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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 31

Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 17th April, 1902.

THE New Zealand Collieries, Railway, and Oil Syndicate Employees’ Benefit Society, situated at Kaitangata, is registered as a friendly society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 17th day of April, 1902.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Kaitangata Relief Fund.

STATEMENT of account to 31st March, 1902:—

1901. Cr.
      £ s. d.
      April 1. By Balance as per account to 31st March, 1901 .. .. .. 3,476 17 8
      Mar. 31. Rent from mortgage security No. 2 from 1st December, 1900, to 1st December, 1901 .. .. 80 0 0
      Interest added by Public Trust Office on minimum monthly balances from 31st March, 1901, to 31st March, 1902 .. .. 131 9 8
      £3,688 7 4

1902. Dr.
      £ s. d.
      Mar. 31. To Paid sixteen beneficiaries amounts of their allowances from 5th April, 1901, to 4th April, 1902 .. 432 9 4
      Public Trust Office commission, 5 per cent. on £80 .. .. 4 0 0
      Balance .. .. .. 3,251 18 0
      £3,688 7 4

STATEMENT OF POSITION OF FUND.

1902. £ s. d.
      April 1. By Cash in hand .. .. 3,251 18 0
      Value of mortgage security No. 2 in default .. .. 2,500 0 0
      By Value of fund as at 1st April, 1902 .. .. ..£5,751 18 0

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 16th April, 1902.

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 17th day of April, 1902.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, containing 1 acre, more or less, being Allotment 257, Town of Hamilton West, in the Provincial District of Auckland, situate at the intersection of Selkirk and London Streets.

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 21st day of April, 1902.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, containing 40 acres, more or less, being western portion of Allotment 70, Parish of Kaeo, 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 rood 3 perches, more or less, being Section 797, fronting Downe Street, in the Town of New Plymouth. The last registered owner is Hannah Wigglesworth, described as of Warley, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, spinster.

And also to the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 1 rood 3 perches, more or less, being Section 798, fronting Downe Street, in the Town of New Plymouth. The last registered owner is Elizabeth Wigglesworth, described as of Warley aforesaid, spinster.

Both parcels of land are said to be in the occupation of a Mr. A. Morton.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted inquiries, and has not thereby ascertained who the owner or owners of the above-described lands, or any part or parts thereof respectively, 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 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 his or their title to one, other, or both the parcels of land specified in this notice; and, if such owner does or owners do not, within the time limited, so establish his or their title to either section, or any part or parts thereof respectively, the Public Trustee will exercise the powers and authorities granted to him in and by “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

Dated this 18th day of April, 1902.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of New Zealand, in New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 31st March, 1902.

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 714,292 16 4
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 23,900 13 6
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 12,868 19 0
Government deposits .. .. .. 1,255,294 5 3
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 3,250,512 11 2
Bearing interest .. .. .. 3,643,285 15 3
Total average liabilities ..£8,900,155 0 6

ASSETS.
£ s. d.
Coined gold and silver and other coined metal .. .. .. 900,966 8 9
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. .. 96,768 3 2
Notes and bills of other Banks .. .. 45,986 14 3
Balances due from other Banks .. .. 1,673 12 9
Landed property .. .. .. 111,611 1 4
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. 837,786 8 8
2. Colonial Government securities .. 612,746 12 8
3. Other funded securities .. .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 3,516,062 14 6
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. 1,552,829 19 4
   Total average assets ..£7,676,431 15 5

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 15th day of April, 1902.

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