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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 58

Results of Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 28th July, 1896.

THE following notices of elections of members of Road Boards have been received at this office, and are published in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Otona Road District, County of Whangarei:
Morgan Yorath Morgan.
Alexander G. McKenzie.

Mainene Road District, County of Rodney:
Lambert Heywood.
James John Pook.
John Ward.

Opaheke Road District, County of Manukau:
George A. Wilson.

Akiteo Road District, County of Wairarapa North:
Francis Aloysius Sheath.
William Groves Speedy.

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

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 57 acres 3 roods 11 perches, more or less, being northern portion of Section No. 73, Block XII., Tangihua Survey District, and also of a parcel of land, containing 56 acres, more or less, being northern portion of Section No. 75 in the aforesaid block and district. An unregistered grant containing both parcels is lying in the Land Registry Office, Auckland, in the name of H. A. Drake, of whom nothing is 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 23rd day of July, 1896.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Notice under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

WHEREAS I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee, have, for the purposes of “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894,” made due inquiries with respect to the land described in the Schedule hereunder written and the owner thereof, and have, in respect of the said land, given the notices prescribed by section 4 of the said Act, and have in all respects complied with the provisions of the said section: And whereas I have not thereby ascertained who the owner is, and believe that such owner is not in the colony; nor has such owner established his title to the said land, as required by the said Act: I hereby give notice that the said land is, under and by virtue of the said Act, vested in me, as the Public Trustee as aforesaid, as from the date of the publication hereof, and will be administered under the said Act. The ascertained value of the land is less than £100.

Dated at Wellington, this 22nd day of July, 1896.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, containing 51 acres, more or less, being Section No. 99, Claverton Run, District of Pelorus Sound. Bounded on the north by Crown land, 3300 links; on the west by Crown land, 1688 links; on the south by Crown land, 2750 links; and on the east by a road-line dividing the said land from Hikapu Reach, Pelorus Sound: be the aforesaid measurements a little more or less.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Notice under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

WHEREAS I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee, have for the purposes of “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894,” made due inquiries with respect to the land described in the Schedule hereunder written and the owner thereof, and have, in respect of the said land, given the notices prescribed by section 4 of the said Act, and have in all respects complied with the provisions of the said section: And whereas I have not thereby ascertained who the owner is, and believe that such owner is not in the colony; nor has such owner established his title to the said land, as required by the said Act: I hereby give notice that the said land is under and by virtue of the said Act vested in me, as the Public Trustee as aforesaid, as from the date of the publication hereof, and will be administered under the said Act. The ascertained value of the land is less than £100.

Dated at Wellington, this 22nd day of July, 1896.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, containing 59 acres, more or less, being Allotment 218 in the Parish of Waipipi and County of Manukau.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 24th September, 1895.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1897, the period of literature will be the reign of Elizabeth, and the special books will be George Eliot’s “Romolo” and Shakespeare’s “Tempest.”

W. P. REEVES,
Minister of Education.

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 29th June, 1896.

LIABILITIES.

£ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 535,742 0 0
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 18,240 13 7
Balances due to other Banks .. .. .. 6,829 6 4
Government deposits .. .. .. 1,054,662 19 10
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 2,454,122 9 4
Bearing interest .. .. .. 3,364,484 11 11

Total average liabilities .. £7,434,082 1 0

ASSETS.

£ s. d.
Coined gold and silver and other coined metal .. .. .. 942,566 14 5
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. .. .. 68,646 15 1
Notes and bills of other Banks .. .. .. 30,108 14 5
Balances due from other Banks .. .. .. 6,416 19 8
Landed property .. .. .. 145,970 0 8
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. .. 895,014 4 4
2. Colonial Government securities .. .. .. 363,418 18 5
3. Other funded securities .. .. .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. .. 4,499,112 19 6
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. .. 1,488,782 15 5

Total average assets .. £8,440,038 1 11

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.

Reserve fund, £23,418 4s. 11d.

Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of July, 1896.

H. MACKENZIE,
General Manager.

RICH'D. W. GIBBS,
Inspector’s Accountant