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ceedings pending to strike my name off the said Roll or to suspend me from practice. I beg to refer to the Certificate of , marked “A,” now produced to me in proof of the statements in this paragraph.

3. I have not been bankrupt or insolvent, nor have I made a composition or arrangement with my creditors. [If this is not the case, state the facts with dates, and show that a complete discharge has been obtained.]

4. The document now produced and shown to me and marked with the letter “B” is my original certificate of admission in the said Court, and the documents now produced and shown to me and marked respectively with the letters “C” and “D” are respectively certificates of character and as to my fitness to be admitted a Solicitor of the Supreme Court in England, signed respectively by , one of the Judges of the said Court [If not a Judge, state his rank], and by , of , and , of , two practising solicitors of the said Court of at least five years’s standing.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of the Statutory Declarations Act, 1835.

SCHEDULE B.

I [Name and style of Judge], do hereby certify that the amount of stamps paid on admission when [Name and style of Applicant], was admitted to practice, was the sum of £ ,* (and that the amount of stamps paid on Articles of Clerkship when he was articled was the sum of £ ). [To be signed and attested.]

• Omit if inapplicable.

Officiating Ministers for 1904.—Notice No. 15.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd May, 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:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend Sanders Spencer.

Roman Catholic Church.

The Reverend Cornelius A. Jansen.
The Reverend George Wüst.
The Reverend Joseph Zanna.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

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 2nd day of May, 1904.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, containing 5 acres, more or less, and being Allotment 52, Settlement of Whiriwhiri, Suburban Section 1, Parish of Waiuku, and Provincial District of Auckland.

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 2nd day of May, 1904.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, containing 9 acres 2 roods 4 perches, more or less, described in the Crown grant thereof as Section numbered 16 in the District of Havelock Suburban, but now apparently it is known as Section 16, Block 12, Wakamarina District, both in the Pelorus Road District, in the Provincial District of Marlborough.

Adoption of Child under Section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

Native Land Court Office,
Gisborne, 19th April, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the adoption particulars of which are set out hereunder has been duly registered by me under the provisions of section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

JOHN BROOKING,
Registrar.

PARTICULARS OF ADOPTION OF CHILD.

To the Registrar of the Native Land Court, Gisborne District.

I, HEMI KAUTA, of Pouawa, hereby give notice that I have taken Roa Carnachan, a child of Mere Arihi Muhu, to be my adopted child according to Maori custom; and I request that such adoption be registered under the provisions of section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

As witness my hand, this 19th day of April, 1904.

HEMI KAUTA.

Signed by the said Hemi Kauta in the presence of—John Brooking, Registrar, Native Land Court, and Charles T. Potaka, Licensed Interpreter, of Gisborne.

Adoption of Child under Section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 2nd May, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the adoption particulars of which are set out hereunder has been duly registered by me under the provisions of section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

R. C. SIM,
Registrar.

PARTICULARS OF ADOPTION OF CHILD.

To the Registrar of the Native Land Court, Wellington District.

I, TE RORE RANGIHEUEA, of Himatangi, hereby give notice that I have taken Te Rore Pitihira, a child of Pitihira Roiri and Te Awatea Pitihira, to be my adopted child according to Maori custom; and I request that such adoption be registered under the provisions of section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

As witness my hand, this 26th day of April, 1904

TE RORE RANGIHEUEA.

Signed by the said Te Rore Rangiheuea in the presence of — W. H. Tisdall, J.P., Wellington, and C. R. Parata, Licensed Interpreter, Wellington.