JULY 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2317

The Mutual Fire Insurance Act, 1908.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 28th June, 1916.

IN pursuance of section 58 of the Mutual Fire Insurance Act, 1908, a synopsis of the business of the Otago Farmers’ Union Mutual Fire Insurance Association as on the 31st March, 1916, is hereby published:—

Assets—
Amount of cash on hand and in bank .. 3,000 4 7
Amount outstanding on premium notes .. 8,059 16 4
Other amounts due to the association .. 199 3 1

Liabilities—
Amount of losses incurred during year .. 5 0 0
Amount of other existing claims.. .. 6 14 1
Amount of policies in force .. 249,830 0 0

Income—
Amount received on premium notes .. 976 17 4
Amount of interest received .. 96 12 3
Amount of income from other sources .. 14 6 5

Expenditure—
Amount of losses paid .. 5 0 0
Amount of expenses .. 362 19 5
Amount paid for reinsurance .. 96 8 6

FRED. FITCHETT,
Public Trustee.

Te Makarini Scholarships tenable at Te Aute College, Hawke’s Bay.

THREE scholarships of the yearly value of £35, tenable for two years, are offered for competition in the year 1916. One of these scholarships, to be called the Senior Makarini Scholarship, is open to all Maori boys under sixteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination. The other two scholarships, to be called the Junior Makarini Scholarships, are open to Maori boys under fourteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination. One of the junior scholarships is reserved for competition amongst candidates from Native village schools only, the other is open to Maori boys attending any public or Native school in the Dominion. The scholarships are open to Maori boys on the conditions set forth in the regulations of the Trustees of the Te Makarini Scholarships Fund, as printed in the Appendix to the Regulations relating to Native Schools, except that for the Junior Scholarship the age limit is now fourteen years, and that for the senior examination the work required is that of Standard VI instead of Standard V. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 4th and 5th of December, 1916.

Candidates must, either directly or through their teachers, send notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education Department, Wellington, of their intention to present themselves for examination. Such notice must be posted so as to reach the Department not later than the 30th of September, 1916.

Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may be obtained from teachers of Native schools and boarding institutions, the Secretaries to Education Boards, or the Director of Education, Wellington.

JOHN PORTEOUS,
Inspector of Native Schools.

Education Department,
Wellington, 30th June, 1916.

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.

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 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.

• 26/4/15 to 30/4/15. † 1/5/16 to 23/5/16.

Wellington, 4th July, 1916. FRED. FITCHETT,
Public Trustee.