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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 36
Population of the Dominion.
RETURN of the Estimated Population of the Dominion of New Zealand on the 31st March, 1908.
| | Males. | Females. | Total. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Estimated population (excluding Maoris and inhabitants of annexed Pacific islands) on 31st December, 1907 | 492,649 | 436,835 | 929,484 |
| Increase during March quarter, 1908 | | | |
| By Births | 3,504 | 3,313 | 6,817 |
| Arrivals | 8,561 | 4,345 | 12,906 |
| | 12,065 | 7,658 | 19,723 |
| Decrease during March quarter, 1908 | | | |
| By Deaths | 1,352 | 910 | 2,262 |
| Departures | 5,693 | 3,665 | 9,358 |
| | 7,045 | 4,575 | 11,620 |
| Net increase during March quarter, 1908 | | | |
| | 5,020 | 3,083 | 8,103 |
| Estimated population (exclusive of Maoris, &c.) on 31st March, 1908 | 497,669 | 439,918 | 937,587 |
| 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 31st March, 1908 | 529,431 | 468,227 | 997,658 |

• Excluding 776 Natives of South Sea Islands at labour abroad.
  Registrar-General's Office,
  Wellington, 5th May, 1908.
  Notice by the Public Trustee under "The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894."
  To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 7 acres and 27 perches, situated in the District of Karamea, being Section No. 27 on Square 152 on the plan of the Province of Nelson. Bounded on the northward by Section No. 29 on the said square, 600 links; on the eastward by Section No. 28 on the said square, 1270 links; on the southward by a public road, 1 chain in width, on the banks of the Karamea River; and on the westward by Section No. 26 on the said square, 1120 links. The property was Crown-granted to Susan Phillips, described as wife of Philip Phillips, of Nelson, storekeeper, 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 1st day of May, 1908.
  J. W. POYNTON,
  Public Trustee.
  ALEXANDER BATHGATE, Solicitor, of Dunedin, has been elected Chairman, of the Board of Conciliation in and for the Otago and Southland Industrial District.
  Dated at Wellington, this 4th day of May, 1908.
  EDW. TREGEAR, Registrar of Industrial Unions.
  "The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1905." Notice of Cancellation of Registry.
  Department of Labour, Wellington, 7th May, 1908.
  NOTICE is hereby given that the registrations of the industrial unions mentioned in the Schedule below are hereby cancelled as from the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette.
  EDW. TREGEAR, Registrar of Industrial Unions.
  SCHEDULE.
  The Napier General Carriers, Timber and Coal Merchants' Industrial Union of Employers, registered number 408, situated at Napier.
  The Dunedin Furniture-makers' Industrial Union of Employers, registered number 329, situated at Dunedin.
  The Hawke's Bay Master Painters' Industrial Union of Employers, registered number 575, situated at Hastings.
  The Wairarapa and Manawatu Sawmillers' Industrial Union of Employers, registered number 357, situated at Eketahuna.
  The Lyttelton Seamen's Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 282, situated at Lyttelton.
  The Wellington Aerated-water Workers and other Bottlers' Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 510, situated at Wellington.
  The Wanganui Meat-works Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 548, situated at Wanganui.
  The Manawatu Rope and Twine Mills Employees' Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 581, situated at Foxton.
  The Dannevirke Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners' Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 513, situated at Dannevirke.
  The Wellington Domestic Workers' Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 574, situated at Wellington.
  Notice of Election of Members and Chairman of the Board of Conciliation for the Otago and Southland Industrial District.
  IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by "The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Acts Compilation Act, 1905," I, Edward Tregear, Registrar of Industrial Unions under that Act, do hereby notify that EDWARD FAUNS DUTHIE, Company Manager, and GEORGE SIMPSON, Building Contractor, of Dunedin, representing the employers' unions, and ROBERT FERGUSON, Bootmaker, and JESSE HAYMES, Clerk, of Dunedin, representing the workers' unions, have been elected members; and that