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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 20

Officiating Ministers for 1891.-Notice No. 7.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 25th March, 1891.

P URSUANT 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 in-
tituled "The Marriage Act, 1880," the following names of
Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are
published for general information:-

Baptists.
The Reverend John Farquharson Jones.
Congregational Independents.
The Reverend R. J. Williams.
United Methodist Free Churches.
The Reverend John Wesley Griffin.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Will accepted by the Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1891.

In the matter of the will of PATRICK FINNEGAN, late of
Dunedin, deceased.

IT is hereby notified that the above will has been finally
accepted, in accordance with the provisions of "The
Public Trust Office Act, 1872," and that the Public Trustee
is the Executor appointed under the said will.

R. C. HAMERTON,
Public Trustee.

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the
month of February, 1891. Altitude above the sea,
140ft. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

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

Date. Barometer reduced, in inches. Max. Temp. in shade. Min. Temp. in shade. Mean Temp. in shade. Solar Radiation. Terrestrial Radiation. Rainfall, in inches. Wind, Veloc. in Miles. Amount of Cloud, 0 to 10. Direction of Wind.

1 29.910 67.0 55.0 61.0 112 50.0 .003 125 4 N.W.
2 29.729 65.0 53.0 59.0 82 50.0 .362 130 7 S.E.
3 29.729 64.0 48.0 56.0 116 43.0 .210 136 4 N.W.
4 29.706 67.3 54.0 60.6 110 50.0 .410 404 4 N.W.
5 29.698 67.0 58.0 62.5 124 53.0 . . 400 3 N.W.
6 29.853 69.0 55.0 62.0 132 52.0 . . 210 4 S.E.
7 30.102 67.3 51.0 59.1 130 46.0 . . 100 4 S.E.
8 30.212 68.0 51.0 59.5 133 45.0 . . 120 2 S.E.
9 30.121 68.0 53.0 60.5 127 44.0 . . 90 0 S.
10 30.104 72.0 52.0 62.0 127 47.0 . . 90 3 Calm
11 30.024 79.0 57.0 68.0 118 49.0 . . 150 2 N.W.
12 29.905 74.0 59.0 66.5 125 50.0 . . 160 7 S.E.
13 29.788 68.3 58.3 63.3 109 54.0 .320 190 7 S.E.
14 29.858 63.1 57.0 60.0 87 39.0 1.700 160 7 S.
15 30.172 68.0 52.8 57.9 115 47.0 .120 170 2 S.
16 30.059 65.0 47.5 56.2 135 . . 110 2 Calm
17 30.003 73.0 58.0 65.5 128 54.0 . . 215 6 N.W.
18 30.013 68.0 52.0 60.0 114 49.0 .030 65 0 Calm
19 30.020 74.5 55.5 65.0 125 50.0 . . 90 1 N.
20 30.004 76.0 57.5 66.7 128 51.0 . . 190 0 N.
21 30.035 75.6 55.5 65.5 125 53.0 .040 205 10 S.E.
22 29.834 58.0 50.5 54.2 78 48.0 .500 283 10 S.
23 29.639 60.0 53.0 56.5 80 47.0 .600 287. 7 S.E.
24 30.005 68.0 51.0 59.5 120 45.0 . . 205 3 N.W.
25 30.052 70.5 57.0 63.7 127 51.0 . . 250 4 N.W.
26 29.705 66.0 56.3 61.1 113 45.0 .060 410 5 N.W.
27 29.651 66.0 56.5 61.2 122 52.0 .060 390 4 S.
28 29.457 67.0 56.0 61.5 127 47.0 . . 260 5 N.W.

• 29.906 68.2 54.3 61.2 116.7 46.8 4.415 200 4.2

• 29.949 . . . . 62.5 . . . . 3.542 . . . . 9 dys.

• Means. + Same month previous years.

REMARKS.-Showery first few days, and strong N.W. wind,
then fine weather with S.E. wind up to 12th, when rain
commenced and continued to evening of 14th, 1.70in. re-
corded on 14th for previous twenty-four hours; the remainder
of month fine with occasional showers, wind chiefly
southerly, and strong from that quarter on 22nd, and from
N.W. on 25th and 26th. Some very warm weather at times;
lightning on night of 28th in south. Maximum temperature
in shade, 79; minimum, 47.5. Mean temperature of dew-
point, 57.3; mean humidity, 88.

R. B. GORE, Observer.

Rainfall for February, 1891.

Meteorological Office,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1891.

THE following is the rainfall for the month of February,
1891:-

Station. Observer. Total Fall in Inches. Days of Rain. Maximum Fall and Date.

