New Zealand Gazette – 1903 – No. 85

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✨ Land Vesting, Civil Service Default, Meteorological Data, Land Forfeitures

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 85

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 3rd day of November, 1903.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land containing 60 acres, more or less, and being the north-eastern portion of Section 93 and the south-western portion of Section 95, Parish of Ruarangi, in the Provincial District of Auckland.

Call under “The Civil Service Officers’ Guarantee Act, 1893.”

Office of the Civil Service Officers’ Guarantee Board,
Government Buildings,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1903.

IN pursuance of clause 15 of the regulations contained in an Order in Council bearing date the 4th March, 1895, I, James Barnes Heywood, the Chairman of the Board appointed under “The Civil Service Officers’ Guarantee Act, 1893,” do issue the following notice of a call under the said Act:—

Name of the Officer who has made Default.	Department in which he was serving.	Amount of Defalcation.	Nature of Defalcation.	Rate per Cent. on the Sum assured required to be levied.
Walter William Jabez Hall	Post and Telegraph Department	£ s. d. 213 15 0	Embezzlement of moneys	Threepence.

JAMES B. HEYWOOD,
Chairman.

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of October, 1903. Altitude above the sea, 140 ft. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

Date.	Barometer reduced and corrected, in Inches.	From Self-registering Instruments, for Twenty-four Hours previously.
		Max. Temp. in Shade.	Min. Temp. in Shade.	Mean Temp. in Shade.	Solar Radiation.	Terrestrial Radiation.	Rainfall, in Inches.	Veloc. Wind, in Miles.	Amount of Cloud, 0 to 10.
		Fah.	Fah.	Fah.	Fah.	Fah.
1	29·771	60·0	51·0	55·5	121	39	..	210	8
2	29·835	65·5	49·0	57·2	116	40	·17	205	10
3	30·213	57·5	47·0	52·2	77	38	·07	205	10
4	30·263	57·5	44·5	51·0	107	35	·14	160	5
5	30·255	61·5	42·0	51·7	115	30	..	95	8
6	30·188	59·5	45·0	52·2	107	33	..	110	5
7	30·211	68·5	50·0	59·2	118	39	..	55	9
8	30·329	68·5	50·0	59·2	117	38	..	80	10
9	30·551	57·5	45·0	51·2	105	33	..	170	1
10	30·553	67·7	43·2	55·4	110	30	..	129	0
11	30·305	66·0	54·5	60·2	114	39	..	306	4
12	30·105	61·2	53·1	57·1	111	39	..	518	3
13	30·114	62·9	53·4	58·1	114	42	..	402	9
14	29·923	61·5	53·5	57·5	114	41	..	460	0
15	30·014	66·7	56·4	61·5	116	45	..	380	10
16	30·021	61·3	55·6	58·4	95	44	·12	459	10
17	29·885	60·7	56·4	58·5	104	46	·14	495	8
18	30·183	63·3	52·1	57·7	118	39	·01	417	9
19	30·517	63·6	45·7	54·6	118	32	..	151	6
20	30·765	63·1	46·8	54·9	119	32	..	178	9
21	30·696	62·3	48·0	55·1	114	34	..	155	1
22	30·571	70·4	43·0	56·7	119	29	..	91	4
23	30·496	72·4	49·8	61·1	121	41	..	169	5
24	30·452	66·3	56·9	61·6	120	52	..	269	10
25	30·533	62·8	58·1	60·4	107	56	..	278	9
26	30·555	66·8	55·4	61·1	120	51	..	220	7
27	30·442	65·2	55·4	60·3	121	53	..	390	10
28	30·209	64·1	56·3	60·2	122	55	..	587	10
29	30·280	60·9	52·7	56·8	112	51	·02	369	10
30	30·397	64·0	51·6	57·8	114	48	..	90	8
31	30·415	71·3	51·6	61·4	133	48	..	38	10
*	30·292	63·9	50·7	57·3	113·8	41·0	0·670	252·9	7·0
†	29·845	..	..	53·6	..	..	4·370 13 dys.	..	..

Means, &c.
† Same month previous years.

NOTE.—The month was warm and fine throughout, a series of strong winds occurring about the middle. The rainfall is the smallest that has been experienced since October, 1894; maximum fall for the month was registered on 2nd, 0·17in. Prevailing winds from north and north-west. Maximum temperature in shade, 72·4°; minimum, 42·0°. Mean temperature of dew-point, 47·4°; mean humidity, 70.

CUTHBERT FREYBERG,
Acting Observer.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Hawke’s Bay Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 3rd November, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that, the leases of the undermentioned Crown lands having been forfeited by resolution of the Hawke’s Bay Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

Tenure.	Lease No.	Lessee.	Section.	Block.	District.	Reason.
L.P.L.S.	252	Robert Stuart ..	7	XIII.	Hatuma Settlement ..	Non-compliance with conditions.
"	296	Josh. R. Gilbert ..	3	XII.	Forest Gate Settlement	Ditto.
L.I.P.	240	Ellen Grant ..	52, 53	..	Tiniroto Village ..	Non-payment of rent.
"	271	L. F. le Valliant	2	IV.	Waingaromia..	"
"	272	William Askew ..	21	VIII.	Hangaroa ..	"
"	275	James H. Harvey ..	48	..	Tiniroto Village ..	"

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1903, No 85

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⚖️ Vesting of Unclaimed Land in the Public Trustee

Domain⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Dated3 November 1903
KeywordsUnclaimed Land, Public Trustee, Vesting, Land Act 1894, Auckland, Ruarangi
👩‍💼 Officials

J. W. Poynton, Public Trustee

💰 Call under Civil Service Officers’ Guarantee Act for Defalcation

Domain💰 Finance & Revenue
Dated2 November 1903
KeywordsCivil Service, Guarantee Act, Defalcation, Embezzlement, Post and Telegraph Department
👱🏽 Names

Walter William Jabez Hall, Default in Post and Telegraph Department

👩‍💼 Officials

James Barnes Heywood, Chairman, Civil Service Officers’ Guarantee Board

🏛️ Meteorological Observations for Wellington, October 1903

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
KeywordsMeteorology, Weather, Temperature, Rainfall, Wind, Cloud, Solar Radiation, Wellington, Government Observatory
👩‍💼 Officials

Cuthbert Freyberg, Acting Observer

🗺️ Forfeiture of Crown Leases in Hawke’s Bay Land District

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated3 November 1903
KeywordsCrown Land, Lease Forfeiture, Non-payment of Rent, Non-compliance, Hatuma, Tiniroto, Waingaromia
👱🏽 Names

6 names identified

Robert Stuart, Lease forfeited, Hatuma Settlement
Josh. R. Gilbert, Lease forfeited, Forest Gate Settlement
Ellen Grant, Lease forfeited due to non-payment of rent
L. F. le Valliant, Lease forfeited due to non-payment of rent
William Askew, Lease forfeited, Hangaroa
James H. Harvey, Lease forfeited, Tiniroto Village

👩‍💼 Officials

T. Y. Duncan, Minister of Lands

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