100
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

£ s. d. £ s. d.
Brought forward 467 12 5
Rents falling due in 1876 425 7 0
Interest falling due in 1876 22 0 0
Grass near Hospital 11 0 0
Grazing cattle in Domain 25 15 6 36 15 6
Investments-
Mortgages 275 0 0
In Auckland Savings Bank 200 0 0
Interest on money in the Auck-
land Savings Bank 8 6 8 483 6 8
Balance due to Secretary 23 10 6
£1,458 12 1

CR. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Balance from 1875, due to Secretary 14 17 2
Payments-
Secretary's salary and commission 65 12 7
Sundries 15 18 11
Wages 282 18 8
To investment account 200 0 0 564 10 2
Rents remitted by Board 59 17 6
Investments-
Mortgages 275 0 0
Savings Bank 208 6 8 483 6 8
Balances on 31st December, 1876-
Cash in Bank of New Zealand 213 4 0
Cash in hand 52 15 0
Rents outstanding 70 1 6 336 0 6
£1,458 12 1

GEORGE M. MITFORD, Chairman.
Audited and found correct.
JAMES EDWARD FITZGERALD,
Comptroller and Auditor-General.
20th December, 1878.

BALANCE-SHEET of the Accounts of the Auckland
Domain Board, for the year ending 31st December,
1877.
DR. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Balances from 1876-
Cash in Bank of New Zealand 213 4 0
Cash in hand 52 15 0
Rents outstanding 70 1 6 336 0 6
Rents falling due in 1877 428 15 0
Interest falling due in 1877 (same
as in 1876) 22 0 0
Extra grass sold in 1877... 10 0 0
Grass near Chalmers's, sold in 1877 1 0 0 11 0 0
Cash from the Secretary 0 2 11
Investments-
Mortgages 275 0 0
Savings Bank 208 6 8
Savings Bank interest in 1877 10 0 0 493 6 8
Balance due to Secretary 20 19 2
£1,312 4 3

CR. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Payments-
Balance due Secretary on 31st
December, 1876 23 10 6
Secretary's salary for 1877 40 0 0
Commission 16 9 6
Cash advanced per Secretary 0 2 11 80 2 11
Wages 309 4 1
Sundries 7 10 5
Donation to Cricket Ground 80 0 0
Investments per contra ... 493 6 8
Carried forward £970 4 1

£ s. d. £ s. d.
Brought forward 970 4 1
Balances on 31st December, 1877-
Cash in Bank of New Zealand 118 16 2
Cash in hand 20 17 6
Rents outstanding 202 6 6 342 0 2
£1,312 4 3

GEORGE M. MITFORD, Chairman.
Audited and found correct.
JAMES EDWARD FITZGERALD,
Comptroller and Auditor-General.
20th December, 1878.

Board of Governors of New Zealand Institute elected.

Colonial Museum of New Zealand,
Wellington, 16th January, 1879.
IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned
gentlemen have been elected Governors of the
New Zealand Institute by the Incorporated Societies
for the year 1879, in conformity with clause 7 of
"The New Zealand Institute Act, 1867:"-
The Hon. ROBERT STOUT, M.H.R.
THOMAS KIRK, Esq., F.L.S.
Dr. WALTER BULLER, C.M.G.
JAMES HECTOR,
Manager.

Acknowledgment of Registry.
THE Wellington District Ancient Order of
Foresters Society is registered as a Friendly
Society, having branches, under "The Friendly
Societies Act, 1877," this 18th day of January,
1879.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Money Order and Savings Bank Office opened.
General Post Office,
Wellington, 23rd January, 1879.
IT is hereby notified for general information that
a Money Order and Savings Bank Office will be
opened at
POKENO (Chief Office, Auckland),
from and after the 1st February next.
By order.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Member of House of Representatives elected.
Clerk of the Writs' Office,
Wellington, 23rd January, 1879.
THE Clerk of the Writs has received a return to
the Writ issued by him on the eighteenth day of
December, 1878, for the election of a Member to serve
in the House of Representatives of New Zealand, for
the electoral district hereinafter specified; and by the
indorsement on such Writ it appears that the under-
mentioned gentleman has been duly elected Member
for such district, viz. :-

For the District of Mataura :
JAMES STEWART SHANKS.
G. S. COOPER,
Clerk of the Writs.

Gold-Mining Lease to be granted.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.
IN conformity with the thirty-seventh section of
"The Mines Act, 1877," and with the regulations
made under that Act for the granting of leases for
gold-mining purposes, it is hereby notified that it is
intended to grant a lease of Crown lands for gold-