Road Board Election.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th July, 1894.

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

HUGH POLLEN, Under-Secretary.

Opaheke Road Board, County of Manukau:
Daniel Brisbane.
Edwin Baywater.
Michael Shaughnessy.
William Trail.
Earnest Wagner.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 17th July, 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
the deceased person:-

William Thompson, late of Goldsborough, in the Provincial
District of Westland. Filed at Hokitika on the 11th day of
July, 1894.

J. K. WARBURTON, Public Trustee.

Government Observatory.

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

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

• Date.
• Barometer reduced, in
• and corrected
• Inches.
• Max. Temp.
• in Shade.
• Min. Temp.
• in Shade.
• Mean Temp.
• in Shade.
• Solar Radiation.
• Terrestrial
• Radiation.
• Rainfall, in
• Inches.
• Veloc. Wind,
• in Miles.
• Amount of Cloud,
• 0 to 10.
• Direction of Wind.

1 29·919 49·5 44·0 46·7 65 34 1·530 250 6 S.
2 29·921 54·5 47·0 50·7 70 36 ·050 150 5 N.W.
3 29·930 56·0 52·0 54·0 97 40 .. 210 5 N.W.
4 30·226 57·0 51·0 54·0 76 38 ·020 190 4 C'lm.
5 30·373 58·0 49·0 53·5 89 36 ·040 100 7 S.
6 30·555 54·0 46·0 50·0 75 35 ·060 180 6 S.E.
7 30·487 48·5 45·0 46·7 82 32 ·010 180 5 S.
8 30·123 57·3 48·3 50·3 68 32 .. 55 6 N.
9 29·567 60·0 54·0 57·0 75 35 ·500 345 5 N.W.
10 29·680 60·0 55·0 57·5 88 39 ·120 310 6 N.W.
11 29·594 60·0 54·0 57·0 98 44 ·220 230 7 N.W.
12 29·724 57·8 48·0 52·9 82 39 ·330 170 7 S.E.
13 29·927 54·0 45·8 49·6 89 34 ·010 20 3 C'lm.
14 29·948 60·1 52·0 56·0 101 37 .. 185 4 N.W.
15 29·946 60·0 49·0 54·5 101 35 .. 145 1 N.E.
16 29·949 60·0 48·0 54·0 97 37 .. 120 8 S.E.
17 29·737 52·0 47·0 49·5 64 38 ·500 350 8 S.E.
18 29·890 50·0 43·0 46·5 55 32 ·290 438 7 S.E.
19 30·035 47·0 43·0 45·0 61 33 ·330 352 8 S.E.
20 30·181 48·0 42·0 45·0 85 31 ·240 146 5 S.E.
21 30·161 50·5 37·0 43·7 90 25 .. 54 4 S.
22 30·032 53·0 39·5 46·2 90 27 .. 30 3 C'lm.
23 29·932 52·0 39·0 45·5 88 27 .. 30 4 C'lm.
24 29·540 57·5 47·0 52·2 92 30 .. 230 6 S.
25 30·187 55·0 40·0 47·5 92 30 ·670 360 7 S.E.
26 30·032 52·0 36·5 44·2 80 24 ·003 180 5 N.E.
27 29·862 54·0 47·0 50·5 93 26 ·120 320 8 N.
28 29·722 56·0 48·3 52·1 67 31 ·660 310 6 N.W.
29 29·822 58·0 53·5 55·7 88 34 ·030 410 6 N.W.
30 29·779 58·0 48·0 53·0 99 36 ·200 190 8 S.E.

• 29·959 55·3 46·4 50·8 83 33 5·933 206 5·6 ..

† 29.895 .. .. 49·0 .. .. 5·213 .. .. ..

• Means. † Same month previous years.

Note.-On the whole a wet month, with only a few fine
days during middle period; the maximum rainfall recorded
on 1st, 1·53in.; prevailing S.E. and N.W. winds, and stormy
on three days from former and two days from latter quarter.
Maximum temperature in shade 60°·1, minimum 36°·5;
mean temperature of dew-point, 44°·1; mean humidity, 79.
Hail on 24th.

R. B. GORE, Observer.

Crown Lands Notices.

Lease of Small Grazing-run, Southland, forfeited.

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

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lease was
forfeited by resolution of the Southland Land Board on
the 22nd May, 1894.

SCHEDULE.

RUN No. 23, Takitimo District; held by Peter P. McKay.

JOHN McKENZIE,

Minister of Lands.

Pastoral Runs liable to Forfeiture.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 5th July, 1894.

PURSUANT to section 215 of "The Land Act, 1892," notice is hereby given to Hector McLean, occupier
of Run 335B under Pastoral License 627, and to William
McLoughlin, holder of Section 10, Block VIII., Teviot District, under Pastoral License 839, that the said licenses are
liable to forfeiture, and that, if the rent overdue thereon be
not paid within three months of date, the licenses will be
declared forfeited.

J. P. MAITLAND,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves in Auckland District for Lease by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 10th July, 1894.

IT is hereby notified that leases of the under-mentioned
lands, for the periods stated, will be offered at public
auction at this office on Friday, the 14th day of September
proximo, at 11 a.m.

Lease for a term of fourteen years: Village of Waiuku,
south-east part of Lot 70A (portion of landing reserve); area, 3 perches; upset annual rent, £1. Lease offered subject to £50 for improvements (workshop).

Lease for a term of seven years: Takahue Survey District
(Mangonui County), Section 6A, Block XV.; area, 4 acres
1 rood 27 perches (recreation reserve); upset annual rent, £2.
Rent payable half-yearly in advance, on the 1st January
and 1st July in every year.

No valuation for improvements will be allowed during
either the currency or at the termination of the leases, but
lessees will have the right to remove fences and buildings
that may be erected.

GERHARD MUELLER,

Commissioner Crown Lands.

Lands in Town of Hamilton for Sale by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 16th July, 1894.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned town lots
will be submitted for sale by public auction at this
office on Friday, the 14th day of September proximo, at
11 a.m.:-

Town of Hamilton West: Lots 476, 477, 1 acre each
upset price £30 per acre; Lots 478, 479, 480, each containing 2 roods 28 perches, upset price £20 5s. per lot. Museum
endowment lands, near Hamilton Railway-station.

Terms of Sale: One-fifth of the purchase-money to be
paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter; otherwise the
part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be
forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null
and void.

GERHARD MUELLER,

Commissioner Crown Lands.

Westland Land District.-Auction Sale of Pastoral
Licenses.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 12th July, 1894.

NOTICE is hereby given that the licenses of the pastoral
runs set out below will be offered by public auction,
at the Land Office, Hokitika, on Wednesday, the 29th day of
August next, at the hour of 2 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, and subject to the
necessary declarations being taken. Maps may be seen at
the Land Office, Hokitika, where other full particulars, as to
conditions of sale and license, &c., may be ascertained.

Payments to be made on the fall of the hammer, and consist, with regard to the said licenses, of six months' rent in
advance and license-fee of £1 1s.