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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 96

Population of the Dominion.

RETURN of the Estimated Population of the Dominion of New Zealand on the 30th September, 1907.

Increase during September quarter, 1907—

Decrease during September quarter, 1907—

| By Deaths | 1,584 | 1,196 | 2,780 | | | |
| Departures | 3,758 | 1,943 | 5,701 | 5,342 | 3,139 | 8,481 |

Net increase during September quarter, 1907

| | | | | 2,275 | 2,323 | 4,598 |

Estimated population (exclusive of Maoris, &c.) on 30th September, 1907 ..

| | | | | 486,611 | 432,579 | 919,190 |

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 Dominion on 30th September, 1907 ..

| | | | | 518,373 | 460,888 | 979,261 |

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

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 4th November, 1907.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

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

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 21 perches, more or less, being Allotment No. 13, in the Township of Newcastle and Parish of Hortin, Waikato, Auckland. Bounded on the north-east by a street, 100 links; on the south-east by Allotment No. 14, 131 links; on the south-west by Allotments Nos. 18 and 19, 102 links; and on the north-west by Allotment No. 12, 150 links. The land was Crown-granted to John Sutherland, of Auckland, settler, 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 30th 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 acre and 8 perches, more or less, being Allotment No. 67, in the Township of Newcastle and Parish of Hortin, Waikato, Auckland. Bounded on the north-east by Allotment No. 70, 100 links; on the south-east by Allotment No. 68, 301 links; on the south-west by a street, 100 links; and on the north-west by Allotment No. 66, 301 links. The land was Crown-granted to Hugh Sutherland, described as of Auckland, settler, 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 30th 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 50 acres, more or less, being Allotments Nos. 271 and 272, in the Parish of Te Papa, in the Provincial District of Auckland. Bounded on the north-east by the Waimapu River; on the south-east by Allotment No. 273, 3979 links; on the south-west by a road, 1384 links, 549 links, and 485 links; and on the north-west by Allotment No. 270, 2209 links. The land was Crown-granted to Denis A. Ward, described as a private of the 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 30th day of October, 1907.

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