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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 7

Mangles Bridge.

TENDERS will be invited up to the 28th February for
the construction of a suspension-bridge.
Plans, &c., to be seen, after 8th February, at Westport,
Greymouth, Nelson, Wellington, Christchurch, and Wanga-
nui.
Tenders to be addressed to the Minister of Lands, Wel-
ington.
F. W. WITHER,
Road-surveyor.

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

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing
2 roods 39·5 perches, more or less, being Lots 10 and 15,
Block VII., Town of Lincoln, in the Provincial District
of Canterbury, Lot 10 being of triangular shape, and
having a frontage to the Town Belt thereof of 280 links, and
Lot 15 having a frontage to James Street of 100 links by
a depth of 250 links to said Lot 10. The last registered
owner was James Edward FitzGerald, now deceased,
whose legal representatives disclaim ownership, and who,
it is believed, in his lifetime sold these lots to some person
or persons unknown.

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 31st day of January 1898.
JAMES C. MARTIN,
Public Trustee.

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 86, Parish of Puke-
kura, in the Provincial District of Auckland. The
grantee and last registered owner was John Finin, de-
scribed as of Auckland, settler, who cannot be traced.
This land is at present in the occupation of Mr. Arthur
R. Miller.

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 1st day of February, 1898.
JAMES C. MARTIN,
Public Trustee.

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

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing
1 rood 2 perches, more or less, being Lot 4, Block VII., on
a subdivision of the Town of Lincoln, in the Provincial
District of Canterbury, having a frontage to Leinster
Terrace, and being part of Rural Section 2223. The
grantee and last registered owner was James Edward
FitzGerald, now deceased, who, it is believed, sold this
parcel of land to one Fielder Reynolds, and this is all
that can be traced respecting ownership.

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 1st day of February, 1898.
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, 1st 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.
Hans Kruhl, late of Lyttelton, in the Provincial District
of Canterbury, mariner. Filed on the 31st January, 1898.
Matt Matson, otherwise known as Matts Mattson, late of
Pahautanui, in the Provincial District of Wellington,
labourer. Filed on the 31st January, 1898.
Louis Jones, otherwise known as Louis Llewellyn, late of
Ophir, in the Provincial District of Otago, miner. Filed on
the 31st January, 1898.
Elizabeth May, late of Waianiwa, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Otago, widow. Filed on the 31st January, 1898.
Edmund Prendergast, late of Lyttelton, in the Provincial
District of Canterbury, warder. Filed on the 31st January,
1898.
JAMES C. MARTIN,
Public Trustee.

Appointment of Agent to the Public Trustee at Ashburton.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 1st February, 1898.

IT is hereby notified for general information that
ALFRED AUGUSTUS FOOKS, Esq.,
has been appointed to be Sub-agent to the Public Trustee at
Ashburton from the 1st day of January, 1898.
JAMES C. MARTIN,
Public Trustee.

Crown Lands Notices.

Kauri Timber, Auckland, withdrawn from Sale.

Lands and Survey Department,
Auckland, 17th January, 1898.

IT is hereby notified that the kauri and totara timber
standing upon Block XIII., Mangakahia Survey Dis-
trict, and Section 3, Block XVI., Tutamoe, and Section 3,
Block XIII., Mangakahia Survey Districts, advertised for
sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 25th
February next, has been withdrawn from sale.
GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Kauri Timber, Auckland, for Sale.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 21st December, 1897.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned kauri and
totara timber, situated in the Auckland Girls’ High
School endowment in Blocks XI. and XII., Maungaru
Survey District, Hobson County, will be submitted for sale
by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 25th February,
1898, at 11 o’clock a.m. :
Lot 5 : 589 kauri-trees, containing about 1,903,654 super-
ficial feet ; upset price, £952.
Lot 6 : 57 green kauri-trees, containing about 154,829 super-
ficial feet ; 14 totara-trees, containing about 20,559 superficial
feet : total, 175,388 superficial feet. Upset price, £88.
Conditions of Sale.—One-half the purchase-money to be
paid in cash or by marked cheque on the fall of the hammer,
the balance within six months thereafter. Timber to be
removed within four years from date of sale.
GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.