Samuel Walton Smeeton a right of way over a portion of
the said land as part satisfaction of the compensation so
payable as aforesaid, and to make a monetary payment in
satisfaction of the residue of the said compensation: And
whereas the said Samuel Walton Smeeton as such trustee
as aforesaid has agreed to accept such grant and monetary
payment in full satisfaction of the said compensation:
Now, therefore, I, Roderick McKenzie, the Minister of
Public Works, do hereby give notice, in pursuance of the
provisions of section 84 of "The Public Works Act, 1908,"
that I assent to the above agreement.

Dated at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of July, one
thousand nine hundred and nine.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

Results of Road Board Elections.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th July, 1909.

THE following notices of the election of members of
Road Boards have been received at this office, and are
published in accordance with the provisions of "The Road
Boards Act, 1908."

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Tamaki West Road District, County of Eden:
Charles Alfred Stevens.
John Wright.
Burgoyne Owen.

Papatoitoi Road District, County of Manukau:
Marcus Madill.
W. W. McLaughlin.
John Watson.

East Tamaki Road District, County of Manukau:
John Cossentine Bryant.
Thomas Ellison.
Herbert Smales.

Mercer Road District, County of Manukau:
Basil A. G. Calder.
Cyril D. Lincoln.
Frank Gimblett.
Michael Gallery.
Frederick Coleman.

Cambridge Road District, County of Waikato:
Norman Banks.
James Hooker.
George Watt.

Mangorei Road District, County of Taranaki:
George Henry Herbert.
William George Stanton.
Arthur Octavius Wells.

Suburban North Road District, County of Waimea:
Thomas W. Anderson.
Henry Wastney.

Upper Ashburton Road District, County of Ashburton:
John Farrell.
Angus Horsey.
Joshua Tucker.

"Conscience Money" received.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 20th July, 1909.

THE Minister of Finance directs me to acknowledge the
receipt of the sums of 9d. and £2 0s. 9d., forwarded to
the Railway Department as "conscience money" to the
Government by persons unknown.

ROBERT J. COLLINS,
Receiver-General.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.--JOHN ROBINSON, Esquire, of Forbes, in the
State of New South Wales, in the Commonwealth of
Australia, a Solicitor of the High Court of Australia, has
this day been appointed by His Honour the Acting Chief
Justice a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in New South Wales, under the 47th section of "The
Judicature Act, 1908," for the purpose of administering and
taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the
said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 20th day of July, 1909.

D. G. A. COOPER,
Registrar, Supreme Court.

Officiating Ministers for 1909.--Notice No. 29.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 28th July, 1909.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand passed in the eighth year of the reign of His Majesty King Edward VII, and intitled "The Marriage Act, 1908," the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:

Baptists.
The Reverend Howard L. Elliott.
Mr. Eric Evans.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

The Treasury, New Zealand,
Friendly Societies' Office,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1909.

THE Loyal Ngaruwawahia Lodge, No. 8114, situated at
Ngaruwawahia, Waikato, is registered as a branch of
the Auckland District of the New Zealand Branch of the
Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Friendly Society, under "The Friendly Societies Act,
1908," this 20th day of July, 1909.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15
of "The Public Trust Office Act, 1908."

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1909.

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.

Walsh, James, late of Kihikihi, in the Provincial District
of Auckland, settler. Filed on the 6th day of July, 1909.
Paul, George Smith, late of Zeehan, in the State of Tasmania, storekeeper. Filed on the 8th day of July, 1909.
Perkins, Charles Henry, late of Inangahua Junction, in
the Provincial District of Westland, engine-driver. Filed on
the 8th day of July, 1909.
McKenna, Patrick, late of Waitoha, in the Provincial
District of Westland, miner. Filed on the 8th day of July,
1909.
Salisbury, Mary, late of New Plymouth, in the Provincial
District of Taranaki, widow. Filed on the 8th day of July,
1909.
Sullivan, William, late of Ruapuna, in the Provincial
District of Canterbury, labourer. Filed on the 8th day of
July, 1909.
Smith, Thomas Harris Blundell, late of Auckland, in the
Provincial District of Auckland, advertising-agent. Filed
on the 8th day of July, 1909.
Barrett, William, late of Greymouth, in the Provincial
District of Westland, drill-instructor. Filed on the 15th day
of July, 1909.
Clarke, George, late of East Taieri, in the Provincial
District of Otago, ploughman. Filed on the 15th day of
July, 1909.
Woolnough, Elizabeth, late of Sydenham, in the Provincial
District of Canterbury, widow. Filed on the 15th day of
July, 1909.
Wagner, Alfred, late of Woodsdale, in the State of Tasmania, labourer. Filed on the 15th day of July, 1909.
Moody, Nathaniel Hawthorne, late of Deep Stream,
Waipori, in the Provincial District of Otago, miner. Filed
on the 16th day of July, 1909.
Fredsborg, Anders, late of Waima, in the Provincial
District of Auckland, flax-miller. Filed on the 19th day of
July, 1909.
Bones, John, late of Sydenham, in the Provincial District
of Canterbury, labourer. Filed on the 19th day of July,
1909.
Gillespie, Robert, late of Patutahi, in the Provincial
District of Auckland, farmer. Filed on the 19th day of
July, 1909.
Cameron, Duncan, late of Kaikoura, in the Provincial
District of Marlborough, labourer. Filed on the 19th day of
July, 1909.