New Zealand Gazette – 1925 – No. 85

Page 3413

✨ Agricultural Stocks and Deceased Estates

Dec. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3413

Stocks of Flour, Wheat, and Oats.

A CENSUS of stocks of flour, wheat, and oats in the Dominion was taken as at the 30th November, and the results are tabulated hereunder. Returns were received covering all stocks owned or stored by millers, merchants, and farmers throughout the Dominion, with a few unimportant exceptions which would not appreciably affect the totals given.

	Flour.	Wheat.					Oats.
		In Grain.	Milling.	Other than Milling.	In Stack (estimated).	In Grain.	For Thresh- ing.
		(N.Z.) Tuscan or Long- berry.	(N.Z.) Hunter's Varieties.	(N.Z.) Velvet or Pearl.	Other (including Australian and Unspecified.	Total Milling.

STOCKS BY DISTRICTS.

| North Auckland, Auckland, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, and Taranaki | 2,132 | 12,443 | 3,800 | .. | 149,193 | 165,436 | 30,136 | .. | 175,220 | 310 | 1,900 |
| Wellington.. | 654 | 10,172 | 1,876 | .. | 9,098 | 21,146 | 19,904 | 1,725 | 56,918 | .. | 855 |
| Nelson, Marlborough, and Westland | 116 | 4,058 | 937 | 10 | 697 | 5,702 | 5,212 | .. | 23,830 | 600 | 2,932 |
| Canterbury | 3,529 | 468,648 | 83,362 | 28,271 | 146,346 | 726,627 | 123,067 | 5,845 | 577,288 | 53,540 | 32,132 |
| Otago and Southland | 1,388 | 123,231 | 32,175 | 38,471 | 61,393 | 255,270 | 33,431 | 1,081 | 548,454 | 4,778 | 21,339 |
| Totals .. | 7,819 | 618,552 | 122,150 | 66,752 | *366,727 | 1,174,181 | 211,750 | 8,651 | 1,381,710 | 59,228 | 59,158 |

STOCKS HELD BY MILLERS, MERCHANTS, AND FARMERS.

| Millers .. | 6,406 | 490,348 | 99,016 | 59,290 | 351,899 | 1,000,553 | 29,966 | .. | 213,506 | .. | 42 |
| Merchants .. | 1,322 | 79,299 | 18,505 | 5,970 | 5,070 | 108,844 | 141,947 | 6,680 | 699,632 | .. | 539 |
| Farmers .. | 91 | 48,905 | 4,629 | 1,492 | 9,758 | 64,784 | 39,837 | 1,971 | 468,572 | 59,228 | 58,577 |
| Totals .. | 7,819 | 618,552 | 122,150 | 66,752 | *366,727 | 1,174,181 | 211,750 | 8,651 | 1,381,710 | 59,228 | 59,158 |

STOCKS OWNED BY MILLERS, MERCHANTS, AND FARMERS.

| Millers .. | 6,389 | 538,469 | 108,139 | 61,682 | 352,739 | 1,061,029 | 31,085 | .. | 231,315 | 700 | 210 |
| Merchants .. | 1,336 | 21,665 | 7,696 | 2,977 | 4,245 | 36,583 | 133,870 | 6,880 | 644,154 | .. | 637 |
| Farmers .. | 94 | 58,418 | 6,315 | 2,093 | 9,743 | 76,569 | 46,795 | 1,771 | 506,241 | 58,528 | 58,311 |
| Totals, 30/11/25 | 7,819 | 618,552 | 122,150 | 66,752 | *366,727 | 1,174,181 | 211,750 | 8,651 | 1,381,710 | 59,228 | 59,158 |
| Corresponding figures, 29/11/24 | 8,235 | 341,136 | 89,438 | 46,319 | 597,414 | 1,074,307 | 112,332 | 1,419 | 425,922 | 4,496 | 11,686 |

Including 351,899 bushels of Australian wheat.

Census and Statistics Office,
Wellington, 16th December, 1925.

MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.

Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its Amendments.--Election to administer Estates.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Public Trustee has filed in the Supreme Court an election to administer in respect of the several estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations (so far as known) are hereunder set forth.

No.	Name.	Residence.	Occupation.	Date of Death.	Date Election filed.	Testate or Intestate.	Stamp Office concerned.
1	Barclay, David	Orepuki	Printer	21/9/25	3/12/25	Intestate	Invercargill.
2	Barnes, Mary	Masterton	Widow	6/8/25	1/12/25	""	Wellington.
3	Bergin, James	Nuhaka	Labourer	20/9/25	4/12/25	""	Napier.
4	Bradshaw, James	Kanakanaia	Farm cadet	23/9/25	12/12/25	""	Gisborne.
5	Bright, Henry William	Cobden	Railway guard	30/10/25	30/11/25	Testate	Hokitika.
6	Buchan, Louisa Jane	Dunedin	Married woman	20/4/25	4/12/25	""	Dunedin.
7	Cottam, Richard	Wyndham	Labourer	6/10/25	12/12/25	""	Invercargill.
8	Cunningham, James	Carterton	Storekeeper	5/11/25	1/12/25	""	Wellington.
9	Edlin, Alfred	Napier	Telegraphist	4/10/25	12/12/25	""	""
10	Elder, William Kidd	Auckland	Engineer	7/4/20	4/12/25	Intestate	Auckland.
11	Ferguson, Daniel	Matiere	Carpenter	8/10/25	3/12/25	""	""
12	Fitzgerald, Michael Richard	Dalefield (Wairarapa)	Cheesemaker	9/8/25	12/12/25	Testate	Wellington.
13	Graham, Mary	Christchurch	Spinster	4/11/25	4/12/25	""	Christchurch.
14	Hunter, Linda Effie	Richmond	Nurse	29/9/25	3/12/25	Intestate	Nelson.
15	Miles, James Edward	Box Hill, Victoria, Australia	Butcher	7/8/24	3/12/25	Testate	Wellington.
16	Nesbitt, William Henry	Cameron's	Sawmiller	6/11/25	1/12/25	""	Hokitika.
17	Pearce, Elizabeth	Christchurch	Widow	16/10/25	3/12/25	""	Christchurch.
18	Rae, James	Hastings	Labourer	18/11/25	12/12/25	Intestate	Napier.
19	Rushbrook, John	Alfredton	""	2/11/25	12/12/25	""	Wellington.
20	Warren, Charlotte Rebecca	Waitara	""	30/9/25	4/12/25	Testate	N. Plymouth.
21	Watts, Robert	Wellington	Retired Civil servant	10/11/25	1/12/25	Intestate	Wellington.

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 14th December, 1925.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1925, No 85

NZLII — NZ Gazette 1925, No 85

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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🌾 Census of Flour, Wheat, and Oats Stocks

Domain🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Dated16 December 1925
KeywordsAgriculture, Stocks, Flour, Wheat, Oats, Census
👩‍💼 Officials

MALCOLM FRASER, Government Statistician

🏢 Public Trustee Election to Administer Estates

Domain🏢 State Enterprises & Insurance
Dated14 December 1925
KeywordsPublic Trust Office, Deceased Estates, Administration
👱🏽 Names

21 names identified

David Barclay, Deceased estate
Mary Barnes, Deceased estate
James Bergin, Deceased estate
James Bradshaw, Deceased estate
Henry William Bright, Deceased estate
Louisa Jane Buchan, Deceased estate
Richard Cottam, Deceased estate
James Cunningham, Deceased estate
Alfred Edlin, Deceased estate
William Kidd Elder, Deceased estate
Daniel Ferguson, Deceased estate
Michael Richard Fitzgerald, Deceased estate
Mary Graham, Deceased estate
Linda Effie Hunter, Deceased estate
James Edward Miles, Deceased estate
William Henry Nesbitt, Deceased estate
Elizabeth Pearce, Deceased estate
James Rae, Deceased estate
John Rushbrook, Deceased estate
Charlotte Rebecca Warren, Deceased estate
Robert Watts, Deceased estate

👩‍💼 Officials

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee

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