Pakaraka (Bay of Islands) H. Williams .. 6.65 10 2.60 on 11th.
Auckland Govt. Observer 9.17 10 4.02 on 22nd.
Cuvier Island Lightkeeper .. 4.09 10 1.71 on 2nd.
Omokoroa (Tauranga) L. A. Shadwell 7.09 12 2.73 on 11th.
Te Aroha P. Snewin .. 4.39 7 1.35 on 2nd.
Rotorua Dr. Ginders .. 9.33 11 2.80 on 2nd.
Gisborne Archd. Williams 5.12 11 1.42 on 2nd.
Mahia Peninsula G. C. Ormond 8.66 9 3.76 on 13th.
Matahiia (Gisborne) F. J. Kemp .. 9.57 14 2.40 on 13th.
Papatu Station (Poverty Bay) H. N. Watson 5.33 10 1.67 on 2nd.
Waipiro S. Dodgshun .. 6.78 14 1.18 on 2nd.
Napier.. E. Lyndon .. 8.09 10 3.03 on 12th.
Onepoto F. R. Phillips .. .. ..
Waimarama, H.B. W. Davidson 7.49 11 2.31 on 1st.
Mt. Vernon, H.B. E. H. Wright 7.44 12 2.50 on 13th.
Gwvas, H.B. .. J. Nicoll .. 9.75 14 2.26 on 2nd.
New Plymouth .. Mrs. H. M. Trimble 7.98 13 3.18 on 13th.
Inglewood Miss N. Trimble 15.18 15 7.20 on 13th.
Ngatimaru Miss A. Hutchinson 12.56 14 6.77 on 13th.
Opunaki A. H. Moore .. 5.49 15 2.49 on 13th.
Manaia G. A. Hurley 5.55 12 2.40 on 13th.
Kaponga E. J. Ellerm .. 10.43 13 3.25 on 12th.
Hawera (Waipapa) J. Livingston 6.56 13 3.30 on 13th.
Wanganui W.L. Mountfort 6.16 10 2.95 on 13th.
Feilding S. Goodbehere 5.05 17 3.25 on 13th.
Palmerston North Capt. S. Brown 5.04 14 2.92 on 13th.
Ashurst Claude Francis 6.78 14 3.93 on 13th.
Manawatu Gorge J. Bourne .. .. ..
Masterton J. Couborne .. 4.25 7 1.06 on 23rd.
Otahuao J. Bennett .. 5.84 12 1.65 on 13th.
Carterton H. Braithwaite 5.02 12 1.05 on 23rd.
Featherston H. C. Smith .. 6.26 6 3.50 on 14th.
Dry River (near Martinborough) C. Phillips .. 4.94 11 1.80 on 23rd.
Summit M. Cronin .. 11.18 13 3.35 on 22nd.
Upper Hutt T. Greatbatch 4.00 10 0.75 on 14th.
Taita T. Mason .. 3.94 12 1.69 on 14th.
Petone Sir J. Hector 5.21 12 2.06 on 14th.
Wellington Govt. Observer 4.41 13 1.70 on 14th.
Wainuiomata Keeper .. 4.29 9 1.17 on 14th and 22nd.
Wellington Reservoir W. Edmonds 3.85 14 1.32 on 14th.
Flaxbourne W. Tatchell .. 1.90 10 0.38 on 14th.
Cape Campbell Lightkeeper .. 1.44 6 0.54 on 13th.
Kaikoura Miss E. Collins 4.00 13 0.78 on 23rd.
The Brothers Lightkeeper .. .. ..
Farewell Spit .. .. 4.60 11 1.39 on 22nd.
Lincoln E. Wilkinson 3.84 12 1.40 on 14th.
Hororata Sir J. Hall, M.H.R. 3.27 9 1.10 on 13th.
Kapunatiki Hon.W. Rolleston, M.H.R. 2.71 9 0.85 on 21st.
Methven E. Chapman .. 3.87 10 1.44 on 21st.
Winchmore (Ashburton) C. L. Hart .. 3.54 7 1.00 on 14th.
Dunedin Govt. Observer 2.80 13 0.67 on 17th.
Milford Sound W. J. Mullin .. 9.32 9 2.19 on 20th.
Balclutha J. A. Algie .. 1.77 8 0.64 on 17th.
Bealey.. J. Ryan .. 3.97 9 1.14 on 4th.
Maheno (Otago) R. A. Chaffey 2.62 13 0.76 on 14th.
Dipton R.D. MacLachlan 2.89 8 0.91 on 17th.
Invercargill J. L. Bush .. 4.00 7 1.00 on 17th.
Puysegur Point.. Lightkeeper .. 6.13 9 1.50 on 11th.
Queenstown L. Hotop .. 1.81 5 1.75 on 17th.
Chatham Islands A. Shand .. 2.74 12 1.40 on 23rd.

NOTE.-Chatham Islands for January, total 2.14in. on
twelve days; 1.12in. on the 2nd.

J. HECTOR, Director.