JUNE 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1097

Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 5th June, 1899.

THE Auckland United Friendly Societies Conference,
situated at Auckland, is registered as a Friendly
Society under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this
5th day of June, 1899.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the
month of May, 1899. Altitude above the sea,
140ft. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

| Date. | Barometer reduced, in
and corrected, in
Inches. | From Self-registering Instruments, for
Twenty-four Hours previously. | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | Max. Temp.
in Shade. | Min. Temp.
in Shade. | Mean Temp.
in Shade. | Solar Radia-
tion. | Terrestrial
Radiation. | Rainfall, in
Inches. | Veloc. Wind,
in Miles. | Amount of Cloud,
0 to 10. | Direction of Wind. |
| 1 | 30·077 | Fah. 59·3 | Fah. 42·0 | Fah. 50·6 | 84 | 36 | ·440 | 290 | 4 | S.E. |
| 2 | 30·328 | 52·0 | 47·5 | 49·7 | 100 | 36 | ·150 | 170 | 5 | S.W. |
| 3 | 30·234 | 53·0 | 37·7 | 45·3 | 90 | 30 | ·010 | 10 | 4 | N. |
| 4 | 30·011 | 57·5 | 49·0 | 53·2 | 104 | 47 | ·035 | 220 | 6 | N.W. |
| 5 | 30·013 | 61·2 | 56·0 | 58·6 | 80 | 48 | ·160 | 360 | 6 | N.W. |
| 6 | 29·971 | 65·0 | 59·0 | 62·0 | 100 | 50 | ·170 | 160 | 5 | N.W. |
| 7 | 29·990 | 63·0 | 56·0 | 59·5 | 96 | 47 | ·110 | 350 | 5 | N.W. |
| 8 | 29·806 | 62·3 | 50·5 | 56·4 | 108 | 46 | ·480 | 190 | 7 | N. |
| 9 | 29·769 | 61·8 | 47·0 | 54·4 | 115 | 35 | ·860 | 80 | 7 | S.W. |
| 10 | 30·032 | 57·0 | 44·8 | 50·9 | 76 | 39 | 1·130 | 160 | 5 | S.W. |
| 11 | 29·779 | 53·5 | 37·0 | 45·2 | 91 | 30 | .. | 50 | 4 | N.W. |
| 12 | 29·990 | 58·0 | 42·0 | 50·0 | 106 | 39 | ·460 | 320 | 6 | S. |
| 13 | 29·919 | 53·0 | 39·0 | 46·0 | .89 | 34 | ·700 | 510 | 7 | S.E. |
| 14 | 29·800 | 49·0 | 40·5 | 44·7 | 60 | 35 | ·030 | 400 | 7 | S.E. |
| 15 | 29·937 | 50·0 | 44·8 | 47·4 | 95 | 36 | ·500 | 320 | 7 | S.E. |
| 16 | 30·032 | 51·5 | 45·0 | 48·2 | 81 | 36 | ·060 | 70 | 5 | S.E. |
| 17 | 30·139 | 55·3 | 41·0 | 48·1 | 110 | 30 | .. | 70 | 3 | S. |
| 18 | 30·066 | 57·5 | 44·5 | 51·0 | 96 | 33 | .. | 100 | 4 | N.W. |
| 19 | 29·856 | 57·3 | 50·5 | 53·9 | 105 | 45 | ·030 | 450 | 5 | N.W. |
| 20 | 29·829 | 55·3 | 50·5 | 52·9 | 65 | 42 | ·100 | 250 | 5 | Calm |
| 21 | 29·860 | 57·3 | 49·0 | 53·1 | 73 | 37 | .. | 20 | 4 | Calm |
| 22 | 29·704 | 62·3 | 50·3 | 56·3 | 97 | 40 | .. | 20 | 4 | S.E. |
| 23 | 29·488 | 59·0 | 46·0 | 52·5 | 101 | 36 | ·020 | 10 | 5 | Calm |
| 24 | 29·430 | 55·0 | 49·0 | 52·0 | 81 | 41 | ·210 | 30 | 7 | S.E. |
| 25 | 29·666 | 52·3 | 46·5 | 49·4 | 63 | 41 | ·870 | 250 | 6 | S.E. |
| 26 | 29·793 | 50·5 | 41·0 | 45·7 | 79 | 34 | ·170 | 200 | 6 | S.E. |
| 27 | 29·995 | 48·0 | 40·9 | 44·4 | 89 | 33 | ·070 | 50 | 5 | S. |
| 28 | 30·200 | 51·5 | 44·0 | 47·7 | 90 | 37 | ·030 | 90 | 6 | S. |
| 29 | 30·219 | 50·0 | 44·0 | 47·0 | 87 | 36 | ·005 | 40 | 6 | S. |
| 30 | 30·284 | 50·0 | 45·0 | 47·5 | 85 | 38 | ·030 | 50 | 5 | S. |
| 31 | 30·211 | 52·5 | 45·3 | 48·9 | 98 | 37 | ·040 | 100 | 6 | S. |
| * | 29·949 | 55·5 | 45·9 | 50·7 | 90·0 | 38·2 | 6·870 | 173 | 5·3 | .. |
| † | 29·930 | .. | .. | 52·0 | .. | .. | 4·886 | .. | .. | .. |

