JULY 21.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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workings, and, if in quartz-workings, proof of a similar yield
from this source within three years from such registration
will be required.
4. Any person discovering new gold-workings, and being
desirous of obtaining a reward, shall immediately forward a
written report of such discovery, with full particulars, to the
Warden or Resident Magistrate of the district within which
such discovery shall be situated, and the Warden or Resident
Magistrate shall forthwith register the report as an application for reward.
5. No prospecting is allowed upon Native land without the
approval in writing of the Native Minister, or of someone one
appointed by him in that behalf.
Prospectors going upon Native land without the consent
of the owners are liable to the penalties imposed by the Acts
relating to goldfields, and will forfeit all claim to reward.

A son.—Free Pardon.—£100 Reward.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th July, 1887.

WHEREAS on or about the twenty-eighth day of June
last the premises known as the Excelsior Wine
Vaults, situated in Manners Street, in the City of Wellington,
were set on fire:

This is to notify that His Excellency the Governor will
grant a free pardon to any person implicated in the said Act,
not being the principal offender, who will give such information as will lead to the apprehension and conviction of any
one or more of the other offenders; and that the Phoenix
Fire Office offers a reward of one hundred pounds to any
person not being the principal offender, who shall first give
such required information.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
For the Minister of Justice.

Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th July, 1887.

THE following notices of elections of Members of Road
Boards have been received at this office, and are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards
Act, 1882.”

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

Wairau Road District, County of Otamatea:
William Chadwin, jun.
James Kirk.

Maunga-atua Road District, County of Waipawa:
Henry Richard Holder.

Okato Road District, County of Taranaki:
John V. Dingle.
William J. Gray.

Moa Road District, County of Taranaki:
William D. Thomson.

Pangatotara Road District, County of Waimea:
Alexander White.

Motueka Road District, County of Waimea:
Henry Rumbold.

Lake Coleridge Road District, County of Selwyn:
Hon. Sir John Hall, K.C.M.G.

Toitoi Road District, County of Southland:
J. F. Brunton.
R. A. Elliot.
Samuel Miller.

Tokonui Subdivision:
Joseph Preston.

Titiroa Subdivision:
Henry Boyd.
William Dunlop.

Officiating Ministers for 1887.—Notice No. 15.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 15th July, 1887.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, passed in the forty-fourth
year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled
“The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following names of Officiating
Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published
for general information:

Wesleyan Methodist Society:
The Reverend Henry Price.

Congregational Independents:
The Reverend C. E. Davidson.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the
months of May and June, 1887. Altitude above the
sea, 140 feet. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

From Self-registering Instruments, for
Twenty-four Hours previously.

| JUNE.| | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | 30.179 | 57.0 | 43.0 | 50.0 | 110 | 36 | .040 | 150 | 4 | S.E. | 4 |
| 2 | 30.300 | 53.0 | 36.0 | 44.5 | 95 | 32 | .700 | 20 | 2 | Calm | 0 |
| 3 | 30.350 | 52.0 | 38.7 | 45.3 | 80 | 36 | .450 | 130 | 3 | Calm | 3 |
| 4 | 30.300 | 56.5 | 38.9 | 47.7 | 98 | 34 | .130 | 180 | 6 | S.W. | 4 |
| 5 | 30.122 | 60.0 | 41.6 | 50.8 | 112 | 40 | .000 | 200 | 5 | N.W. | 5 |
| 6 | 29.934 | 62.0 | 44.0 | 53.0 | 105 | 40 | .010 | 180 | 6 | N.W. | 4 |
| 7 | 29.832 | 55.0 | 47.5 | 51.2 | 95 | 46 | .380 | 145 | 7 | S. | 5 |
| 8 | 29.688 | 52.0 | 47.5 | 49.7 | 82 | 46 | .120 | 210 | 4 | S.W. | 4 |
| 9 | 29.724 | 50.0 | 42.0 | 46.0 | 80 | 40 | .350 | 210 | 5 | N.W. | 4 |
| 10 | 29.759 | 54.9 | 45.0 | 50.0 | 102 | 42 | .150 | 220 | 8 | S.E. | 6 |
| 11 | 29.835 | 53.5 | 41.0 | 47.2 | 95 | 38 | .010 | 160 | 8 | S.W. | 4 |
| 12 | 29.792 | 54.0 | 45.4 | 49.7 | 80 | 43 | .000 | 180 | 7 | N.W. | 4 |
| 13 | 29.885 | 53.0 | 45.0 | 49.0 | 96 | 44 | .010 | 180 | 5 | S.E. | 4 |
| 14 | 29.523 | 56.0 | 46.0 | 51.0 | 110 | 45 | .450 | 200 | 5 | S.E. | 6 |
| 15 | 29.139 | 52.0 | 47.0 | 49.5 | 100 | 47 | .080 | 220 | 6 | N.W. | 3 |
| 16 | 29.266 | 53.0 | 46.0 | 49.5 | 98 | 42 | .190 | 150 | 7 | S.W. | 3 |
| 17 | 29.835 | 50.0 | 44.0 | 47.0 | 95 | 41 | .320 | 120 | 5 | N.W. | 4 |
| 18 | 29.853 | 55.0 | 45.0 | 50.0 | 108 | 44 | .450 | 100 | 5 | S. | 5 |
| 19 | 29.722 | 54.0 | 42.0 | 48.0 | 86 | 39 | .210 | 200 | 4 | S.E. | 4 |
| 20 | 29.815 | 56.0 | 43.0 | 49.5 | 90 | 42 | .010 | 140 | 6 | N.W. | 4 |
| 21 | 29.775 | 52.0 | 45.0 | 48.5 | 82 | 44 | .160 | 200 | 5 | S.W. | 4 |
| 22 | 29.635 | 52.0 | 47.5 | 49.7 | 70 | 46 | .000 | 190 | 5 | S.E. | 6 |
| 23 | 29.575 | 52.5 | 47.5 | 50.0 | 75 | 48 | .090 | 120 | 4 | S. | 6 |
| 24 | 29.536 | 49.0 | 43.0 | 46.0 | 90 | 37 | .260 | 220 | 6 | S.E. | 7 |
| 25 | 29.850 | 52.0 | 43.0 | 47.5 | 95 | 42 | .040 | 165 | 7 | N.W. | 3 |
| 26 | 29.406 | 53.0 | 47.0 | 50.0 | 85 | 45 | .450 | 150 | 6 | S.W. | 4 |
| 27 | 29.601 | 47.0 | 41.5 | 44.2 | 75 | 40 | .000 | 150 | 5 | N.W. | 5 |
| 28 | 29.781 | 52.0 | 46.5 | 49.2 | 93 | 43 | .000 | 160 | 4 | S. | 6 |
| 29 | 30.001 | 54.0 | 48.0 | 51.0 | 85 | 45 | .070 | 170 | 5 | S.W. | 5 |
| 30 | 30.131 | 54.0 | 46.0 | 50.0 | 90 | 46 | .000 | 80 | 3 | Calm | 2 |

• Means same month previous years.