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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 154

New Zealand Rainfall for August, 1917—continued.

SOUTH ISLAND—continued.

(G.) EAST ASPECT—KAIKOURA TO CAPE SAUNDERS—continued.

Bushey Park, Palmerston South .. 59 7
Opoho, Dunedin (383 ft.) .. .. 11
Burnside, Dunedin .. 157 11
Fish-hatchery, Portobello .. 152 11
Whare Flat .. .. 193 12
Mosgiel .. .. 64 6

(H.) SOUTH ASPECT—CAPE SAUNDERS TO PUYSEGUR POINT.

Paerau .. .. 88 6
Great Moss Swamp, via Patearoa .. 43 8
Eweburn Nursery, Ranfurly .. 120 7
Waipiata .. .. 99 5
Naseby .. .. 147 6
Kokonga .. .. 119 5
Gladbrook Station, Middlemarch .. 91 9
Mount Pisa Station, Cromwell .. .. ..
Maungawera, Otago .. .. 325 5
Luggate, Cromwell .. .. 133 6
Manorburn Dam .. .. 116 8
Queenstown .. .. .. ..
Moa Creek .. .. 78 4
Little Valley .. .. 32 3
St. Bathan's .. .. 178 8
Blackstone Hill .. .. .. ..
Clyde .. .. 70 6
Roxburgh .. .. 113 6
Sunnyvale Orchard, Island Block .. 132 6
Balclutha .. .. 80 6
Owaka .. .. 223 10
Tapanui Nursery .. .. 186 12
Waikawa Valley .. .. .. ..
Wharuarimu .. .. 316 17
Uplands, Waimahaka .. .. 295 12

New Zealand Rainfall for August, 1917—continued.

SOUTH ISLAND—continued.

(H.) SOUTH ASPECT—CAPE SAUNDERS TO PUYSEGUR POINT—continued.

Roslin Estate, Woodlands .. 310 17
Balfour .. .. 243 13
Dipton .. .. 318 7
Bluff .. .. .. ..
Nightcaps .. .. 384 14
Otautau .. .. 364 15
Manapouri .. .. 501 10

(I.) ISLANDS.

Centre Island .. .. 509 16
Stewart Island .. .. 511 20
Half-moon Bay, Stewart Island .. 489 21
Nine Island .. .. .. ..
Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands .. .. ..
Aitutaki Island, Cook Islands .. 300 7
Mangai'a, Cook Islands .. .. .. ..
Chatham Island .. .. .. ..

LATE RETURNS.

Puha, May, 1917 .. .. 521 15
" June, 1917.. .. .. 730 18
" July, 1917.. .. .. 287 17
Pine Grove, July, 1917 .. .. 389 15
Ditton, Masterton, June, 1917 .. 473 13
" July, 1917 .. .. 645 19
Hope, Nelson, July, 1917.. .. 722 14
Singletree, July, 1917 .. .. 356 7
Maryburn Station, June, 1917 .. 51 3
" July, 1917 .. .. 143 10
Totara Estate, July, 1917.. .. 312 10
Sunnyvale Orchard, July, 1917 .. 93 6
Haydon Downs, Mt. Whitnow, July, 1917 .. .. .. 330 18

Result of Land Surveyors’ Examination, September, 1917.

Office of the Surveyors’ Board,
Government Buildings,
Wellington, 10th October, 1917.

At the examination of candidates for a surveyor’s license held in October, 1917, under the Surveyors’ Institute and Board of Examiners Act, 1908, and conducted by the Federated Surveyors’ Boards of Australia and New Zealand, six candidates presented themselves in New Zealand.

None of these candidates succeeded in passing the examination.

M. CROMPTON-SMITH,
Secretary, Surveyors’ Board.

Kaitangata Relief Fund.

Statement of account of the Public Trustee’s administration from 31st March, 1916, to 31st March, 1917:—

Cr. £ s. d.
By Balance brought forward .. .. 3,617 15 8
Public Trust Office—
Interest from 31st March, 1916, to 31st March, 1917, at 4½ per cent. .. 160 11 0
Bonus from 31st March, 1915, to 31st March, 1916 .. .. .. 16 5 1
£3,794 1 8

Dr. £ s. d.
To Beneficiaries’ Accounts—
Allowance to five dependants .. .. 169 0 0
Public Trust Office postages .. .. 0 3 0
Balance .. .. .. 3,624 18 8
£3,794 1 8

By balance .. .. .. .. £3,624 18 8

T. S. RONALDSON,
Deputy Public Trustee.
Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 2nd October, 1917.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 87 of 1917.

KAIPARA HARBOUR.—BUOY SUNK.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 6th October, 1917.

Notice is hereby given that the iron cone buoy which marked the turning-point of bank below Shelly Beach in south branch of Kaipara River has sunk.

Charts, &c., affected.—Admiralty Chart No. 2614; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter vii, page 209;

“New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1917, page 315, and plan facing page 310.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Public Trust Office Board appointed.

Department of Finance,
Wellington, 9th October, 1917.

It is hereby notified for public information that the Governor-General in Council, in pursuance of sections 2 and 3 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1917, has been pleased to appoint—

ROBERT TRIGGS, Esquire,

to be the Public Trustee; and

JOHN WILLIAM MACDONALD, Esquire, a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand; and THOMAS SHERRIFF RONALDSON, Esquire,

to be Assistant Public Trustees.

The said ROBERT TRIGGS, JOHN WILLIAM MACDONALD, and THOMAS SHERRIFF RONALDSON to constitute the Public Trust Office Board provided under section 13 of the said Act. Such appointments to date from 9th October, 1917.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

Notice by the Public Trustee under the Public Trust Office Act, 1908 (Part II), and its Amendments.

To the owner of the following land, that is to say: All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Auckland, containing by admeasurement 60 acres, more or less, being north-western portion of Allotment 11, Parish of Awhitu.

The land was originally Crown-granted to one WILLIAM McMAHON, of Onehunga, Farmer, who cannot now be traced.

Whereas the Public Trustee has instituted inquiries and has been unable to find the whereabouts of the owner of the above-described land or any agent of such owner in New Zealand:

Now, the Public Trustee hereby calls upon such owner, within six months of the date of the publication of this notice in this Gazette, to establish to the satisfaction of the Public Trustee his title to the said land; and if he fails or neglects so to do, the Public Trustee will exercise the powers and authorities granted to him in and by the Public Trust Office Act, 1908 (Part II), and its amendments.

Dated this 3rd day of October, 1917.

FRED. FITCHETT,
Public Trustee.