✨ Agricultural Stocks and Estate Administration




Dec. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3455

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, 1933, when the following quantities were returned: Flour, 13,841 tons; wheat, 3,891,706 bushels (including 3,341,940 bushels of milling wheat), and 1,448,603 bushels of oats. 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. In Stack (estimated).
Milling. Other than Milling. In Stack (estimated). Total all Wheat. In Grain. For Threshing. For Chaffing.
(N.Z.) Tuscan or Longberry. (N.Z.) Hunter's Varieties. (N.Z.) Velvet or Pearl. Other and unspecified.
North Auckland, Auckland, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, and Taranaki 5,080 669,146 67,182 476 15,934 44,484 .. 797,222 150,131 ..
Wellington 963 62,138 1,584 298 6,131 36,608 143 106,902 60,045 120
Nelson, Marlborough, and Westland 120 39,862 338 .. 1,695 17,439 .. 59,334 24,746 2,012
Canterbury 5,433 1,273,363 456,088 29,513 30,830 366,170 3,148 2,159,112 596,741 144,653
Otago and Southland 2,245 384,579 264,851 32,110 5,822 77,267 4,507 769,136 616,940 98,813
Totals 13,841 2,429,088 790,043 62,397 60,412 541,968 7,798 3,891,706 1,448,603 245,598

Stocks by Districts.

Tons. Bushels. Bushels. Bushels. Bushels. Bushels. Bushels. Bushels. Bushels. Tons.
North Auckland, Auckland, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, and Taranaki 5,080 669,146 67,182 476 15,934 44,484 .. 797,222 150,131 1,037
Wellington 963 62,138 1,584 298 6,131 36,608 143 106,902 60,045 839
Nelson, Marlborough, and Westland 120 39,862 338 .. 1,695 17,439 .. 59,334 24,746 2,860
Canterbury 5,433 1,273,363 456,088 29,513 30,830 366,170 3,148 2,159,112 596,741 45,953
Otago and Southland 2,245 384,579 264,851 32,110 5,822 77,267 4,507 769,136 616,940 23,813
Totals 13,841 2,429,088 790,043 62,397 60,412 541,968 7,798 3,891,706 1,448,603 74,502

Stocks held by Millers, Merchants, and Farmers.

Millers .. 12,344 1,466,986 398,676 48,422 19,085 120,528 .. 2,053,697 166,926
Merchants .. 1,441 931,061 378,256 13,319 38,387 326,998 563 1,688,584 711,610
Farmers .. 56 31,041 13,111 656 2,940 94,442 7,235 149,425 570,067
Totals .. 13,841 2,429,088 790,043 62,397 60,412 541,968 7,798 3,891,706 1,448,603

Stocks owned by Millers, Merchants, and Farmers.

Millers .. 12,390 1,592,697 387,320 42,973 19,098 120,347 132 2,162,567 163,738
Merchants .. 1,395 799,999 386,683 18,485 38,374 283,278 630 1,527,449 649,273
Farmers .. 56 36,392 16,040 939 2,940 138,343 7,036 201,690 635,592
Totals, 30/11/33 13,841 2,429,088 790,043 62,397 60,412 541,968 7,798 3,891,706 1,448,603 245,598
Corresponding figures, 30/11/32 13,482 798,846 185,307 39,271 192,603 143,029 996 1,360,052 841,248 20,768

Census and Statistics Office,
Wellington, 18th December, 1933.

J. W. BUTCHER, Government Statistician.


Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its Amendments.β€”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. Occupation. Residence. Date of Death. Date Election filed. Testate or Intestate. Stamp Office concerned.
1 Boyd, Eliza Married woman Auckland 16/10/33 15/12/33 Testate Auckland.
2 Cusack, James Retired school-teacher Orawia 3/3/32 15/12/33 ,, Invercargill.
3 Dickson, Alexander Robert Farmer Wellington 5/8/32 15/12/33 Intestate Dunedin.
4 Gibson, Robert Farm labourer Hamilton 18/3/33 15/12/33 Testate Auckland.
5 Miller, Janet Simpson Spinster San Francisco, Cal., U.S.A., formerly Lower Hutt 26/7/33 15/12/33 ,, Wellington.
6 Muir, Robert Park Miner Hikurangi 9/10/33 15/12/33 Intestate Auckland.
7 McAuley, Henry Farmer Kerrytown 30/6/31 15/12/33 ,, Christchurch.
8 McKay, Ina Spinster Auckland 28/11/33 15/12/33 ,, Auckland.
9 Reeve, Edmund John Bootmaker Dunedin 2/11/33 15/12/33 Testate Dunedin.
10 Theobald, Joseph Henry Labourer Manawahe 6/6/33 15/12/33 Intestate Auckland.
11 Thompson, Elizabeth Spinster Gisborne 18/7/25 15/12/33 ,, Gisborne.
12 Wood, John Lindow Carpenter Petone 2/10/33 15/12/33 ,, Wellington.

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 18th December, 1933.

J. W. MACDONALD, Public Trustee.



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🌾 Census of Flour, Wheat, and Oats Stocks

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
18 December 1933
Agriculture, Stocks, Flour, Wheat, Oats, Census, Statistics
  • J. W. Butcher, Government Statistician

🏒 Public Trustee Election to Administer Estates

🏒 State Enterprises & Insurance
18 December 1933
Public Trust Office, Estate Administration, Deceased Persons, Legal Notices
12 names identified
  • Eliza Boyd, Deceased, estate administered
  • James Cusack, Deceased, estate administered
  • Alexander Robert Dickson, Deceased, estate administered
  • Robert Gibson, Deceased, estate administered
  • Janet Simpson Miller, Deceased, estate administered
  • Robert Park Muir, Deceased, estate administered
  • Henry McAuley, Deceased, estate administered
  • Ina McKay, Deceased, estate administered
  • Edmund John Reeve, Deceased, estate administered
  • Joseph Henry Theobald, Deceased, estate administered
  • Elizabeth Thompson, Deceased, estate administered
  • John Lindow Wood, Deceased, estate administered

  • J. W. Macdonald, Public Trustee