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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 91

ESTIMATED Cost of CONSTRUCTION of RAILWAYS, ROLLING-STOCK, ETC., to 31st March, 1921, as furnished by Public Works Department and by Greymouth and Westport Harbour Boards respectively.

| Section. | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | Cost of Opened Lines. | Cost of Unopened Lines. |
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. |
| Whangarei | 857,352 0 0 | 423,954 0 0 |
| Kaihu | 100,159 0 0 | 57,919 0 0 |
| Tauranga | ... | 629,096 0 0 |
| Gisborne | 686,087 0 0 | 293,075 0 0 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 16,691,573 0 0 | 1,337,473 0 0 |
| South Island Main Lines and Branches | 14,774,620 0 0 | 234,134 0 0 |
| Westland | 2,196,316 0 0 | 920,002 0 0 |
| Westport | 606,581 0 0 | 95,876 0 0 |
| Nelson | 444,934 0 0 | 45,959 0 0 |
| Piopiotahi | 683,136 0 0 | 19,338 0 0 |
| Lake Wakatipu Steamer Service | 43,708 0 0 | ... |
| In Suspense— | | |
| Surveys, North Island | ... | 35,927 0 0 |
| Miscellaneous, North Island | ... | 5,169 0 0 |
| Surveys, South Island | ... | 5,752 0 0 |
| Miscellaneous, South Island | ... | 5,168 0 0 |
| P.W.D. Stock of Permanent-way | ... | 81,400 0 0 |
| W.R.D. Stock of A.O.L. and R.I.A. Stores | 150,788 0 0 | ... |
| Totals | £37,235,254 0 0 | £4,190,242 0 0 |

H. WILLIAMS,
Railways Department, 17th October, 1921. Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.

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 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.

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 17th October, 1921.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

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 piece or parcel of land in the Provincial District of Auckland, containing by admeasurement 40 acres, more or less, being middle portion of Allotment 33, Maungataniwha East Parish. Bounded towards the north-east by a road-line, 888 links; towards the south-east by other portion of Allotment 33, 4660 links; towards the south-west by Allotment 32, 850 links; and towards the north-west by other portion of the said Allotment 33, 4587 links. Granted on 17/2/1879 to one Zachariah Vare, of Auckland, Contractor.

WHEREAS after due inquiry the owner of the above-described land cannot be found; And whereas the said owner has no known agent 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 15th day of October, 1921.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

Mining Privilege to be struck off the Registers.—Notice under the Mining Amendment Act, 1914.

Mining Registrar's Office,

Murchison, 10th October, 1921.

NOTICE is hereby given that if within three months from the date hereof cause is not shown to the contrary, the mining privilege mentioned in the Schedule hereunder will be struck off the registers kept by me, in accordance with section 30, subsection (3), of the Mining Amendment Act, 1914.

SCHEDULE.

No. 916; date, 17/4/1914; special alluvial claim, situate Skeats Creek, Howard Survey District; held by Robert P. White.

W. C. ROBERTSON, Mining Registrar.