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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 16

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

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Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 29th February, 1908.

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.

George Pye, late of Arundel, in the Provincial District of
Canterbury, wagoner. Filed on the 23rd day of December,
1907.

Richard C. Patterson, late of Liverpool, in England,
hotel clerk. Filed on the 6th day of January, 1908.

Richard Fitten, late of Old Diggings, in the Provincial
District of Nelson, miner. Filed on the 8th day of January,
1908.

John Travers Jones, late of Ohura, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Taranaki, bushman. Filed on the 11th day of
January, 1908.

Frederick Elliott North, late of Detroit, in United States
of America, chemist. Filed on the 18th day of January,
1908.

Andrew Mitchell, late of Port Chalmers, in the Provincial
District of Otago, fisherman. Filed on the 20th day of
January, 1908.

Lucy Carr, late of Blenheim, in the Provincial District of
Marlborough, married woman. Filed on the 21st day of
January, 1908.

Anna Macdonald, late of Mangaweka, in the Provincial
District of Wellington. Filed on the 21st day of January,
1908.

Diedrick Blunck, late of Kanieri, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Westland, gardener. Filed on the 21st day of
January, 1908.

Elizabeth Dougherty, late of Carterton, in the Provincial
District of Wellington, spinster. Filed on the 25th day of
January, 1908.

Augustus Cave Vaughan, late of Kaiapoi, in the Provincial
District of Canterbury, labourer. Filed on the 25th day of
January, 1908.

Carl Giesick, or Charles Gissick, late of Christchurch, in
the Provincial District of Canterbury, settler. Filed on the
25th day of January, 1908.

William Mitchell Mason, late of Waikawa, in the Pro-
vincial District of Otago, miner. Filed on the 29th day of
January, 1908.

Jane Martin, late of Grey Lynn, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Auckland, married woman. Filed on the 29th day
of January, 1908.

Joshua Jackson, late of Northcote, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Auckland, sharebroker. Filed on the 29th day of
January, 1908.

Humphrey O’Sullivan, late of Porirua, in the Provincial
District of Wellington. Filed on the 31st day of January,
1908.

Jeremiah Meehan, late of Deborah, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Otago, farmer. Filed on the 31st day of January,
1908.

Mary Ann Hannagan, late of Nelson, in the Provincial
District of Nelson, widow. Filed on the 31st day of January,
1908.

Frank Robert Benecke, late of Whangarei, in the Pro-
vincial District of Auckland, settler. Filed on the 31st day
of January, 1908.

James Griffen, late of Caversham, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Otago, cab-proprietor. Filed on the 1st day of
February, 1908.

Jacob Jacobson, late of Totaranui, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Nelson, sailor. Filed on the 4th day of February,
1908.

Hermann Wiesner, late of Kiritaki, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Hawke’s Bay, labourer. Filed on the 4th day of
February, 1908.

Iver Iverson, late of Whangarei, in the Provincial District
of Auckland, seaman. Filed on the 4th day of February,
1908.

Herbert Charles Trinder, late of Wanganui, in the Pro-
vincial District of Wellington, tailor. Filed on the 6th day
of February, 1908.

Alexis Vittor Challier, late of Aratapu, in the Provincial
District of Auckland, gum-digger. Filed on the 6th day of
February, 1908.

William Lydwraith Thomas, late of Paparoa, in the Pro-
vincial District of Nelson, miner. Filed on the 6th day of
February, 1908.

William Barry, late of Balfour, in the Provincial District
of Otago, gardener. Filed on the 6th day of February,
1908.

Elizabeth Ell, late of Wellington, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Wellington, widow. Filed on the 17th day of
February, 1908.

John Park, late of Bannockburn, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Otago, miner. Filed on the 18th day of February,
1908.

Thomas Godfrey Bezett, late of New Brighton, in the
Provincial District of Canterbury, monoline operator.
Filed on the 19th day of February, 1908.

Elizabeth Rackett, late of Opawa, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Canterbury, married woman. Filed on the 27th day
of February, 1908.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

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Election of Member of Auckland Land Board.—Result
of Poll.

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I, ROBERT LECKIE, Returning Officer for the election
of a member of the Auckland Land Board, do hereby
notify, in terms of the regulations under the Land Laws
Amendment Act, 1907, the result of the poll taken on the
24th day of February, 1908, for the election of a member of
the Auckland Land Board to be as follows :—

Name of Candidate. Votes polled.
Ambury, Luther John .. .. .. 81
Browne, John Stewart .. .. .. 33
Dargaville, Francis Joseph .. .. 102
Glass, Arthur Gilpin Canning .. .. 242
Hayward, jun., Charles Edwin .. .. 60
Keegan, Patrick .. .. .. 194
Kernohan, Robert Young .. .. 189
King, Horace Stephen Waterloo .. .. 46
Lake, Charles Jessen .. .. .. 50
Pohlen, Joseph .. .. .. 137
Scotcher, George Timms .. .. 44
Shaw, William Joshua .. .. .. 152
Teasdale, John Burgess .. .. 225
Trounson, James .. .. .. 638
Were, Robert .. .. .. 54

Number of valid votes .. .. .. 2,247
Number of votes rejected as informal .. 247

And I do hereby declare that JAMES TROUNSON, having
received the greatest number of valid votes, is duly elected
a member of the Auckland Land Board.

ROBT. LECKIE,
Returning Officer.

Dated at Auckland, this 27th day of February, 1908.

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Election of Member of Hawke’s Bay Land Board.—Result
of Poll.

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I, HENRY TRENT, Returning Officer for the election
of a member of the Hawke’s Bay Land Board, do
hereby notify, in terms of the regulations under the Land
Laws Amendment Act, 1907, the result of the poll taken by
me on the 24th day of February, 1908, for the election of a
member of the Hawke’s Bay Land Board to be as fol-
lows :—

Candidates. Votes polled.
Berkahn, William Francis Henry .. .. 53
Coleman, Thomas Alexander .. .. .. 48
Ellingham, Thomas William .. .. .. 114
Gray, Charles .. .. .. 75
Lane, Eustace .. .. .. 137
Mabbett, John .. .. .. 2
Merrikin, George Edward .. .. .. 15
Merritt, George John .. .. .. 31
Monteith, Henry .. .. .. 26
McLean, Hugh .. .. .. 32
Rood, Albert .. .. .. 43

Number of valid votes .. .. .. 576
Number of votes rejected as informal .. 79

And I do hereby declare that EUSTACE LANE, having re-
ceived the greatest number of valid votes, is duly elected
a member of the Hawke’s Bay Land Board.

HENRY TRENT,
Returning Officer.

Dated at Napier, this 27th day of February, 1908,