Mar. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 515

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

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 50 acres, more or less, being Allotment 27, Parish of Pukekura, in the Provincial District of Auckland. The land was Crown-granted to Cathel Munro, described as a private in the 3rd Waikato Militia, who died about 1872, leaving a sister, Mrs. McLeod, last heard of in 1883, her address then being Arboll, Fearn, Rosshire, Scotland. The land is now in the occupation of Mr. William Gray, of Cambridge.

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 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 21st day of March, 1898.

JAMES C. MARTIN,
Public Trustee.

Notice of the Laying-off of a Road over Makowhai Native Reserve, in the Kapara Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given, under the authority contained in section 72 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” and the amendments thereof, that the road mentioned in the Schedule hereto was, on the 1st December, 1897, surveyed and laid off over the Native land therein mentioned, under my direction; and that, in terms of the said Act, the site of such road shall be deemed to be a road dedicated to the public, and shall vest in Her Majesty.

SCHEDULE.

As the said area is delineated upon the plan marked as above mentioned, deposited in the District Office of the Lands and Survey Department, New Plymouth, in the Taranaki Land District, and thereon coloured as above stated.

Dated this 19th day of March, 1898.

S. PERCY SMITH,
Surveyor-General.

Nelson Savings-bank Balance-sheet for 1897.

STATEMENT of the Accounts of the Nelson Savings-bank for the Year ending 31st December, 1897:—

To Cash balance from last year .. .. £ 2,515 19 2
Deposits during year .. .. .. 7,966 17 9
Interest received on mortgages and fixed deposit .. .. .. 667 12 4
Rents received .. .. .. 188 14 10
Mortgages and fixed deposit repaid .. 2,950 0 0
Insurances repaid .. .. .. 1 11 0
£14,290 15 1

By Amount repaid depositors .. .. £ 7,107 0 2
Interest paid on closed accounts .. 24 10 5
Amount invested on mortgage .. .. 5,081 15 0
Insurances protected .. .. .. 3 9 3
Charges Account .. .. .. 183 4 7
Repairs to properties .. .. .. 16 16 0
Insurance on properties .. .. .. 14 13 10
Rates and taxes on properties .. .. 24 19 9
Cash in Bank of New Zealand .. .. 1,834 6 1
£14,290 15 1

A. A. SCAIFE,
Manager and Accountant.

We hereby certify that we have examined the above statement, with the books and vouchers of the Nelson Savings-bank, and find the same correct, and that the sum of £1,834 6s. 1d. stands to the credit of the account at the Bank of New Zealand, Nelson.

AMBROSE E. MOORE, }
R. B. JACKSON, } Auditors.

STATEMENT of ASSETS and LIABILITIES of the NELSON SAVINGS-BANK, 31st December, 1897.

£ s. d.
To Amount due 970 depositors, interest included 21,978 3 4
Outstanding account (Secretary, 2 months) 25 0 0
Balance .. .. .. .. 806 18 8
£22,810 2 0

£ s. d.
By Mortgage securities and freehold properties 19,139 13 11
Interest and rent due and accrued .. 611 9 3
Balance of Insurance Account .. .. 4 3 9
Bank premises .. .. .. 1,200 0 0
Bank furniture .. .. .. 20 9 0
Cash in Bank of New Zealand .. .. 1,834 6 1
£22,810 2 0

A. A. SCAIFE,
Manager and Accountant.

We hereby certify that we have examined the above statement, with the books and vouchers of the bank, and find the same correct, and that the mortgage securities and freehold properties are in full force and virtue, and that the sum of £1,834 6s. 1d. stands to the credit of the account at the Bank of New Zealand, Nelson.

AMBROSE E. MOORE, }
R. B. JACKSON, } Auditors.

PROFIT and LOSS ACCOUNT of the NELSON SAVINGS-BANK for the Year ending 31st December, 1897.

£ s. d.
To Interest paid depositors .. £24 10 5
Interest credited depositors .. 666 11 10
691 2 3
Amount written off properties .. .. 250 0 0
Charges Account .. .. £183 4 7
Less outstanding last year .. 25 0 0
158 4 7
Repairs to properties .. .. .. 16 16 0
Insurance on properties .. .. .. 14 13 10
Rates and taxes on properties .. .. 24 19 9
Outstanding account (Manager, 2 months) 25 0 0
Balance .. .. .. .. 806 18 8
£1,987 15 1

£ s. d.
By Balance, 1st January, 1897 .. .. 1,059 4 3
Interest received on mortgages and fixed deposit .. £667 12 4
Rents received .. .. 138 14 10
Interest and rent due and accrued .. .. 611 9 3
£1,467 16 5
Less due and accrued, 1896 539 5 7
928 10 10
£1,987 15 1

A. A. SCAIFE, Manager and Accountant.
H. EDWARDS, Vice-President.
JOHN SHARP,
THOMAS FIELD,
D. WINTON,
ROGER W. W. KINGDON, }
J. HOLLOWAY, } Trustees.
AMBROSE E. MOORE, }
R. B. JACKSON, } Auditors.