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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 44

The collections winning the prizes to become the property of the department, where they will remain on exhibition with the name of the collector affixed.

All collections for competition must be delivered at the office of the Secretary for Agriculture, at the Government Buildings, at Wellington, not later than the 31st December, 1893.

Each collection must be marked with a motto, and accompanied by a sealed envelope containing a copy of such motto, together with the full name and address of the exhibitor.

The unsuccessful exhibits will be returned to the owners carriage-free.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture.

Prizes for Collections of Noxious Weeds and Insects.—Notice No. 368.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 9th May, 1893.

THE date for receiving the collections mentioned in Gazette Notice No. 365, and dated the 7th April, 1893, has been extended to the 31st March, 1894.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture.

Prizes for Collections of Dried Specimens of Grasses and Forage Plants.—Notice No. 369.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 9th May, 1893.

PRIZES offered for collections of dried specimens of grasses and forage plants, introduced and native, prominence being given to the most useful indigenous species. First prize, £25; second, £15.

All specimens must have been gathered in the colony.

Each specimen must be mounted on paper, 18in. by 11in., and bear, if possible, both popular and scientific names, also the name of the locality where obtained.

The collections winning the prizes are to become the property of the department, where they will remain on exhibition, with the names of the collectors affixed.

All collections for competition must be delivered at the office of the Secretary for Agriculture, at the Government Buildings, Wellington, not later than the 31st March, 1894.

Each collection must be marked with a motto, and be accompanied by a sealed envelope containing a copy of such motto, together with the full name and address of the exhibitor.

The unsuccessful exhibits will be returned to the owners carriage-free.

The judges have power to withhold the prizes if they are of opinion that none of the collections are worthy of an award.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture.

Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 31st May, 1893.

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.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Otonga East Road Board, County of Whangarei:
Nicholas Wilson.
Frederick McDonald.
Henry Wolf.

Mount Eden Road District, County of Eden:
Richard Udy.
William Henry Cooper.

Maungatawhiri Road District, County of Manukau:
Frederick George Austin.
John Thomas Smith.
Robert Fitness.

Karaka Road District, County of Manukau:
Robert Glasson.
Alexander V. Urquhart.
Richard Worthington.
James Clark.
Arthur T. Urquhart.

Mauku Road District, County of Manukau:
William Goldsworthy.
William Thomas Wright.

Paparoa Road District, County of Manukau:
Thomas McInnes.
George Somerville.

Waiuku Road District, County of Manukau:
Peter Dromgool.
Caleb Hosking.

Waipipi Road District, County of Manukau:
John Keogh.
John McNaughten.

Wirokino Road District, County of Horowhenua:
John Kebbell.
Thomas Miller.

Manawatu Road District, County of Oroua:
No. 3 Ward, Philip Stevens.
No. 6 Ward, Donald Grant.

Okotuku Road District, County of Patea:
George Stephen Bridge.
Peter Elmslie.

Omata Road District, County of Taranaki:
William P. Bishop.
Alfred George.

Balmoral Road District, County of Bruce:
John McQuorm Begg.
William Soltan Pillans.
Thomas A. Johnston.

Officiating Ministers for 1893.—Notice No. 16.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 26th May, 1893.

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 name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend Henry J. Davis.

[This name is published in substitution for that of Harry John Davis, which appeared in the Gazette of 19th January.]

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Crown Lands Notices.

Land in Westland for Sale and Lease.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 20th April, 1893.

THE licenses of the undermentioned pastoral runs will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Land Office, Hokitika, on Tuesday, the 20th day of June next, at the hour of two o’clock in the afternoon, at the prices and for the terms given, and subject to any rights of renewal or resumption as may be prescribed by the Land Acts or other constituted authority. At the same time and place, the section of rural land for cash, and the reserve leasehold, also hereunder set out. Maps may be seen at the Land Office, Hokitika, where other full particulars as to conditions of sale, lease and license, and payments may be ascertained.

Run No. 102, 6,000 acres, Kanieri River and Bluebottle Branch; and Run No. 103, 5,000 acres, Kanieri Lake and Mount Graham. Term, 10 years, from 1st March, 1894; annual upset rental, £1 per 1,000 acres. Cattle-feed country, bush; mountain and hill slopes.

Section No. 848, Blocks X. and XI., Bruce Bay Survey District, 20 acres. Cash; second-class rural lands; upset price, 10s. per acre. Swampy land, sand, and loam.

Colonial University Reserve No. 29, Town of Greymouth. Term, 14 years from 1st July, 1893; area, 5 acres; fixed annual rental, £2 10s. Bidding by bonus.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Leases of Small Grazing-runs, Otago, open for Application.

District Land Office,
Dunedin, 26th May, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that leases of the undermentioned small grazing-runs will be open for application at this office on Wednesday, the 24th July, 1893, at the rental noted opposite each run.