Oct. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2239

Authorising the Laying-off of Gwendoline Street, in the Town of Ariki, Auckland Land District, of a Width of 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 13th October, 1903.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by “The Towns Main Streets Act, 1902,” I, Thomas Young Duncan, Minister of Lands, do hereby authorise the laying-off of Gwendoline Street, in the Town of Ariki, Auckland Land District, of a width of 66 ft., instead of 99 ft. as prescribed by section 17 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Result of Election of a Trustee of a Drainage District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st October, 1903.

THE following result of the election of a Trustee of the Rangitaiki Drainage District has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Land Drainage Act, 1893.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Rangitaiki Drainage District, County of Whakatane:
Thomas Seccombe.

Officiating Ministers for 1903.—Notice No. 33.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 20th October, 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:—

Christians, commonly known as Brethren.

Mr. Thomas Rowe.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 21st October, 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.

Patrick John Henley, late of Masterton, in the Provincial District of Wellington, labourer. Filed on the 13th day of October, 1903.

John Allison, late of Invercargill, in the Provincial District of Otago, labourer. Filed on the 13th day of October, 1903.

Helen Blandford, late of Napier, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, spinster. Filed on the 13th day of October, 1903.

Duncan Fisher, late of Kumara, in the Provincial District of Westland, gardener. Filed on the 13th day of October, 1903.

John Frederick Gething, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland. Filed on the 13th day of October, 1903.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Te Makarini Scholarships, held at Te Aute College, Hawke’s Bay.

THREE scholarships of the yearly value of £35, tenable for two years, are offered for competition. One of these scholarships, to be called the senior scholarship, is open to all Maori boys under sixteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination: the other two scholarships are junior scholarships, one of which is open to all Maori boys under fifteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination who have attended a Native school or schools other than Te Aute or St. Stephen’s, and whose attendance at school during the previous year is considered by the Inspector of Native Schools to have been satisfactory; the other is open to Maori boys whose attendance at any school other than Te Aute and St. Stephen’s during the previous year has been similarly satisfactory. The senior scholarship is open to Maori boys on the conditions laid down in the regulations of the Trustees of the Te Makarini Scholarships Fund, as printed in the Native Schools Code, 1897. Candidates for the junior scholarships will be examined in the subjects specified for Standard IV. in the Native Schools Code, 1897. The questions will, however, be somewhat more difficult than those set for the standard examinations. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 14th and 15th of December, 1903.

Candidates must, either directly or through their teachers, send notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education Department, Wellington, of their intention to present themselves for examination. Such notice must be posted so as to reach the Department not later than the 9th of November, 1903.

Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may be obtained from teachers of Native schools and boarding institutions, the Secretaries to Education Boards, or the Secretary for Education, Wellington.

JAMES H. POPE,
Inspector of Native Schools.

Wellington, 10th August, 1903.

Examination for Mine-managers’ and Battery-superintendents’ Certificates.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 1st October, 1903.

AN examination of candidates for certificates as First- and Second-class Mine-managers and Battery-superintendents, under “The Mining Act, 1898,” and First- and Second-class Mine-managers under “The Coal-mines Act, 1891,” will be held on Tuesday, the 26th January, 1904, and following days, at places to be hereafter named. All applications, with necessary certificates, and fee of £1, must be addressed to “The Secretary of the Board of Examiners under the Mining Act [or Coal-mines Act], Wellington,” and must be received before the 19th December, or they will not be dealt with until the examination in 1905. Forms of application may be obtained at Schools of Mines, Thames, Waihi, and Coromandel, also from Inspector of Mines, Thames, Westport, and Dunedin.

T. H. HAMER,
Secretary to the Board of Examiners.

[NOTE.—No candidate will be permitted to present himself for examination unless he holds an authority from the Secretary stating that his certificate of service has been accepted by the Board.]

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of New Zealand, in New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 28th September, 1903.

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 754,145 4 7
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 22,557 19 9
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 15,574 8 10
Government deposits .. .. .. 1,650,096 12 6
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 4,111,616 2 4
Bearing interest .. .. .. 3,975,103 9 11
Total average liabilities .. £10,529,093 17 11

ASSETS.
Coined gold and silver and other coined metal .. .. .. £ 1,362,432 14 6
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. .. 87,953 5 1
Notes and bills of other Banks .. .. 46,103 1 0
Balances due from other Banks .. .. 981 15 0
Landed property .. .. .. 105,838 8 2
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. 897,186 7 3
2. Colonial Government securities .. 678,131 5 0
3. Other funded securities .. .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 3,602,610 8 3
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. .. 1,080,371 13 7
   Total average assets .. .. £7,861,608 17 10

4-per-cent. guaranteed stock, £2,000,000. (Interest, £40,000 per six months, paid May last.)
Capital payable by shareholders, £500,000.
Rate of the last dividend declared to shareholders, 5 per cent.
Amount of the last dividend declared, £21,180.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such dividend, £23,474 7s. 4d.

Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of October, 1903.

A. MACINTOSH, General Manager.
F. D. CLAYTON, Assistant Accountant.