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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 84

Notice to the Public Trustee.

THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS ACT, 1908.

Education Department,
Wellington, 17th October, 1911.

WHEREAS THOMAS EDWARD FREEMAN is at present
an inmate of the Burnham Industrial School, a
school established under the Industrial Schools Act, 1908 :
And whereas such inmate is entitled to certain property :
And whereas it appears expedient to issue the directions
hereinafter set forth :

Now, therefore, I, Thomas Mackenzie, Acting Minister
of Education, in exercise of the powers conferred by sec-
tion 38 of the Industrial Schools Act, 1908, do hereby
direct the Public Trustee to take possession of all such
property and apply the same for the benefit of such in-
mate, in accordance with the provisions of the last-men-
tioned Act.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Acting Minister of Education.

British Trade Commissioner in New Zealand appointed.—
Notice No. 1550.

Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists,
Wellington, 24th October, 1911.

IT is hereby notified for general information that the
Board of Trade, London, has appointed

Mr. W. G. WICKHAM

to be His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner in New Zealand,
vice Mr. G. H. F. Rolleston, deceased. Mr. Wickham
should reach the Dominion towards the end of the year.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture, and of Industries
and Commerce.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

The Treasury, New Zealand,
Friendly Societies Office,
Wellington, 25th October, 1911.

THE Westland Lodge, No. 89, situated at Hokitika, is
registered as a branch of the Grand Lodge of the
North Island of New Zealand of the United Ancient Order
of Druids Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies
Act, 1909, this 25th day of October, 1911.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Notice by the Public Trustee under the Public Trust
Office Act, 1908 (Part III).

In the estate of PETER SMITH, of Manakau, in the
Provincial District of Wellington, Storekeeper.

PUBLIC notice is hereby given that, pursuant to an
order of His Honour Mr. Justice Edwards, made
at Wellington on the 4th October, 1911, the Public Trustee
has taken possession of the property of PETER SMITH, of
Manakau, Storekeeper, and proposes to exercise in con-
nection therewith the powers contained in Part III of the
Public Trust Office Act, 1908.

Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of October, 1911.

FRED. FITCHETT,
Public Trustee.

Notice by the Public Trustee under the Public Trust Office
Act, 1908 (Part II).

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land containing
by admeasurement 1 rood 25 perches, more or less,
being Section 7, Block VIII, Town of Kawhia, in the
Provincial District of Auckland. The last registered
owner of the said land is Thomas Pratt Redding, of
Auckland, contractor, 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 Public Trust Office Act, 1908 (Part II).

Dated this 19th day of October, 1911.

FRED. FITCHETT,
Public Trustee.

Officiating Ministers for 1911.—Notice No. 35.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 18th October, 1911.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand passed in the eighth year
of the reign of His late Majesty King Edward VII, and in-
tituled the Marriage Act, 1908, the following names of
Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act
are published for general information :—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

Mr. THOMAS BRYANT.
Mr. DANIEL WELSH MORGAN.

W. W. COOK,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Bank Statements.

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and
Assets of the Bank of New Zealand, in New Zealand,
during the Quarter ended 25th September, 1911.

LIABILITIES.

£ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 933,714 12 4
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 54,969 17 11
Balances due to other Banks .. .. .. 20,056 17 0
Government deposits .. .. .. 3,121,157 14 0
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 6,238,802 5 11
Bearing interest .. .. .. 5,190,868 15 5

Total average liabilities .. .. .. £15,559,570 2 7

ASSETS.

£ s. d.
Coined gold and silver and other coined
metals .. .. .. 1,996,815 8 7
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. .. .. 80,366 8 2
Notes and bills of other Banks .. .. .. 117,432 17 1
Balances due from other Banks .. .. .. 3,008 13 9
Landed property .. .. .. 115,617 3 8
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. .. 822,672 18 1
2. Colonial Government securities .. .. .. 1,077,090 4 7
3. Other funded securities .. .. .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   debts abandoned as bad) .. .. .. 7,466,966 8 8
5. Securities not included under the
   above heads .. .. .. 690,224 5 5

Total average assets .. .. .. £12,370,194 13 0

4-per-cent. guaranteed stock, £1,000,000.
Preference shares issued to the Crown under Bank of New
Zealand Act, 1903, £500,000.
Ordinary shares, £500,000.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders on
preference shares, 10 per cent. per annum.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders on
ordinary shares (12 per cent. per annum, and bonus 3 per
cent. per annum), 15 per cent. per annum.
Amount of the last dividend declared to the shareholders on
preference shares, £50,000.
Amount of the last dividend declared on ordinary shares,
£75,000.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such
dividend, £1,034,405.

Dated at Wellington, this 5th day of October, 1911.

W. CALLENDER, General Manager.
F. A. MACBEAN, Accountant.