Mar. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 861

Result of an Election under “The Government Railways Superannuation Fund Act, 1902.”

New Zealand Government Railways,
Head Office, Wellington, 23rd March, 1903.

THE following is the result of the first ordinary election of the elective members of the Government Railways Superannuation Fund Board, constituted under “The Government Railways Superannuation Fund Act, 1902”:

NORTH ISLAND.—FIRST DIVISION.

Brownlee, George .. .. .. .. 156
Bowles, Walter .. .. .. .. 152
Dobbie, Edward .. .. .. .. 95
Besant, James .. .. .. .. 60
Payne, Philip Lambert .. .. .. .. 50
Hunt, Albert Henry .. .. .. .. 38
Isherwood, Charles Frank Frederick Augustus Ramsbottom .. .. .. .. 20
Informal .. .. .. .. 5

MIDDLE ISLAND.—FIRST DIVISION.

Graham, Andrew .. .. .. .. 224
Waite, Thomas William .. .. .. .. 188
Stuart, Lawrence John .. .. .. .. 92
Informal .. .. .. .. 2

SECOND DIVISION.

Wilson, Thomas .. .. .. .. 884
Pepper, William .. .. .. .. 770
Thomas, Matthias .. .. .. .. 669
Dawson, John .. .. .. .. 609
McCullough, John Alexander .. .. .. .. 546
Sellars, George .. .. .. .. 506
Warren, John .. .. .. .. 495
O’Keeffe, Edward John Harrington .. .. .. .. 488
Austin, James .. .. .. .. 444
Holmes, Charles Edward .. .. .. .. 434
Parry, Joseph .. .. .. .. 397
Harrison, Robert .. .. .. .. 385
Barnett, John Septimus .. .. .. .. 321
Bullock, Thomas Arthur .. .. .. .. 312
Dunn, Alfred .. .. .. .. 305
Farrant, Richard .. .. .. .. 305
Guthrie, Matthew .. .. .. .. 280
McIlroy, Robert .. .. .. .. 278
Curtis, James .. .. .. .. 277
Williams, Henry Mansel .. .. .. .. 271
Muir, James Wyllie .. .. .. .. 247
Brooks, Henry George .. .. .. .. 217
McKillop, Donald .. .. .. .. 214
Hopkirk, Robert Alexander .. .. .. .. 208
Verey, William Arthur .. .. .. .. 208
Hogan, James Thomas .. .. .. .. 206
Forrester, John .. .. .. .. 179
Burrows, George Drage .. .. .. .. 177
Donaldson, James Walker .. .. .. .. 173
Watt, Robert .. .. .. .. 161
Morgan, Robert Aubrey .. .. .. .. 147
Collins, Ralph .. .. .. .. 76
Naylor, Richard Henry .. .. .. .. 72
Informal .. .. .. .. 113

I hereby declare the following duly elected to act as members of the Government Railways Superannuation Fund Board:—

Brownlee, George, Representative of First Division, North Island.
Graham, Andrew, Representative of First Division, Middle Island.
Wilson, Thomas; Pepper, William; Thomas, Matthias: Representatives of Second Division.

R. W. McVILLY,
Returning Officer.

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Officiating Ministers for 1903.—Notice No. 12.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd March, 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 name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

The Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend Donald McIvor.

GEO. DRURY,
Deputy Registrar-General.

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 value of the land for the purposes of section 5 of the said Act being less than £100.

Dated at Wellington, this 19th day of March, 1903.

A. A. K. DUNCAN,
Deputy Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, containing 1 acre, more or less, being Lot 205 of Section 2, in Ford Street, in the Town of Opotiki and Provincial District of Auckland.

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 value of the land for the purposes of section 5 of the said Act being less than £100.

Dated at Wellington, this 19th day of March, 1903.

A. A. K. DUNCAN,
Deputy Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, containing 1 acre, more or less, being Allotment 180, Section 2, in Ford Street, in the Town of Opotiki and Provincial District of Auckland.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 24th March, 1903.

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.

William Stewart, late of Invercargill, in the Provincial District of Otago, carpenter. Filed on the 9th day of March, 1903.

Robert Jenkins, late of Pongaroa, in the Provincial District of Wellington, labourer. Filed on the 13th day of March, 1903.

Robert Sefton, late of Wharehine, in the Provincial District of Auckland, gumdigger. Filed on the 18th day of March, 1903.

Donald McKenzie, late of Feilding (died at Johannesburg, South Africa), in the Provincial District of Wellington. Filed on the 20th day of March, 1903.

Herman Stapleton, late of Waimate North, in the Provincial District of Auckland, gentleman. Filed on the 20th day of March, 1903.

James Bailey, late of Denlair, near Fordell, in the Provincial District of Wellington, labourer. Filed on the 20th day of March, 1903.

A. A. K. DUNCAN,
Deputy Public Trustee.