Oct. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2095

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

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 50 acres, more or less, which when first surveyed was numbered by the surveyor as Allotment 68, but now is known by the substituted number (on the official plans) of Allotment 228, Parish of Waioeka, in the Provincial District of Auckland. The last registered owner is Mary Ann Black, who was described in 1867 as of Opotiki, spinster, and of whom nothing is known nor traced.

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 24th day of October, 1901.
J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

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 Lot 235, Section 2, in Bridge Street, Town of Opotiki, in the Provincial District of Auckland. The grantee is John Poole, who is described as a private in the 1st Regiment of Waikato Militia, and who cannot be traced.

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 24th day of October, 1901.
J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

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

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 27 poles, more or less, being Lot 5 of Block H on deposited plan No. 10, being also part of Section 2, Block 1, Jacob’s River Hundred, at South Riverton, in the Provincial District of Otago. The last registered owner is William Coleman, who is described as of Riverton, Labourer, and who cannot now be traced.

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 29th day of October, 1901.
J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 29th October, 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.

Peter Sinclair, late of Ongarue, in the Provincial District of Auckland, labourer. Filed on the 23rd day of October, 1901.

James Carrad Patrick Henderson, late of Patutahi, in the Provincial District of Auckland, contractor. Filed on the 25th day of October, 1901.

John Cottrell, sometimes known as John Cotterall, late of Rough Ridge, in the Provincial District of Otago, labourer. Filed on the 25th day of October, 1901.

John Oldfield, late of Arrowtown, in the Provincial District of Otago, storeman. Filed on the 28th day of October, 1901.

George Dunklin, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, hawker. Filed on the 28th day of October, 1901.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

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

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of New Zealand, in New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 30th September, 1901.

LIABILITIES. £ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 716,728 18 7
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 17,144 12 5
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 21,761 14 1
Government deposits .. .. .. 745,007 0 0
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 3,231,883 19 11
Bearing interest .. .. .. 3,615,767 1 9
Total average liabilities .. £8,348,293 6 9

ASSETS.
Coined gold and silver and other coined £ s. d.
metal .. .. .. 919,017 4 8
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. 90,365 7 1
Notes and bills of other Banks .. .. 44,630 14 2
Balances due from other Banks .. .. 2,240 2 11
Landed property .. .. .. 110,942 4 8
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. 839,993 15 0
2. Colonial Government securities .. 628,131 5 0
3. Other funded securities .. .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 3,270,514 0 9
5. Securities not included under the
   above heads .. .. .. 1,599,644 1 5
   Total average assets .. .. £7,505,478 15 8

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

Dated at Wellington, this 14th day of October, 1901.

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