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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 5

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the
month of December, 1893. Altitude above the sea,
140ft. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

Date. | Barometer reduced to 32° 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.
| | Fah. | Fah. | Fah. | Fah. | Fah. | | | |
1 | 29·723 | 64·0 | 54·0 | 59·0 | 107 | 46 | 1·142 | 290 | 8 | S.
2 | 29·910 | 62·0 | 58·0 | 60·0 | 106 | 43 | .. | 170 | 7 | S.
3 | 29·813 | 67·0 | 55·0 | 61·0 | 140 | 46 | ·017 | 100 | 6 | E.
4 | 29·743 | 69·0 | 54·0 | 61·5 | 147 | 46 | ·085 | 162 | 4 | S.
5 | 29·433 | 63·0 | 54·0 | 58·5 | 137 | 44 | ·015 | 241 | 7 | S.W.
6 | 29·620 | 62·0 | 54·0 | 58·0 | 133 | 30 | ·247 | 227 | 5 | N.E.
7 | 29·782 | 63·0 | 43·0 | 53·0 | 132 | 31 | ·010 | 82 | 1 | S.
8 | 29·732 | 65·0 | 55·0 | 60·0 | 137 | 35 | .. | 128 | 1 | N.E.
9 | 29·437 | 65·0 | 51·0 | 58·0 | 132 | 36 | .. | 280 | 2 | N.W.
10 | 29·550 | 65·5 | 45·9 | 55·7 | 128 | 33 | ·370 | 240 | 7 | S.E.
11 | 29·869 | 58·5 | 47·0 | 52·7 | 128 | 37 | ·180 | 80 | 6 | N.W.
12 | 29·856 | 65·0 | 53·5 | 59·2 | 130 | 38 | .. | 210 | 5 | N.W.
13 | 29·748 | 66·3 | 58·0 | 62·1 | 136 | 42 | .. | 330 | 4 | N.W.
14 | 29·806 | 68·0 | 59·0 | 63·5 | 138 | 46 | .. | 290 | 5 | S.E.
15 | 29·966 | 62·0 | 53·0 | 57·5 | 119 | 43 | ·090 | 230 | 6 | S.E.
16 | 29·929 | 58·0 | 48·5 | 53·2 | 123 | 40 | ·010 | 330 | 5 | S.E.
17 | 29·900 | 65·3 | 51·0 | 58·1 | 120 | 40 | ·009 | 180 | 4 | N.E.
18 | 29·850 | 68·5 | 56·0 | 62·2 | 130 | 46 | ·004 | 250 | 4 | N.W.
19 | 29·950 | 72·0 | 55·0 | 63·5 | 140 | 40 | .. | 160 | 4 | N.W.
20 | 29·691 | 68·0 | 59·0 | 63·5 | 135 | 45 | ·110 | 395 | 7 | N.W.
21 | 29·654 | 64·5 | 58·3 | 61·4 | 128 | 47 | ·050 | 370 | 5 | N.W.
22 | 29·760 | 62·0 | 56·0 | 59·0 | 138 | 44 | .. | 385 | 3 | N.W.
23 | 29·900 | 68·0 | 56·0 | 62·0 | 120 | 48 | .. | 120 | 6 | S.E.
24 | 30·000 | 63·0 | 52·3 | 57·6 | 99 | 47 | .. | 150 | 4 | S.
25 | 29·750 | 70·0 | 54·5 | 62·2 | 131 | 50 | ·500 | 200 | 7 | S.E.
26 | 29·800 | 61·0 | 55·0 | 58·0 | 108 | 46 | ·020 | 150 | 6 | S.E.
27 | 29·800 | 64·0 | 55·3 | 59·6 | 125 | 48 | ·010 | 60 | 7 | S.
28 | 29·908 | 65·5 | 54·0 | 59·7 | 118 | 45 | ·030 | 170 | 6 | S.E.
29 | 30·055 | 64·0 | 52·5 | 58·2 | 128 | 39 | .. | 180 | 3 | S.E.
30 | 30·200 | 73·0 | 56·0 | 64·5 | 127 | 43 | .. | 100 | 2 | N.W.
31 | 30·200 | 77·5 | 58·0 | 67·7 | 135 | 49 | .. | 150 | 4 | S.E.

