MAY 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 531

Pokororo Road District, County of Waimea:
George Henry Slatter.
James Ross.

Kowai Road District, County of Ashley:
Richard Bristow.
John Cameron.
Robert McAdam.

Ashley Road District, County of Ashley:
Edwin George Philpott.
Thomas Shaw.
Robert Waller, jun.

East Malvern Road District, County of Selwyn:
John Fraser.
John Jebson, jun.
Richard Scarl ett.

Tai Tapu Road District, County of Selwyn:
Robert Forbes.
Thomas Leatham.
William Gilmour.
Johann Mangles.
Thomas Macartney.

Little River Road District, County of Akaroa:
William Birdling, jun.
William Coop.
Joseph H. Parkinson.
Francis Tavender.
Henry White.

Upper Ashburton Road District, County of Ashburton:
Lagmor Ward—
Donald McLean.
Westerfield Ward—
Charles Harper.
Ashburton Forks Ward—
Isaac Sargent.

Tuturau Road District, County of Southland:
Alexander Dickie.
Matthew Dickie.
Hugh Munro.
James Pollock.
John Waddell.

Commissioner's Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 11th May, 1891.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that the Hon.
the Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided to
interpret "The Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1888," in
relation to the under-mentioned articles as follow:—

NOTE.—"Not otherwise enumerated" appears as n.o.e.; "other
kinds" as o.k.; "articles and materials suited only for, and to be
used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the colony" as a. & m.s.
Articles marked thus * are revised decisions.

Articles and how classed.

Crape, silk; as silks .. .. .. 25 per cent.
Films, transparent, "Eastman's;" as gela-
tine dry plates .. .. .. Free.
Machine, fleshing; as machinery n.o.e. .. 20 per cent.
Machine, rubber-stamp-making; as ma-
chinery n.o.e. .. .. .. 20 per cent.

W. T. GLASGOW,
For Secretary and Inspector.
Commissioner's Order No. 393.]

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 1st December, 1890.

IN pursuance of regulations under "The Civil Service
Reform Act, 1886," notice is hereby given that for the
Senior Examination of January, 1892, the period of litera-
ture will be the period of the Commonwealth, and the special
books will be Shakespeare's King Lear and The Tempest.

FRED. WHITAKER,
For the Minister of Education.

Patent Office Supplement.

A SEPARATE Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette is
now published fortnightly, containing all notices concerning
patents and trade-marks required by law to be gazetted;
also, particulars of lapsed applications for patents, expired
letters patent, and other information useful to inventors,
manufacturers, and others. The Supplement will be issued
free to subscribers to the Gazette, and to others on payment
of a special subscription of ten shillings per annum, payable
in advance to the Government Printer.

GEO. DIDS BURY,
Government Printer.

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the
months of March and April, 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 to 32° and corrected for index.
Max. Temp. in shade.
Min. Temp. in shade.
Mean Temp. in shade.
Solar Radiation.
Terrestrial Radiation.
Rainfall, in inches.
Velocity of Wind, in Miles.
Amount of Cloud, 0 to 10.
Direction of Wind.

MARCH.

