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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 32

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, 13th March, 1916.

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:—

Cameron, James Muir, late of Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago, chemist. Filed 3rd February, 1916.
Twidle, George, late of Pukekohe, in the Provincial District of Auckland, carpenter and farmer. Filed 3rd February, 1916.
Davis, Albert John Vivian, late of Invercargill, in the Provincial District of Otago, grocers’ assistant. Filed 8th February, 1916.
Lewis, John, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, cook. Filed 8th February, 1916.
Mountain, Robert, late of Naseby, in the Provincial District of Otago, miner. Filed 8th February, 1916.
Hunt, William, late of Greytown, in the Provincial District of Wellington, labourer. Filed 9th February, 1916.
Remnant, Joseph Stanley, late of Palmerston North, in the Provincial District of Wellington, farm hand. Filed 9th February, 1916.
Leggett, Alfred, late of Charleston, in the Provincial District of Nelson, gold-miner. Filed 9th February, 1916.
McKenzie, John, late of Waikanae, in the Provincial District of Wellington, flaxmill hand. Filed 9th February, 1916.
Ellis, Edward Alexander, late of Wendonside, in the Provincial District of Otago, labourer. Filed 9th February, 1916.
Raitt, James, late of Lyttelton, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, wharf labourer. Filed 10th February, 1916.
Foster, Annie, late of Timaru, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, married woman. Filed 11th February, 1916.
Saxon, Thomas Edward, late of Waitoa, in the Provincial District of Auckland, farm labourer. Filed 14th February, 1916.
Spencer, Frederick, late of Lower Hutt, in the Provincial District of Wellington, labourer. Filed 14th February, 1916.
Young, Mary Ann Theresa or Mary Ann, late of Totara Flat, in the Provincial District of Westland, domestic duties. Filed 17th February, 1916.
Wade, George, late of Palmerston North, in the Provincial District of Wellington, railway porter. Filed 21st February, 1916.
White, William, late of Tarras, in the Provincial District of Otago, labourer. Filed 21st February, 1916.
Ryder, Patrick, late of Ballinamana, Ireland, farmer. Filed 18th January, 1916.
Ryder, Catherine, late of Ballinamana, Ireland, widow. Filed 18th January, 1916.
Heddell, Janet, late of Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, widow. Filed 15th December, 1915.
Dalrymple, Peter, late of Appleby, England, settler. Filed 15th December, 1915.
McKay, Ann, late of Glasgow, Scotland, widow. Filed 15th December, 1915.
Main, Jessie, late of Kilbarchan, in Scotland, married woman. Filed 15th December, 1915.
McGregor, Mary, late of Gowan, Scotland, widow. Filed 15th December, 1915.
Mirams, Ada Isabel, late of Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago, telephone-exchange cadette. Filed 23rd February, 1916.
McTavish, Helen, late of Glasgow, Scotland, spinster. Filed 23rd February, 1916.
Scott, George William, late of Big River, near Reefton, in the Provincial District of Nelson, miner. Filed 25th February, 1916.
Hay, Vernon Joseph, late of Devonport, in the Provincial District of Auckland, marine officer. Filed 25th February, 1916.
Aitchison, William, late of Reefton, in the Provincial District of Nelson, journalist. Filed 25th February, 1916.
Smith, Robert, late of Featherston, in the Provincial District of Wellington, labourer. Filed 25th February, 1916.
Smith, George, late of Clive, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, motor-driver. Filed 25th February, 1916.
Johnson, Olaf John, late of Hokitika, in the Provincial District of Westland, carpenter. Filed 24th February, 1916.

FRED. FITCHETT,
Public Trustee.

The Public Service Superannuation Act, 1908.—Election of a Member of the Board to represent Contributors belonging to the Police Department.

MR. JOHN O’DONOVAN, Superintendent of Police, Wellington, being the only candidate nominated for the above election, I hereby declare him to be duly elected a member of the Public Service Superannuation Board to represent contributors belonging to the Police Department. Dated at Wellington this 14th day of March, 1916.

WILLIAM M. WRIGHT,
Returning Officer.

Registrars of Brands appointed.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1916.

THE Public Service Commissioner has appointed the undermentioned persons in the Public Service to be Registrars of Brands for the Branding Registration Districts set opposite each name, as from the 18th day of December, 1915, in lieu of all persons hitherto appointed Registrars or Chief Registrars of Brands:—

Registrar. Branding Registration District.
John Williams Otway . . . . . . Bay of Islands.
John Thomas Stone . . . . . . Whangarei.
William Robert Brown . . . . . . Auckland.
Robert Alexander . . . . . . Waikato.
David Elliot . . . . . . Tauranga.
William Bruce Hington . . . . {Waiapu.
{Gisborne.
Walter Dalgliesh . . . . . . Wairoa.
Victor Alfred Huddleston . . . . {Taupo.
{Waitomo.
David Arnold Graham . . . . . . {Hawke’s Bay.
{Waipawa.
James Halligan . . . . . . {Woodville.
{Pahiatua.
Frank William Sutton . . . . . . Taranaki.
George Ford . . . . . . Hawera.
Philip Beere . . . . . . Stratford.
Arthur Colin Philpott . . . . {Waimarino.
{Patea.
{Wanganui.
{Rangitikei.
David Fleming . . . . . . {Oroua.
{Manawatu.
Archibald Theodore Prendergast Hubbard . . . . {Masterton.
{S. Wairarapa.
Hugh Munro . . . . . . Wellington.
Charles Clendon Empson . . . . {Nelson.
{Buller.
John Washington Smith . . . . Westland.
Francis Henry Brittain . . . . Marlborough.
John Munro . . . . . . Kaikoura.
Finlay, Mackenzie . . . . {Oxford.
{Selwyn.
{Akaroa.
{Ashburton.
George Hamilton Fry . . . . Chatham Islands.
Charles Samuel Neville . . . . {Geraldine.
{Waimate.
{Mackenzie.
Frederick William Blair . . . . Waitaki.
Rupert George Frederick Fountain . . . . {Otago.
{Taieri.
{Bruce.
Thomas Gilmour . . . . . . {Clutha.
{Tuapeka.
{Mataura.
{Invercargill.
{Wallace.
{Lake.
Robert Wright . . . . . .

P. VERSCHAFFELT,
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 22 of 1916.

TOKOMARU BAY.—LEADING-LIGHTS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 13th March, 1916.

THE Tokomaru Harbour Board have notified that a slight change has been made in the line of red leading-lights into wharf.

The lights now bear in line with one another from seaward 354° (N. 21° W. magnetic) in lieu of 356° (N. 19° W. magnetic). The character of lights is the same as before.