Land and Estate Notices




July 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1397

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

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 26 acres 1 rood, being Section 416, Block XIV., Akatarawa District, Hutt County. The land was Crown-granted to one Robert Scott, who is reported to have been dead about thirty years, and of whose heir-at-law nothing is traceable.

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 28th day of July, 1897.

JAMES C. MARTIN,
Public Trustee.


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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 21st July, 1897.

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.

John Fleming Calder, late of Te Aroha, in the Provincial District of Auckland, settler. Filed on the 2nd day of July, 1897.

William Reese Dodd, late of Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, farmer. Filed on the 9th day of July, 1897.

William Yeaman, otherwise known as William Yeamans, late of Fordell, in the Provincial District of Wellington, baker. Filed on the 15th day of July, 1897.

Dennis O’Sullivan, late of Kalgoorlie, in the Colony of Western Australia, miner. Filed on the 15th day of July, 1897.

John James Reynolds, late of Mercury Bay, in the Provincial District of Auckland, prospector. Filed on the 17th day of July, 1897.

Henry Miles, late of Brancepeth, in the Provincial District of Wellington, rabbiter. Filed on the 17th day of July, 1897.

William George Woodyear, late of Hunter ville, in the Provincial District of Wellington, shepherd. Filed on the 2nd day of July, 1897.

Frederick Camp, late of Seven-mile Beach, in the Provincial District of Nelson, miner. Filed on the 2nd day of July, 1897.

George Robertson, late of Havelock, in the Provincial District of Marlborough, settler. Filed on the 2nd day of July, 1897.

Frank Eustace Hedger, late of St. Leonard’s, in the Provincial District of Otago, storekeeper. Filed on the 2nd day of July, 1897.

Agnes Robertson, late of Waikiwi, in the Provincial District of Otago, widow. Filed on the 2nd day of July, 1897.

Flora McLean, late of Caversham, in the Provincial District of Otago, settler. Filed on the 2nd day of July, 1897.

James D. D. Hodges, late of Hikutaia Creek, in the Provincial District of Auckland, labourer. Filed on the 2nd day of July, 1897.

William Harper, late of Kanieri, in the Provincial District of Westland, gold-miner. Filed on the 17th day of July, 1897.

Charlotte Phillips, late of Leeston, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, married woman. Filed on the 19th day of July, 1897.

JAMES C. MARTIN,
Public Trustee.


Public Notice under “The Stock Act, 1893,” re Liver-fluke.—Notice No. 470.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch)
Wellington, 5th January, 1897.

IT having been reported to me that the disease known as “liver-fluke” exists amongst sheep running on certain lands in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, 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 sheep, carcase, or any portion thereof shall be removed except under the direction of an Inspector of Stock:—

All that piece or parcel of land, known as the Te Aute Run, situated in the Waipawa, Hawke’s Bay, and Patangata Counties, bounded as follows: Commencing at the Te Aute Railway-station, thence in a northerly direction along the boundary of the Te Hauke Proclaimed District to the point where the prolongation of the boundary between Lots 1 and 2 of the Ngawhakatatarā Block continued across the Poukawa Lake would strike it; thence easterly along the said line and boundary to the Tukituki River; thence up that river to the south boundary of Patangata No. 2; thence westerly along the southern boundary of that block to the Papanui Stream; thence up that stream and the eastern boundary of Patangata No. 3 to the southern boundary of that block; thence westerly along the southern boundaries of Patangata No. 3 and the Otane Block to the south-east corner of the land granted to the Bishop of Wellington; thence westerly along the southern boundary of the aforesaid land to the southern boundary of Sebastopol No. 3 Paddock; thence westerly along that boundary to the south-west corner of that paddock; thence northerly along the western boundaries of the aforesaid paddock and of the land granted to the Bishop of Wellington to the north-west corner of the said land; thence easterly along the northern boundary of the aforesaid land to the main Kaikora North and Te Aute Road; thence northerly along that road to a road running through the Poupoutahi Block; thence easterly along that road to where it crosses the railway-line; thence northerly along the railway-line to the point of commencement.

All that piece or parcel of land, called or known as the “Flukey Paddock,” containing about 74 acres, situated in the Te Mahanga Run, Te Mata Survey District, Hawke’s Bay County.

JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Chief Inspector of Stock.


