JULY 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1615

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Collingwood County Council.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 29th July, 1902.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Collingwood County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

J. G. WARD,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.

RESULT OF POLL for Proposed Loan, Takaka Riding, County of Collingwood.

THE following is the result of the poll of the ratepayers of the Takaka Riding of the County of Collingwood, taken on the 19th day of July, 1902, on the proposal to borrow £6,000 under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for forty-one years, at 3½ per cent., for the formation and graveling of public roads in the said riding:—
In favour of the proposal, 192; against the proposal, 45; informal, 1.

The number of valid votes recorded in favour of the proposal being more than three-fifths of the total number of valid votes recorded, I therefore declare the proposal carried.

Dated this 19th day of July, 1902.

ANDW. SINCLAIR,
Chairman of Collingwood County Council.

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 Allotment 180, Section 2, in the Town of Opotiki; bounded on the north by Ford Street, 200 links. The grantee is Walter Ogilvie Moore, described as a private in the 1st Regiment of Waikato Militia, 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 23rd day of July, 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 1 rood, more or less, being Section No. 1638 in the Town of New Plymouth, having a frontage to Pendarves Street of 126 ft., by a depth of 205 ft. The grantee is Thomas Poole Waterhouse, described as of Halifax, Yorkshire, England, 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 29th 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, 29th 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.

Archibald Anderson, late of Port Molyneux, in the Provincial District of Otago, fish-hawker. Filed on the 28th day of July, 1902.

Sarah Hunter, late of Paroa, in the Provincial District of Westland, widow. Filed on the 28th day of July, 1902.

Alexander Fraser, late of Waihi, in the Provincial District of Auckland, umbrella-maker. Filed on the 28th day of July, 1902.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

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 July, 1902.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, containing 20 perches, more or less, being the western portion of Lot 12, Block III., having a frontage of 62·5 links to Lowe Street, by a depth of 200 links, Township of Avenal, in the Provincial District of Otago.

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of New Zealand, in New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 30th June, 1902.

LIABILITIES.

Notes in circulation .. .. .. £740,234 4 7
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 21,359 9 7
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 17,588 10 11
Government deposits .. .. .. 1,004,008 3 10
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 3,573,910 7 2
Bearing interest .. .. .. 3,726,763 15 5

Total average liabilities .. £9,083,864 11 6

ASSETS.

Coined gold and silver and other coined metal .. .. .. £865,358 9 9
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. .. .. 107,550 0 10
Notes and bills of other Banks .. .. .. 46,892 8 10
Balances due from other Banks .. .. .. 1,058 8 7
Landed property .. .. .. 108,613 15 2
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. .. 805,338 2 3
2. Colonial Government securities .. .. .. 578,131 5 0
3. Other funded securities .. .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. .. 3,598,745 17 5
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. .. 1,454,470 6 11

Total average assets .. .. £7,566,158 14 9

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 18th day of July, 1902.

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