1364
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 46

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

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Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 9th June, 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.

James Richard Spicer, late of North Carlton, in the State of Victoria. Filed on the 27th day of May, 1903.

James Turton, late of Avondale, in the Provincial District of Auckland, fruiterer. Filed on the 29th day of May, 1903.

Hugh Corrigan, late of Nelson, in the Provincial District of Nelson, publican. Filed on the 2nd day of June, 1903.

Andrew Hansen, late of Nelson, in the Provincial District of Nelson, cycle-fitter. Filed on the 2nd day of June, 1903.

John Fisher, late of Gisborne, in the Provincial District of Auckland, labourer. Filed on the 2nd day of June, 1903.

James Shenton Taylor, late of Napier, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, sculptor. Filed on the 2nd day of June, 1903.

James Tannock Lucas, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, clerk. Filed on the 4th day of June, 1903.

Edgar John Pearce, late of Halcombe, in the Provincial District of Wellington, contractor. Filed on the 6th day of June, 1903.

William Reid, late of St. Albans, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, farmer. Filed on the 6th day of June, 1903.

William Winter, late of Hawera, in the Provincial District of Taranaki, factory assistant. Filed on the 31st day of March, 1903.

Alexander Harrison, late of Ashburton, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, cabinetmaker. Filed on the 22nd day of April, 1903.

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

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Sale of Leases of Maori Land in Ohotu Block, under “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” and its Amendments, and Regulations made thereunder.

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Aotea Maori Council Office, Whanganui.

TENDERS enclosed in sealed envelopes addressed to the President, Aotea Maori Council, Whanganui, and indorsed “Tenders for Section , Block , District, will be received up to 4 p.m. on Monday, the 15th June, 1903, for the leases of the undermentioned Maori lands, for a term of twenty-one years, with right of renewal for a further term of twenty-one years. In the event of ballots being necessary, they will be held at the office of the Aotea Maori Council, Whanganui, on the 17th June, 1903, at 11.30 a.m. If the sections be not leased on the 15th June, 1903, they will remain open for lease until further notice at the upset ground-rentals noted below.**

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OHOTU BLOCK.—WAIMARINO COUNTY.

Kariot Survey District.

| 1 | IX. | 600 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 45 0 0 |
| 2 | " | 630 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 47 5 0 |
| 3 | " | 493 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 36 19 6 |
| 4 | " | 708 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 53 2 0 |
| 5 | " | 700 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 52 10 0 |
| 6 | " | 790 0 0 | 0 0 9 | 29 12 6 |
| 7 | " | 744 0 0 | 0 1 0 | 37 4 0 |
| 1 | XIII.| 530 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 39 15 0 |
| 2 | " | 567 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 42 10 6 |
| 3 | " | 667 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 50 0 6 |
| 4 | " | 597 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 44 15 6 |
| 5 | " | 451 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 33 16 6 |
| 6 | " | 411 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 30 16 6 |
| 7 | " | 553 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 41 9 6 |
| 8 | " | 560 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 42 0 0 |

Ngamatea Survey District.

| 2 | I. | 176 0 0 | 0 2 0 | 17 12 0 |
| 3 | " | 168 2 0 | 0 2 0 | 16 17 0 |
| 4 | " | 202 0 0 | 0 2 0 | 20 4 0 |
| 5 | " | 406 2 0 | 0 2 0 | 40 13 0 |
| 6 | " | 744 2 0 | 0 1 9 | 65 2 10 |
| 7 | " | 1,108 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 83 2 0 |
| 1 | II. | 1,792 0 0 | 0 1 0 | 89 12 0 |
| 2 | " | 1,800 0 0 | 0 1 0 | 90 0 0 |
| 3 | " | 1,650 0 0 | 0 1 0 | 82 10 0 |
| 1 | V. | 1,221 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 91 11 6 |
| 2 | " | 1,026 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 76 19 0 |
| 3 | " | 1,452 0 0 | 0 1 0 | 72 12 0 |
| 4 | " | 1,331 0 0 | 0 1 0 | 66 11 0 |
| 1 | IX. | 2,000 0 0 | 0 1 0 | 100 0 0 |