1 29·443 63·8 52·7 58·2 122 46·0 ·015 420 6 N.W.
2 29·457 64·6 55·0 59·8 121 50·0 .. 385 2 N.W.
3 29·819 69·0 47·5 58·2 130 41·0 .. 160 5 N.W.
4 29·806 67·0 55·0 61·0 125 48·0 .. 495 6 N.W.
5 29·698 67·0 59·0 63·0 116 52·0 .. 560 3 N.W.
6 30·068 69·0 51·0 60·0 122 45·0 ·100 250 6 S.E.
7 30·015 64·0 49·0 56·5 115 41·0 .. 110 5 N.W.
8 30·042 73·0 52·0 62·5 123 45·0 .. 140 3 N.W.
9 30·099 70·3 56·5 63·4 129 48·0 .. 195 3 S.
10 30·204 69·0 51·0 60·0 119 46·0 .. 55 2 Calm
11 30·407 81·0 54·5 67·5 126 48·0 .. 65 6 S.
12 30·446 71·0 56·0 63·5 119 50·0 .. 45 2 Calm
13 30·314 78·0 54·0 66·0 124 47·0 .. 10 4 N.
14 30·154 71·0 60·0 65·5 122 53·0 .. 335 5 N.W.
15 30·218 67·0 53·5 60·2 100 51·0 ·600 295 7 S.
16 30·113 60·0 55·3 57·6 84 52·0 ·100 50 6 S.
17 30·151 66·0 54·0 60·0 111 49·0 ·010 20 2 S.
18 30·000 68·0 51·0 59·5 126 45·0 .. 30 2 N.
19 29·836 68·0 53·0 60·5 125 45·0 .. 120 3 N.W.
20 29·744 68·0 49·5 58·7 123 45·0 ·250 240 4 S.
21 29·559 64·0 55·0 59·5 120 45·0 ·030 200 5 N.W.
22 29·971 68·0 43·0 55·5 119 35·0 .. 110 3 W.
23 29·766 62·5 54·5 58·5 112 46·0 ·020 540 5 N.W.
24 29·756 65·0 49·0 57·0 118 41·0 .. 360 4 S.W.
25 29·905 65·0 48·0 56·5 113 41·0 .. 200 3 N.E.
26 30·068 68·0 52·3 60·1 110 44·0 .. 200 6 Calm
27 30·254 66·5 51·3 58·9 125 46·0 ·300 50 4 N.E.
28 30·160 69·5 48·5 59·0 127 41·0 .. 15 3 N.W.
29 30·467 67·0 52·0 59·5 116 43·0 ·020 85 4 S.E.
30 30·442 64·0 48·0 56·0 120 40·0 .. 70 5 N.W.
31 30·354 64·5 56·3 60·4 113 47·0 .. 300 4 N.W.

• 30·024 67·7 52·5 60·1 118·5 45·6 1·445 197 4·1 ..

† 30·013 .. .. 62·1 .. .. 2·819 .. .. ..
10 dys.

APRIL.

1 30·240 66·0 56·3 61·1 122 46 .. 290 3 N.W.
2 30·248 67·0 56·5 61·7 118 50 .. 355 2 N.W.
3 30·104 69·0 52·0 60·5 117 45 .. 155 4 N.W.
4 29·719 69·0 53·5 61·2 110 49 1·760 100 7 S.
5 30·031 57·3 48·0 52·6 88 43 ·410 300 6 S.E.
6 30·085 54·0 48·0 51·0 72 43 ·030 175 6 S.E.
7 29·633 56·0 43·0 49·5 99 35 .. 145 5 N.W.
8 29·373 61·0 50·5 55·7 108 39 ·100 690 5 N.W.
9 29·675 61·0 52·0 56·5 111 45 ·040 300 3 N.W.
10 29·963 63·0 52·0 57·5 112 46 .. 200 2 N.
11 30·137 68·3 51·0 59·6 115 41 .. 260 3 N.
12 29·907 67·0 56·0 61·5 110 49 .. 300 3 N.W.
13 29·856 66·3 59·0 62·6 119 53 .. 450 3 N.W.
14 29·808 66·0 53·0 59·5 115 43 .. 365 2 N.
15 29·819 69·0 52·3 60·6 119 40 .. 245 2 N.W.
16 29·648 65·0 55·0 60·0 108 48 .. 420 4 N.W.
17 29·678 64·0 51·3 57·6 108 43 .. 290 4 N.W.
18 29·753 60·3 46·0 53·1 110 36 ·015 160 2 S.
19 30·026 60·5 47·3 53·9 105 41 ·035 190 4 S.
20 30·276 59·0 46·0 52·5 108 39 .. 100 5 N.E.
21 30·265 62·3 52·0 57·1 118 44 .. 205 4 N.
22 30·468 61·3 46·0 53·6 105 39 .. 165 5 Calm
23 30·478 60·5 45·0 52·7 101 36 .. 35 2 N.W.
24 30·368 64·0 50·0 57·0 109 43 ·110 345 7 N.W.
25 30·066 61·0 56·0 58·5 89 50 ·130 360 6 N.W.
26 30·026 62·0 49·3 55·6 72 47 1·430 305 6 S.
27 30·121 56·9 43·0 49·9 101 35 ·100 55 4 N.
28 30·011 60·5 47·0 53·7 107 42 ·050 450 3 N.W.
29 29·680 62·0 49·0 55·5 113 42 ·700 195 6 S.E.
30 29·628 57·0 44·0 50·5 100 39 ·430 215 4 Calm

• 29·969 62·5 50·3 56·4 106·3 43·0 5·340 260 4·0 ..

† 30·053 .. .. 57·0 .. .. 3·525 .. .. ..
10 dys.

• Means. † Same month previous years.