APRIL 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 899

Government Observatory.

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

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

REMARKS.—Generally fine weather, with intervals of wet; the maximum rain recorded on 20th, 0·53 in. Prevailing S. and N.W. wind, and generally moderate. Maximum temperature in shade 73·5°, minimum 45°; mean temperature of dew-point, 47·4°; mean humidity, 68. Earthquake on 15th at 11.15 p.m., short and sharp.

R. B. GORE, Observer.

Notice of Vesting of Land in the Public Trustee under "The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894."

WHEREAS I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee, have, for the purposes of "The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894," made due inquiries with respect to the land described in the Schedule hereunder written, and the owner thereof, and have, in respect of the said land, given the notices prescribed by section 4 of the said Act, and have in all respects complied with the provisions of the said section: And whereas I have not thereby ascertained who the owner is, and believe that such owner is not in the colony, nor has such owner established his title to the said land, as required by the said Act: I hereby give notice that the said land is, under and by virtue of the said Act, vested in me, as the Public Trustee as aforesaid, as from the date of the publication hereof, and will be administered under the said Act, the assessed value of the said land being less than £100.

Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of April, 1901.

J. W. POYNTON,

Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, containing 60 acres, more or less, being Section 234, Parish of Waiotahi, in the Provincial District of Auckland.

"The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1900."— Notice of Cancellation of Registry.

Department of Labour,

Wellington, 16th April, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to an application on that behalf made to me by the Lyell Miners' Industrial Union of Workers, registered No. 86, situated at Gibbston, the registration of that industrial union will be cancelled at the expiration of six weeks from the date hereof unless within the six weeks specified proceedings be commenced by a member or other person interested in or having some claim on the funds of the industrial union to set aside such cancellation, and the same is set aside accordingly.

EDWARD TREGEAR,

Registrar of Industrial Unions.

Officiating Ministers for 1901.—Notice No. 15.

Registrar-General's Office,

Wellington, 16th April, 1901.

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 late 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 Wiremu Keretene. The Reverend Eruera Hakaraia te Awarau.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,

Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1901.—Notice No. 16.

Registrar-General's Office,

Wellington, 16th April, 1901.

IN accordance with request from his Lordship the Bishop of Auckland (Church of England) the name of The Reverend Augustus McInnes Bradbury has been withdrawn from the list of Officiating Ministers under "The Marriage Act, 1880," for the year 1901.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,

Registrar-General.

Member of the Education Board of the District of Auckland elected.

Education Board's Office,

Auckland, 10th April, 1901.

IN accordance with the provisions of "The Education Boards Election Act, 1900," it is hereby notified that JAMES Muir, Esq., has been elected a member of the Education Board of the District of Auckland, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Theophilus Cooper, Esq.

Number of valid votes recorded for each candidate: For James Muir, Esq., 788; for Richard Hobbs, Esq., 656: total, 1,444. Number of votes rejected as informal, 53.

VINCENT E. RICE,

Secretary and Returning Officer.

Tenders for Steel Castings, New Zealand Railways.

Railway Department (Head Office),

Wellington, 17th April, 1901.

THE under-mentioned successful and unsuccessful tender-rates for the supply of steel castings for 1901–2 for the New Zealand Government Railways are published for general information.

T. RONAYNE,

General Manager, New Zealand Railways.