JULY 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2315

Unclaimed Property.

WHEREAS by section 89 of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908 (Part III), it is enacted that the Public Trustee shall publish in the New Zealand Gazette, or in some newspaper circulating in the district in which the property is situated, a notice of his intention to exercise the powers conferred upon him by Part III of the said Act:

Now, this is to notify that the Public Trustee is about to exercise, in respect of the estate of William Pengelly, formerly of Sheffield, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, Labourer, but now of parts unknown, the powers conferred on him under section 87 of the said Act by an order of a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, made at Wellington, on the 20th day of May, 1912.

Dated at Wellington, this 12th day of July, 1912.

FRED. FITCHETT,
Public Trustee.

Notice of Vesting of Land in the Public Trustee under the Public Trust Office Act, 1908 (Part II, Unclaimed Lands).

WHEREAS I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee, have, for the purposes of Part II of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908 (relating to unclaimed lands), made due inquiries with respect to the land described in the Schedule hereunder, and the owner thereof, and have, in respect of the said land, given the notices prescribed by section 66 of that Act, and have in all respects complied with the provisions of that Act pertinent hereto: 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 the Public Trustee as aforesaid, as from the date of the publication hereof, and will be administered under the Public Trust Office Act, 1908; the value of the land for the purposes of section 67 (d) of the said Act being less than £100.

Dated at Wellington, this 23rd day of July, 1912.

FRED. FITCHETT,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that one fifty-third undivided interest in that parcel of land, containing by admeasurement 35 perches, more or less, being Allotment 257, Section 1, Town of Tauranga, and being all the land in certificate of title, Vol. 16, folio 277, Auckland Registry.

The registered proprietor of such one fifty-third undivided interest is JAMES THOMAS, of Auckland, Settler.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

The Treasury, New Zealand,
Friendly Societies Office,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1912.

THE Loyal Stratford Lodge, No. 7635, situated at Stratford, is registered as a branch of the New Plymouth District of the New Zealand Branch of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows' Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 22nd day of July, 1912.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

The Treasury, New Zealand,
Friendly Societies Office,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1912.

THE Loyal Toko Lodge, No. 7687, situated at Toko, is registered as a branch of the New Plymouth District of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows' Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 22nd day of July, 1912.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Result of Road Board Elections.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 19th July, 1912.

THE following notices of the election of members of Road Boards have been received at this office, and are published in accordance with the provisions of the Road Boards Act, 1908.

J. HISLOP,
Under-Secretary.

Tamaki West Road Board, County of Eden:

Kenneth Lawrence Purchas Brookfield.

Suburban North Road Board, County of Waimea:

Adolph G. Dencker.
Alfred G. Gill.
Thomas E. Small.

Mercer Road Board, County of Manukau:

Cyril D. Lincoln.
E. C. Martin.
H. S. Valentine.

Cambridge Road Board, County of Waikato:

William Newell.
Wilfred Harbutt.
George Booth.
James Hooker.

Bank Statements.

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of New Zealand, in New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 24th June, 1912.

LIABILITIES.

£ s. d.

Notes in circulation .. .. 1,021,331 1 7
Bills in circulation .. .. 58,501 4 5
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 20,171 8 10
Government deposits .. .. 2,033,022 12 8
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. 6,869,105 13 8
Bearing interest .. .. 5,188,187 19 11
Total average liabilities .. £15 190.320 1 1

ASSETS.

£ s. d.

Coined gold and silver and other coined metals .. .. .. 1,933,481 2 3
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. 96.595 16 5
Notes and bills of other Banks .. 124,436 5 11
Balances due from other Banks .. 2,664 11 6
Landed property .. .. 119,052 3 1
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. 915,090 12 4
2. Colonial Government securities .. 1,019,373 6 2
3. Other funded securities .. .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 8,338,442 4 0
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. .. 633,639 11 1
   Total average assets .. .. £13,242,775 12 9

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, £1,240,587.

Dated at Wellington, this 3rd day of July, 1912.

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