July 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1333

Amendment, Volunteer Regulations.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th July, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the deletion in amended paragraph 148, Volunteer Regulation (a), the words “or fired in,” on the third line; and also, in the same sub-paragraph, the words from “Marksmen,” on the third line, down to the end of the sub-paragraph, inclusive.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Defence.

Notice of Vesting of Lands 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 lands described in the Schedule hereunder written, and the owner thereof, and have, in respect of the said lands, 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 lands, as required by the said Act: I hereby give notice that the said lands are, 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 both parcels of land being less than £100.

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of July, 1899.

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

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, containing 29·5 perches, more or less, being Lot 246 on deposited Plan No. 91 of subdivision of part of Rural Section 6023, District of Ashburton, in the Provincial District of Canterbury; and also all that parcel of land, containing 38 perches, more or less, being Lot 81 on deposited Plan No. 264 of subdivision of part of Rural Section 4904, in the said District of Ashburton.

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

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 1 rood, more or less, being Section 322, Town of Lyttelton, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, having frontages to Christchurch Road and St. David’s Street. The land was Crown-granted to the Reverend James Peter Rhodes, of the Elms, Rugby, County Warwick, England, who died about 1852. The land is in the occupation of Mr. W. Owen, of Lyttelton.

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 17th day of July, 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, 18th July, 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.

Elizabeth Carroll, late of Cambridge, in the Provincial District of Auckland, married woman. Filed on the 12th day of July, 1899.

John Connor, late of Owaka, in the Provincial District of Otago, labourer. Filed on the 12th day of July, 1899.

Asher Smith, late of Pembroke, in the Provincial District of Otago, carpenter. Filed on the 13th day of July, 1899.

George Henry Timmings, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, labourer. Filed on the 13th day of July, 1899.

Walter Charles Brackenbury, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, gentleman. Filed on the 15th day of July, 1899.

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

Partnership Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the partnership heretofore subsisting between Herbert Read and George Fenwick, trading under the name or firm of “Read and Fenwick,” as glass silverers and bevellers, in Wellington, was dissolved by the death of the said George Fenwick on 7th March, 1899.

All debts owing to or by the late firm will be received and paid by the said Herbert Read.

HERBERT READ.

A. A. K. DUNCAN,
Deputy Public Trustee, as Administrator of the estate of George Fenwick, deceased.

Wellington, 17th July, 1899. 555

Bonus on Mineral Oil produced from Shale obtained in New Zealand.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 29th October, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus will be paid for the production of mineral oil under the following conditions:—

1. A bonus of 1s. per gallon (£5,000) will be paid on the first 100,000 gallons of mineral oil produced from shale obtained in the Colony of New Zealand, the oil to be of a quality approved of by Government, and to be sold at a price not exceeding 1s. a gallon at any port of shipment in the colony.

2. Notice of intention to claim the aforesaid bonus must be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not later than the 31st December, 1899.

3. The claim must be made before the 30th June, 1900.

4. The first claimant who proves to the satisfaction of the Government that he has fulfilled all the conditions to be the recipient of the bonus.

5. The other conditions—as to quantity, priority, quality, and value—to be fulfilled to the satisfaction of an officer appointed for the purpose by the Government.

J. CARROLL.

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of New Zealand, in New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 30th June, 1899.

LIABILITIES.

£ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 636,881 18 6
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 21,121 3 0
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 11,253 18 0
Government deposits .. .. .. 849,194 4 1
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 2,578,858 13 0
Bearing interest .. .. .. 3,286,833 17 2
Total average liabilities .. £7,384,143 13 9

ASSETS.

£ s. d.
Coined gold and silver and other coined metal .. .. .. 810,270 1 4
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. .. .. 98,916 19 6
Notes and bills of other Banks .. .. .. 40,864 9 8
Balances due from other Banks .. .. .. 421 0 0
Landed property .. .. .. 141,696 18 0
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. 792,349 2 10
2. Colonial Government securities .. 678,250 4 8
3. Other funded securities .. .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 3,069,382 5 4
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. .. 1,977,583 13 5
   Total average assets .. £7,609,734 14 9

4-per-cent. guaranteed stock, £2,000,000.
Preferred shares subscribed for by the Government of New Zealand, £500,000.
Capital payable by shareholders, £500,000.
Reserve fund, £23,474 7s. 4d.

Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of July, 1899.

C. G. TEGTMEIER, General Manager.
RICH'D. W. GIBBS, Accountant.