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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 37

RESOLUTION.

RESOLVED, That, in accordance with legal advice, the Waiotahi Riding be abolished, and the special order regarding the riding gazetted on the 6th November last be cancelled.

I hereby certify that the above resolution was duly made as required by section 125 of "The Counties Act, 1886," on the 14th March, 1892.

EDWARD P. DUMERGUE, County Clerk.

Opotiki, 21st April, 1892.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Okahuatui Special District, Cook County.

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Wellington, 4th May, 1892.

THE following notice, received from the Clerk of the Cook County Council, is published in accordance with "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Cook County Council.

I HEREBY give notice that a poll of the ratepayers within the Okahuatui Special District, upon a proposal by this Council to raise a loan of £2,600, under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," was taken on the 19th April.

Number of ratepayers within the special district 5, capable of exercising 16 votes; number of ratepayers who voted in favour of the proposal 4, exercising 14 votes; votes against the proposal, none.

As a majority of the ratepayers, exercising a majority of the votes, voted in favour of the proposal, I declare it carried.

JOHN CLARK, Chairman.

Gisborne, 21st April, 1892.

Notice to Mariners, No. 14 of 1892.

Marine Department,

Wellington, 3rd May, 1892.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, are published for general information.

W. P. REEVES, For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.

PORT PHILLIP BAY.—SOUTH CHANNEL.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners published on the 26th September, 1859, and 8th December, 1868, it is hereby notified that the Nicholson Knoll has disappeared, and that the chequered buoys marking such knoll will on and after the 21st April, 1892, be removed.

PORT PHILLIP BAY.—WEST CHANNEL.

Referring to Notice to Mariners published on the 8th August, 1887, it is hereby notified that, on and after the 21st April, 1892, the Swanspit light-vessel will be removed and moored two cables N.E. by E. ½ E. from its present position in 18ft. water.

PORT PHILLIP BAY.—DROMANA JETTY.

Referring to Notice to Mariners published on the 25th August, 1873, it is hereby notified that, on and after the 21st April, 1892, the Dromana Jetty light will be changed in colour from green to red.

ALEXR. WILSON, Engineer in Charge, Ports and Harbours. Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, 23rd March, 1892.

Notice of Intention to incorporate the Auckland Benevolent Society as a Separate Institution.

Charitable Department,

Wellington, 4th May, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government in Council directs it to be notified, in terms of section 43 of "The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885," that he has received a petition from not less than fifty subscribers to the Auckland Benevolent Society praying that the said society may be incorporated as a separate institution; and that, if no counter-petition, signed by an equal or greater number of subscribers, shall have been delivered at the office of the Colonial Secretary within one month after the publication of this notice, or if the District Board shall not have lodged with the Colonial Secretary within the same time an objection to such petition, the Governor in Council will declare the said society to be a separate institution under the said Act.

W. P. REEVES, For the Minister having charge of the Charitable Department.

Bonus for the Manufacture of Pig-iron from Ironsand or Iron-ore.

Mines Office,

Wellington, 24th February, 1892.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of £1 per ton will be paid on the production of the first 500 tons of pig-iron of marketable quality manufactured in the colony after this date from magnetic or titaniferous ironsand or iron-ore, all material, fuel, and fluxes being the produce of New Zealand, on the following conditions, that is to say:—

1. The bonus must be claimed before the 31st March, 1893.

2. The bonus will be payable in instalments of £50 as each lot of 50 tons of iron is manufactured, on the certificate of an officer appointed by the Minister of Mines that the iron is of good marketable quality.

3. In the event of more than one person manufacturing the required quality of pig-iron before the date named, inquiry will be made by the officer above referred to, when, if it is found that each applicant is equally entitled to a bonus, the amount will be divided; but in no case shall the total amount of money paid by way of bonus exceed £500.

4. The iron in respect of which any bonus is claimed and the ironsand or ore from which it is manufactured will be examined by the officer aforesaid, who may require proof that not only the ore, but that the lime, coal, and any other material used in the manufacture, is of genuine New Zealand production, and that sales of pig-iron have been made at fair market prices.

R. J. SEDDON, Minister of Mines.

Bonus for the Manufacture of Salt.

Mines Department,

Wellington, 24th February, 1892.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of £1 per ton will be paid on the production of the first 500 tons of salt, exclusively either by evaporation of salt-water or from rock mined in the colony, on the following conditions, that is to say:—

1. The bonus must be claimed before the 31st March, 1893.

2. Not more than £250 will be paid for salt manufactured in the North Island, and not more than £250 for salt manufactured in the South Island.

3. The bonus will be payable in instalments of £50 as each lot of 50 tons of salt is manufactured, on the certificate of an officer appointed by the Minister of Mines that the salt is of good marketable quality.

4. In the event of more than one person manufacturing the stated quantity of salt in the North or South Islands respectively before the 31st March, 1893, inquiry will be made by the officer above referred to, when, if it is found that each applicant is equally entitled to a bonus in either the North Island or the South Island, the amount will be divided, but in no case shall more than £250 be paid for salt manufactured in the North Island and £250 for salt manufactured in the South Island.

5. The salt in respect of which any bonus is claimed and the material used in its manufacture will be examined by the officer aforesaid, who may require proof that the salt is of genuine New Zealand production, and that sales have been made at fair market prices.

R. J. SEDDON, Minister of Mines.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,

Wellington, 16th September, 1891.

IN pursuance of regulations under "The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886," notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1893, the period of literature will be the reign of Elizabeth, and the special books will be Shakespeare's Hamlet and Macaulay's Essays on Bacon and Walpole.

W. P. REEVES, Minister of Education.

Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Wellington, 4th May, 1892.

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."

HUGH POLLEN, For the Under-Secretary.