Feb. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 315

Resignations of Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th February, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignations of the commissions held by the under-mentioned officers:—

New Zealand Permanent Militia.
Captain William Tynan Powell. Resignation to date from the 31st January, 1898.

Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry Volunteers.
Lieutenant Fulbert Astley Archer. Date of resignation, 1st January, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th February, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under section 39, (1), “The Defence Act, 1886,” the services of the

No. 3 Company, Ohinemuri Rifle Volunteers,
with head-quarters at Waihi (Auckland). Acceptance to date from the 29th November, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.

Notification of Resignation of Seat in the House of Representatives for Electoral District of City of Wellington.

IN compliance with the provisions of the one hundred and thirty-fifth section of “The Electoral Act, 1893,” I, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, hereby notify that

Sir ROBERT STOUT, K.C.M.G.,

has resigned his seat in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of City of Wellington, and that his letter of resignation was received by me on the 10th day of February, 1898, and that the said seat is vacant by reason of such resignation.

Dated at Auckland, the eleventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

G. MAURICE O’RORKE,
Speaker.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 15th February, 1898.

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.

Alfred Tourner, late of Hawera, in the Provincial District of Taranaki, builder. Filed on the 14th February, 1898.

Susan Harriett Campbell McCallum, otherwise known as Sissie McCallum, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, lady’s help. Filed on the 14th February, 1898.

John Erickson, late of Deep Lead, in the Provincial District of Westland, miner. Filed on the 14th February, 1898.

Louisa Maud Horn, late of Greymouth, in the Provincial District of Westland, spinster. Filed on the 14th February, 1898.

Elizabeth Waddell, late of Outram, in the Provincial District of Otago, storekeeper. Filed on the 14th February, 1898.

John Galbreath, late of Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago, ploughman. Filed on the 14th February, 1898.

Onofrio Russo, late of Makara, in the Provincial District of Wellington, fisherman. Filed on the 14th February, 1898.

Joseph Russo, late of Makara, in the Provincial District of Wellington, fisherman. Filed on the 14th February, 1898.

Andrew Brown, late of Waipukurau, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, labourer. Filed on the 5th February, 1898.

Donald Campbell McColl, late of Featherston, in the Provincial District of Wellington, shepherd. Filed on the 5th February, 1898.

JAMES C. MARTIN,
Public Trustee.

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

To the owner or owners of all or any of the following sections of land, situate in the Township of Normanby Extension, in the Provincial District of Taranaki: namely, Section 408, containing 1 rood; Section 410, 1 rood; Section 411, 1 rood; Section 413, 1 rood; Section 440, 38 perches; Section 455, 1 rood; Section 501, 1 rood; Section 507, 1 rood; and Section 539, 36 perches: be the several areas a little more or less. The last registered owner is Frederick Schroder, described as of Halcombe, in the Provincial District of Wellington, settler, who cannot be traced.

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, 1898.

JAMES C. MARTIN,
Public Trustee.

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of January, 1898. Altitude above the sea, 140ft. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

• Means, &c. † Same month previous years.

NOTE.—Small rainfall during the month—the maximum recorded on the 18th, 0·80 in.; strong winds almost throughout, prevailing from N.W. The maximum temperature in shade 76°, minimum 49°; mean temperature of dew-point, 52°; mean humidity, 69.

R. B. GORE, Observer.