Jan. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 107

Election of Trustees, Berwick Drainage District, County of Taieri.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 13th January, 1899.

THE following result of the election of Trustees of the Berwick Drainage District has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Land Drainage Act, 1893.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Berwick Drainage District:
John Lawson.
Lewis Pearsall.
Robert Robinson, jun.
David Scott.
Robert Shennan.

Notice of Vesting of Land in the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

WHEREAS I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee, have, for the purposes of “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894,” made due inquiries with respect to the land described in the Schedule hereunder written, and the owner thereof, and have, in respect of the said land, given the notices prescribed by section 4 of the said Act, and have in all respects complied with the provisions of the said section: And whereas I have not thereby ascertained who the owner is, and believe that such owner is not in the colony, nor has such owner established his title to the said land, as required by the said Act: I hereby give notice that the said land is, under and by virtue of the said Act, vested in me, as the Public Trustee as aforesaid, as from the date of the publication hereof, and will be administered under the said Act, the assessed value of the said land being less than £100.

Dated at Wellington, this 14th day of January, 1899.

JAMES C. MARTIN,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, containing 40 acres, more or less, being the south-eastern portion of Allotment 113, Parish of Pupuke, in the County of Hokianga, and Provincial District of Auckland.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 11th January, 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.

Harriet Story, late of Kingston-upon-Hull, in the County of Yorkshire, England. Filed on the 19th day of December, 1898.

Harriet Marshall, late of Kingston-upon-Hull, in the County of Yorkshire, England. Filed on the 19th day of December, 1898.

John Robert Nicholls, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, bootmaker. Filed on the 6th day of January, 1899.

Margaret Fyfe, late of Gore, in the Provincial District of Otago, spinster. Filed on the 6th day of January, 1899.

Alexander McCurrach, late of Waverley, in the Provincial District of Wellington, schoolmaster. Filed on the 6th day of January, 1899.

JAMES C. MARTIN,
Public Trustee.

Examination of Land Surveyors.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 6th January, 1899.

IN accordance with the Regulations for the Examination of Surveyors under “The Land Act, 1892,” as published in the New Zealand Gazette of 5th March, 1896, it is hereby notified that the next examination thereunder will be held on the 7th March next.

T. M. GRANT.
Secretary to the Board of Examiners.

Crown Lands Notices.

Lands forfeited, Southland Land District.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 12th January, 1899.

IT is hereby notified that the leases or licenses of the under-mentioned lands have been forfeited or surrender accepted by resolutions of the Southland Land Board, and that the said lands have reverted to the Crown.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Surrender of Lease of Land in Canterbury accepted.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th January, 1899.

IT is hereby notified that a surrender of the lease of the under-mentioned land has been accepted by the Canterbury Land Board.

SCHEDULE.

WHARENUl HAMLET.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Pastoral Run forfeited, Southland Land District.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th January, 1899.

IT is hereby notified that the license of the under-mentioned pastoral run has been forfeited by resolution of the Southland Land Board for non-payment of rent, and that the land comprised therein has reverted to the Crown.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Small Grazing-run, Taranaki, open for Lease upon Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 16th January, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease upon application at this office, on Wednesday, the 29th day of March, 1899, at the half-yearly rental stated.