Oct. 16. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2281

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of “The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894.”

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 14th October, 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 George Foster, late of Mitchelltown, in the Provincial District of Wellington, marine engineer. Filed on the 7th day of October, 1902.

Stephen Harper, late of Cowra, in the State of New South Wales, miner. Filed on the 13th day of October, 1902.

James Sloan, late of Bendigo, in the Provincial District of Otago, blacksmith. Filed on the 13th day of October, 1902.

Edward Davies, late of Waimauku, in the Provincial District of Auckland, farmer. Filed on the 13th day of October, 1902.

Hugh Rogers Wills, otherwise known as Hugh Rodgers Wills, late of Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, tram-conductor. Filed on the 13th day of October, 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. 1319 in the Town of New Plymouth, and having a frontage to the south side of Buller Street. The grantee is Ellen Fletcher, described as of Naples, spinster, who cannot be traced. The land is or was occupied by Mrs. Julia Duffin.

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 10th day of October, 1902.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Examination for Mine-managers' and Battery-superintendents' Certificates.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 25th September, 1902.

AN examination of candidates for certificates as First- and Second-class Mine-managers and Battery-superintendents, under “The Mining Act, 1898,” and First- and Second-class Mine-managers under “The Coal-mines Act, 1891,” will be held on Tuesday, the 27th January, 1903, and three following days, at places to be hereafter named. All applications, with necessary certificates, and fee of £1, must be addressed to “The Secretary of the Board of Examiners, under the Mining Act or Coal-mines Act, Wellington,” and must be received before the 16th December, or they will not be dealt with until the following examination. Forms of application may be obtained at Schools of Mines, Thames, Waihi, and Coromandel, also from Inspector of Mines, Thames, Westport, and Dunedin.

T. H. HAMER,
Secretary to the Board of Examiners.

[NOTE.—No candidate will be permitted to present himself for examination unless he holds an authority from the Secretary stating that his certificate of service has been accepted by the Board.]

Te Makarini Scholarships, held at Te Aute College, Hawke’s Bay.

THREE scholarships of the yearly value of £35, tenable for two years, are offered for competition. One of these scholarships, to be called the senior scholarship, is open to all Maori boys under sixteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination: the other two scholarships are junior scholarships, one of which is open to all Maori boys under fifteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination who have attended a Native school or schools other than Te Aute or St. Stephen’s, and whose attendance at school during the previous year is considered by the Inspector of Native Schools to have been satisfactory; the other is open to Maori boys whose attendance at any school other than Te Aute and St. Stephen’s during the previous year has been similarly satisfactory. The senior scholarship is open to Maori boys on the conditions laid down in the regulations of the Trustees of the Te Makarini Scholarships Fund, as printed in the Native Schools Code, 1897. Candidates for the junior scholarships will be examined in the subjects specified for Standard IV. in the Native Schools Code, 1897. The questions will, however, be somewhat more difficult than those set for the standard examinations. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 15th and 16th of December, 1902.

Candidates must, either directly or through their teachers, send notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education Department, Wellington, of their intention to present themselves for examination. Such notice must be posted so as to reach the Department not later than the 17th of November, 1902.

Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may be obtained from teachers of Native schools and boarding institutions, the Secretaries to Education Boards, or the Secretary for Education, Wellington.

JAMES H. POPE,
Inspector of Native Schools.

Wellington, 26th September, 1902.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Small Grazing-runs, Marlborough Land District, Open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 13th October, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application at this office on and after Tuesday, the 2nd day of December, 1902.

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

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Pastoral Land.

Weighted with £164 15s., valuation for improvements.
Poor soil, well watered; 360 acres birch bush, remainder open; very broken pastoral country; altitude, 400 ft. to 2,400 ft.; accessible by road. About sixteen miles from Blenheim.

S.G.R. 85 | 538 0 0 | 0 1·8 | 2 0 4

Weighted with £120 5s., valuation for improvements.
Poor soil, well watered; 340 acres birch bush, remainder open; very broken pastoral country only; altitude, 400 ft. to 2,000 ft.; accessible by road. About sixteen miles from Blenheim.

SOUNDS COUNTY.—ARAPAWA SURVEY DISTRICT.

S.G.R. 162 | 582 0 0 | 0 2·25 | 2 14 7

All broken pastoral country, light soil, fairly well watered; 80 acres native grass, fern, and scrub, balance birch bush. About nineteen miles from Picton by bridle-track, and about twenty-four miles from Blenheim by road and bridle-track.

S.G.R. 163 | 645 0 0 | 0 3 | 4 0 8

About 40 acres flat, good soil, balance rough hills, well watered; 15 acres cleared and in English grass, 50 acres native grass, fern, and tauhinu, 40 acres tawa, and balance birch. About twenty-three miles from Blenheim by road and bridle-track.

S.G.R. 164 | 266 0 0 | 0 1·5 | 0 16 8

Broken pastoral country, poor clay soil, covered with native grass, fern, and scrub; fairly well watered. About twenty-two miles from Blenheim by road and bridle-track.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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