Jan. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 141

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.

River Board Election.—Mandeville and Rangiora River
Board.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th January, 1894.

THE following notice of election of members of the above
River Board is published for general information :—

MALCOLM DUNCAN.
WILLIAM KELCHER.
EDWARD MULCOCK.
WILLIAM PEARSON.
WILLIAM SMITH.

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Alterations and Additions to the Scale of Fares and Charges
in Force upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

THE New Zealand Railway Commissioners, in exercise
and pursuance of the powers conferred by "The
Government Railways Act, 1887," do hereby make the fol-
lowing alterations in and additions to the scale of fares,
rates, and charges on the New Zealand Government Rail-
ways, to come into force on and after the 29th day of January,
1894 :—

PART IV.—GOODS: LOCAL RATES.

HURUNUI—BLUFF SECTION.

Pelts, from Maheno to Woolston, will be charged 22s. per
ton; minimum quantity, 4 tons per truck.

The common seal of the New Zealand
Railway Commissioners was here-
unto affixed, this eighteenth day of
January, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-four, in the presence of

JAMES McKERROW, }
J. P. MAXWELL, } Railway
W. M. HANNAY, } Commissioners.

Officiating Ministers for 1894.—Notice No. 2.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 24th January, 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 in-
tituled "The Marriage Act, 1880," the following names of
Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are
published for general information :—

Congregational Independents.
The Reverend C. A. Lyon.

Baptists.
The Reverend George David Cox.
The Reverend Arthur Dewdney.
The Reverend James Blaikie.

Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland.
The Reverend John Kilpatrick.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Appointment of Agent at Kaikoura, Marlborough, to the
Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 23rd January, 1894.

IT is hereby notified for general information that
WILLIAM WILSON SMART, Police Constable,
has been appointed to be Agent to the Public Trustee at
Kaikoura, Marlborough, from the 1st day of January, 1894,
in the place of Captain J. Davidson, who has resigned.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 23rd 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 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 :—

William Griffiths, late of Ashburton, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Canterbury. Filed at Christchurch on the 15th day
of January, 1894.

John Knowles, late of Jackson's, in the Provincial District
of Westland. Filed at Hokitika on the 16th day of January,
1894.

John McSweeney, late of Coromandel, in the Provincial
District of Auckland. Filed at Auckland on the 15th day of
January, 1894.

Ambrose Perrin, late of Stony Creek, in the Provincial
District of Wellington. Filed at Wellington on the 16th day
of January, 1894.

George Ralph, late of Castlepoint, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Wellington. Filed at Wellington on the 16th day of
January, 1894.

Peter Sinclair, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District
of Auckland. Filed at Auckland on the 18th day of January,
1894.

Charles W. Underwood, late of Porangahau, in the Provin-
cial District of Hawke's Bay. Filed at Napier on the 20th
day of January, 1894.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Crown Lands Notices.

CHEVIOT ESTATE.

NOTICE is hereby given that
SIXTEEN GRAZING-FARMS,
comprising 26,332 acres 2 roods of Pastoral Land, will be
open for application
FOR LEASE
on Monday, the 5th day of March.

Also, nine First-class and one Second-class
PASTORAL GRAZING-FARMS,
comprising 15,686 acres, and two sections of Second-class
RURAL LAND,
comprising 196 acres, will be offered for SALE FOR CASH on
Tuesday, the 6th day of March.

Plans and terms, with full particulars of the lands, and a
brief description of each area, can be obtained at any Land
Office in the colony after the 10th February.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Lands and Survey Department,
Wellington, 24th January, 1894.

Pastoral Licenses, Otago Land District, for Sale
by Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 20th January, 1894.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned pastoral
lands will be submitted to public auction at the Crown
Lands Office, Dunedin, on Wednesday, the 28th February
next, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
PASTORAL LANDS.
(Under Part VI. of Land Act.)

Run 19, Lake County: Area, about 33,500 acres; term,
fourteen years; upset annual rental, £10; valuation for im-
provements, £7. Situated eight miles north of Glenorchy.
This run contains Mount Earnslaw and its slopes. Altitude,
2,000ft. to 9,000ft. Late licensees, Messrs. Valpy and Co.

Runs 199A and 199B (grouped, Class I.), part of Teviot
Station, Tuapeka County: Area, about 47,850 acres; term,
ten years; upset annual rental, £400. Situated about six