THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of February, 1895. Altitude above the sea, 140ft. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

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

*Means: Showers weather up to 11th; winds chiefly N.W. and S.E., and moderate; the maximum rainfall recorded on 11th, 3.39in., causing floods, with light S. wind; lightning on night of 10th; remainder of month fine, with northerly winds, except showers on 21st, 23rd, and 24th; on the whole moderate winds and frequent calms. Maximum temperature in shade 88° (highest ever recorded in Wellington), minimum 49.8°; mean temperature of dew-point, 53.1°; mean humidity, 69. Slight earth shock on 6th at 9:30 a.m., and on 26th at 4:35 p.m.

R. B. GORE, Observer.

Officiating Ministers for 1895.—Notice No. 7.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 9th March, 1895.

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:

Roman Catholic Church.

The Reverend Patrick Curton Costello.

[This name is in substitution for that of Patrick Costello, previously entered in the general list published in the New Zealand Gazette of 17th January.]

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of “The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894.”

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 12th March, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in the office of the Supreme Court at Wellington an election to administer the several intestate estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations, so far as known, are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross properties being estimated not to exceed £250 in each case:

Edward Collins, late of Okaiawa, in the Provincial District of Taranaki, Carrier. Filed on the 6th day of March, 1895.
Minnie Hope, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland. Filed on the 6th day of March, 1895.
Duncan McMillan, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, Shearer. Filed on the 7th day of March, 1895.
George Brown, late of Wakefield, in the Provincial District of Nelson, Labourer. Filed on the 8th day of March, 1895.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Memorandum to Receivers of Public Moneys.

WITH a view to the early completion of the Treasury accounts of the current financial year, ending on Saturday, the 30th March, Receivers are directed to prepare copies of their cash-books for the period ended on that day, and to transmit the same by post to the Receiver-General immediately after the bank has closed on that date.

If any bank receipts dated on or before the 30th instant are received from sub-offices after copies of cash-books have been posted, officers are directed to enter all such receipts in a supplementary account, and to transmit a copy thereof to the Receiver-General on the same day.

The first ordinary account for the new year shall be for the period from the 1st to 6th April, both inclusive, and is only to contain such revenue as may have been paid to the Public Account subsequent to the 30th instant, or collected after bank hours on that date.

The first four-weekly account shall be for the period from the 1st to the 27th April, both inclusive.

Receivers are requested to take great care that the copies of their cash-books to be rendered during the current month are promptly posted.

JAMES B. HEYWOOD,
Receiver-General.
The Treasury,
Wellington, 1st March, 1895.

Crown Lands Offices.

Leases forfeited by Canterbury Land Board.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 12th March, 1895.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of section 101 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the under-mentioned leases were forfeited, by resolution of the Canterbury Land Board, upon the dates specified, for non-compliance with the conditions under which the said leases were issued:

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.