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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 104

Boroughs having Populations of over Two Thousand Persons
at Census of 1901.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 11th December, 1901.

THE following statement of each of the boroughs in the
colony having at the date of the last census (31st
March, 1901) a population of two thousand persons or more
is published for general information:—

Borough. Popu- Borough. Popu-
lation. lation.
Auckland .. .. 34,213 Nelson .. .. 7,010
Devonport .. .. 3,823 Westport .. .. 2,922
Grey Lynn .. 4,110 Greymouth .. 3,748
Parnell .. .. 4,566 Lyttelton .. .. 4,023
Newmarket .. 2,060 Christchurch .. 17,538
Onehunga .. .. 3,015 Sydenham.. .. 11,404
Thames .. .. 4,009 St. Albans.. .. 6,607
Gisborne .. .. 2,737 Linwood .. .. 6,737
Napier .. .. 8,774 Woolston .. .. 2,532
Hastings .. .. 3,650 Ashburton.. .. 2,322
New Plymouth .. 4,405 Timaru .. .. 6,424
Stratford .. .. 2,027 Oamaru .. .. 4,836
Hawera .. .. 2,131 Port Chalmers .. 2,056
Wanganui .. .. 7,329 Dunedin .. .. 24,879
Feilding .. .. 2,298 North-east Valley .. 3,527
Palmerston North .. 6,534 Roslyn .. .. 4,632
Dannevirke .. 2,315 Mornington .. 4,008
Masterton .. .. 3,949 Caversham .. 5,266
Wellington .. 43,638 South Dunedin .. 5,363
Melrose .. .. 2,995 Gore .. .. 2,354
Petone .. .. 3,780 Invercargill .. 6,215
Blenheim .. .. 3,222

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the
month of November, 1901. Altitude above the sea,
140 ft. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

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

NOTE.—Generally fine weather, with intervals of drizzly
weather. Two sudden thunderstorms on 14th and 24th, with
heavy rain. Greatest rainfall on 19th, 0·350 in. Prevailing
N.W. and N. winds. Maximum temperature in shade 78·5°,
minimum 38°; mean temperature of dew-point, 44·4°;
mean humidity, .

R. B. GORE, Observer.

Examination for Mine-managers’ and Battery-superintendents’
Certificates.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 1st October, 1901.

AN examination of candidates for certificates as First-
and Second-class Mine-managers and Battery-super-
intendents under “The Mining Act, 1898,” and First- and
Second-class Mine-managers under “The Coal-mines Act,
1891,” will be held on Tuesday, the 28th January, 1902, and
three following days, at places to be hereafter named. All
applications, with necessary certificates, and fee of £1, must
be addressed to “The Secretary of the Board of Examiners
under the Mining Act or Coal-mines Act, Wellington,” and
must be received before the 16th December, or they will not
be dealt with until the following examination. Forms of
application may be obtained at Schools of Mines, Thames,
Waihi, and Coromandel, also from Inspector of Mines,
Thames, Westport, and Dunedin.

T. H. HAMER,
Secretary to the Board of Examiners.

[NOTE.—No candidate will be permitted to present himself for
examination unless he holds an authority from the Secretary stating
that his certificate of service has been accepted by the Board.]

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Auckland Land District forfeited and surrendered.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 9th December, 1901.

IT is hereby notified that, the leases and licenses of the
under-mentioned Crown lands having been voluntarily
surrendered by the lessees and licensees thereof, or for-
feited by resolution of the Auckland Land Board, the said
lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provi-
sions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands,