Oct. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3081

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

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 40 acres, more or less, being north-west portion of Section 71, Parish of Mangapai, in the Provincial District of Auckland. Bounded on the north by Allotments 38 and 40, 1720 links; on the south-east by other portion of Allotment 71, 4020 links; on the south-west by a road, 724 links; and on the west by Allotment 70, 3170 links. The land was Crown-granted to John Rylands, of Auckland, bushman, who cannot now be traced.

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 Dominion.

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 12th day of October, 1907.

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 rood, more or less, being Allotment No. 439, Section 2, in the Parish of Te Papa, Tauranga, in the Provincial District of Auckland. Bounded on the north by Allotment 438, 250 links; on the east by Allotment 431, 100 links; on the south by Allotment 440, 250 links; and on the west by a road, 100 links. The land was Crown-granted to Isaac Lloyd, private, 1st Waikato Militia, who cannot now be traced.

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 Dominion.

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 12th day of October, 1907.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 15th October, 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 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.

Mary Woon Belcher, late of Napier, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, married woman. Filed on the 11th day of September, 1907.

Hannah Tremayne, otherwise known as Hannah Cox Tremayne, late of Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, married woman. Filed on the 11th day of September, 1907.

Mary Elizabeth Kinsey, late of Patumahoe, in the Provincial District of Auckland, widow. Filed on the 11th day of September, 1907.

Thomas Frederick Gooch, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, draughtsman. Filed on the 11th day of September, 1907.

Samuel Forsgate, late of Wandsworth, in the County of Surrey, in England, labourer. Filed on the 16th day of September, 1907.

John Beauchamp, late of Palmerston North, in the Provincial District of Wellington, photographer. Filed on the 16th day of September, 1907.

Edward Fitzgerald, late of Roxburgh, in the Provincial District of Otago, stonemason. Filed on the 17th day of September, 1907.

Humphrey O’Rourke, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, clerk. Filed on the 17th day of September, 1907.

Richard Langdown, late of Timaru, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, music-teacher. Filed on the 17th day of September, 1907.

David Algie, late of Glentunnel, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, labourer. Filed on the 17th day of September, 1907.

Robert Young Cameron, late of Hampden, in the Provincial District of Otago, labourer. Filed on the 24th day of September, 1907.

George Cunningham Duncan, late of Stafford, in the Provincial District of Westland, tinsmith. Filed on the 24th day of September, 1907.

Thomas Crawford, late of Riverton, in the Provincial District of Otago. Filed on the 24th day of September, 1907.

William Kohlies, late of Stratford, in the Provincial District of Taranaki, labourer. Filed on the 17th day of September, 1907.

William Duncan, late of Nightcaps, in the Provincial District of Otago, miner. Filed on the 2nd day of October, 1907.

James Sinclair, late of Lower Matakana, in the Provincial District of Auckland, shoemaker. Filed on the 7th day of October, 1907.

Thomas Edwards, late of Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago, retired miner. Filed on the 7th day of October, 1907.

James Norton, late of Sydenham, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, clerk. Filed on the 7th day of October, 1907.

Robert Crosbie, late of Patearoa, in the Provincial District of Otago, fencer. Filed on the 7th day of October, 1907.

Peter Butter, late of Shag Valley, in the Provincial District of Otago, labourer. Filed on the 7th day of October, 1907.

Michael Hogan, late of Rissington, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, farm hand. Filed on the 7th day of October, 1907.

Jane Reid, late of Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago, charwoman. Filed on the 7th day of October, 1907.

William Richards, late of Brancepeth, in the Provincial District of Wellington, carpenter. Filed on the 7th day of October, 1907.

Arthur J. Crespin, late of Weraroa, in the Provincial District of Wellington, farm hand. Filed on the 14th day of October, 1907.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Officiating Ministers for 1907.—Notice No. 41.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 1907.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand passed in the fourth year of the reign of His Majesty King Edward VII, and intituled “The Marriage Act, 1904,” the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Methodist Church of Australasia in New Zealand.

Mr. Charles Alexander Stewart.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

(NOTE.—The above name has been entered in substitution for that of Mr. John Alexander Stewart, previously entered. See notice No. 40, of 3rd October, 1907.—E. J. v. D.)

Surveyor licensed.

The Surveyors’ Board,
Government Buildings,
Wellington, 23rd September, 1907.

IT is hereby notified for general information that a license under “The New Zealand Institute of Surveyors and Board of Examiners Act, 1900,” has been issued to the following surveyor by the Surveyors’ Board:—

Surveyor. Address.
DAWSON, JOHN, Jun. .. .. .. Auckland.

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