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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 8

Prizes for Collections of Dried Specimens of Grasses and Forage Plants.—Notice No. 369.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 9th May, 1893.

PRIZES offered for collections of dried specimens of grasses and forage plants, introduced and native, prominence being given to the most useful indigenous species. First prize, £25; second, £15.

All specimens must have been gathered in the colony.

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.

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.

Election of Trustees of Drainage District.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 31st January, 1894.

THE following result of election of Trustees of the Sluggish River Drainage District has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of "The Land Drainage Act, 1893."
HUGH POLLEN.

Sluggish River Drainage District:
Charles Dunk.
Robert H. MacMillan.
Frank H. Luxford.
Charles S. Pyke.
Joseph Beale.

Officiating Ministers for 1894.—Notice No. 3.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 30th 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 intituled "The Marriage Act, 1880," the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Church of Christ.
Mr. George Aldridge.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Alterations and Additions to the Special Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges in Force for Traffic interchanged between Stations on the Greymouth Section of the New Zealand Government Railways and Stations on the New Zealand Midland Railway Company's Railway, and for Local Traffic on the New Zealand Midland Railway Company's Railway.

THE New Zealand Railway Commissioners, in exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred by "The Government Railways Act, 1887," do hereby make the following alterations in and additions to the special scale of fares, rates, and charges for traffic interchanged between stations on the Greymouth Section of the New Zealand Government railways and stations on the New Zealand Midland Railway Company's railway, and for local traffic

on the New Zealand Midland Railway Company's railway, to come into force on and after the 5th day of February, 1894:—

PART III.—GOODS.
REGULATIONS.

Class K.—Timber.

Timber for export consigned to Greymouth from Mawheraiti will be charged 8d. per 100 superficial feet over the Company's line.

The common seal of the New Zealand Railway Commissioners was hereunto affixed, this thirty-first day of January, (L.S.) one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, in the presence of

JAMES McKERROW,
T. RONAYNE,
JOHN L. SCOTT,
Railway Commissioners.

Appointment of Agent at Ashburton to the Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 24th January, 1894.

IT is hereby notified for general information that
SOREN CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM MÖLLER,
Sergeant of Police, has been appointed to be Sub-Agent to the Public Trustee at Ashburton, from the 1st day of January, 1894.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Will accepted by the Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 25th January, 1894.

In the matter of the will of THOMAS ECKFORD, of Panmure, Auckland, deceased.

IT is hereby notified that this will has been finally accepted, in accordance with the provisions of "The Public Trust Office Act, 1872," and that the Public Trustee is the Executor appointed under the said will.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Will accepted by the Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 25th January, 1894.

In the matter of the will of WILLIAM BUTCHER, of Ngaruawahia, deceased.

IT is hereby notified that this will has been finally accepted in accordance with the provisions of "The Public Trust Office Act, 1872," and that the Public Trustee is the Executor appointed under the said will.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 30th 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 Gibbs, late of Owahoka, in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay. Filed at Napier on the 22nd day of January, 1894.

William Stuart, late of Nobles, in the Provincial District of Westland. Filed at Hokitika on the 26th day of January, 1894.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

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

In the matter of a parcel of land containing by admeasurement 12 acres 2 roods, and being northern moiety of Rural Section No. 570, Stewart's Gully, on the Waimakariri River, Canterbury, of which two or three acres are said to