Notice of Vesting of Land in the Public Trustee Under the
Public Trust Office Act 1908 (Part II) (Unclaimed Lands)

WHEREAS I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee, have
for the purposes of Part II of the Public Trust Office
Act 1908 (relating to unclaimed lands) made due inquiry with
respect to the land described in the Schedule hereunder and
the whereabouts of the owner thereof, and have, in respect of
the said land, given the notices prescribed by section 66 of that
Act and have in all respects complied with the provisions of
that Act pertinent thereto:

And whereas the owner has not established his title to the
said land as required by that Act;

I hereby give notice that the said land is under and by
virtue of that Act vested in the Public Trustee as aforesaid
as from the date of the publication hereof, and will be
administered under the Public Trust Office Act 1908, the value
of the land for the purposes of section 67 (d) of that Act
being less than five hundred pounds (£500).

SCHEDULE

ALL that parcel of land containing fifty acres (50 acres), more
or less, being Allotment 75, Apata Parish, being all the land
comprised and described in certificate of title, Volume 945,
folio 28, Auckland Registry, limited as to title and area, and
being all the land comprised and described in a Crown grant
dated the 8th day of April 1869 to one Isaac Lloyd, late
Private in the First Regiment of Waikato Militia.

Dated at Wellington, this 2nd day of December 1953.
GEO. E. TURNey, Public Trustee.

Notice by the Public Trustee Under the Public Trust Office
Act 1908 (Part III) and its Amendments

WHEREAS it has been reported to the Public Trustee that
Thomas Melrose, of Te Teko, Labourer, is the
owner of the property described in the Schedule hereto, and
whereas the value of such property does not exceed the sum
of one thousand pounds (£1,000), and whereas it is not
known where the said Thomas Melrose is or whether he is
alive or dead, and whereas Part III of the Public Trust
Office Act 1908 and its amendments provides, inter alia, that
when it is not known where the owner of any real or personal
property is or whether he is alive or dead and the value of
such real or personal property does not exceed one thousand
pounds (£1,000) and that the exercise of the powers set out
in section 87 of the said Act is advisable in the interests of
such owner or of any other person, the Public Trustee may by
notice in the Gazette declare his intention to take possession
of such property and to exercise the powers conferred upon
him by the said section 87 of the Public Trust Office Act 1908,
and may thereafter exercise such powers without application
to the Supreme Court.

Now the Public Trustee hereby gives notice that pursuant
to Part III of the said Act he intends to take possession of
the said property and to exercise in respect thereof the powers
conferred upon him under and by virtue of the provisions of
the said section 87 of the Public Trust Office Act 1908 as
amended by section 21 of the Finance Act (No. 2) 1936.

THE SCHEDULE HEREINBEFORE MENTIONED
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Dated at Wellington, this 3rd day of December 1953.
G. E. TURNey, Public Trustee.

The Standards Act 1941—Specifications Declared to be
Standard Specifications

NOTICE is hereby given that on 1 December 1953 the
undermentioned specifications were declared to be
standard specifications by the Minister of Industries and
Commerce pursuant to section 8 of the Standards Act 1941.

Number and Title of Specification.
N.Z.S.S. 494: Methods for the chemical analysis
of cheese, being B.S. 770 : 1952
N.Z.S.S. 1186: Methods for the chemical analysis
of dried milk, being B.S. 1743 : 1951 amended to
meet New Zealand requirements
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Applications for copies should be made to the N.Z.
Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay
(P.O. Box 195), Wellington C. 1.

Dated at Wellington, this 2nd day of December 1953.
L. J. McDONALD,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.

The Standards Act 1941—Specifications Declared to be
Standard Specifications

NOTICE is hereby given that on 26 November 1953 the
undermentioned specifications were declared to be standard
specifications by the Minister of Industries and Commerce
pursuant to section 8 of the Standards Act 1941.

Number and Title of Specification.
N.Z.S.S. 49: Free machining brass rods and
sections, being B.S. 249:1953 (superseding
N.Z.S.S. 49, being B.S. 249:1940)
N.Z.S.S. 695, Part 1: Keys and keyways, being
B.S. 46 Pt. 1:1953
N.Z.S.S. 1169: Methods of sampling water used
in steam generation, being B.S. 1328:1946
N.Z.S.S. 1170: Sparking plugs, being B.S.
45:1952
N.Z.S.S. 1171: Heat-resisting alloy steel castings,
being B.S. 1648:1950
N.Z.S.S. 1172: Micrometer heads, being B.S.
1734:1951
N.Z.S.S. 1173: Nickel clad steel plate, being
B.S. 1822:1952
N.Z.S.S. 1174: Hose couplings (air and water)
( $\frac{1}{8}$ in. to 1$\frac{1}{4}$ in. nominal sizes), being B.S.
1906:1952
N.Z.S.S. 1175: Hacksaw blades, being B.S.
1919:1953
N.Z.S.S. 1176: Engineers' ratchet braces and
drilling pillars, being B.S. 1937:1953
N.Z.S.S. 1177: Aluminium filler alloys for
brazing, being B.S. 1942:1953
N.Z.S.S. 1178: Woodworking chisels and gouges,
being B.S. 1943:1953
N.Z.S.S. 1179: 60/40 brass rods, sections and
forgings, being B.S. 1949:1953
N.Z.S.S. 1180: Domed ends for tanks and
pressure vessels, being B.S. 1966:1953
N.Z.S.S. 1185: Vegetable parchment for wrapping
dairy and other food products, being
B.S. 1820:1952 amended to meet New Zealand
requirements
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Standards Institute, Hamilton Chambers, 201 Lambton Quay
(P.O. Box 195), Wellington C. 1.

Dated at Wellington, this 30th day of November 1953.
L. J. McDoNALD,
Executive Officer, Standards Council.

Plant Declared a Noxious Weed in the Waiapu County
(Notice No. Ag. 5541)

PURSUANT to the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the Director-General of Agriculture, acting under a delegation from
the Minister of Agriculture for the purposes of the said Act,
hereby publishes the following special order made by the
Waiapu County Council on the 25th day of November 1953.

SPECIAL ORDER

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it by section
3 of the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the Waiapu County Council
hereby resolves by way of special order that the plant
mentioned in the Schedule hereto be declared a noxious weed
within the whole of the County of Waiapu.

SCHEDULE

Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense).

Dated at Wellington, this 2nd day of December 1953.
E. J. FAWCETT, Director-General of Agriculture.
(Ag. 70/10/109)

Plants Declared Noxious Weeds in Halswell County
(Notice No. Ag. 5543)

PURSUANT to the Noxious Weeds Act 1950, the Director-General of Agriculture, acting under a delegation from
the Minister of Agriculture for the purposes of the said Act,
hereby publishes the following special order made by the
Halswell County Council on the 19th day of November 1953.

SPECIAL ORDER

'THAT all the plants mentioned in the First Schedule of the
Noxious Weeds Act 1950, be declared noxious weeds within
the County of Halswell.'

Dated at Wellington, this 2nd day of December 1953.
E. J. FAWCETT, Director-General of Agriculture.
(Ag. 70/10/252)