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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 10

Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its Amendments.-Elections 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.

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 21st February, 1927.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.

Population of the Dominion.

RETURN of the Estimated Population of the Dominion of New Zealand, Dependencies, and Mandated Territory.

Estimated total population of the Dominion of New Zealand, Dependencies, and Mandated Territory

New Zealand proper, 31st December, 1926 :-

(a.) Estimated population (excluding Maoris)

(b.) Estimated Maori population

North Island,

(a.) Estimated population (including Maoris)

(b.) """" (excluding Maoris)

South Island,-

(a.) Estimated population (including Maoris)

(b.) """" (excluding Maoris)

Census and Statistics Office,

Wellington, 21st February, 1927.

MALCOLM FRASER,

Government Statistician

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

WHEREAS it has been reported to the Public Trustee that Francis John Squire, of Manganui-a-te-Ao, Raetihi, in the Provincial District of Wellington, in New Zealand, farmer, is the owner of the following property, the total gross value of which is less than £1,000, namely :-

A certain life policy assuring the sum of £200 and bonuses (if any); cash at credit in the Bank of New Zealand, Raetihi, £200, together with interest (if any) accrued thereon; a certain leasehold estate under Lease Registered Number 11088, comprising all that parcel of land containing 357 acres, more or less, situated in Block V, Rarete Survey District, and known as Waimarino 3B, together with a right-of-way over part Waimarino 3A Block, being the land comprised and described in certificate of title, Vol. 230, folio 287, of the Register-book, at Wellington, such leasehold estate being of little or no value, and being subject to certain memoranda of mortgage securing the principal sum of £1,000 and interest thereon; certain live stock depasturing on or about the leasehold property above mentioned, such stock being of the value of approximately £275, and comprising, inter alia, twenty-three head of cattle, three horses, and two hundred sheep; wool situate and stored upon the said leasehold property, value approximately £25; sundry farming and bush-felling tools and implements, pack-saddles, and stores, to a value of approximately £6 :

And whereas it is not known where the said Francis John Squire is, or whether he is alive or dead: And whereas it is provided by Part III of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908 (relating to unclaimed property), as amended by section 41 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1921-22, that where the value of unclaimed real and personal property does not exceed £1,000 the Public Trustee (with the consent of the Public Trust Office Board) may, by notice in the Gazette, declare his intention of taking possession of such property and exercise the powers conferred on him by section 87 of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, without application to the Court: And whereas the said consent of the Public Trust Office Board has been duly given : Now, the Public Trustee hereby gives notice that he intends to take possession of the real and personal property above mentioned, and to exercise in respect thereof the powers conferred upon him in and by the provisions of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and the amendments thereof.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of February, 1927.

J. W. MACDONALD,

Public Trustee.

Confiscated Lands Commission.

THE Commission appointed by His Excellency the Governor-General to inquire into and report as to the grievances alleged by certain Natives in connection with the confiscation of Native lands and in connection with other matters will sit in the Courthouse in each of the undermentioned places on the following dates :-

Place. Date. Time.

Opotiki Wednesday, 23rd March, 1927 10 a.m.

Whakatane Monday, 28th March, 1927 ..

Tauranga Thursday, 31st March, 1927 .

Russell, Bay of Monday, 11th April, 1927 ..

Islands

Ngaruawahia Wednesday, 20th April, 1927 ..

Wairoa, Hawke's Monday, 2nd May, 1927 ..

Bay

B. C. HAGGITT, Secretary to Commission.