APRIL 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1275

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 in the Dominion, nor has such owner established his title to the said land, as required by the said Act: I hereby give notice that the said land is, under and by virtue of the said Act, vested in me, as the Public Trustee as aforesaid, as from the date of the publication hereof, and will be administered under the said Act; the value of the land for the purposes of section 5 of the said Act being less than £100.

Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of April, 1908.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, containing 1 rood, more or less, being Allotment No. 439, Section 11, 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.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 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.

McLennan, Alexander, late of Masterton, in the Provincial District of Wellington, shepherd. Filed on 21st day of March, 1908.

Harris, George, late of Whangape, in the Provincial District of Auckland, saddler and storekeeper. Filed on the 24th day of March, 1908.

Montague, Francis, late of Towai, in the Provincial District of Auckland, gum-buyer. Filed on the 28th day of March, 1908.

Machin, Joshua Charles, late of Hastings, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, book-keeper. Filed on the 26th day of March, 1908.

Boon, Samuel John, late of Palmerston North, in the Provincial District of Wellington, brewery hand. Filed on the 28th day of March, 1908.

Rooke, John, late of Kingsland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, labourer. Filed on the 2nd day of April, 1908.

Lennox, Aaron or Alexander, late of Southbridge, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, farmer. Filed on the 2nd day of April, 1908.

Thomson, John, late of Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago, mental patient. Filed on the 6th day of April, 1908.

Hall, Percy, late of Purangi, in the Provincial District of Taranaki, farm labourer. Filed on the 7th day of April, 1908.

Lewis, Edwin Stanley, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, ironmongers’ assistant. Filed on the 9th day of April, 1908.

Ross, Rongo, late of Manutahi, in the Provincial District of Taranaki, labourer. Filed on the 10th day of April, 1908.

Trevathan, Elizabeth Jane, late of Frankton, in the Provincial District of Otago, married woman. Filed on the 10th day of April, 1908.

Pearce, Charles Henry Etheridge, late of Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago, painter. Filed on the 13th day of April, 1908.

Rayner, Richard William, late of Chatham Islands, in the Provincial District of Wellington, retired Civil servant. Filed on the 14th day of April, 1908.

Harvey, Neil, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, labourer. Filed on the 14th day of April, 1908.

Renz, Ernest, late of Cordoba, in the Argentine Republic, engineer. Filed on the 15th day of April, 1908.

Milton, Elizabeth, late of Parnell, in the Provincial District of Auckland, ladies’ help. Filed on the 16th day of April, 1908.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee

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Result of an Election under “The Government Railways Department Classification Act, 1901.”—Railway Board of Appeal.

New Zealand Government Railways,
Head Office, Wellington, 27th April, 1908.

THE following is the result of an election of a member to act as representative of the Second Division, Maintenance Branch, on the Railway Board of Appeal for the Middle Island, constituted under “The Government Railways Department Classification Act, 1901” :—

SECOND DIVISION.

MAINTENANCE BRANCH, MIDDLE ISLAND.

Cairns, Stephen, unopposed.

I hereby declare Stephen Cairns duly elected to act as a member of the Middle Island Appeal Board.

R. W. MCVILLY,
Returning Officer.

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Tenders.

Railway Department (Head Office),
Wellington, 24th April, 1908.

THE following list of accepted tenders for the right to keep bookstalls at railway-stations for a term of three years from 1st April, 1908, is published for general information.

T. RONAYNE,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.

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• For a term of two years eleven months, from 1st May, 1908.