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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 35

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

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 80 acres, more or less, being Allotment 74, Block 12, Parish of Pupuke. The land or district has been called Maungataniwha. The registered owner is Frank William Foley, described as of Auckland, gentleman, of whom nothing can 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 2nd day of May, 1902.

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 3 roods 8 perches, more or less, being Section No. 77, fronting Owen Street, in the Township of Hampden, and Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay. The last registered owner is Jonas Warden Browne, described as of Patangata, settler, but who cannot be traced. The land is in the occupation of Mr. J. Matthews, of Hampden.

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 2nd day of May, 1902.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Officiating Ministers for 1902.—Notice No. 16.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1902.

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:—

The Methodist Church of Australasia.

The Reverend Charles Blair.

The Reverend Charles John Bush.

The Reverend Edwin Cox.

The Reverend W. G. Fitzgerald.

The Reverend James L. Michaelis.

The Reverend Major A. Rugby Pratt.

The Reverend William Henry Speer.

The Reverend T. Theodore Thomas.

The Reverend Arthur John Tong.

The Reverend J. Douglas Watsford.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1902.—Notice No. 17.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1902.

IN accordance with request from the ecclesiastical head of the Methodist Church of Australasia, the undermentioned names have been withdrawn from the List of Officiating Ministers in connection with that religious body, under the Marriage Act of 1880, for the year 1902:—

The Reverend John W. Burton.

The Reverend Joseph H. Gray.

The Reverend William Morley.

The Reverend John Nelson.

The Reverend John Richards.

The Reverend Laurence John Ryan.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 7th May, 1902.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Hon. the Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided to interpret the Customs and Excise Duties Acts in relation to the undermentioned articles as follows:—

NOTE.—“Not otherwise enumerated” appears as n.o.e.; “other kinds” as o.k.; “articles and materials suited only for, and to be used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the colony” as a. & m.s. Articles marked thus are revised decisions.*

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.

Commissioner’s Order No. 689.]

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of April, 1902. Altitude above the sea, 140 ft. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

*Means, &c.
† Same month previous years.

NOTE.—Generally showery, but with intervals of fine calm weather; prevailing wind, light southerly; rainfall above the average—maximum fall on 9th, 1·13 in.; maximum temperature in shade 73°, minimum 39°; mean temperature of dew-point, 46·3°; mean humidity, 70. Slight shocks of earthquake at 4.20 on 27th and 9.12 on 28th.

H. M. GORE (pro R. B. GORE),
Observer.