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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 14

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 Election.

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Wellington, 21st February, 1894.

THE following notice of result of a Road Board election has been received at this office, and is published in accordance with the provisions of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."

HUGH POLLEN,

Under-Secretary.

Heathcote Road Board, County of Selwyn:

Henry Bland Kirk.

Native Assessor elected.

Department of Justice,

Wellington, 21st February, 1894.

NOTICE has been received at this office, under the hand of the Returning Officer, that

TEA APERAHAMA

has been elected to be the Native Assessor for the Native Licensing District of Inland Patea.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,

Under-Secretary.

Notice by Public Trustee under "The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1892."

In the matter of a parcel of land, containing by admeasurement 2 roods, more or less, and being section numbered 829, in Kopu Street, in the Township of Clyde, Wairoa, of which the last owner was Frederick Spooner, who died in November, 1875, and whose heir is unknown.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has been made aware of the above-described land having no known owner, and he, having made reasonable inquiry, can discover neither the owner nor any agent for the said land, nor any objection to the said land being declared subject to the above-named Act:

Now, this is to give notice to all whom it may concern that, unless on or before the 30th day of September, 1894, the owner of the above-described land establishes his title thereto to the satisfaction of the Supreme Court or any Judge of such Court, the Public Trustee will take the steps prescribed by "The Land Transfer Act, 1885," to be registered as the owner of such land.

Dated this 13th day of February, 1894.

J. K. WARBURTON,

Public Trustee.

Notice by the Public Trustee of his Election to administer Intestate Estates.

Public Trust Office,

Wellington, 20th February, 1894.

NOTICE.-It is hereby notified that, in pursuance of the provisions of section 8 of "The Public Trust Office Acts Amendment Act, 1893," the Public Trustee, having elected to administer the property of the following persons, who, so far as is known, have died intestate within the Colony of New Zealand, did file his election in writing at the Supreme Court Office, at the place stated after the name of each such deceased person:-

Arthur Edward Bates, otherwise called Arthur Bate, late of Ohingaiti, in the Provincial District of Wellington. Filed at Wellington, on the 16th day of February, 1894.

Benjamin Christy, late of Port Chalmers, in the Provincial District of Otago. Filed at Dunedin, on the 12th day of February, 1894.

David John McGimpsey, late of Rangitata, in the Provincial District of Canterbury. Filed at Christchurch, on the 12th day of February, 1894.

J. K. WARBURTON,

Public Trustee.

Officiating Ministers for 1894.-Notice No. 6.

Registrar-General's Office,

Wellington, 19th February, 1894.

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:-

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

The Reverend Digby Hancock Jenkins.

[This name is published in substitution for that of Henry Digby Jenkins, which appeared in the Gazette of the 18th January.]

Bible Christians.

The Reverend Arthur Ernest Stevens.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,

Registrar-General.

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of January, 1894. Altitude above the sea, 140ft. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

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

• Means. + Same month previous years.

Note.-Showery for first few days, 1.50in. recorded on the 4th, wind S.E.; then fine weather with moderate N.W. wind until the night of the 16th, when rain came on from N.W., and continued until 19th, wind changing to S.E.; 2.22in. rain recorded on the 18th, the maximum for month. Fine from the 20th to 24th, then showery for remainder of month. Prevailing N.W. wind, and generally moderate. On the whole, pleasant warm weather. Maximum temperature in shade 80°, minimum 44°; mean temperature of dew-point, 55°.9; mean humidity, 73. Slight earthquake on 11th at 10.15 p.m.

R. B. GORE, Observer.