JULY 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2407

Officiating Ministers for 1915.—Notice No. 23.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 13th July, 1915.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend EDMUND KENNEDY MULES.

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

The Reverend ALBERT FRANK BURCHELL.
Mr. JAMES ROBERTSON.

Christadelphians.

Mr. THOMAS EBENEZER BODDINGTON.

W. W. COOK,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and Sections 18 and 19 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1913.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 12th July, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken out administration, the Public Trustee has filed, in the office of the Supreme Court at Wellington, an election to administer the several intestate estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as known) are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross properties being estimated not to exceed £400 in each case :—

Thompson or Thomson, George, late of Clive, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, pensioner. Filed 1st June, 1915.

George, Frederick, late of Kumara, in the Provincial District of Westland, gold-miner. Filed 4th June, 1915.

Claridge, Meddey, late of Papanui, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, married woman. Filed 4th June, 1915.

Wurm, Frederick Alexander, late of Temuka, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, machinist. Filed 9th June, 1915.

Lindsay, Eva, late of Waitoa, in the Provincial District of Auckland, married woman. Filed 9th June, 1915.

Robert, George, late of Seddon, in the Provincial District of Marlborough, labourer. Filed 9th June, 1915.

Ferguson, Helen Seaton Dickson, late of Sydenham, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, widow. Filed 10th June, 1915.

Gemmell, Isabella Gall (or Isabella Gell), late of Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago, married woman. Filed 14th June, 1915.

Crossly, Thomas, late of Kawhia, in the Provincial District of Auckland, labourer. Filed 17th June, 1915.

Kelly, James (or James Gordon), late of Runanga, in the Provincial District of Westland, minor. Filed 17th June, 1915.

Boulton, William Henry, late of Petone, in the Provincial District of Wellington, labourer. Filed 21st June, 1915.

Keys, Stephen, late of St. Albans, Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, retired newspaper-seller. Filed 21st June, 1915.

Bax (or Box), Margaret, late of Hawera, in the Provincial District of Taranaki, pensioner. Filed 24th June, 1915.

Smith, Robert Patterson, late of Onehunga, in the Provincial District of Auckland, ironfounder. Filed 24th June, 1915.

Callaghan, John, late of Penrose, in the Provincial District of Auckland, tailor. Filed 24th June, 1915.

Marshall, William, late of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, Scotland, mental patient. Filed 24th June, 1915.

Wilkins, Alice Mary Elizabeth (or Mabel), late of Papatoetoe, in the Provincial District of Auckland, married woman. Filed 25th June, 1915.

Fyffe, David, late of Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago, farmer. Filed 28th June, 1915.

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 the Public Trustee has, for the purpose of Part II of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its amendments (relating to unclaimed lands), made due inquiries with respect to the land described in the Schedule hereunder, and the whereabouts of the owner thereof, and has, in respect of the said land, given the notices prescribed by section 66 of the said Act, and has in all respects complied with the provisions of that Act pertinent hereto: And whereas the Public Trustee has not thereby ascertained the whereabouts of the owner or of any agent of such owner in New Zealand, nor has such owner established his title to the said land, as required by the said Act:

Now, I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee, 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, and its amendments; the value of the land for the purposes of section 67 (d) of the said Act being less than £100.

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of July, 1915.

FRED. FITCHETT,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Otago, containing by admeasurement 1 rood 4 perches, more or less, being Section 2, Block XI, Town of Herbert.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Taranaki Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 12th July, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease and licenses of the undermentioned sections having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Taranaki Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Section 12, Block VIII, Waitara Survey District.

Tenure: O.R.P. 885. Formerly held by Donald Smith.
Reason: Refusal to sign license.

Section 3, Block IV, Heao Survey District.

Tenure: O.R.P. 893. Formerly held by R. W. Smith,
Reason: Selector’s request.

Section 2, Block XII, Waro Survey District.

Tenure: R.L. 107. Formerly held by J. McDonald.
Reason: Non-improvement.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Land in Nelson Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 12th July, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Monday, the 18th day of October, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 2, Block VII, Kawatiri Survey District: Area, 5 acres.

F. A. THOMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Nelson Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 12th July, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Monday, the 18th day of October, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 131, Block XIII, Matiri Survey District: Area 61 acres 0 roods 18 perches.

F. A. THOMPSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.