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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 60

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 6th July, 1899.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

MASTERTON POST-OFFICE.

Accepted.

Coradine and Whittaker, Masterton .. 3,483 0 0

Declined.

C. E. Daniell, Masterton .. .. 3,713 0 0
A. Cooper and Son, Napier .. .. 3,839 10 6
James Bruce, Wellington .. .. 3,847 0 0

Results of Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 11th July, 1899.

THE following notices of elections of members of Road Boards have been received at this office, and are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Tuhikarama Road District, County of Waipa :
F. J. Vickers.
W. Reid.
W. Rothwell.
T. McMiken.
T. C. Williamson.

Manganui Road District, County of Stratford :
John Davies.

Mercer Road District, County of Manukau :
F. Freeman.
M. Gallery.
S. Hunter.
R. McFarlane.
M. Hunter.
R. E. Beamish.

Officiating Ministers for 1899.—Notice No. 24.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 11th July, 1899.

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 names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.
The Reverend Charles Collingwood Oldham.
The Reverend Albert Wingfield.

Salvation Army.
Major Henry Gallant.

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 July, 1899.

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.

Bridget Kiley, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, spinster. Filed on the 5th day of July, 1899.

Edward Cameron, late of Te Aroha, in the Provincial District of Auckland, miner. Filed on the 8th day of July, 1899.

Alfred David Thomas, late of Karangahake, in the Provincial District of Auckland, miner. Filed on the 8th day of July, 1899.

Lachlan Morrison, late of Motuotaria, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, stockman. Filed on the 8th day of July, 1899.

Thomas Jamieson, late of Timaru, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, labourer. Filed on the 8th day of July, 1899.

Sherborne Dutton, late of Pahi, in the Provincial District of Auckland, miner. Filed on the 8th day of July, 1899.

Robert Clements, late of Karangahake, in the Provincial District of Auckland, miner. Filed on the 8th day of July, 1899.

A. A. K. DUNCAN,
Deputy Public Trustee.

Government Observatory.

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

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

NOTE.—The weather during this month has been unpleasant in consequence of the frequent though not heavy rain, the maximum rainfall being only 0·75 in., on 30th; the winds have been variable and moderate; the temperature generally rather below the average; fogs occurred on seven days. Maximum temperature in shade 59°, minimum 35°; mean temperature of dew-point, 41°·4; mean humidity, 77.

R. B. GORE, Observer.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1898.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1900, the period of literature will be from 1744 to 1800, and the special books will be Shakespeare’s “Julius Cæsar” and Thackeray’s “Esmond.”

W. C. WALKER,
Minister of Education.