April 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 589

Commissioner's Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 19th April, 1894.

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 follows:—

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.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.

Commissioner's Order No. 483.]

Government Observatory.

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

Column headers of meteorological table:

• Date
• Barometer reduced and corrected, in Inches
• From Self-registering Instruments, for Twenty-four Hours previously:
  • 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

Note: Numerical data in the table has been omitted per instructions to skip columns containing only numbers.

• Means. † Same month previous years.

Note.—Fine up to 6th, fresh N.W. winds; then showery, with intervals of fine, up to 18th, S.E. and N.W. winds, and generally fresh, 2·55in. rain recorded on 18th, the maximum for month; fine for remainder, except showers on 26th, 27th, and 28th, and strong N.W. wind. Prevailing winds N.W. Maximum temperature in shade 72°, minimum 44°·3; mean temperature of dew-point, 51°·7; mean humidity, 72. Earthquakes on 12th, at 12.48 p.m., two slight movements; and on 18th, at 6.42 p.m., smart shake E. and W.

R. B. GORE, Observer.

Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 13th April, 1894.

THE Court Pride of the Forest, Ancient Order of Foresters, Juvenile Friendly Society, situated at Dunedin, is registered as a friendly society under "The Friendly Societies Act, 1882," this 13th day of April, 1894.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Re-election of a Governor by the Auckland Education Board.

The Education Board of the District of Auckland,
Auckland, 10th April, 1894.

NOTICE.—In accordance with "The Auckland College and Grammar School Act, 1877," and with the regulations thereunder for the election of Governors by the Education Board of the District of Auckland, I hereby notify that at a meeting of the said Board held this day Samuel Luke, Esq., was duly re-elected a Governor of the Board of Governors constituted by the said Act.

R. UDY,
Chairman of Meeting.

Crown Lands Notices.

Alteration of the Terms and Conditions of the Lease of Grazing-farms at Cheviot.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 14th April, 1894.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon me by "The Cheviot Estate Disposition Act, 1893," I, John McKenzie, Minister of Lands, do declare that clause 4 of the terms and conditions of the lease of grazing-farms at Cheviot, published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 27, of the 5th April instant, is hereby revoked; and I do further declare that the clause hereunder given will be one of the conditions of sale of the grazing-farms at Cheviot for sale on the 14th May, 1894.

4. No person can lease more than 5,000 acres, or an area of leasehold and freehold combined which shall exceed 5,000 acres.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Woolshed, Yards, &c., Cheviot Estate, for Lease.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 10th April, 1894.

IT is hereby notified that tenders will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, up to 4 o'clock p.m. of Monday, the 14th of May, 1894—

1st. For a lease for three years of the Cheviot woolshed, the sheep-yards adjacent thereto, the sheep-dip and shed, the buildings known as the shearers' quarters and bakery and cookhouse, the windmill, together with 182 acres of land surrounding and adjacent thereto.

2nd. For the purchase of the buildings known as the slaughterhouse and outhouses.

3rd. For the purchase of the buildings known as the shearers' dining-room.

4th. For the purchase of the building known as the wool-classers' cottage.

5th. For the purchase of the material of which the cattle-yards in the flax-paddock are constructed.

Full particulars may be obtained on application to Mr. J. S. Goring, Postmaster, Cheviot, and to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.