Mar. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 291

Progress-payments for Exported Fish.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 24th September, 1886.

WITH reference to the notification in the New Zealand Gazette of the 12th November, 1885, respecting the payment of bonuses to persons who prepare canned and cured fish for export under regulations published on the same date, it is hereby notified that progress-payments on account of such bonuses, claimed in accordance with those regulations, will now be made by this department. Claims to be for quantities not less than one ton net weight, and to be sent through the Collector of Customs at the port from which the fish was exported.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Bonus for Canned and Cured Fish for Export.

Treasury Department,
Wellington, 10th November, 1885.

IT is hereby notified that bonuses under "The Fisheries Encouragement Act, 1885," as set forth in the following sections (Nos. 8, 9, and 10) of that Act, will be paid subject to the conditions named therein, and in the regulations contained in the Order in Council of even date herewith.

JULIUS VOGEL.

8. In order to encourage the production and curing of fish for export, the Colonial Treasurer shall during the next seven years after the passing of this Act, without further appropriation by Parliament, pay out of the Consolidated Fund to any person who shall prepare canned and cured fish for export, and actually export the same from the colony, a bonus or bonuses upon the quantity of canned and cured fish prepared and exported by such person as hereinafter mentioned, that is to say,—
   (1.) In respect of the first 200 tons avoirdupois of fish canned with or without oil, the sum of 1d. per pound, the weight of the cans not to be included in the tonnage upon which such bonus is paid ;
   (2.) In respect of every ton avoirdupois of fish canned as aforesaid beyond the first 200 tons, the sum of ½d. per pound, the weight of the cans not to be included in the tonnage upon which such bonus is paid ;
   (3.) In respect to cured fish the bonus to be paid shall be respectively ¼d. and ⅛d. a pound under similar conditions, as far as the same are applicable to those contained in the two last subsections.

9. The total tonnage upon which the Treasurer may grant bonuses as aforesaid under this Act shall not exceed 6,000 tons.

10. Every person intending to apply for the grant of a bonus shall register a special trade-mark under the laws for the time being in force in New Zealand providing for the registration of trade-marks, such trade-mark to be used for all cured and canned fish to be prepared for export by such person, and shall, within six years after the passing of this Act, give notice to the Treasurer of his intention to export canned and cured fish with a view to applying for a bonus, and shall append to such notice a copy of such trade-mark ; and all cases, barrels, or cans containing fish cured and canned for export by any such person shall, before exportation, be marked with the trade-mark so registered by him, and no part of any such bonus shall be payable except in respect of cases, barrels, or cans so marked.

Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th February, 1888.

THE following notices of elections of Members of Road Boards have been received at this office, and are published in accordance with the provisions of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

Karioi Road District, County of Raglan :
David Burns.

Pokororo Road District, County of Waimea :
Francis Williams.

Featherston Road District, County of Wairarapa South :
William McLeod.

Officiating Ministers for 1888.—Notice No. 5.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 25th February, 1888.

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 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 :—

Baptists.
The Reverend John Dinnen Gilmore.
Wm. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Will accepted by the Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 24th February, 1888.

In the matter of the will of Marion Young, late of Masterton, deceased.

IT is hereby notified that the above will has been finally accepted, in accordance with the provisions of "The Public Trust Office Act, 1872," and that the Public Trustee is the Executor appointed under the said will.

R. C. HAMERTON,
Public Trustee.

Crown Lands Notices.

Forfeiture of Run.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 18th February, 1888.

IN accordance with section 188 of "The Land Act, 1885," I hereby declare that the run mentioned in the Schedule hereto has been forfeited for non-payment of rents and penalties.

SCHEDULE.
Number of run: 16. Area: 6,000 acres. Locality: Omoeroa River.

GERHARD MULLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Crown Lands, Wellington Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 13th January, 1888.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of "The Land Act, 1885," that the under-mentioned lands will be offered at auction, at the rental and prices specified in the Schedule, at this office, on Wednesday, the 7th March, 1888, at half-past 2 o'clock p.m. Full particulars obtainable on application.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

DEFERRED PAYMENTS.

47 | X. | Mangaone .. | 30/ | 112 0 16 | 168 3 0
3 | I. | Kopuaranga | 20/ | 114 0 0 | 114 0 0

DEFERRED PAYMENTS.—VILLAGE SETTLEMENTS.

1371 | .. | Bunnythorpe| .. | 4 2 12 | 8 0 0*

SMALL GRAZING RUN.

47 | III., IV., VII., VIII. | Pohangina.. | /6 | 1,266 0 0 | †

CASH.—HASTWELL VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

45 | XIV. | Mangaone .. | 100/ | 4 3 30 | 24 13 9
46 | " | " .. | 90/ | 4 3 39 | 22 9 8
49 | " | " .. | 60/ | 10 0 5 | 30 2 0

• Forfeited deferred-payment section.
  † This land is situated in the Pohangina District, about 19 miles from Ashurst, on the east side of the Pohangina River; access is by a made road for a part of the distance, the rest at present by the Pohangina River-bed. The area consists of hilly and undulating forest country, covered with rimu, white-pine, rata, tawa, hinau, black-birch, with some totara and manuka in places. The soil varies from good on the flats to poor on the ridges; there is some good flat land on the river and streams and on the tops of the spurs,