June 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 995

Henry Devin, late of Karangahake, in the Provincial District of Auckland, miner. Filed on the 10th June, 1898.
Edwin Barnes Walker, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, settler. Filed on the 10th June, 1898.
Helen Wilson, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, widow. Filed on the 10th June, 1898.
Julia Holmes, late of Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, married woman. Filed on the 10th June, 1898.
Joseph James Carolan, late of Ohakune, in the Provincial District of Wellington, labourer. Filed on the 10th June, 1898.
William Reid, late of Ellesmere, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, shepherd. Filed on the 10th June, 1898.
Arthur Edward Neill Byfield, late of South Rakaia, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, labourer. Filed on the 13th June, 1898.

JAMES C. MARTIN,
Public Trustee.

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of May, 1898. Altitude above the sea, 140ft. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

• Means, &c. † Same month previous years.

NOTE.—Fine weather up to 8th, when it came on to rain, and continued wet up to the 15th, 1·36 in. recorded on 12th, being the maximum fall; on the 20th rain again, and showery during the remainder of the month; altogether a wet month. Thunder on 11th, 24th, and 25th; hail on 11th, 28th, and 29th; and foggy on 5th, 17th, 18th, and 20th. Maximum temperature in shade 71°, minimum 36°·5; mean temperature of dew-point, 46°·7; mean humidity, 79. Earthquakes—on 3rd, at 8.33 p.m., very slight; on 8th, at 11.30 p.m., very slight; on 16th, at 1.24 a.m., smart, two shocks.

R. B. GORE, Observer.

Officiating Ministers for 1898.—Notice No. 19.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 11th June, 1898.

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:—

Congregational Independents.
The Reverend George Burgess, F.R.A.S.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Tenders for the Supply and Delivery of Telegraph Arms.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1898.

THE Electric Telegraph Commissioner is prepared to receive separate tenders until the 27th June, 1898, for the supply and delivery of telegraph arms, as under:—
8,000 (eight thousand) arms, 2 ft. 3 in. long.
12,000 (twelve thousand) arms, 6 ft. 6 in. long.
Specifications and sample arms can be seen at the Telegraph Stores, Wellington, and the Telegraph Offices at Masterton, Palmerston North, and Wellington.
Tenders to be addressed to the “Superintendent of Electric Lines, Wellington,” and indorsed “Tender for Telegraph Arms.”

By order.
J. K. LOGAN,
Superintendent of Electric Lines.

Crown Lands Notices.

Lands in Canterbury Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 11th June, 1898.

IT is hereby notified that, the leases of the undermentioned Crown lands having been forfeited by resolutions of the Canterbury Land Board, the said lands have reverted to the Crown under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

AROWHENUA VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Lands.

Pastoral Run, Southland, liable to Forfeiture.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 31st May, 1898.

PURSUANT to section 215 of “The Land Act, 1892,” notice is hereby given to the following persons that the under-mentioned pastoral license is liable to forfeiture, and that, if the rent overdue thereon be not paid within three months from date hereof, the license will be declared forfeited.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.