FEB. 12.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND,
WELLINGTON DISTRICT.

In the matter of the Trustee Act, 1908; and in the matter of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908; and in the matter of the estate of George Tuckwell, formerly of Wellington, in the Dominion of New Zealand, but latterly of Sydney and Cobar, in the State of New South Wales, in the Commonwealth of Australia, Labourer, deceased.

PURSUANT to an order made by His Honour Mr. Justice Cooper, under section 74 of the Trustee Act, 1908, on the 2nd day of August, 1913, in the matter of the above estate, all creditors and others (including therein those claiming as next-of-kin of the said George Tuckwell) having claims against the estate of the said deceased are required to send in their claims to the Public Trustee, Wellington, New Zealand, on or before the 31st May, 1914; and in default of any such claims the Public Trustee will on the last-mentioned date proceed to distribute the assets of the said deceased, having regard only to the claims of which he shall then have notice.

Dated at Wellington, New Zealand, this 2nd day of August, 1913.

J. W. MACDONALD,
Solicitor to the Public Trust Office.

NOTE.—The said George Tuckwell was by an order of the said Court on the 23rd March, 1911, presumed to be dead. He was a native of Wellington, and left to reside in New South Wales. Claimants must forward full particulars of the parents of the said George Tuckwell, his brothers and sisters, the date of his birth, and a resume of his life, which information will be checked with the true facts in the possession of the Public Trust Office.

AUSTRALASIAN WIRELESS COMPANY (LIMITED).

NOTICE is hereby given that, in pursuance of section 307 of the Companies Act, 1908, the above-named company intends within three months from the 5th day of February, 1914, being the date of the first publication of this notice in the New Zealand Gazette, to cease carrying on business at Wellington and elsewhere in the Dominion.

Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of February, 1914.

F. G. DALZIELL,
Attorney.

I, WILLIAM LAURENCE SIMPSON, Manager of the Trustees, Executors, and Agency Company of New Zealand (Limited), do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare,—

1. That the liability of the company is limited.
2. That the capital of the company is £50,000, divided into 10,000 shares of £5 each.
3. That the number of shares issued is 10,000.
4. That calls to the amount of £1 per share have been made, from which the sum of £10,000 has been received.
5. That the amount of money received as executor of estates under administration for the six months to 30th September, 1913, was £10,142 12s. 9d.
6. That the amount of money paid as executor of estates under administration for the six months to 30th September, 1913, was £10,147 18s. 11d.
7. That the amount of money held as executor to the credit of estates under administration was at 30th September, 1913, £12 9s. 8d.
8. That the amount remaining in the company's hands at 30th September, 1913, to the credit of estates for which the company is executor, co-executor, trustee, or co-trustee, attorney or agent, which sum is represented by either cash or securities, or both, was £1,782,047 19s. 5d.
9. That the liabilities and assets of the company were at 30th September, 1913, as follows:—

Liabilities.

Capital
Balances due to various constituents
Reserve Fund

Assets.

Cash in hand, mortgages, debentures, and deposits
Balances due by various constituents
Other assets

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing it to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly intituled the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

W. LAURENCE SIMPSON.

Declared this 3rd day of February, 1914, before me—Eardley C. Reynolds, a Justice of Peace for the Dominion of New Zealand.

In the matter of the Guardian, Trust, and Executors Company of New Zealand (Limited).

ERNEST GÉRARD, the Managing Director of the Guardian, Trust, and Executors Company of New Zealand (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare,—

1. That the liability of the members is limited.
2. That the capital of the company is £100,000, divided into 20,000 shares of £5 each.
3. That the number of shares issued is 2,390.
4. That calls to the amount of two pounds eleven shillings and sixpence per share have been made, under which the sum of £6,154 5s. has been received.
5. That the amount of all moneys received on account of estates on the 1st day of July last is £29,089 0s. 2d.
6. That the amount of all moneys paid on account of estates on that day is £27,859 14s. 9d.
7. That the amount of the balance held to the credit of estates under administration on that day is £1,229 5s. 5d.
8. That the liabilities of the company as on the 1st day of July last were nil.
9. That the contingent liabilities of the company on deposits on the 1st day of July last were £4,550.
10. That the assets of the company on that day were £1,715 2s. 3d.
11. That the first annual license was issued on the 10th day of March, 1911.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

Deponent's signature: E. GÉRARD.

Declared at Auckland this 6th day of October, 1913, before C. J. Sturge, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Dominion of New Zealand.

In accordance with the provisions of the Guardian, Trust, and Executors Company Amendment Act of 1911, No. 17, I have examined this statement with the books of the company, and I hereby certify it to be correct.

ALEXR. GRIERSON,
C.A. Eng. & Wales, P.A. (N.Z.),
Auditor appointed by the Auditor-General.
Auckland, 5th February, 1914.

WHAKATANE HARBOUR BOARD.

RESULT OF POLL.

PURSUANT to section 27 of the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908, I hereby give notice that the result of the poll held on the 29th January, 1914, on the proposal of the Whakatane Harbour Board to raise a loan of £5,000, for harbour improvements, resulted as follows: For the proposal, 84; against the proposal, 11.

I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.

W. PHILLIPS,
Chairman, Whakatane Harbour Board.

Dated at Whakatane this 2nd day of February, 1914.

H. O. GARAWAY,
Returning Officer.

WHAKATANE COUNTY COUNCIL.

SPECIAL ORDER MAKING SPECIAL RATE AS SECURITY FOR LOAN OF £1,508 9s., FOR WORKS IN THE OMATAROA RIDING.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908, the Whakatane County Council hereby resolves, by way of special order, as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £1,508 9s., authorized to be raised by the Whakatane County Council under the above-mentioned Act, for—

£ s. d.
(1.) Improving Apanui Township streets
100 0 0
(2.) Matata new inland road from its junction with Te Teko Road to "Outlet," metalling and improving
100 0 0
(3.) Soutar’s Road, from finger-post on Valley Road to Whakatane Bridge, metalling and improving
100 0 0
(4.) Footpaths, Whakatane Township to school, &c.
150 0 0
(5.) Whakatane–Te Teko Road, metalling and improving
500 0 0
(6.) Whakatane Valley Road, renewing bridges and culverts and improving
450 0 0
(7.) The payment of first year’s interest and sinking fund and cost of raising the loan
108 9 0
£1,508 9 0