JULY 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1573

PARTICULARS of the Estates of Deceased Persons which have been placed under the Charge of the Public Trustee for Management during the Month of June, 1903.

Dated the 8th day of July, 1903. A. A. K. DUNCAN, Deputy Public Trustee.

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

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 8th July, 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.

Helen Sturgeon, late of Tinwald, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, married woman. Filed on the 25th day of June, 1903.

Sarah Rose Boult, late of Midrivers, Glenorchy, in the Provincial District of Otago, married woman. Filed on the 25th day of June, 1903.

Bedelia Hanrahan, otherwise “Delia” Hanrahan (formerly Burke), late of Sydney, in the State of New South Wales, housewife. Filed on the 30th day of June, 1903.

Owen Mitchell, late of Rimu, in the Provincial District of Westland, carter. Filed on the 4th day of July, 1903.

Thomas Gutteridge, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, miner. Filed on the 4th day of July, 1903.

Thoyald Nelson, late of Pembroke, in the Provincial District of Otago, labourer. Filed on the 4th day of July, 1903.

William Abbott, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, labourer. Filed on the 4th day of July, 1903.

Jane Hargood, late of Hamilton, in the Provincial District of Auckland, housewife. Filed on the 4th day of July, 1903.

Annie Grant, late of Maungatua, in the Provincial District of Otago, widow. Filed on the 4th day of July, 1903.

Frederick Snowden, late of Seaward Bush, in the Provincial District of Otago, tailor. Filed on the 8th day of July, 1903.

John Edward Johnsen, otherwise called John Edward Johnson, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, abourer. Filed on the 8th day of July, 1903.

A. A. K. DUNCAN, Deputy 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 acre, more or less, being Allotment No. 296, Section 2, in the Town of Opotiki and Provincial District of Auckland. The Crown grantee is one Owen McKernan, described as being a private in the First Regiment of Waikato Militia, who cannot be traced.

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 3rd day of July, 1903.

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

Notice of Vesting of Lands 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 lands described in the Schedule hereunder written, and the owners thereof, and have, in respect of the said lands, 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 or owners are, and believe that such owner is or owners are not in the colony, nor has any owner established his title to the said lands, or either of them, as required by the said Act: I hereby give notice that the said lands are 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