692
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 30

2. The schedule hereto annexed, forming parts 1 to 5, both inclusive, respectively contains true and correct statements showing the property, assets, and liabilities of the said estate of the said , a lunatic, which came to the hands or into the possession or power of me, this declarant, or belonging to the lunatic at the time of the appointment of me, this declarant, or which remained at the time of the rendering of the last-preceding statement by me or other the then committee of the said estate, or which remained on the 31st day of December now last past; also the dealings therewith, and the condition of the remaining property respectively.

3. The percentage directed to be paid by “The Lunatics Act, 1882,” amounts to £ , being at the rate of per cent. on , and has been paid to the Public Account of the Colony of New Zealand by me or on my behalf.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

Declared at , in the Provincial
District of , this
day of , 18 , before me,

Dated this 28th day of April, 1896.
J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 28th April, 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.

Frederick Augustus Mortyn, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, settler. Filed on the 22nd day of April, 1896.

John Wotherspoon, late of Westport, in the Provincial District of Nelson, carpenter. Filed on the 24th day of April, 1896.

Louis de Gasperei, late of Wanganui, in the Provincial District of Wellington, billiard-saloon keeper. Filed on the 25th day of April, 1896.

Josiah Masters, late of Brunnerton, in the Provincial District of Westland, miner. Filed on the 25th day of April, 1896.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Officiating Ministers for 1896.—Notice No. 13.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 29th April, 1896.

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 intituled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend Henry Josiah Lewis.

Congregational Church.
The Reverend Frank N. Humpherys.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Public Notice under “The Stock Act, 1893,” re Swine-fever.—No. 413.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 3rd May, 1895.

IT having been reported to me that the disease known as “swine-fever” exists amongst pigs belonging to Mr. J. C. Anderson, of Stirling, farmer, and running on his farm-lands, comprising Sections 6, 7, 8, 9, in Block XIII., North Molyneux District, I therefore, in accordance with section 14, subsection (4), of “The Stock Act, 1893,” hereby declare such lands to be an infected place from which no swine, carcase, or any portion thereof, or any fodder or fittings, &c., shall be removed, except under the direction of an Inspector of Stock.

JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Chief Inspector of Stock.

Public Notice under “The Stock Act, 1893,” re Anthrax.—Notice No. 421.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 21st August, 1895.

IT having been reported to me that the disease known as “anthrax” exists amongst stock running on certain lands in the County of Waipa, I therefore, in accordance with section 14, subsection (4), of “The Stock Act, 1893,” hereby declare the under-mentioned lands to be an infected place, from which no stock, carcase, or any portion thereof, or any fodder or fittings, &c., shall be removed, except under the direction of an Inspector of Stock:—

Farm known as “Holmwood,” occupied by Mrs. A. L. Martyn, of Ohaupo, comprising 600 acres, more or less.

Lands in occupation of Mr. D. Turnwald, Ohaupo, and used as a slaughter-yard, comprising 30 acres, more or less; and lands in occupation of D. Turnwald, bounded by farm occupied by Mrs. A. L. Martyn, and shore of Horseshoe Lake, 3 acres, more or less; lands in occupation of Mr. G. A. Kusab, near Ohaupo, 250 acres, more or less.

JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Chief Inspector of Stock.

Public Notice under “The Stock Act, 1893,” re Anthrax.—Notice No. 422.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 26th August, 1895.

IT having been reported to me that the disease known as “anthrax” exists amongst stock running on certain lands in the County of Waipa, I therefore, in accordance with section 14, subsection (4), of “The Stock Act, 1893,” hereby declare the under-mentioned lands to be an infected place from which no stock, carcase, or any portion thereof, or any fodder or fittings, &c., shall be removed, except under the direction of an Inspector of Stock:—

Lands in occupation of Mr. George Watt, situated between Hautapu and Cambridge, being part of Section 188, Cemetery Reserve, 10 acres, more or less.

JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Chief Inspector of Stock.

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of New Zealand, within the Colony of New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 31st March, 1896.

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 510,617 16 5
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 21,657 6 2
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 10,445 9 5
Government deposits .. .. .. 1,214,197 2 2
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 2,363,896 17 8
Bearing interest .. .. .. 3,348,463 10 0

Total average liabilities .. £7,469,278 1 10

ASSETS.
£ s. d.
Coined gold and silver and other coined metal .. .. .. 999,783 7 0
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. .. 56,172 15 3
Notes and bills of other Banks .. .. 27,581 11 6
Balances due from other Banks .. .. 6,314 4 4
Landed property .. .. .. 146,557 15 8
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. 908,053 3 5
2. Colonial Government securities .. 363,418 18 5
3. Other funded securities .. .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 4,427,558 1 2
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. 1,500,232 17 6

Total average assets .. ..£8,435,672 14 3

4-per-cent. stock guaranteed by the Government of New Zealand, £2,000,000.
Preference shares subscribed for by the Government of New Zealand, £500,000.
Capital payable by shareholders, £500,000.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such dividend, Nil.

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of April, 1896.
H. MACKENZIE,
General Manager.
RICH. W. GIBBS,
Inspector’s Accountant.