Government Notifications, THIS OTA G 0 DAILY TIMBE Kaa bo«n appointed IHB ft A3B TT B mn th» PKOVIHCiaX DISTBJOT 09 OM .■<-"' 108 IBM TUB 1881. for tho Publloatioa of all JSOTIWOATIOHB which by any Act of the General Assembly, or by any Ordl imncool the Province ol Utajro, require to b«lu isrt.wl In tnu Provincial Gftzotto. 23jp THE NSW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT LIFB INSURANCE ASSOCIATION. This Association ii the Only Ofwcb which pob -BKBSBS GOVBUNKHST SJiCTTBITY and proff«r« to the public tho combined advantages of j&vtvjlL L_?b AHUDiuiroa iOWKT PBJEMIUM3 MOBT LtBKRAI. OONMTIOKB limoiAßLß Stats Qtubabtii Pbomvt Sftti-bmbot amount of funds. After 10 yean' oxlttenoa, the Office ha» now Aoou itDLATH) Fukdb exceeding Okb MnxiOK Stsbliso Funds in Juno 1878 ... ' •« ■» £109.967 Fundo in Juno 1880... .• ... £459,336 Kundt in 1886, mtr ... .~ ... £1,000,000 Annual Income exceeds ... ... £345,000 The Anooiatlon offers tho most Lebi&ll Oosdi- HOKB extant. Branob.es In a the prinoipnl Towns In the Colony, and Agenoiei at »!' the Money Order Poofc-offlcei In the Colony. ByOrder> D. M. LUOKIH, Astlng-general Managi I. Head Office, Wellington, July 1885. Man RANT OF ONE HUNDRED (£100) FOR INVENTION OF MACHINERY FOE HAR VESTING AND THRESHING PEASE. 1. A sum not exceeding one hundred pounds mny be paid to any person or company who shall, in tho opinion of the Minister of Agriculture, produca a Machine capable of threshing, or threshing and har vesting, within 12 hours, 800 bushels o£ pease with out injury thereto. 2. The reward shall be paid only to the inventor, or liis agent, of sueli Machine as shall most cheaply, efficiently, and rapidly perlorm the work required and within the time aforesaid. 3. Persons intending to compete for the reward must give notice In writing of their intuition to the Secretary for Agriculture, Melbourne, NUT.LA.TEtt ,lum the IStli November next. 4. One or more trials of the Machines shall be made at such place or places and at such times as the Minister may direct. 5. All costs and expenses of forwarding, attend ance and working the Machines, at the times to b« appointed, shall bo paiu by the persons entering the Machines for competition 6. The Minister may appoint three or more Judges to report upon the merits of thecompeting Machines, and a decision of a majority of such Judges Bhall be final. 7. 