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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 55

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

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land containing 3 perches, more or less, being Section No. 152 in the Township of Hokitika, having a frontage to Weld Street of above 14 ft. by a depth of about 66 ft. The last registered owner is John Flexman, described as of Dunedin, leather-merchant, who cannot be traced, and the land is occupied by Mr. William Keller.

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 4th day of July, 1902.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Order of Court vesting Land in the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

In the matter of “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894,” and in the matter of a parcel of land, being part of Section 48, Block XII., Town of Dunedin.

I HEREBY give notice that, by an order of His Honour Joshua Strange Williams, Esq., a Judge of the Supreme Court at Dunedin, made on the 6th day of June, 1902, all that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Otago, containing by admeasurement 6 5/0 perches, more or less, being part of Section 48, Block XII., on the record map of the Town of Dunedin—bounded towards the north-east, 25 ft., by Rattray Street; towards the north-west, 66 ft., by Section No. 49 of the same block; towards the south-west, 25 ft., and towards the south-east, 66 ft., by the remaining part of the said Section No. 48—was and is vested in the Public Trustee of the Colony of New Zealand, in terms of the provisions of the above-mentioned Act.

Dated at Wellington, this 3rd day of July, 1902.

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, 8th July, 1902.

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.

John Battye Hudson, late of Port Albert, in the Provincial District of Auckland, medical practitioner. Filed on the 28th day of June, 1902.

Michael Mungovan, late of Black’s No. 3, Ida Valley, in the Provincial District of Otago, miner. Filed on the 2nd day of July, 1902.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Officiating Ministers for 1902.—Notice No. 25.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 7th July, 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:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend George Mann McDonald.

Church of Christ.
Mr. Matthew Wood Green.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Pastoral Runs in Otago liable to Forfeiture.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 30th June, 1902.

PURSUANT to section 215 of “The Land Act, 1892,” notice is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral licenses are liable to forfeiture, and that if the rent overdue thereon, together with 10 per cent. of the amount of such overdue rent, be not paid within three months from date the licenses will be declared forfeited.

SCHEDULE.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Teanaraki Settlement, Otago Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 8th July, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Monday, the 25th day of August, 1902, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and its amendments.

If more than one application is received for the same section on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.

WAITAKI COUNTY.—OAMARU SURVEY DISTRICT.—TEANARAKI SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

Gently undulating land, with rich black soil; good agricultural land, all ploughable. Situated about one mile and a half from Enfield Railway-station, which is about eight miles from Oamaru. Valuation for improvements, £7 8s.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Taranaki for Sale under Section 117 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 2nd July, 1902.

IT is hereby notified, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned Crown lands will be offered to the holder of the adjoining land, under section 117 of the said Act, on and after Friday, the 3rd day of October, 1902.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Section 665, Patea District, Block VI., Hawera Survey District: Area, 1 acre and 6 perches.

JAS. MCKENZIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.