Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 6th February, 1923.

THE Broadwood Lodge, No. 103, situated at Broadwood,
is registered as a branch of The Independent Order of
Odd Fellows of New Zealand Friendly Society, under the
Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 5th day of February, 1923.
WILLIAM M. WRIGHT,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Public Service Superannuation Board.—Election of Members
of the Board.

THE following persons have been duly nominated as
candidates for the election of two members of the
Public Service Superannuation Board to represent the contributors belonging to the Post and Telegraph Department :—
HUGGINS, HERBERT AUGUSTUS ROBERT, Controller of Savings-banks and Accounts, Wellington.
LAMB, HENRY ALEXANDER, Supervisor, Accountants Branch, Wellington.

As the number of persons nominated does not exceed the
number of vacancies to be filled, I hereby declare Messrs.
H. A. R. Huggins and H. A. Lamb to be duly elected.

Dated at Wellington this 6th day of February, 1923.
WILLIAM M. WRIGHT, Returning Officer.

Public Service Superannuation Board.—Election of Members
of the Board.

THE following persons have been duly nominated as
candidates for the election of three members of the
Public Service Superannuation Board to represent the contributors belonging to Departments other than the Post and Telegraph and the Police Force :—
JERRAM, JAMES HAVELOCK, Deputy General Manager,
State Fire Insurance Office, Wellington.
MACDONALD, JOHN WILLIAM, Public Trustee, Wellington.
SINEL, Roy, Accountant, Native Trust Department,
Wellington.

As the number of persons nominated does not exceed the
number of vacancies to be filled, I hereby declare Messrs.
J. H. Jerram, J. W. Macdonald, and R. Sinel to be duly
elected.

Dated at Wellington this 6th day of February, 1923.
WILLIAM M. WRIGHT, Returning Officer.

Public Service Superannuation Board.—Election of Members
of the Board.

THE following person has been duly nominated as a
candidate for the election of one member of the Public
Service Superannuation Board to represent the contributors belonging to the Police Force :—
WRIGHT, ARTHUR HOBBINS, Commissioner of Police,
Wellington.

As the number of persons nominated does not exceed the
number of vacancies to be filled, I hereby declare Mr. A. H.
Wright to be duly elected.

Dated at Wellington this 6th day of February, 1923.
WILLIAM M. WRIGHT, Returning Officer.

Mining Privilege struck off the Register.—Notice under the Mining Amendment Act, 1914.

Warden's Court,
Blenheim, 26th January, 1923.
NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 30, sub-section (4), of the Mining Amendment Act, 1914, that the mining privilege mentioned in the Schedule hereto has this day been struck off the Mining Register.
A. F. BENT, Mining Registrar.

SCHEDULE.
HAVILOCK REGISTRY.
No. 25. Date: 22/6/1910. Nature of privilege: Residence-site. Locality: Wakamarina. Registered holder: Charles Bicknell.

Qualifying Examination for Engineering Cadets, Railway
Department, November, 1922.

Education Department,
Wellington, 24th January, 1923.

THE following list contains the names of those candidates who have passed the Qualifying Examination for Engineering Cadets as required by the Railway Department regulations, and of those who have passed in two or more subjects of the examination.
J. CAUGHEY, Director of Education.

PASSED THE EXAMINATION.
Name.
Adams, Edward Howard Moxhay
Adams, Trevor Alwyn .. .. ..
Lovatt, Cyrus Roy .. .. ..
Lucy, William Emerson .. ..
Raeburn, John Lindsay .. ..

Examination Centre.
Wellington.
""
Christchurch.
Thames.

PASSED IN FIVE SUBJECTS.
Malcolm, Ian McLean .. .. .. Invercargill.

PASSED IN FOUR SUBJECTS.
Gandell, Alan Thomas .. .. .. Greymouth.

PASSED IN THREE SUBJECTS.
McDougall, Robert Alexander .. .. Dunedin.
O'Hara, William Keith Macky .. .. Auckland.

The Census and Statistics Act, 1910.—Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics.

Census and Statistics Office,
Wellington, 7th February, 1923.

THE following estimated average yields per acre of wheat
and oats for the season 1922-23 have been compiled
from reports furnished by Stock Inspectors of the Department
of Agriculture throughout the Dominion, and are now published for general information.
District.
North Island
Nelson ..
Marlborough ..
Canterbury ..
Otago ..
Southland ..

Wheat.
Busheis per Acre.
30·35
26·96
33·47
29·97
32·18
36·66

Oats.
Busheis per Acre.
35·45
30·00
44·11
36·54
41·90
46·73

Average (estimated) for the Dominion,
season 1922-23 .. .. .. .. 30·48 39·50
Average (actual) for the Dominion,
season 1921-22 .. .. .. .. 29·94 39·56

In accordance with the above estimates, the total yield of
wheat for the Dominion should be approximately 8,500,000
bushels, as against an actual yield of 10,565,275 bushels for
the season 1921-22.

The percentage of oats threshed for the five seasons ending
with 1921–22 was 31·99 of the total area under that crop.
Assuming that a similar proportion is threshed this year, the
total yield of grain should be approximately 5,000,000 bushels,
as against an actual yield of 6,752,663 bushels for the season 1921–22.

MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.

Officiating Ministers for 1923.—Notice No. 4.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 6th February, 1923.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908,
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 Eric Woolcombe Burgin, B.A.
Roman Catholic Church.
The Reverend Vincent Charles McManus.
Baptists.
The Reverend Frank Sampson.
Church of Christ.
Mr. Henry Toogood.
J. L. PALETHORPE,
Acting Registrar-General.

Arrangements for First Election, &c., Kaitaia Town District.

Wellington, 3rd February, 1923.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to appoint
CHARLES McKINNON, Esq., of Kaitaia,
to be Returning Officer and person to prepare the roll of electors for the first election of a Board of five Commissioners for the Kaitaia Town District, recently constituted under the Town Boards Act, 1908; and also to appoint Wednesday, the 21st day of February, 1923, as the day, and the Public Library, Kaitaia, as the place, for holding such first election; also to appoint Wednesday, the 28th day of February, 1923, at 7.30 p.m. in the afternoon, as the time, and the County Office, Kaitaia, as the place, for holding the first meeting of the Board of Commissioners so elected.
WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.