JULY 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1607

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of June, 1903. Altitude above the sea, 140 ft. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

From Self-registering Instruments, for Twenty-four Hours previously.

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

NOTE.—A fairly fine, calm month, the rainfall being considerably below the average; maximum fall on 12th, 0·75 in. Prevailing wind, north-west. Maximum temperature in shade, 62°; minimum, 32°. Mean temperature of dew-point, 39·6°; mean humidity, 79°.

A. H. GORE,
Acting Observer.

Officiating Ministers for 1903.—Notice No. 25.

Registrar-General’s Office.
Wellington, 13th July, 1903.

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 name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

• Church of Christ.
  Mr. Thomas Millett Turner.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Adoption of Child under Section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the adoption particulars of which are set out hereunder has been duly registered by me under the provisions of section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

R. C. SIM,
Registrar.

PARTICULARS OF ADOPTION OF CHILD.

To the Registrar of the Native Land Court, Wellington District.

I, TE RANGITAWHANA KOKO, of Tawata, Upper Whanganui, hereby give notice that I have taken Moetu Aitua, a child of Tamakana and Roka, to be my adopted child according to Maori custom; and I request that such adoption be registered under the provisions of section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

As witness my hand, this 8th day of July, 1903.

TE RANGITAWHANA KOKO.

Signed by the said Te Rangitawhana Koko in the presence of — John Handley, J.P., of Whanganui, and Ernest Barns, Licensed Interpreter, First Grade, of Whanganui.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Hawke’s Bay Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 9th July, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that, the lease of the under-mentioned land having been forfeited by resolution of the Hawke’s Bay Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE’S BAY LAND DISTRICT.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Land in Lyndon No. 1 Settlement, Canterbury Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 13th July, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity at this office on Wednesday, the 2nd day of September, 1903, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—WAIAU SURVEY DISTRICT.— AMURI COUNTY.—LYNDON NO. 1 SETTLEMENT.

First-class Agricultural Land.

This section is situated about three miles north-westward from the Waiau Township, and consists of flat and undulating agricultural land, with good soil on clay. The altitude varies from 500 ft. to 650 ft. above sea-level, and the section is watered by creeks and by the Mason River, which forms the south-eastern boundary. Of the improvements on the land, the fencing along the road-boundary (55½ chains) and half of the 70 chains of boundary-fence between Lots 4 and 5, all consisting of standards and seven wires, were effected by the former tenant; the valuation of these is £56 11s. 3d., and this sum must be paid by the incoming tenant before being admitted to possession of the land. The other improvements (which are included in the price of the section) consist of half value of 65½ chains of seven-wire-and-standard fence forming the eastern boundary, 51 chains of seven-wire-and-standard subdivision fence, and 44½ chains of rabbit-proof fence, all of which are valued at £63 12s.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.