Feb. 26. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 633

Notice of Vesting of Land in the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

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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 17th day of February, 1903.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, containing 1 acre, more or less, being Allotment 225 of Section 2, fronting Bridge Street, in the Town of Opotiki and Provincial District of Auckland.

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Notice of Vesting of Land in the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

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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 17th day of February, 1903.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, containing 1 acre, more or less, being Allotment 121 of Section 2, at the corner of Brabant and Richard Streets, in the Town of Opotiki and Provincial District of Auckland.

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“The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1900.”—Notice of Proposed Cancellation of Registry.

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Department of Labour,
Wellington, 24th February, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to an application in that behalf made to me by the Riverhead Paper-mill Workers’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered No. 316, situated at Riverhead, the registration of that industrial union will be cancelled at the expiration of six weeks from the date hereof unless within the six weeks specified proceedings be commenced by a member or other person interested in or having some claim on the funds of the industrial union to set aside such cancellation, and the same is set aside accordingly.

EDWARD TREGEAR,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.

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Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

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NOTICE.—DAVID LLOYD GEORGE, Esq., of Ormond House, 63, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C., a Solicitor of the Supreme 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 17th day of February, 1903.

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

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Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

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NOTICE.—ARTHUR RHYS ROBERTS, Esq., of Ormond House, 63, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C., a Solicitor of the Supreme 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 17th day of February, 1903.

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

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Branch of Friendly Society registered.

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Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 9th February, 1903.

THE Star of Tuapeka Lodge, No. 15, situated at Lawrence, is registered as a branch of the Grand Lodge of Otago and Southland District, New Zealand, of the United Ancient Order of Druids Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 9th day of February, 1903.

GEO. LESLIE,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

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Officiating Ministers for 1903.—Notice No. 7.

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Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1903.

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:—

The Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend Duncan McColl.
The Reverend John Chisholm.

The Primitive Methodist Connexion.
The Reverend David Campbell.
The Reverend John Harris.
The Reverend George W. Smailes.

Pilgrims of Peace.
Percival Commins.

Salvation Army.
Brigadier Nehemiah Glover.

GEO. DRURY,
Deputy Registrar-General.

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Officiating Ministers for 1903.—Notice No. 8.

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Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1903.

IN accordance with request from the ecclesiastical head of the Primitive Methodist Connexion, the undermentioned names have been withdrawn from the List of Officiating Ministers in connection with that religious body, under “The Marriage Act, 1880,” for the year 1903:—

The Reverend SAMUEL BUCHANAN.
The Reverend HENRY WILLIAMS.

GEO. DRURY,
Deputy Registrar-General.

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Adoption of Child under Section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

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Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 21st February, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the adoption particulars of which are set out hereunder has been duly registered by me under the provisions of section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

R. C. SIM,
Registrar.

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PARTICULARS OF ADOPTION OF CHILD.

To the Registrar of the Native Land Court, Wellington District.

WE, HAREPATA MAIORO, of Whangaehu, and RANGIAMOHIA MAIORO, of Whangaehu aforesaid, the wife of the said Harepata Maioro, hereby give notice that we have taken Te Hoko Karakau, a child of Te Poutumai and Te Waka Marumaru, to be our adopted child according to Maori custom; and we