Feb. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 349

Resignation of Assistant Lecturer and Instructor at Thames School of Mines accepted.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 5th February, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of

WILLIAM HENRY BAKER, Esq.,

as Assistant Lecturer and Instructor at the Thames School of Mines, as from the 31st January, 1901.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Mines.

Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver.

Mines Office,
Wellington, 7th June, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of fourpence (4d.) per pound will be paid on the production of the first one hundred thousand pounds weight (100,000 lb.) of good marketable retorted quicksilver, free from all impurities, from any mine in New Zealand, on the following conditions, that is to say:—

1. That at least one-third of the quantity is produced on or before the 31st March, 1903, and the remaining two-thirds on or before the 31st March, 1904.

2. No bonus will be payable until the whole of the one hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.) of quicksilver has been produced as stipulated to the satisfaction of an officer to be appointed by the Minister of Mines, and on whose certificate alone the bonus will be paid.

3. In the event of more than one person producing the required quantities of quicksilver before the dates named, inquiry will be made by the officer above referred to, when, if it is found that each applicant is equally entitled to a bonus, the amount will be divided in proportion to the quantities produced by each applicant, but in no case shall any bonus be paid until at least one hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.) of quicksilver has been produced in the aggregate.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 5th February, 1901.

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.

Annie Hall, otherwise known as Anne Hall, late of Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, hotelkeeper. Filed on the 31st day of January, 1901.

James Banfield, late of Moana, in the Provincial District of Westland, sawmill-hand. Filed on the 29th day of January, 1901.

Robert Mutch, late of Addington, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, railway servant. Filed on the 1st day of February, 1901.

Hanna Raffoul, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, hawker. Filed on the 1st day of February, 1901.

George Henry Green, late of Blackball, in the Provincial District of Westland, coal-miner. Filed on the 4th day of February, 1901.

David Scott, late of Branches, Upper Shotover, in the Provincial District of Otago, rabbiter. Filed on the 4th day of February, 1901.

John Darragh, late of Rotorua, in the Provincial District of Auckland, labourer. Filed on the 4th day of February, 1901.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

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 6th day of February, 1901.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, containing 40 acres, more or less, being that part of Allotment 6, Parish of Ruatangata, in the Provincial District of Auckland, of which Henry Cox Bury’s name appears on the Deeds Registry as owner.

“The Urewera District Native Reserve Act, 1896.”

New Plymouth, 6th February, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Commissioners appointed under “The Urewera District Native Reserve Act, 1896,” will sit at Te Houhi, on Wednesday, the 20th instant, to inquire as to what people are entitled to lands within the boundaries described in “The Urewera District Native Reserve Act, 1896,” and “The Urewera District Native Reserve Act Amendment Act, 1900.”

S. PERCY SMITH,
Chairman.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 4th February, 1901.

THE Star of Waiuku Lodge, No. 55, situated at Waiuku, is registered as a branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 4th day of February, 1901.

CHARLES T. BENZONI,
Deputy Registrar of Friendly Societies.

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of New Zealand, in New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 31st December, 1900.

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 713,598 16 6
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 19,623 7 6
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 18,793 18 9
Government deposits .. .. .. 766,813 2 8
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 2,947,721 18 8
Bearing interest .. .. .. 3,436,675 18 3
Total average liabilities .. £7,903,227 2 4

ASSETS.
Coined gold and silver and other coined £ s. d.
metal .. .. .. .. 893,369 12 5
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. 78,251 3 4
Notes and bills of other Banks .. .. 34,566 12 4
Balances due from other Banks .. .. 950 0 4
Landed property .. .. .. 117,088 12 3
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. 813,782 13 10
2. Colonial Government securities .. 603,131 5 0
3. Other funded securities .. .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 3,250,404 17 8
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. .. 1,646,328 5 9
   Total average assets .. ..£7,437,873 2 11

4-per-cent. guaranteed stock, £2,000,000. (Interest, £40,000 per six months, paid November last.)
Capital payable by shareholders, £500,000.
Reserve fund, £23,474 7s. 4d.

Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of January, 1901.

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