JUNE 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1451

LATIN.—Tacitus, “Agricola” and “Germania”; Virgil, “Aeneid,” Book XII.
FRENCH.—Corneille, “Cinna” and “Horace”; Molière, “Le Misanthrope”; Voltaire, “Charles XII.”
GERMAN.—Goethe, “Aus meinem Leben,” Theil I., and “Hermann und Dorothea”; Schiller, “Maria Stuart.”
ITALIAN.—Manzoni, “I Promessi Sposi.”
SPANISH.—Ayala, Camprodón, and Eguilaz, “Teatro moderno español” (David Nutt, 3s. 6d.); Trueba and La Quintana, “El Cid campeador” (David Nutt, 3s. 6d.).
MAORI.—No special books in Maori will be prescribed for the examination of 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Education.

Date of Civil Service Junior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 31st May, 1904.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Examination Act, 1900,” notice is hereby given that the next Civil Service Junior Examination will be held in December, 1904, beginning about the 12th day of the month. Applications to be examined will be received at the office of the Inspector-General of Schools up to the 30th day of September, 1904, or, with a late fee of £1 in addition to the ordinary fee, up to the 15th day of October, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Education.

Junior National Scholarships and Free Places in Secondary Schools.

Education Department,
Wellington, 31st May, 1904.

IN pursuance of “The National Scholarships Act, 1903,” and of “The Secondary Schools Act, 1903,” notice is hereby given that an examination for Junior National Scholarships and for Free Places in Secondary Schools will be held in December, 1904, beginning about the middle of the month. Candidates’ applications to be examined must be forwarded by their teachers to the Inspector-General of Schools at Wellington so as to be delivered at his office not later than the 30th September, 1904.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Education.

Result of Election of a Trustee of a Drainage District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 27th May, 1904.

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

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

West Taieri Drainage District, County of Taieri:
John Bathgate.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 31st May, 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.

Donald Ross, late of Rotherham, in the Provincial District of Nelson, rabbit inspector. Filed on the 21st day of May, 1904.

William Muir, late of Kelso, in the Provincial District of Otago, farmer. Filed on the 21st day of May, 1904.

Charles Kane, late of Invercargill, in the Provincial District of Otago, labourer. Filed on the 25th day of May, 1904.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Notice by the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land containing 1 acre, more or less, and being Section No. 42 in the Township of Okato and Provincial District of Taranaki, situate on the north side of Cumming Street. It adjoins property owned by J. S. Fox. The grantee is Peter Gilligan, described as a private in the Taranaki Military Settlers.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted inquiries, and has not thereby ascertained who the owner or owners of the above-described land is or are, and believes that such owner is, or owners are, not in the colony:

Now, this notice calls upon such owner or owners, within six months of the date of the publication of this notice in this Gazette, to establish to the satisfaction of the Public Trustee his or their title to the land specified in this notice; and, if such owner does or owners do not, within the time limited, so establish his or their title, the Public Trustee will exercise the powers and authorities granted to him in and by “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

Dated this 25th day of May, 1904.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Surveyors licensed.

Office of the Surveyors’ Board,
Government Buildings,
Wellington, 1st June, 1904.

IT is hereby notified that licenses under “The New Zealand Institute of Surveyors and Board of Examiners Act, 1900,” have been issued to the following surveyors by the Surveyors’ Board:—

Surveyor. Address.
ADAMS, CHARLES EDWARD Wellington.
GOULDING, RICHARD RANDALL Wellington.
WILKINS, THOMAS WALTER Wellington.

C. E. ADAMS,
Secretary, Surveyors’ Board.

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of New Zealand, in New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 28th March, 1904.

LIABILITIES. £ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 763,249 10 9
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 28,134 0 2
Balances due to other Banks .. .. .. 15,472 12 4
Government deposits .. .. .. 1,498,009 5 10
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 4,028,296 1 9
Bearing interest .. .. .. 4,038,587 1 4

Total average liabilities ..£10,371,748 12 2

ASSETS.
Coined gold and silver and other coined metal .. .. .. 1,458,315 15 8
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. 85,156 10 7
Notes and bills of other Banks .. 57,455 4 1
Balances due from other Banks .. 969 12 4
Landed property .. 102,094 17 1
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. 990,586 14 10
2. Colonial Government securities .. 678,131 5 0
3. Other funded securities .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. 3,973,526 8 2
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. 984,992 8 1

Total average assets ..£8,331,228 15 10

4-per-cent. guaranteed stock, £2,000,000. (Interest, £40,000 per six months, paid November 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 14th day of April, 1904.

A. MACINTOSH, General Manager.
RICH'D. W. GIBBS, Accountant.