having a frontage to Foyle Street of 100 links by a depth of 250 links, of which the last registered owners, in 1863, were John Macdonald and John Henry Whitton, apparently as trustees, and whose addresses and whereabouts are not now known.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted inquiries, and has not thereby ascertained who the owner or owners of the above-described land is or are, and believes that such owner is, or owners are, not in the colony:

Now, this notice calls upon such owner or owners, within six months of the date of the publication of this notice in this Gazette, to establish to the satisfaction of the Public Trustee his or their title to the land specified in this notice; and, if such owner does or owners do not, within the time limited, so establish his or their title, the Public Trustee will exercise the powers and authorities granted to him in and by “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

Dated this 5th day of February, 1896.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

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Notice by the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing by admeasurement 1 rood, more or less, being Section 9, Block 1, Town of Wyndham, having a frontage to Florence Street of 100 links by a depth of 250 links, of which the last registered owner is Albert Dymack, of Wyndham, labourer, who cannot be traced, and the land is or was occupied by George G. Fyfe, of Wyndham.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted inquiries, and has not thereby ascertained who the owner or owners of the above-described land is or are, and believes that such owner is, or owners are, not in the colony:

Now, this notice calls upon such owner or owners, within six months of the date of the publication of this notice in this Gazette, to establish to the satisfaction of the Public Trustee his or their title to the land specified in this notice; and, if such owner does or owners do not, within the time limited, so establish his or their title, the Public Trustee will exercise the powers and authorities granted to him in and by “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

Dated this 12th day of February, 1896.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

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Notice by the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing by admeasurement 20 perches, more or less, being Section 53, Town of Okarito, Westland, having a frontage to The Strand of 50 links by a depth of 250 links; also of a parcel of land, containing by admeasurement 20 perches, more or less, being Section 25, Town of Okarito, Westland, having a frontage to Wharf Street of 50 links by a depth of 250 links. The grantee and supposed owner of these sections was Richard Smith, of Hokitika, master mariner, who is supposed to have been drowned about twenty years ago, and whose heir or next-of-kin are not known.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted inquiries, and has not thereby ascertained who the owner or owners of the above-described land is or are, and believes that such owner is, or owners are, not in the colony:

Now, this notice calls upon such owner or owners, within six months of the date of the publication of this notice in this Gazette, to establish to the satisfaction of the Public Trustee his or their title to the land specified in this notice; and, if such owner does or owners do not, within the time limited, so establish his or their title, the Public Trustee will exercise the powers and authorities granted to him in and by “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

Dated this 12th day of February, 1896.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

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Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of “The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894.”

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 11th February, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in the office of the Supreme Court at Wellington an election to administer the several intestate estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations, so far as known, are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross properties being estimated not to exceed £250 in each case.

Mary Ann Jeal, late of Halkett, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, married woman. Filed on the 11th day of February, 1896.

William Hubbard, late of Dovedale, in the Provincial District of Nelson, cabinetmaker. Filed on the 31st day of January, 1896.

Ernest Albert Inwood, late of Burwood, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, gardener. Filed on the 8th day of February, 1896.

William H. Winter, otherwise known as William Totham, late of Mohaka, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, labourer. Filed on the 8th day of February, 1896.

Gerard Boeddinghaus, late of Island Bay, in the Provincial District of Wellington, hotel-manager. Filed on the 8th day of February, 1896.

Frank Hill, late of Hokitika, in the Provincial District of Westland, fisherman. Filed on the 8th day of February, 1896.

Peter Howlett, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, labourer. Filed on the 8th day of February, 1896.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

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Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of January, 1896. Altitude above the sea, 140ft. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

• Means. † Same month previous years.

NOTE.—Very strong winds from N.W. throughout the month, with occasional rain but small total fall; twenty-six days of N.W. wind; thunder on 4th, 7th, and 8th; fog on 25th and 26th. Maximum temperature in shade, 77°; minimum, 45°·5. Mean temperature of dew-point, 52°·6. Mean humidity, 66. Maximum rain recorded on 21st—0·80in. Slight earth-shock on 16th, at 9 p.m.

R. B. GORE, Observer.