Tauakira Survey District.

| 1 | VII. | 1,710 0 0 | 0 0 6 | 42 15 0 |
| 2 | " | 1,400 0 0 | 0 0 7½ | 43 15 0 |
| 4 | " | 1,120 0 0 | 0 1 0 | 28 0 0 |
| 1 | VIII.| 868 0 0 | 0 0 9 | 32 11 0 |
| 2 | " | 1,340 0 0 | 0 1 0 | 67 0 0 |
| 3 | " | 1,712 0 0 | 0 0 6 | 42 16 0 |
| 1 | XI. | 1,275 0 0 | 0 1 0 | 63 15 0 |
| 2 | " | 1,384 0 0 | 0 0 6 | 34 12 0 |

Makotuku Survey District.

| 1 | XI. | 653 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 48 19 6 |
| 2 | " | 553 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 41 9 6 |
| 1 | XII. | 650 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 48 15 0 |
| 2 | " | 545 2 0 | 0 1 6 | 40 18 3 |
| 3 | " | 609 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 45 13 6 |
| 4 | " | 512 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 38 8 0 |
| 5 | " | 502 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 37 13 0 |
| 6 | " | 562 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 42 3 0 |
| 1 | XIV. | 760 0 0 | 0 0 9 | 28 10 0 |
| 2 | " | 1,350 0 0 | 0 0 9 | 50 12 6 |
| 3 | " | 1,270 0 0 | 0 0 9 | 47 12 6 |
| 3 | XV. | 417 0 0 | 0 1 9 | 36 9 9 |
| 4 | " | 503 0 0 | 0 1 9 | 44 0 3 |
| 5 | " | 675 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 50 12 6 |
| 8 | " | 219 0 0 | 0 2 0 | 21 18 0 |
| 9 | " | 510 0 0 | 0 1 9 | 44 12 6 |
| 10| " | 573 0 0 | 0 1 9 | 50 2 9 |
| 11| " | 257 0 0 | 0 2 0 | 25 14 0 |
| 14| " | 317 0 0 | 0 2 0 | 31 14 0 |
| 15| " | 263 0 0 | 0 2 3 | 29 11 9 |
| 16| " | 173 0 0 | 0 2 0 | 17 6 0 |
| 17| " | 580 0 0 | 0 1 9 | 50 15 0 |
| 18| " | 473 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 35 9 6 |
| 1 | XVI. | 546 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 40 19 0 |
| 2 | " | 525 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 39 7 6 |
| 3 | " | 654 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 49 1 0 |
| 4 | " | 608 0 0 | 0 1 3 | 38 0 0 |
| 5 | " | 630 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 47 5 0 |
| 6 | " | 590 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 44 5 0 |
| 7 | " | 602 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 45 3 0 |
| 8 | " | 678 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 50 17 0 |
| 9 | " | 671 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 50 6 6 |
| 10| " | 607 0 0 | 0 1 6 | 45 10 6 |

Small Grazing-run.

Tauakira Survey District.

| 4 | VIII. } | 3,530 0 0 | 0 0 6 | 88 5 0 |
| 1 | XII. } | | | |

NOTE.—All the above sections are offered subject to amendment of areas and rentals on final survey.

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Locality and General Description of the Ohotu Block.

This block, which comprises an aggregate area of 57,455 acres, subdivided into seventy-one sections ranging from 168 acres to 3,530 acres, is situated on the Left Bank of the Whanganui River, about forty-five miles from Whanganui and about six miles south of the Raetihi Township.

The access to the western portion of the block is by river-steamer up the Whanganui River for a distance of about forty-five miles, thence by unformed surveyed roads to the different sections.