Mar. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 703

RETIREMENTS, ETC.—continued.

¶ Services terminated under sections 12 and 51 of the Public Service Act, 1912.

Notice of Vesting of Land in the Public Trustee under the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, Part II, Unclaimed Lands.

WHEREAS I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee, have, for the purposes of Part II of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908 (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 have, in respect of the said land, given the notices prescribed by section 66 of that Act, and have in all respects complied with the provisions of that Act pertinent hereto: And whereas I have not thereby ascertained the whereabouts of the owner, and believe that such owner or an agent of such owner is not in the Dominion, nor has such owner established his title to the said land, as required by the said Act: I 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, the value of the land for the purposes of section 67 (d) of the said Act being less than £100.

Dated at Wellington this 15th day of March, 1922.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land in the Provincial District of Auckland, containing by admeasurement 40 acres, more or less, being the north-western portion of Allotment 81, Parish of Mangapai. Bounded on the north-east by Allotment 82 of the said parish, 1240·2 links; on the south-east by other part of the said Allotment 81, 3284·5 links; on the south-west by a road, 497 links, 418 links, and 387·5 links; and on the north-west by Allotment 80 of the said parish, 3065·5 links.

Notice by the Public Trustee in pursuance of Section 89 of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908.

WHEREAS it has been reported to the Public Trustee that Nicholas Skeebnevsky, formerly of Kawakawa, in the Provincial District of Auckland, in the Dominion of New Zealand, Settler, is the owner of certain real and personal property in New Zealand: And whereas from inquiries made it has been ascertained that the said Nicholas Skeebnevsky left New Zealand about June, 1912, for Russia without appointing any agent with authority to take possession of and administer his property: And whereas the present whereabouts of the said Nicholas Skeebnevsky are unknown, and it is not known whether he is alive or dead: And whereas the Public Trustee applied to a Judge of the Supreme Court for an order under section 87 of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, as amended by section 36 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1913; and by an order made in the Supreme Court at Wellington on the 16th day of December,

1921, in pursuance of such application, the Public Trustee was authorized to exercise the several powers contained or set forth in such order: And whereas the estate of the said Nicholas Skeebnevsky is situate in the Provincial District of Auckland:

Now, the Public Trustee hereby gives notice that he proposes to exercise in respect of such property the powers conferred upon him as above.

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of March, 1922.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 14 of 1922.

COOK STRAIT.—OKE ROCK BUOY.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 14th March, 1922.

MARINERS are hereby notified that the beacon which formerly existed on Oke Rock at the entrance to Pelorus Sound has been destroyed, and that Oke Rock is now marked by a red-painted iron-pillar buoy.

The buoy, which is moored in 13 fathoms of water, is situated 094·5° distant 300 ft. from Oke Rock, and should be left on the starboard hand when entering Pelorus Sound.

Charts, &c., affected.—Admiralty Charts Nos. 2684, 2685, 2054, 2616, and 3629; “New Zealand Pilot,” ninth edition, 1919, pages 304 and 305.

B. W. MILLIER, Assistant Secretary.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 15 of 1922.

AUCKLAND HARBOUR.—DREDGING IN PROGRESS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 14th March, 1922.

THE Auckland Harbour Board notifies that dredges are now working in the following localities in Auckland Harbour:—

Dredger No. 121 is employed 250 ft. (approx.) east of the inner berth on the eastern side of King’s Wharf.

Dredger “Hapai,” which is working to the southward, is employed 500 ft. (approx.) north of the north-east corner of Central Wharf.

Both dredgers have six moorings laid out cardinally, and will exhibit on the channel side in each case between sunrise and sunset one black spherical shape, and between sunset and sunrise one red light visible for a distance of at least one mile.

Charts, &c., affected.—Admiralty Chart No. 1970; “New Zealand Pilot,” ninth edition, 1919, page 190; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1922, page 196, and plan facing page 200.

B. W. MILLIER, Assistant Secretary.