Aug. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1711

said, 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 7th day of August, 1902.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, containing 1 acre, more or less, being Allotment 134, Section 2, on the north side of Ford Street, in the Town of Opotiki and 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 acre, more or less, being Allotment 109, situated at the corner of Goldsmith and Bracken Streets, in the Township of Frasertown and County of Wairoa: the grantee is Margaret Sullivan, wife of John Sullivan, described as of Wairoa district, military settler, of whom nothing is known. And also to the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 1 acre, more or less, being Allotment 113, situated at the corner of Russell Parade (South) and Goldsmith Street, in the Township of Frasertown and County of Wairoa: the grantee is Kyran O’Dee, described as of Wairoa district, military settler, of whom nothing is known.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted inquiries, and has not thereby ascertained who the owner or owners of the above-described lands, or either of them, 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 either or both of 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, the Public Trustee will exercise the powers and authorities granted to him in and by “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

Dated this 6th day of August, 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, 12th August, 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.

Frederick Henry Goode, late of the Sixth New Zealand Contingent, South Africa, soldier. Filed on the 8th day of August, 1902.

John Tate, late of Amuri, in the Provincial District of Marlborough, station-manager. Filed on the 8th day of August, 1902.

Hugh McCutcheon, late of Momona, in the Provincial District of Otago, labourer. Filed on the 8th day of August, 1902.

Robert Preston, late of Frankton, in the Provincial District of Otago, station labourer. Filed on the 8th day of August, 1902.

Richard Murdoch, late of Kaikoura, in the Provincial District of Marlborough, Labourer. Filed on the 11th day of August, 1902.

Winifred Emelene Patchett, late of Linwood, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, spinster. Filed on the 11th day of August, 1902.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

“Trade Union Act, 1878.”—Withdrawal or Cancelling of Certificate of Registry.

Wellington, 13th August, 1902.

NAME of trade-union: The Boilermakers and Iron Ship Builders’ Society of Christchurch. Registered No. 37.

The certificate of registry of the abovementioned trade-union is hereby withdrawn and cancelled, at its request.

GEO. LESLIE,
Registrar.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 8th August, 1902.

THE Coronation Lodge, No. 26, situated at Newtown, Wellington, is registered as a branch of the District Grand Lodge of the North Island of New Zealand of the United Ancient Order of Druids Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 8th day of August, 1902.

GEO. LESLIE,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—EDWARD WILLIAM FORWARD, Esq., of Kingston-upon-Hull (“Hull”), England, a Solicitor of the High Court of Judicature, England, has this day been appointed by His Honour the Chief Justice a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in England, under the 2nd section of “The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875,” for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 12th day of August, 1902.

W. A. HAWKINS,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court.

“The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Act, 1901.”—Notice of Cancellation of Registry.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 17th July, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by section 20 of “The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Act, 1901,” the registration of the Wellington Coopers and Boxmakers’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered No. 209, situated at Wellington, will be cancelled at the expiration of six weeks from the date hereof unless within such period it is shown that such union has not ceased to exist.

EDWARD TREGEAR,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.

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.

JAS. McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.

Bonus for Plans for Cowshed.—Notice No. 703.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 21st May, 1902.

IT is hereby notified that a first prize of twenty guineas and a second prize of ten guineas are offered by the Department for the best plan, with complete specification, of a cowshed suitable to house fifty cows, with fodder-sheds and dairy; also a first prize of seven guineas and a second prize of three guineas for the best plan and specification of a silo for the same number of cows: all plans and specifications, whether awarded a prize or not, to become the property of the Government.

Packages containing plans and specifications entered for these competitions should be addressed to the Secretary for