Feb. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 541

167. {Fischer, Albert John .. .. Auckland.
     Lowe, Arthur Ernest .. .. Napier.
     Parsons, George Harold .. .. Kaikoura.
168. Lamason, William John.. .. Waihi.
169. Lambert, E. Thomas Stoddart .. Wellington.
170. {Clark, George Smeaton .. .. Thames.
     Macindoe, Janet Grierson .. .. Auckland.
171. Mander, Alice Marion .. .. Wellington.
     {Applegarth, John Lambton .. .. Dunedin.
172. {Arthur, Clarence Adolphus .. .. Wellington.
     Casey, Eugene .. .. Napier.
     Knowles, William .. .. Ross.
173. Speight, Mary Violet .. .. Auckland.
     {Arcus, Lawrence Herbert .. .. Petone.
     Conlan, John Laurence .. .. Wellington.
174. {Fraser, John Myers .. .. N. Taieri.
     Kennedy, Thomas .. .. Oamaru.
     McIver, Sarah .. .. Christchurch.
     Powell, Roland Sidney Wellington Westport.
175. Downard, Ebenezer Thomas Owen Parua Bay.
176. Carpenter, Richard Ewen .. .. Remuera.
177. Esdaile, Esmond Hamilton .. .. Wanganui.
178. {Hill, Jessie Amelia .. .. Westport.
     Morris, Gladys Millicent .. .. Wellington.
179. Gribble, Norman Gillard .. .. Whangarei.
180. {Beckett, Evelyn Randal .. .. Waimate South.
     Cunningham, Percy Frederick .. .. Rangiora.
     Guise, Cecelia Alice .. .. Wellington.
     Swarbrick, Frederick Arthur .. .. Auckland.
181. {Cowles, Amy Louise .. .. Richmond.
     Griffiths, John Haldane .. .. Petone.
     Morpeth, Hector .. .. Auckland.
182. Parton, David Edwin .. .. Masterton.
183. {Anderson, Amy Elizabeth Mary .. Invercargill.
     Lowry, Mary Amy .. .. Woolston.
     Baron, Robert Walter .. .. Dunedin.
184. {Fletcher, Gertrude Rose.. .. Napier.
     Gordon, Douglas .. .. Auckland.
     Wright, Mary Struthers.. .. Christchurch.
185. {Hannon, Michael Joseph.. .. Wellington.
     Moran, Florence .. ..
     Delargey, John James .. .. Dunedin.
186. {Everist, William Maurice Lissaman Christchurch.
     Hudson, Marshall Henry .. .. Kaipara Flats.
     Brewster, Rex Carrington .. .. New Plymouth.
187. {Egan, Robert Martin .. .. Hastings.
     Lyle, Agnes Welsh .. .. Pleasant Point.
188. {Davis, James Alexander .. .. Dunedin.
     Hutton, James .. .. Johnsonville.
189. {Naphtali, Woolf .. .. Dunedin.
     Rule, William .. .. Oamaru.
     Borrie, John Arthur .. ..
190. {Lyons, David Stanley .. .. Stafford.
     McIntosh, Duncan Malcolm .. .. Masterton.
     Bent, Ethel W. .. .. Waitara.
191. {McGill, Hugh .. .. Ross.
     O’Connor, John Patrick .. .. Timaru.
     Anderson, Peter Johan .. .. Port Chalmers.
192. {Chamberlain, May Margaret Su- .. Wellington.
     sanna .. ..
     Radford, Walter John Tutty .. .. Westport.
     Richdale, Henry Thomas .. .. Port Chalmers.
193. Taylor, Clara Millicent .. .. Stratford.
194. {Mills, William Athol .. .. Westport.
     Scott, Charles Edward .. .. Auckland.
     Tuck, Jenny Florence .. .. New Plymouth.
195. Carroll, Patrick Stephen .. .. Lyell.
196. {Hannan, John William .. .. Greymouth.
     Johnston, Robert Foster .. .. Gisborne.
     Boland, Edward James .. .. Darfield.
     Hudson, Wellesley Burgoyne .. .. Wellington.
197. {Hunt, Christian .. ..
     Smith, Daisy Alfreda .. .. Ross.
     Towers, Maude .. .. Auckland.
198. {Finlayson, Malcolm Innes .. .. Maungaturoto.
     McDonnell, Nellie .. .. Greymouth.
     O’Kane, Gerald William.. .. Wellington.
     Cowan, Dallas Marjory O’Neill .. .. Auckland.
199. {Jones, Richard .. .. Picton.
     Mackay, Leslie D. .. .. Invercargill.
     Smaill, Walter .. .. Kaitangata.
     Walker, Alfred James Dickson .. .. Auckland.
200. McCarthy, Florence .. .. Nelson.
201. {Doig, William Torrance .. .. Christchurch.
     Te Whakaheke, Hamaka .. .. Cambridge.
202. Tate, George Edward Wray .. .. Richmond.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 21st February, 1901.

THE Advance Tent, No. 12, situated at Waihi, Ohinemuri, is registered as a branch of the New Zealand District of the Independent Order of Rechabites, Salford Unity, Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 21st day of February, 1901.

C. T. BENZONI,
Deputy Registrar of Friendly Societies.

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 February, 1901.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, containing 1 rood, more or less, being Lot 16 on deposited plan 244, and being also part of Rural Section 11129, District of Malvern, sometimes called “Kowai District,” in the Provincial District of Canterbury.

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 20th day of February, 1901.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, containing 182 acres, more or less, being north-eastern portion of Allotment 61, and Allotments 76 and 77, Parish of Ahuroa, in the Provincial District of Auckland.

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

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 1 acre, more or less, being Allotment 173, Section II., Town of Opotiki, in the Provincial District of Auckland. The Crown-grantee is Benjamin Palmer, described as being a corporal in the 1st Regiment of Waikato Militia.

Also,

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 1 acre, more or less, being Allotment 174, Section II., Town of Opotiki aforesaid. The Crown-grantee is John Thornton, described as being a private in the 1st Regiment of Waikato Militia.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted inquiries, and has not thereby ascertained who the owners of either of the above-described lands are, and believes that such owners respectively are not in the colony:

Now, this notice calls upon such owners respectively, within six months of the date of the publication of this notice in this Gazette, to establish to the satisfaction of the Public Trustee their titles respectively to the lands respectively specified in this notice; and, if such owners do not, within the time limited, so establish their or either of their titles, the Public Trustee will exercise the powers and authorities granted to him in and by “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894,” in respect of both the said parcels of land, or such one of them as to which the owner shall not appear.

Dated this 23rd day of February, 1901.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.