• | 29·785 | 65·5 | 53·9 | 59·7 | 127·5 | 42·3 | 2·899 | 207 | 4·8 | ..
  † | 29·845 | .. | .. | 60·8 | .. | .. | 3·935 | .. | .. | ..

• Means. † Same month previous years.

Note.—Rather showery weather during the month, though
the total rainfall below the average; the maximum rain re-
corded on the 1st, 1·142in. Prevailing winds from S.E. and
N.W., and generally moderate. Maximum temperature in
shade 77°·5, minimum 43°; mean temperature of dew-point,
50°·9; mean humidity, 75. Slight earthquake on 9th at
12.52 p.m.

R. B. GORE, Observer.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 11th January, 1894.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders
for the manufacture of fifty sets of points and cross-
ings is published for general information.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister for Public Works.

Accepted.
Despatch Foundry Company, Greymouth .. 500 0 0

Declined.
J. and A. Anderson, Christchurch .. .. 575 0 0
Sparrow and Co., Dunedin .. .. 631 5 0
P. and D. Duncan, Christchurch .. .. 740 0 0

Notice to Mariners, No. 4 of 1894.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 9th January, 1894.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the
Acting Presidency Port Officer, Madras, is published
for general information:—

J. G. WARD.

INDIA.—EAST COAST, MADRAS PRESIDENCY.
Proposed Exhibition of New Light at Madras.
With reference to Notice to Mariners No. 32, dated 16th
June, 1893, it is now notified that the new light at Madras
will be exhibited on and after 1st June, 1894.

H. A. STREET, Commander, R.I.M.,
Acting Presidency Port Officer.

Presidency Port Office,
Madras, 24th November, 1893.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 16th January, 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 person,
who, so far as is known, has 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 such deceased person:—

John Emanuel Miles, late of Sumner, in the Provincial
District of Canterbury. Filed at Christchurch, on the 12th
day of January, 1894.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Appointment of Agent at Oamaru to the Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 16th January, 1894.

IT is hereby notified for general information that

Mr. ERNEST ALFRED ATKINSON

has been appointed to be Agent to the Public Trustee at
Oamaru, from the 1st day of January, 1894, vice Mr. A.
Thompson, resigned.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Appointment of Agent at Palmerston South to the Public
Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 16th January, 1894.

IT is hereby notified for general information that

WILLIAM HILLIARD, Police Constable,

has been appointed to be Agent to the Public Trustee at
Palmerston South, from the 1st day of January, 1894.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Crown Lands Notices.

Perpetual Leases forfeited.

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

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned perpetual
leases were forfeited, by resolution of the Hawke's Bay
Land Board, on the 20th September, 1893, under the pro-
visions of section 50 of "The Land Act, 1892."

SCHEDULE.
Lease 360: Section 11, Block XIII., Wakarara Survey
District. Held by John Moran.
Lease 384: Section 13, Block XIII., Wakarara Survey
District. Held by George Summersby and A. J. Wood.
Lease 212: Section 12, Block III., Motu Survey District.
Held by Daniel Dealy.
A. J. CADMAN,
For the Minister of Lands.

Notice of Forfeiture of Runs.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 21st December, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of section 215 of
"The Land Act, 1892," that the runs hereunder
enumerated will be declared forfeited if the amount of rent
due, together with the penalty, be not paid to the Receiver
of Land Revenue for the district within three months from
the date of insertion of this notice.

Run No. 25, Arawata River.—C. J. E. Linneman.
Run No. 48, Moeraki (or Blue) River.—E. Ryan.
Run No. 57, Mariner's Peak.—Friend J. Robinson.
Run No. 80, Mount Argentine.—Friend J. Robinson.
Run No. 90, Bald Hill.—Thomas Ford.
Run No. 93, Mount Meta.—A. McLennan.

DAVID BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.