Nov. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2531

If any of the days above appointed for sittings should be a public holiday, the sittings will commence on the first day after the day so appointed which is not a holiday.

Given under our hands, at Wellington, this sixth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and two.

ROBERT STOUT.
JOSHUA STRANGE WILLIAMS.
J. E. DENNISTON.
EDWD. T. CONOLLY.
W. B. EDWARDS.

Fixing Sittings of the Supreme Court in the Westland Judicial District.

WE, five of the Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in us by “The Supreme Court Act, 1882,” hereby make the following rules respecting the places and times for holding sittings of the Supreme Court and sittings in Chambers, in the Judicial District of Westland, for the year 1903:—

Sittings for the trial of criminal and civil cases, and of causes under “The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1867,” will be held at the Supreme Court House, HOKITIKA, to commence on the following days, at 11 a.m.:—

Thursday, 5th March.
Thursday, 24th September.

Business in Chambers may be disposed of in the course of these sittings, on such days and at such hours as the Judge may appoint.

If any of the days above appointed for sittings should be a public holiday, the sittings will commence on the first day after the day so appointed which is not a holiday.

Given under our hands, at Wellington, this sixth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and two.

ROBERT STOUT.
JOSHUA STRANGE WILLIAMS.
J. E. DENNISTON.
EDWD. T. CONOLLY.
W. B. EDWARDS.

Additional Rules under “The Court of Appeal Act, 1882.”

WHEREAS it is desirable to make other rules for the printing of cases for the Court of Appeal, in lieu of the rules made upon the 1st day of August, 1900: Now, therefore, we, the Judges of the Court of Appeal, do hereby, by virtue of the authority conferred upon us by “The Court of Appeal Act, 1882,” make the following rules, to wit,—

1. All cases on appeal shall be printed.
2. The evidence in every such case where such evidence is requisite for the decision of the case shall be printed, unless otherwise ordered by the Supreme Court or a Judge thereof.
3. All matters required to be printed are henceforth to be printed in the form known as demy quarto, and in no other form.
4. The size of the paper used is to be such that the sheet when folded will be 11 in. in height and 8½ in. in width.
5. The type to be used in the text is to be pica type, but long primer is to be used in printing accounts, tabular matter, and notes.
6. The number of lines in each page of pica type is to be forty-seven, each line being 5¾ inches, or 146 millimetres, in length.
7. The foregoing rules do not apply to cases now pending in which the printing is begun before the receipt of these rules; but in all cases printed after the receipt of these rules the form and type herein prescribed are to be used exclusively.
8. These rules are substituted for the rules made on the 1st day of August, 1900.

Given under our hands, this 5th day of November, 1902.

ROBERT STOUT, C.J.
JOSHUA STRANGE WILLIAMS.
J. E. DENNISTON.
EDWD. T. CONOLLY.
W. B. EDWARDS.
THEO. COOPER.

Public Offices closed at Noon on 25th November, 1902 (Electoral and Licensing Polls).

Colonial Secretary’s Office.
Wellington, 17th November, 1902.

THE Government offices throughout the colony will be closed at noon on Tuesday, the 25th November, 1902. By order.

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Results of Election of Trustees of Drainage Districts.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th November, 1902.

THE following results of the election of Trustees of Drainage Districts have been received from the Returning Officers, and are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Land Drainage Act, 1893.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Aka Aka Drainage District, County of Manukau:
Robert Allen Bent.
Alfred John Kidd.
John Edward Makgill.
William Sanday.
Richard Walters.

Rangitaiki Drainage District, County of Whakatane
Henry Gordon Armstrong.
George Edward Reid.
Joseph Astbury Warbrick.
George Greenup.
Peter James Wilson.

Results of Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th November, 1902.

THE following notices of the election of members of Road Boards have been received at this office, and are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Wairoa Road District, County of Manukau:
Henry Walsh.
John Brownson Burgoyne.
John Ross McKenzie.
Joseph Hoye.
Thomas Murray, sen.

Cambridge Road District, County of Waikato:
Charles Lake.

Notice of Time and Place of an Intended Sitting of the Aotea District Maori Land Council.

Maori Lands Administration Office,
Wellington, 14th November, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Aotea District Maori Land Council will sit at Whanganui, on the 14th January, 1903, to decide upon the manner in which the undermentioned blocks of land should be dealt with, in accordance with the terms of the trusts upon which they have been transferred to the Council, under the provisions of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” and its amendments, and for the transaction of such other business as may be lawfully brought before it:—

Morikau No. 2 (15,200 acres), Otiranui No. 2 (515 acres), Otiranui No. 3 (819 acres), Ohotu No. 1 (46,533 acres), Ohotu No. 8 (14,260 acres), Waharangi No. 1 (709 acres), Waharangi No. 2 (1,928 acres), Waharangi No. 3 (113 acres), Waharangi No. 4 (5,622 acres), and Waharangi No. 5 (3,725 acres).

R. C. SIM, Recorder.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 18th November, 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.

Daniel Edward John Rogerson, late of Charters Towers, in the State of Queensland, storekeeper. Filed on the 12th day of November, 1902.

William Bidmead Holyman, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, labourer. Filed on the 12th day of November, 1902.

Frederick Hockley, late of Masterton, in the Provincial District of Wellington, cab-proprietor. Filed on the 17th day of November, 1902.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.