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

NOTE.—A very wet, unpleasant month; the maximum
rainfall recorded on the 10th, 1·13 in.; winds chiefly S. and
S.E., and strong from 12th to 15th, also strong N.W. wind
on 18th; generally dull, damp weather; hail on 12th; fog
on 11th, 14th, 20th, and 23rd. Maximum temperature in
shade 65°, minimum 37°; mean temperature of dew-point,
42°·3; mean humidity, 74. Earthquake on 22nd, at 8.20
a.m., slight.

R. B. GORE, Observer.

Crown Lands Notices.

Rural Land open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1899.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for
selection, in terms of section 159 of “The Land Act,
1892,” on lease in perpetuity, on and after Tuesday, the
25th July, 1899.

If more than one application be received for the same
section on the same day, then the order of selection shall
be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the
District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—RANGITIKEI COUNTY.—PAL-
MERSTON NORTH KNIGHTS OF LABOUR BLOCK.

First-class Land.

| Survey
District. | Section. | Block. | Area. | Lease in Perpetuity:
Rent, 4 per Cent. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | | A. R. P. | Rent
per Acre. | Half-yearly
Rent. |
| Tiriraukawa | 15 | IV. | 300 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 6 0 0 |
| " | 19 | " | 200 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 4 0 0 |
| " | 20 | " | 300 0 ·0 | 0 9·6 | 6 0 0 |
| " | 17 | VIII. | 200 0 0 | 0 10·8 | 4 10 0 |

These sections are situated in the Palmerston North
Knights of Labour Block, north of Hunter ville, which is
distant about twenty-five miles. Improvements of the
values stated have been effected on each section: Sec-
tion 15, Block IV., £107 12s. 6d.; Section 19, Block IV.,
£251 11s. 1d.; Section 20, Block IV., £119 14s.; Section 17,
Block VIII., £564 11s. 9d.: which is payable with the ap-
plication, or immediately the result of the ballot is declared.

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

Pastoral Run, Southland, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 23rd May, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that a lease of the under-
mentioned pastoral run will be submitted to public
auction at this office on Thursday, the 6th day of July,
1899, at 11 o’clock a.m.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.
Pastoral Land under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

| Run No. | Survey District. | Area. | Upset
Annual
Rental. | Term. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 528 | Centre Hill .. | A. R. P. 7,479 3 26 | £ s. d. 62 6 8 | Ten years. |

Possession will be given on the day of sale. The pur-
chaser must deposit the statutory declaration required by
section 195 of “The Land Act, 1892,” and pay the sum of
the half-year’s rent and license-fee on the fall of the hammer.
Valuation for improvements (fencing), amounting to
£315 8s., must be paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue,
Invercargill, before possession is given.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Wellington for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 2nd May, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
Crown land will be offered for lease by public
auction on Wednesday, 21st June, 1899.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
Mount Robinson Survey District.

| Section. | Block. | Area. | Upset Annual
Rental. | Term
of Lease. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86 | XI. | A. R. P. 3 2 32 | £ s. d. 1 10 0 | 7 years. |

The section is situated on the Manawatu River, near the
main road between Foxton and Shannon, the access being
from Foxton, which is about seven miles and a half distant
by dray-road.

The section is open, and mostly in grass. The soil is
alluvial, of rich quality, and rests on a shingle formation.
It is well watered.

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