870 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. No. 29

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of March, 1902. Altitude above the sea, 140 ft. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

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

NOTE.—Generally fine weather; rainfall a little under the average—maximum fall recorded on 9th, 0·87 in.; winds light and variable. Maximum temperature in shade 77°, minimum 43°; mean temperature of dew-point, 51·7°; mean humidity, 72.

H. M. GORE (pro R. B. GORE),
Observer.

Notice under “The Victoria College Act, 1897,” and the Regulations made by Virtue thereof.

Wellington, 15th April, 1902.

I HEREBY certify that the undermentioned persons were duly nominated for vacancies on the Council of the Victoria College, and, as the number nominated did not exceed the number of vacancies, I hereby declare the said persons to be duly elected members of the said Council: viz., Charles Prendergast Knight, LL.D., Parliamentary Representative; Mr. Arthur Penrose Seymour, Education Boards’ Representative; Frederic Wallis, D.D., Bishop of Wellington, Graduates’ Representative; and the Reverend William Albert Evans, Teachers’ Representative.

CHAS. P. POWLES,
Returning Officer.

Notice of Cancellation of Registry under “The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1900.”

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 17th April, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the registration of the Lyttelton Maritime and Wharf Labourers’ Industrial Union of Workers, No. 273, situated at Lyttelton, is hereby cancelled as from the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

EDWARD TREGEAR,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.

“The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Act, 1901.”—Notice of Cancellation of Registry.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 17th April, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by section 20 of “The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Act, 1901,” the registration of the Southland Trades and Labour Industrial Union of Workmen, registered No. 4, situated at Invercargill, will be cancelled at the expiration of six weeks from the date hereof unless within such period it is shown that such union has not ceased to exist.

EDWARD TREGEAR,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of “The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894.”

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 15th April, 1902.

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.

John Mannix, late of Whare Kopae, Poverty Bay, in the Provincial District of Auckland, shearer. Filed on the 11th day of April, 1902.

Daniel Fergus Scott, late of Whatawhata, in the Provincial District of Auckland, contractor. Filed on the 12th day of April, 1902.

Ernest Hall Corney, late of New Plymouth, in the Provincial District of Taranaki, carpenter. Filed on the 14th day of April, 1902.

William Henry Hazlehurst, late of Urenui, in the Provincial District of Taranaki, labourer. Filed on the 14th day of April, 1902.

Patrick Cronin, late of Waikino, in the Provincial District of Auckland, labourer. Filed on the 14th day of April, 1902.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Result of an Election under “The Government Railways Department Classification, Act, 1901.”—Railway Boards of Appeal.

New Zealand Government Railways,
Head Office, Wellington, 3rd April, 1902.

THE following is the result of the first ordinary election of the elective members of the Railway Boards of Appeal for the North Island and Middle Island respectively, constituted under “The Government Railways Department Classification Act, 1901”:

NORTH ISLAND.—SECOND DIVISION.

Traffic and Stores Branches.

Mack, Mathew Joseph .. .. Unopposed.

Workshops Branch.

Austin, William .. .. .. 169
Farr, Edward Lewis .. .. 145
Johnston, Charles William .. 35
Informal .. .. .. 1

Maintenance Branch.

Morrison, William .. .. 253
Ashby, Thomas, jun. .. .. 223
Informal .. .. .. 2

MIDDLE ISLAND.—SECOND DIVISION.

Workshops Branch.

McCullough, John Alexander .. 192
Bullock, Thomas Arthur .. .. 129
Holmes, Charles Edward .. .. 103
Ferguson, Peter .. .. .. 86
Pope, Francis John .. .. 27
Informal .. .. .. 2

Loco. Running Branch.

Milroy, Thomas .. .. .. Unopposed.

Maintenance Branch.

Duncan, Robert .. .. .. Unopposed.

I hereby declare Mathew Joseph Mack, William Austin, and William Morrison duly elected to act as members of the North Island Board, and John Alexander McCullough, Thomas Milroy, and Robert Duncan duly elected to act as members of the Middle Island Board.

R. W. McVILLY,
Returning Officer.