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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 607, 9 May 1882, Page 3

I-oa«l Board ..otlces AKAROA AND WAINUI ROAD BOARD. EXTRAORDINARY VACANCY. T" 'JOHN BARWICK, Returning ,X ? Officei for the Akaroa and Wainui Road Board, hereby give notice that an Election for a Member to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr Benjamin Shadbolt will beheld at the Office of the said Board on Tuesday, the 23rd May inst. Nominations of Candidates will be received up to noon on Wednesday, the 10th day of May inst. Nominations must be in the form of the 3rd schedule to " The Regulation of Local Elections Act. 1876," and may be obtained at the Office of the Board. Duvauchelle's Bay. JOHN BARWICK, Returning Officer. Road Board Office, Ist May, 1882. LITTLE RIVER ROAD BOARD. "VTOTICE is hereby given, that it is JLN the intention of the Little River Road Board, at its next ordinary meeting, June sth, to levy a GENERAL ROAD RATE of SIXPENCE in the £ on all rateable property in the district, for the year ending 31st December, 1882. Also, in compliance with instructions from the South Waimakariri Board of Conservators, this Board intend, on the same date, to lery a Rate of ONE PENNY in the £ on all property in that portion of the Little River Road District within the jurisdiction of the South Waimakariri Board of Conservators. The Rate Book is now open for inspection at the Office of the Board. T. QUEALY, Clerk to the Board. LITTLE RIVER ROAD BOARD. NOTICE. A PUBLIC MEETING of Ratepayers is hereby convened, to be held at the Little River Road Board Office at noon on Monday, June sth, to consider the propriety of holding all future elections of members ot the said Board under " The Local Elections Act, 1876." By order of the Board. T. QUEALY, Clerk. LITTLE RIVER ROAD BOARD. rpENDERS are invited to Re-form JL about 80 chains, more or less, of the main road between Tai Tapu and Lincoln. Specifications to be seen at the Hotel and Post Office, Tai Tapu and Little River, and at the Office of the Board. Tenders to be lodged, addressed Chairman, not later than noon on Monday, June sth. T. QUSALY, Clerk.

Oorcrnuieut Advertinement» PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE OF NEW ZEALAND. ANY person may appoint the Public Trustee executor and trustee under his will or codicil. Any present trustee may transfer the management of trust property to the Public Trustee, who will thereupon hold such property upon the original trusts attaching thereto. Any person, company, association, or public body within or without the colony, may place any property belonging to them in charge of the Public Trustee upon trust for such uses as may be defined in the deed creating the trust. Any building, land, or friendly society may, by its rules, provide that property belonging to it may be placed in the Public Trust Office, for such trusts and uses and with such powers as may be defined in or by the said rules. The advantages offered are :— Ist. State Guarantee against peculation, fraud, or dishonesty. 2nd. All proposed investments are considered by a Board, consisting of the Honorable Colonial Treasurer, the Attorney General, the Comptroller and Auditor General, the Government Insurance Commissioner, and the Public Trustee. Careful consideration of all securities offered it is therefore insured. 3rd. The Public Trustee, in his corporate capacity, never dies, never leaves the country, -and never becomes incapacitated, thus avoiding the many inconveniences resulting from frequent fresh appointments of Trustees' necessitated by death, change of abode, or mental or bodily infirmity. 4th. Punctuality and promptitude in the remittance of periodical payments to beneficiaries under trust or will to any part of the colony or elsewhere at which t may be desired that payment should be made. sth. The effective check which is called into operation before any moneys can be paid from the Public Trustee's account, 6th. Reasonable charges : On estates such as are now being considered the Public Trustee is authorised to charge per cent, on all recepts, and l\ per cent, on disbursments, and 5s per cent, on all moneys invested. No charge is made for obtaining probate, nor for passing stamp and property tax returns, nor for correspondence, however voluminous. Thus the saving to estates placed in this office is considerable. 11. C. HAMERTON, Public Trustee.