JUNE 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1067

Land vested in the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894”—continued.

J. G. WARD,
Colonial Treasurer.

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

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 59 acres, more or less, being Allotment 9, and north-eastern portion of Allotment 7, Parish of Waikiekie, in the Provincial District of Auckland. The land was Crown-granted to Maurice Reddy, of Auckland, carpenter, whose whereabouts is unknown. About 3 acres in a strip of varying width on the north and north-eastern sides is to be taken off by the Waikiekie Road Board as a deviation road-line.

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 25th day of May, 1899.

A. A. K. DUNCAN,
Deputy Public Trustee.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 30th May, 1899.

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.

James Meredith, late of Coromandel, in the Provincial District of Auckland, bailiff. Filed on the 22nd day of May, 1899.

William Jennings, late of Glenorchy, in the Provincial District of Otago, blacksmith. Filed on the 22nd day of May, 1899.

Daniel Walsh, late of Waima, Mangonui Bluff, in the Provincial District of Auckland, gumdigger. Filed on the 22nd day of May, 1899.

Joseph Klieber, late of Kohukohu, in the Provincial District of Auckland, blacksmith. Filed on the 22nd day of May, 1899.

James Richard Talbot, late of Dromana, in the Colony of Victoria, contractor. Filed on the 22nd day of May, 1899.

Charles Rosinsky, late of Paeroa, in the Provincial District of Auckland, carpenter. Filed on the 23rd day of May, 1899.

Robert George Williams, late of Masterton, in the Provincial District of Wellington, saddler. Filed on the 26th day of May, 1899.

Mary Ann Reece, late of Le Bon’s Bay, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, widow. Filed on the 29th day of May, 1899.

A. A. K. DUNCAN,
Deputy Public Trustee.

Crown Lands Notices.

Lands in Southland open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 22nd May, 1899.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on Thursday, the 13th July, 1899.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.

First-class Land.

MERRIVALE ESTATE.

| Waiau .. | 51 | X. | 23 0 20 | 8 0·6 | 4 13 1 |
| Open, undulating; gravel formation; well watered. Fourteen miles from Otatau, adjoining dairy-factory reserve and school-site. Improvements existing at date of purchase of the estate, 18 chains fencing on eastern boundary, value £3 3s. No cash-payment will be required for these improvements; the section, however, is burdened with £9 5s., valuation for fencing erected by former lessee, which amount must be deposited with the application. |

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.