OCT. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2755

Notice of Adoption under Part IX of the Native Land Act, 1931.
Waiariki Native Land Court Office,
Rotorua, 15th October, 1940.
IT is hereby notified that the order of adoption as set out
in the Schedule hereunder has been made by the Native
Land Court under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1931.
C. V. FORDHAM, Registrar.
SCHEDULE.
ADOPTING parents : Kira Jacob and Tahurangi Jacob.
Adopted child : Kira Jacob.
Whakaatu tangohanga Tamaiti Whangai i raro o Wahi IX o te
Ture Whenua Maori, 1931.
Tari Kooti Whenua Maori, Waiariki,
Rotorua, 15 o Oketopa, 1940.
HE whakaaturanga tenei kia mohiotia ai kua hanga e te
Kooti Whenua Maori i raro i nga tikanga o te Ture
Whenua Maori, 1931, tetahi ota whakamana i te tangohanga
o tetahi tamaiti whangai e whakaaturia nei e te Kupu Apiti
i raro nei.
TE POTAMA, Kai-rehita.
KUPU APITI.
Nga matua whangai : Kira Jacob raua ko Tahurangi Jacob.
Tamaiti whangai : Kira Jacob.

Notice of Adoption under Part IX of the Native Land Act, 1931.
Waiariki Native Land Court Office,
Rotorua, 15th October, 1940.
IT is hereby notified that the order of adoption as set out
in the Schedule hereunder has been made by the Native
Land Court under the provisions of the Native Land Act, 1931.
C. V. FORDHAM, Registrar.
SCHEDULE.
ADOPTING parents : James Waerea and Rina Waerea.
Adopted child : Wahanga Kenya Waerea.
Whakaatu tangohanga Tamaiti Whangai i raro o Wahi IX o te
Ture Whenua Maori, 1931.
Tari Kooti Whenua Maori, Waiariki,
Rotorua, 15 o Oketopa, 1940.
HE whakaaturanga tenei kia mohiotia ai kua hanga e te
Kooti Whenua Maori i raro i nga tikanga o te Ture
Whenua Maori, 1931, tetahi ota whakamana i te tangohanga
o tetahi tamaiti whangai e whakaaturia nei e te Kupu Apiti
i raro nei.
TE POTAMA, Kai-rehita.
KUPU APITI.
Nga matua whangai : James Waerea raua ko Rina Waerea.
Tamaiti whangai : Wahanga Kenya Waerea.

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. | Occupation. | Residence. | Date of Death. | Date Election filed. | Testate or Intestate. | Stamp Office concerned. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Arnold, Thomas Andrew | Labourer | Auckland | 2/9/40 | 17/10/40 | Intestate | Auckland. |
| 2 | Barker, John Waddy | Retired farmer | Haumoana (formerly Taradale) | 7/9/40 | 17/10/40 | Testate | Napier. |
| 3 | Bell, Martha | Widow | Te Rehunga | 25/9/40 | 17/10/40 | " | " |
| 4 | Clements, Emma | " | Christchurch | 26/9/40 | 17/10/40 | " | Christchurch. |
| 5 | Davey, Charles Robert | Labourer | Te Kuiti | 9/9/40 | 17/10/40 | " | Auckland. |
| 6 | Hand, Marion Grossett also known as Hand, Marion | Widow | Wellington | 29/8/40 | 17/10/40 | Intestate | Wellington. |
| 7 | Henderson, James Miller | Chef | Dunedin | 19/8/40 | 17/10/40 | Testate | Dunedin. |
| 8 | Holbrook, George Henry | Grocer | Palmerston North | 24/9/40 | 17/10/40 | " | Wellington. |
| 9 | MacArthur, James | Labourer | Nelson | 26/9/40 | 17/10/40 | Intestate | Nelson. |
| 10 | MacFarlane, Eric George Sidney | Clerk | Napier | 14/11/38 | 17/10/40 | " | Wellington. |
| 11 | Moore, George | Labourer | Westport | 28/9/40 | 17/10/40 | Testate | Hokitika. |
| 12 | Morison, Hazel Montgomery | Married woman | Auckland | 13/9/23 | 17/10/40 | Intestate | Auckland. |
| 13 | McAllister, Isabella Watson | Widow | Stratford | 10/9/40 | 17/10/40 | Testate | New Plymouth. |
| 14 | Partington, John | Retired prison warder | Wanganui | 1/10/40 | 17/10/40 | " | Wellington. |
| 15 | Patterson, Mary Anna | Widow | Oropi | 18/8/40 | 17/10/40 | Intestate | Auckland. |
| 16 | Pluck, Leonard Thomas | Labourer | Rakaia | 20/10/38 | 17/10/40 | " | Christchurch. |
| 17 | Tocker, Joshua Slayman | Miner | Pollock's Creek, Murchison | 7/8/40 | 17/10/40 | " | Nelson. |
| 18 | Yeatts, Frederick | Labourer | Wellington | 19/9/40 | 17/10/40 | " | Wellington. |

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 2lst October, 1940.
E. O. HALES, Public Trustee.

Applications to Native Land Court for Assessment of Compensation.
Native Land Court Office, Rotorua, 15th October, 1940.
NOTICE is hereby given that the matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the Native Land
Court sitting at Tauranga on the 12th November, 1940, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow.
[Waiariki, 1940/41-20.]
C. V. FORDHAM, Registrar.
SCHEDULE.
| No. | Applicant. | Name of Land. | Nature of Application. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 161 | Public Works Department | Section 1, Block IV (part), Waihi South Survey District | Assessment of compensation for land taken for a pumice-pit. |
| 162 | " | Ongaonga 1& 3 (part) Ongaonga 1A (part) | Assessment of compensation for land taken for a scenic reserve. |
| 163 | " | Otawa No. 2 (part), Block I, Maketu Survey District | Assessment of compensation for land taken for a scenic reserve. |