APRIL 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 945

New Plymouth Savings-bank Balance-sheet for 1896.

STATEMENT of Receipts and Payments of the New Plymouth Savings-bank for the Year ending 31st December, 1896:—

RECEIPTS.

To Balance, 1st January, 1896—
Bank of New Zealand £ s. d.
Post Office 452 10 7
Depositors 429 1 6
" interest 3,387 2 9
Interest on securities 344 7 2
" Post Office 511 19 1
Securities paid off 11 17 5
515 0 0
£5,651 18 6

PAYMENTS.

By Balance, 31st December, 1896—
Bank of New Zealand £ s. d.
Post Office 1,057 14 5
Depositors 40 18 11
" interest 3,372 16 7
Loans 344 7 2
Salary 719 7 6
Audit .. 90 0 0
Charges 3 3 0
23 10 11
£5,651 18 6

STATEMENT of ASSETS and LIABILITIES of New Plymouth Savings-bank for the Year ending 31st December, 1896.

ASSETS.

To Cash, Bank of New Zealand £ s. d.
" Post Office 1,057 14 5
Securities 40 18 11
Accrued interest 7,374 7 6
Office furniture 200 0 8
19 10 3
£8,692 11 9

LIABILITIES.

By Depositors (356) £ s. d.
Balance to credit 7,749 2 0
943 9 9
£8,692 11 9

R. PARRIS, Vice-President.
H. WESTON,
R. COCK,
ROBT. G. BAUCHOPE, Trustees.
A. SHUTTLEWORTH,
PAUL C. MORTON, Manager.

Audited and found correct, 25th January, 1897.

H. A. CHOLWILL, Auditor.

Kaitangata Relief Fund.

STATEMENT of account of Public Trustee's administration to 31st March, 1897:—

1896. April 1. By Balance as per account to 31st
      March, 1896 £ s. d.
      2,701 14 10
      June 30. Principal of mortgage security
      No. 3 repaid 700 0 0

1897. Mar. 31. Realisations of parts of mortgage
      security No. 2 now in default 1,007 17 10
      Rent from mortgage security
      No. 2 131 1 4
      Interest on mortgage security
      No. 3 to date of repayment 16 10 0
      Rent from mortgage security
      No. 4 in default 100 0 0
      Proportion of rates paid by tenant
      of mortgage security No. 4 5 16 0
      Interest added by Public Trust
      Office on current balances from
      31st March, 1896, to 31st March,
      1897 127 3 8
      £4,790 3 8

1898. Mar. 31. To Board's sundry expenses £ s. d.
      Paid rates on mortgage security
      No. 2 to 31st March, 1897 0 9 0
      Paid premiums for insurances on
      premises on mortgage security
      No. 2 26 5 0
      Paid solicitors' costs in connec-
      tion with mortgage security
      No. 2 27 5 8
      Paid fee for valuation of mort-
      gage security No. 2 29 11 8
      Sundry expenses for repairs to
      mortgage security No. 2 15 15 0
      Cost of advertising mortgage se-
      curity No. 2 for sale or lease 9 3 7
      Paid rates on mortgage security
      No. 4 to 31st March, 1897 19 8 2
      Paid premium for insurance on
      house on mortgage security
      No. 4 11 12 0
      Cost of repairs, mortgage secu-
      rity No. 4 4 16 0
      Telegrams 9 15 6
      Paid twenty-one beneficiaries
      amounts of their allowances
      from 27th March, 1896, to 26th
      March, 1897 0 18 9
      Public Trust Office commission 946 0 0
      Balance 11 16 1
      3,677 7 3
      £4,790 3 8

JAMES C. MARTIN,
Public Trustee.
Public Trust Office, Wellington, 27th April, 1897.

Kaitangata Relief Fund.

STATEMENT of account of Public Trustee's adminis-
tration to 31st March, 1897:—

POSITION OF FUNDS.

By Cash in hand £ s. d.
Mortgage security No. 2 (in default) 3,677 7 3
" No. 4 (in default) 2,500 0 0
1,600 0 0
Value of fund at 1st April, 1897 .. £7,777 7 3

JAMES C. MARTIN,
Public Trustee.
Public Trust Office, Wellington, 27th April, 1897.

Crown Lands Notices.

Lands in Marlborough for Sale and Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 26th April, 1897.

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 9th day of June,
1897, at 11 o'clock a.m. :—

FOR SALE BY AUCTION.

Hundalee Survey District, on Ferniehurst Run: Sec-
tions 1, Block XVI.; 1, Block XVII.; 1, Block XIX.;
1, Block XX.: 9,400 acres; upset price, £4,700. Weighted
with £400 as value of improvements.

Section No. 400, Town of Kaikoura: Area, 3 acres
2 roods 5 perches; upset price, £70 12s. 6d.

PASTORAL LICENSES (UNDER PART VI., "THE LAND ACT,
1892").

Arapawa Survey District, Run No. 9: 250 acres; term,
10 years; upset annual rent, £2.

Onamalutu Survey District, Run No. 11: 60 acres; term,
10 years; upset annual rent, £1.

Hodder Survey District, Run No. 15: 296 acres; term, 14
years; upset annual rent, £5. Weighted with £150, value of
improvements, consisting of buildings and fencing.

Clifford Bay Survey District, Run No. 20: 550 acres;
term, 10 years; upset annual rent, £5.

Cloudy Bay Survey District, Run No. 76: 250 acres;
term, 10 years; upset annual rent, £1.