31 JANUARY

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

149

Election to Administer Estates Under Public Trust Office Act 1908, and Amendments

Pursuant to the Public Trust Office Act 1908, and amendments, 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 set out hereunder:

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 28 January 1957.

G. E. TURNey, Public Trustee.

Levy on Main Crop Potatoes

Pursuant to section 15 of the Potato Growing Industry Act 1950 and the regulations made thereunder, the Potato Board hereby resolves and determines that:

1. From and including 1 March 1957 a levy at the rate of 30s. per ton, and payable in accordance with this resolution, be made upon growers of main crop potatoes.

2. The levy shall be payable in respect of all main crop potatoes grown in all districts in New Zealand upon sale by the grower, whether as table potatoes or as seed potatoes, excepting only:

(a) Potatoes sold by the grower as “certified seed” i.e., packed in containers labelled with the official certification tag of the Department of Agriculture, provided that the maximum certification grading size of such potatoes does not exceed 6·5 oz.

(b) Potatoes (other than “certified seed potatoes” as in (a) above) which are sold by the grower as seed, provided that the maximum size of such potatoes does not exceed 4·5 oz.

(c) Potatoes (other than those covered by (a) or (b) above) which are sold by the grower as seed and delivered direct to another grower for use for seed purposes.

(d) Potatoes sold by the grower for shipment to the Pacific Islands and known as “Island Smalls”, provided that the maximum size of such potatoes does not exceed 4·5 oz.

3. Potatoes which are sold by the grower without pre-sale grading as to size and which are not exempt from the levy in accordance with any subsection of section 3 shall be subject as to 70 per cent of the quantity sold to the full levy notwithstanding any subsequent grading thereof by the purchaser.

4. For the purposes of section 3 of this resolution, “grower” shall not include any person, firm, or company which has contracted in any manner whatsoever with the occupier of any land for the acquisition of any potatoes grown thereon.

Dated at Wellington this 30th day of January 1956.

N. J. McHUGH, Secretary.

Sale of Unclaimed Property

It is hereby notified that unclaimed property in the hands of the Police at Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill Stations will, if not claimed before Saturday, 9 February 1957, be sold thereafter by public auction.

Particulars as to the time and place of sale may be obtained from the Assistant Commissioner, Superintendent, or Chief Inspector of Police in charge of the district.

S. T. BARNETT, Controller-General of Police.

Releasing Land from the Provisions of Part XXIV of the Maori Affairs Act 1953 (Waikato Development Scheme)

Pursuant to section 332 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, the Board of Maori Affairs hereby declares that, on the date of the publication of this notice in the Gazette, the land described in the Schedule hereto shall cease to be subject to the provisions of Part XXIV of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, the said land being so subject by virtue of a notice dated 10 November 1937 and published in the Gazette, 11 November 1937, Volume III, page 2475.

SCHEDULE

SOUTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of January 1957.

For and on behalf of the Board of Maori Affairs—

T. T. ROPIHA, Secretary for Maori Affairs.

(M.A. 62/23; D.O. 23/M/1)

Releasing Land from the Provisions of Part XXIV of the Maori Affairs Act 1953 (Waikato Development Scheme)

Pursuant to section 332 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, the Board of Maori Affairs hereby declares that, on the date of the publication of this notice in the Gazette, the land described in the Schedule hereto shall cease to be subject to the provisions of Part XXIV of the Maori Affairs Act 1953, the said land being so subject by virtue of a notice dated 12 December 1938 and published in the Gazette, 15 December 1938, Volume III, page 2787.

SCHEDULE

SOUTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of January 1957.

For and on behalf of the Board of Maori Affairs—

T. T. ROPIHA, Secretary for Maori Affairs.

(M.A. 62/23, 15/2/235; D.O. 23/E/7)