MAY 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1481

Population of the Colony.

RETURN of the Estimated Population of the Colony of New Zealand on the 31st March, 1907.

Increase during March quarter, 1907—

Decrease during March quarter, 1907—

| By Deaths | 1,393 | 1,015 | 2,408 | | | |
| „ Departures | 6,020 | 3,863 | 9,883 | 7,413 | 4,878 | 12,291 |

Net increase during March quarter, 1907

| | | | | 2,865 | 2,282 | 5,147 |

Estimated population (exclusive of Maoris, &c.) on 31st March, 1907

| | | | | 484,516 | 429,357 | 913,873 |

Maori population, Census, 1906

| | | | | 25,538 | 22,193 | 47,731 |

Population of Cook and other Pacific islands, Census, 1906

| | | | | 6,224 | 6,116 | *12,340 |

Total estimated population of the colony on 31st March, 1907

| | | | | 516,278 | 457,666 | 973,944 |

• Excluding 776 Natives of South Sea Islands at labour abroad.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 6th May, 1907.

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, 6th May, 1907.

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 deceased
persons 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.

Charles F. Pinder, late of Clarence Bridge, in the Provincial District of Marlborough, rabbiter. Filed on the 10th day of April, 1907.

Grace Wilson, late of Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, spinster. Filed on the 12th day of April, 1907.

Edward George Fulljames, late of Kamo, in the Provincial District of Auckland, seaman. Filed on the 16th day of April, 1907.

Charlie Ah See, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, grocer and fruiterer. Filed on the 16th day of April, 1907.

Ernest Paterson Saunders, late of Te Kopuru, in the Provincial District of Auckland, mariner. Filed on the 16th day of April, 1907.

Jessie Motion, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, married woman. Filed on the 16th day of April, 1907.

Joseph Todd, late of Reefton, in the Provincial District of Nelson, miner. Filed on the 16th day of April, 1907.

Margaret O’Sullivan, late of Parnell, in the Provincial District of Auckland, domestic duties. Filed on the 16th day of April, 1907.

Lydia Whiting, late of Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, married woman. Filed on the 16th day of April, 1907.

Walter William Meiklejohn, late of Seacliff, in the Provincial District of Otago, retired artilleryman. Filed on the 16th day of April, 1907.

David McDonald, late of Fens Creek, Lake County, in the Provincial District of Otago, gold-miner. Filed on the 18th day of April, 1907.

Emma Ann Butcher, late of Totara Point, in the Provincial District of Auckland, old-age pensioner. Filed on the 22nd day of April, 1907.

William Barclay, late of Nelson, in the Provincial District of Marlborough, telegraph lineman. Filed on the 24th day of April, 1907.

Margaret O’Halloran, late of Urenui, in the Provincial District of Taranaki, settler. Filed on the 26th day of April, 1907.

Timothy Foley, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, labourer. Filed on the 26th day of April, 1907.

Annie Dawson, late of Reefton, in the Provincial District of Nelson, widow. Filed on the 26th day of April, 1907.

James Grant, late of Lossiemouth, in Scotland, coal agent. Filed on the 26th day of April, 1907.

Herbert Henry Arnold, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, boilermaker. Filed on the 30th day of April, 1907.

Harriet Wharton Henderson, late of Dannevirke, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, married woman. Filed on the 1st day of May, 1907.

Malcolm McIvor, late of Duntron, in the Provincial District of Otago, farmer. Filed on the 1st day of May, 1907.

Nancy Gilmour, late of Balclutha, in the Provincial District of Otago, married woman. Filed on the 1st day of May, 1907.

Thomas Hastie, late of Mataura, in the Provincial District of Otago, farmer. Filed on the 2nd day of May, 1907.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

“The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Acts Compilation Act, 1905.”—Notice of Cancellations of Registry.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 8th May, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that the registrations of the industrial unions of employers and workers mentioned in the Schedule hereto are hereby cancelled as from the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

EDWARD TREGEAR,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.

SCHEDULE.

The Christchurch Blacksmiths and Farriers Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 438, situated at Christchurch.

The New Plymouth Painters Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 206, situated at New Plymouth.

The Napier Plumbers Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 480, situated at Napier.

The Southland Bakers Industrial Union of Employers, registered number 346, situated at Invercargill.

The Ohinemuri Carters and General Carriers Industrial Union of Employers, registered number 490, situated at Paeroa.