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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 43

Officiating Ministers for 1901.—Notice No. 19.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 29th April, 1901.

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 late Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information :—

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

The Reverend Robert Montague Turnbull.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1901.—Notice No. 20.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 30th April, 1901.

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 late 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 :—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

The Reverend James Millar Thomson.

Wesleyan Methodist Church.

The Reverend Thomas J. Wallis.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

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 lands described in the Schedule hereunder written, and the owners thereof respectively, 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 of either parcel of land is, and believe that such owners are not in the colony, nor have such owners or either of them established their or his title to the said lands respectively, 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 each parcel of land being less than £100.

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of April, 1901.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, containing 1 rood, more or less, being Section 484, Town of Westport, in the Provincial District of Nelson, fronting Russell Street; and

All that parcel of land, containing 1 rood, more or less, being Section 488 in the said Town of Westport, fronting Russell Street.

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 24th day of April, 1901.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

ALL those parcels of land, containing together 1 acre 2 roods 20 poles, more or less, being as to one parcel Lots 9 and 10, and as to the other parcel Lots 23 and 24, parts of Section 5, Block I., Jacob’s River Hundred, South Ward, Town of Riverton, in the Provincial District of Otago, each lot fronting Milton Street.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 30th April, 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.

Edward Ready, late of Gore, in the Provincial District of Otago, ploughman. Filed on the 27th day of April, 1901.

Grace Tytler Wood, late of Masterton, in the Provincial District of Wellington, married woman. Filed on the 27th day of April, 1901.

Joseph Roberts, late of Makino, in the Provincial District of Taranaki, settler. Filed on the 27th day of April, 1901.

Margaret Doolan, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, widow. Filed on the 27th day of April, 1901.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Notice of Withdrawal of Deposits under “The Foreign Insurance Companies’ Deposits Act, 1894.”

WHEREAS I, the undersigned, did, on the 12th day of April, 1901, receive a notice in writing as follows:—

“Wellington, 11th April, 1901.

“The Public Trustee, Wellington.

“DEAR SIR,—Following my conversation of the other day, I have to give you notice, in terms of the company’s Act, that the ‘Scottish Metropolitan Life Assurance Co.’ ceased to transact accident business in New Zealand as from the 1st April, 1900, and that the total amount that the company has at risk in the life department in New Zealand is £15,000. Under these circumstances I have to ask you to permit us to withdraw £5,000 of the deposits. Any advertisements that you consider necessary you may insert in the Gazette at our cost.

“Yours faithfully,

“(Sgd.) “CHAS. M. MONTEFIORE,
“Attorney for New Zealand for ‘Scottish Metropolitan.’”

Now this is to give notice to all whom it may concern that, under and by virtue and in pursuance of the provisions of section 18 of “The Life Assurance Companies Act, 1873,” and also of section 17 of “The Foreign Insurance Companies’ Deposits Act, 1894,” I shall, on or after the 12th day of October, 1901, allow the withdrawal of the deposits, or such of them as in my discretion I shall think most proper, to the amount of £5,000, leaving remaining deposits of the sum or face value of £5,000 made with me by the Scottish Metropolitan Life Assurance Company (Limited) under the said Acts; provided that the said company shall then or previously satisfy me as required by the collateral provisions of the said Acts respectively.

Dated at Wellington, this 29th day of April, 1901.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Notice to Local Authorities under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886.”

The Treasury,
Wellington, 11th April, 1901.

PURSUANT to section 16 of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” the Colonial Treasurer hereby gives notice that on Saturday, the 1st June, 1901, he will be prepared to consider applications from local authorities for loans under the Act.

Applications should be addressed to the Colonial Treasurer, and must be posted so as to arrive at the Treasury on or before the 31st May, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.