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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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3. That the manure can be disposed of at a price which will allow of it being remuneratively used for agricultural purposes.
4. That the composition of the phosphate shall average not less than 40 per cent. of phosphate of lime (tricalcic phosphate); provided, however, should a phosphate of a lower average composition be discovered, the committee may recommend that a portion of the bonus be granted.
   The terms of payment will be—
   One-fifth on the committee reporting favourably of the discovery;
   One-fifth on delivery of first 200 tons;
   The remaining three-fifths by equal payments on delivery of each additional 150 tons.

Applications addressed to “The Hon. the Minister for Agriculture, Wellington,” will be received up to and including the 1st day of July, 1900.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister for Agriculture.

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 19th day of April, 1900.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, situated at Anatoke, containing 50 acres, more or less, being the northern moiety of Part 1 of Section No. 135 on the plan of the District of Massacre Bay, in the Provincial District of Nelson.

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 19th day of April, 1900.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, containing by admeasurement 35 poles, more or less, situated in the Town of Moeraki, in the Provincial District of Otago, being Section No. 17, Block VII., on the map of the said town, situate at the corner of Milford and Haven Streets.

Officiating Ministers for 1900.—Notice No. 15.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1900.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand passed in the forty-fourth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend Harry Gordon Blackburne, M.A.
The Reverend William Gordon Blackmore.
The Reverend Charles Theodore Pargiter.

Wesleyan Methodist Church.

The Reverend G. S. Cook.
The Reverend R. Flowers.
The Reverend W. Grantham.
The Reverend Robert Hadden.
The Reverend Renata Hapita.
The Reverend A. Hopper.
The Reverend Charles Palk.
The Reverend I. E. Price.
The Reverend A. J. Reed.
The Reverend Richard Wilson.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Kaitangata Relief Fund.

STATEMENT of account to 31st March, 1900:—

1899. April 1. By Balance as per account to 31st March, 1899 .. .. .. £ 3,963 12 0

1900. Mar. 31. Rent from mortgage security No. 2 to 1st March, 1900 .. .. 100 0 0
      Interest added by Public Trust Office on monthly balances from 31st March, 1899, to 31st March, 1900 .. .. .. 147 10 0

£4,211 2 0

Dr.

To Paid expenses of member of Board to Dunedin .. .. .. 1 0 0
Paid beneficiaries amounts of their allowances from 24th March, 1899, to 6th April, 1900 .. 489 18 0
Public Trust Office Commission .. 5 0 0
Balance .. .. .. 3,715 4 0

£4,211 2 0

STATEMENT OF POSITION OF FUND.

1900. April 1. By Cash in hand .. .. .. £ 3,715 4 0
      Mortgage security No. 2 in default (estimated value) .. .. 2,500 0 0

£6,215 4 0

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Wellington, 24th April, 1900.

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of New Zealand, in New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 26th March, 1900.

LIABILITIES.

Notes in circulation .. .. .. £ 678,540 0 0
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 20,152 12 4
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 16,344 18 5
Government deposits .. .. .. 874,258 1 11
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 2,986,368 5 8
Bearing interest .. .. .. 3,226,188 3 2

Total average liabilities .. £7,801,852 1 6

ASSETS.

Coined gold and silver and other coined metal .. .. .. .. £ 790,576 3 10
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. .. 80,059 17 9
Notes and bills of other Banks .. .. 44,500 18 7
Balances due from other Banks .. .. 947 19 5
Landed property .. .. .. 138,031 8 1
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. 786,797 12 4
2. Colonial Government securities .. 678,131 5 0
3. Other funded securities .. .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 3,051,370 5 9
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. .. 1,911,027 5 4

Total average assets .. .. £7,481,442 16 1

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 10th day of April, 1900.

JAMES EMBLING, General Manager.
RICH'D. W. GIBBS, Accountant.