MAR. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 757

Native Assessor elected.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1904.

NOTICE has been received at this office, under the hand of the Returning Officer, that

PAORA PAKIHI

has been elected to be the Native Assessor for the Native Licensing District of Waioeka.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Under-Secretary.

Officiating Ministers for 1904.—Notice No. 7.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 29th February, 1904.

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:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

The Reverend Francis Wallace Dunlop, M.A., Ph.D.
The Reverend Alexander Thomas Thompson.

Congregational Independents.

The Reverend Archibald Ernest Hunt.

Baptists.

The Reverend Stanley Jenkin.

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, 1st March, 1904.

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.

John Evans, late of Waitetuna, in the Provincial District of Auckland, farmer. Filed on the 25th day of February, 1904.

William Pembroke Tudhope, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, settler. Filed on the 25th day of February, 1904.

Eliza Jane McGregor, late of Motukarara, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, married woman. Filed on the 25th day of February, 1904.

James Wilson, late of Hyde, in the Provincial District of Otago, surfaceman. Filed on the 25th day of February, 1904.

Thomas Rae, late of Miller’s Flat, in the Provincial District of Otago, dredge-hand. Filed on the 25th day of February, 1904.

Patrick McCarthy, late of Mandeville, in the Provincial District of Otago, farmer. Filed on the 25th day of February, 1904.

Wright Stevenson Armstrong, otherwise known as Wright Armstrong, late of Brunnerton, in the Provincial District of Westland, miner. Filed on the 1st day of March, 1904.

Niels Albert Bertelsen, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, master mariner. Filed on the 1st day of March, 1904.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

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 27th day of February, 1904.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, containing 1 rood 1 perch, more or less, and being Section No. 1510 in the Town of New Plymouth and Provincial District of Taranaki.

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 26th day of February, 1904.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, containing 26 acres, more or less, and being the middle portion of Allotment 17 in the Parish of Matakoe and Provincial District of Auckland.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Parata Township, Wellington Land District, for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 1st March, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at this office up to 12 o’clock noon on Wednesday, the 20th day of April, 1904, for leases of the undermentioned lands for a term of twenty-one years (with the right of renewal for a further term of twenty-one years), under the provisions of “The Native Townships Act, 1895,” and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—HOROWHENUA COUNTY.

Parata Township.

These sections are situated on the main road and railway-line between Wellington and Otaki, the distance from Wellington by railway-line being thirty-seven miles. The access is from Waikanae Railway-station, which adjoins the township. The sections comprise flat grass land; the soil is of first-class quality, resting on clay-and-shingle formation. The improvements on Section 31, Block I., consist of 5 chains of fencing.

Plans and full particulars as to terms and conditions of lease may be obtained at this office.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.