Notice No. 461, substituted for Public Notice under “The Stock Act, 1893,” re Liver-fluke.—Notice No. 449.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 7th September, 1896.

IT having been reported to me that the disease known as “liver-fluke” exists amongst sheep running on certain lands in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, 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 sheep, carcase, or any portion thereof, shall be removed, except under the direction of an Inspector of Stock:—

All that piece of land, situated in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, called Te Hauke, and containing about 9,000 acres, being parts of Blocks XII. and XVI., Maraekakahu Survey District, and Blocks IX. and XIII., Te Mata Survey District, in the Hawke’s Bay County. Bounded by a line starting at the north-eastern corner of Block 13, in Block XVI., Maraekakahu Survey District; thence in a north-east direction by a right line to Trig. Station N; thence northerly by a right line to the south-west corner of the Waikareao Block; thence generally north-easterly by the north-western boundaries of the Raukawa Nos. 3 and 2 Blocks, the Pukehou No. 1, and the Poukawa Native Reserve, and Koparakore A to the north-western corner of the last-named block; thence south-easterly by the north-eastern boundary A and B to its intersection with the railway-line; thence south-westerly by a right line to Te Aute Railway-station; thence south-west by the railway-line to its intersection with the Hawke’s Bay County boundary; thence generally north-westerly by the aforesaid boundary to the starting-point.

All that parcel of land in the Land District of Hawke’s Bay, being called or known by the name of the “Ram Paddock,” containing about 80 acres, being a portion of Whenuahou C Nos. 1 and 2 North, in Block III., Tahoraitē Survey District, Waipawa County. Bounded on the north-west by the Porongahau Stream; on the north and east by Blocks 120 and 69; and on the south generally by other portion of Whenuahou C Nos. 1 and 2 North, aforesaid.

All that piece or parcel of land in the Land District of Hawke’s Bay, being called or known by the name of “Takapau Paddock,” containing about 190 acres, being portion of Subdivision No. 3, Otawhao Block, in Block III., Takapau Survey District, Waipawa County. Bounded on the north by Blocks 234 and 120; on the south generally by the Porongahau Stream and a public road and on the west by the railway-line.

All that piece or parcel of land in the Land District of Hawke’s Bay, called or known as “Rees Davis Paddock,” containing 110 acres, being Section 7 of Whenuahou D.E. No. 1 Block, in VI. and VII., Takapau Survey District, Waipawa County. Bounded on the south-east by a public road; on the south-west by a public road; on the north-west by Section 6; and on the north-east by Section 8.



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🗺️ Notice of Unclaimed Land

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
28 July 1897
Unclaimed Lands Act, Public Trustee, Hutt County
  • Robert Scott, Crown-granted land owner, deceased

  • James C. Martin, Public Trustee

⚖️ Notice of Public Trustee Administering Intestate Estates

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
21 July 1897
Public Trust Office, Intestate Estates, Administration
15 names identified
  • John Fleming Calder, Intestate estate, Te Aroha
  • William Reese Dodd, Intestate estate, Christchurch
  • William Yeaman, Intestate estate, Fordell
  • Dennis O'Sullivan, Intestate estate, Kalgoorlie
  • John James Reynolds, Intestate estate, Mercury Bay
  • Henry Miles, Intestate estate, Brancepeth
  • William George Woodyear, Intestate estate, Hunterville
  • Frederick Camp, Intestate estate, Seven-mile Beach
  • George Robertson, Intestate estate, Havelock
  • Frank Eustace Hedger, Intestate estate, St. Leonard's
  • Agnes Robertson, Intestate estate, Waikiwi
  • Flora McLean, Intestate estate, Caversham
  • James D. D. Hodges, Intestate estate, Hikutaia Creek
  • William Harper, Intestate estate, Kanieri
  • Charlotte Phillips, Intestate estate, Leeston

  • James C. Martin, Public Trustee

🌾 Notice of Infected Land under Stock Act

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
5 January 1897
Liver-fluke, Stock Act, Te Aute Run, Hawke’s Bay
  • John D. Ritchie, Chief Inspector of Stock

🌾 Notice of Infected Land under Stock Act

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
7 September 1896
Liver-fluke, Stock Act, Te Hauke, Hawke’s Bay
  • John D. Ritchie, Chief Inspector of Stock