Feb. 16] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 185

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 :—

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 14th February, 1950. H. W. S. PEARCE, Public Trustee.

Appointment of Deputy District Public Trustee

NOTICE is hereby given that, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by section 3 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1921–22, I, the Public Trustee of the Dominion of New Zealand, have appointed Everton Morrison Hobin, of the Public Trust Office, Hamilton, to be deputy of the District Public Trustee, Hamilton, during the absence of such District Public Trustee from his headquarters from any cause, and all previous warrants appointing any deputy of the said District Public Trustee have been revoked.

Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of February, 1950.

H. W. S. PEARCE, Public Trustee.

Appointment of Deputy District Public Trustee

NOTICE is hereby given that, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by section 3 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1921–22, I, the Public Trustee of the Dominion of New Zealand, have appointed Basil Chandos Beaumont Dickson, of the Public Trust Office, Wellington, to be deputy of the District Public Trustee, Wellington, during the absence of such District Public Trustee from his headquarters from any cause, and all previous warrants appointing any deputy of the said District Public Trustee have been revoked.

Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of February, 1950.

H. W. S. PEARCE, Public Trustee.

Appointment of Deputy District Public Trustee

NOTICE is hereby given that, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by section 3 of the Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1921–22, I, the Public Trustee of the Dominion of New Zealand, have appointed Edward Arthur Butterfield, of the Public Trust Office, Masterton, to be deputy of the District Public Trustee, Masterton, during the absence of such District Public Trustee from his headquarters from any cause, and all previous warrants appointing any deputy of the said District Public Trustee have been revoked.

Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of February, 1950.

H. W. S. PEARCE, Public Trustee.

The Standards Act, 1941.—Draft New Zealand Standard Specification: Code of General By-laws. D. 2821, Parks and Reserves

NOTICE is hereby given that the above draft New Zealand Standard Specification is now being circulated to affected interests for consideration and comment. The closing date fixed for such comment is the 19th May, 1950.

All persons who may be affected by this specification once it has been declared a standard specification by the Minister of Industries and Commerce, may at any time before the closing date for comments, obtain, on application, free copies from the New Zealand Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay, Wellington, so as to have an opportunity to consider the draft and to comment thereon to the Standards Council or to an appropriate committee of the Council in accordance with subsection (3) of section 8 of the Standards Act, 1941.

R. T. WRIGHT, Executive Officer,
Standards Council.

Wheat, Oats, and Barley.—Estimated Yields

Census and Statistics Department,
Wellington, 15th February, 1950.

THE following estimated average yields per acre of wheat, oats, and barley for the season 1949–50 have been compiled from reports furnished by officers of the Department of Agriculture throughout New Zealand, and are now published for general information :—

The above estimates may be compared with last season’s actual average yields, which were: Wheat, 40·61 bushels; oats, 47·49 bushels; and barley, 38·43 bushels.

In accordance with the above estimates, the total yield of wheat for the season 1949–50 should be approximately 4,700,000 bushels, as against an ascertained yield of 5,958,026 bushels for the season 1948–49.

The area from which oats were threshed for the five seasons ending with 1948–49 averaged 34 per cent. of the total area under that crop. Assuming that a similar proportion is threshed this year, the total yield of grain would be approximately 2,600,000 bushels, as against a yield of 3,718,597 bushels for the season 1948–49.

On a similar assumption in regard to barley, the total yield of grain would be approximately 2,400,000 bushels, as against 2,256,362 bushels for the season 1948–49.

G. E. WOOD, Government Statistician.

Officiating Ministers for 1950.—Notice No. 4

Registrar-General’s Office.
Wellington, 13th February, 1950.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following names of officiating ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information :—

The Church of the Province of New Zealand, Commonly Called the Church of England

The Reverend Ross McPherson Heard.

The Reverend Gerard Francis Senior, M.A.

Brethren

Mr. Kenneth Rees-Thomas.

CORRIGENDUM

On page 68, column 3 of the New Zealand Gazette No. 5 of 26th January, 1950, the heading “Congregational Independents,” should read “Methodist Church of New Zealand—continued.” “Congregational Independents” should appear immediately above the name of “The Reverend Bell, Kenneth Allan.”

P. H. WYLDE, Deputy Registrar-General.

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