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✨ Public Trustee Notices and Immigration Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 64

Templeton, James, late of Tarere, in the Provincial District of Wellington, labourer. Filed 29th April, 1915.

Power, Michael, late of Havelock North, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, contractor. Filed 29th April, 1915.

Davies, Samuel, late of South Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago, turner. Filed 29th April, 1915.

Campbell, Janet, late of Papanui, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, widow. Filed 1st May, 1915.

Smith, Bertram Percival (or Murray Frederick), late of Blackball, Westport, in the Provincial District of Westland, labourer. Filed 3rd May, 1915.

Jeffery, Mary Maria, late of Porirua, in the Provincial District of Wellington, spinster. Filed 3rd May, 1915.

FRED. FITCHETT,
Public Trustee.

Acting Commissioner of Stamps, Acting Secretary Land and Deeds Department, and Acting Registrar of Companies appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 12th May, 1915.

THE Public Service Commissioner has made the following appointment in the Public Service:—

PERCY GIDEON WITHERS

to be Acting Commissioner of Stamps for the purposes of the Stamp Duties Act, 1908, Acting Secretary for the Land and Deeds Department for the purposes of the Land Transfer Act, 1908, and Acting Registrar of Companies for the purposes of the Companies Act, 1908, as from the 21st day of April, 1915, vice P. C. Corliss, on leave.

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Immigration and Emigration Returns.

RETURN of Immigration to and Emigration from the Dominion of New Zealand during the Month of April, 1915, showing the Places from which Persons arrived and to which they departed, and the Ports of Arrival and Departure.

ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES FROM AND TO DIFFERENT PLACES.

Countries.	ARRIVALS.					DEPARTURES.
	Adults.		Children.		Total Persons.	Adults.		Children.		Total Persons.
	M.	F.	M.	F.		M.	F.	M.	F.
United Kingdom .. ..	78	131	33	37	279	149	141	11	13	314
Australian Commonwealth .. ..	667	464	76	73	1,280	956	756	82	93	1,887
Fiji .. ..	14	11	3	1	29	20	21	..	3	44
Norfolk Island .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	4	7	8	3	22
British South Africa .. ..	2	2	1	..	5	..	..	..	..	..
Canada .. ..	22	23	5	4	54	35	8	..	..	43
United States .. ..	9	3	..	..	12	64	35	1	2	102
South America .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	9	5	1	1	16
Foreign Pacific Islands .. ..	30	9	1	3	43	20	8	2	..	30
Totals, April, 1915 .. ..	822	643	119	118	1,702	1,257	981	105	115	2,458
Totals, April, 1914 .. ..	1,506	1,018	191	195	2,910	2,256	1,541	176	155	4,128

The excess of the departures from New Zealand over the arrivals therein during the month of April, 1915, was therefore 756 persons, as against 1,218 in the corresponding month of 1914.

ARRIVALS AT AND DEPARTURES FROM DIFFERENT NEW ZEALAND PORTS.

Ports.	ARRIVALS.					DEPARTURES.
	Adults.	Children.	Males.	Females.	Total Persons.	Adults.	Children.	Males.	Females.	Total Persons.
Auckland .. ..	567	75	363	279	642	653	77	410	320	730
Wellington .. ..	825	149	543	431	974	1,410	122	856	676	1,532
Westport .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	1	2	3
Invercargill .. ..	73	13	35	51	86	173	20	95	98	193
Totals, April, 1915 .. ..	1,465	237	941	761	1,702	2,238	220	1,362	1,096	2,458
Totals, April, 1914 .. ..	2,524	386	1,697	1,213	2,910	3,797	331	2,432	1,696	4,128

Chinese: Arrivals—
At Auckland ... ... Males. Females.
,, Wellington ... ... 13 —
Total arrivals ... 16 ...

Chinese: Departures—
From Auckland ... ... Males. Females.
From Wellington ... ... 21 1
Total departures ... 25 1

NOTE.—Figures of arrivals and departures do not include members of Expeditionary Forces.

It is important to mention that, in the returns from which this table is made up, immigrants to the Dominion are all counted at the first port of arrival, and emigrants at the final port of departure.

MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 11th May, 1915.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1915, No 64

NZLII — NZ Gazette 1915, No 64

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🏢 Public Trustee Notice of Intestate Estates (continued from previous page)

Domain🏢 State Enterprises & Insurance
KeywordsPublic Trustee, Intestate Estates, Administration
👱🏽 Names

6 names identified

James Templeton, Intestate estate
Michael Power, Intestate estate
Samuel Davies, Intestate estate
Janet Campbell, Intestate estate
Bertram Percival (or Murray Frederick) Smith, Intestate estate
Mary Maria Jeffery, Intestate estate

👩‍💼 Officials

FRED. FITCHETT, Public Trustee

🏛️ Appointment of Acting Commissioner of Stamps, Acting Secretary Land and Deeds Department, and Acting Registrar of Companies

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated12 May 1915
KeywordsPublic Service, Appointment, Stamp Duties, Land Transfer, Companies
👱🏽 Names

Percy Gideon Withers, Appointed Acting Commissioner of Stamps, Acting Secretary Land and Deeds Department, and Acting Registrar of Companies

👩‍💼 Officials

P. VERSCHAFFELT, Secretary

🛂 Immigration and Emigration Returns for April 1915

Domain🛂 Immigration
Dated11 May 1915
KeywordsImmigration, Emigration, Statistics, April 1915
👩‍💼 Officials

MALCOLM FRASER, Government Statistician

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