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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 8

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 3rd February, 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.

Margaret Reilly, or O’Reilly, late of Wellington, in the
Provincial District of Wellington, widow. Filed on the
29th day of January, 1903.

Thomas Whittington Watts, late of Tauranga, in the
Provincial District of Auckland, billiard-marker. Filed on
the 29th day of January, 1903.

John Taylor Gordon, late of Wellington, in the Provincial
District of Wellington, gentleman. Filed on the 29th day
of January, 1903.

Edwin Davies, late of Christchurch, in the Provincial
District of Canterbury, sawmill hand. Filed on the 29th
day of January, 1903.

Benjamin Bennett, late of Te Aroha, in the Provincial
District of Auckland, farmer. Filed on the 31st day of
January, 1903.

Thomas Carroll, late of Mangaweka, in the Provincial
District of Wellington, labourer. Filed on the 2nd day of
February, 1903.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Officiating Ministers for 1903.—Notice No. 4.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd 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:—

Congregational Independents.

The Reverend William Newman Hall.

Baptist Church.

The Reverend Walter Barry.

GEO. DRURY,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Population of the Colony.

RETURN of the Estimated Population (exclusive and inclusive of Maoris) of the Colony of New Zealand on the 31st December, 1902.

CHINESE.—Chinese are included in the population given above. The number in New Zealand on 31st December, 1902, was estimated to be 2,792, of whom 31 were females.

REMARKS.—Excluding Maoris, the population of the colony increased by 20,268, or at the rate of 2·57 per cent., during the year. To this increase, excess of births over deaths contributed 12,276, and excess of arrivals over departures 7,992.

The birth-rate for the colony in 1902 was 25·88 per 1,000 of mean population, and the death-rate 10·51, as against 26·34 and 9·81 respectively in 1901.

The deaths in 1902 (8,379) exceeded the number registered in 1901 (7,634) by 745, and cause an increase in the rate per 1,000 from 9·81 to 10·51.

The number of marriages (excluding those contracted between Maoris) solemnised in 1902 is estimated at 6,388, giving a rate of 8·01* per 1,000 of the mean population, against 6,095 and 7·83, the actual number and rate in 1901.

The fluctuations of the birth, death, and marriage rates for the last ten years are as under:—

*Estimated; subject to revision.

GEO. DRURY,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1903.