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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 41

No. 6, Barrett Road District, County of Taranaki :
John Bell.
Charles Evans.
Paul Champion Morton.
Duncan McAllum.

Manganui Road District, County of Stratford :
Richard Edwards.
George Blanchard.
D’Arcy Hamilton.
William Hathaway.
Alfred T. Scrivener.
George Capper.
Frank Towler.

Otago Heads Road District, County of Peninsula :
John James McAuley.
Alexander Dickson.
William Argue.
Thomas Wilson.
Charles Glass.
David Henry Leith.

Mount Stuart Road District, County of Bruce :
Lovell’s Brook Subdivision—John Adam.
” Alexander Lowery.
” C. J. Crawford.
Adamsthorpe Subdivision—J. E. Palmer.
” James Adam.
” William Simpson.
Glenore Subdivision—Robert Craig.
” Hugh Murray.
” Charles Forsyth.

Wyndham Road District, County of Southland :
Redan Subdivision—Donald Stalker.
” John Laidlaw.

Sittings of the Supreme Court, Dunedin Judicial District.

WE, five Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand,
in pursuance of the powers vested in us by “The
Supreme Court Act, 1882,” hereby appoint a sitting for the
trial of criminal cases to be held at the Supreme Courthouse,
Dunedin, on Monday, the 29th day of August, 1892, at
10 a.m.

Given under our hands, at Wellington, this twentieth
day of May, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-two.

JAMES PRENDERGAST.
C. W. RICHMOND.
JOSHUA STRANGE WILLIAMS.
J. E. DENNISTON.
Edw. T. CONOLLY.

N.B.—This sitting is appointed in substitution for the
sitting before appointed for the 5th September.

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 litera-
ture 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.

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,

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

4. 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.

5. 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 manu-
   factured in the South Island.

6. 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.

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,

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

4. 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.

5. 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.

Examination of Mine Managers and Engine-drivers.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 19th May, 1892.

AN examination of candidates for certificates as First-
and Second-class Mine Managers and Engine-drivers
under “The Mining Act, 1891,” and “The Coal-mines Act,
1891,” will be held on the 9th August, 1892, and three fol-
lowing days, at places to be hereafter named. All applica-
tions, with necessary certificates, and fee of £1, must be
addressed to “The Secretary of the Board of Examiners
under the Mining Act or Coal-mines Act, Wellington,” and
must be received before the 8th July, or they will not be
dealt with until the February examination.

T. H. HAMER,
Secretary to the Board of Examiners.

Government Life Insurance Department.—Agency opened at
Duvauchelle, Canterbury.

Government Life Insurance Department,
Wellington, 14th May, 1892.

AN agency of the above department will be opened
at the

POST-OFFICE, DUVAUCHELLE, CANTERBURY,
as from the 23rd May, 1892.

JOSEPHUS H. RICHARDSON,
Commissioner.

Crown Lands Notices.

Rural Land for Sale by Auction.

District Land and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 16th May, 1892.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of “The Land Act, 1885,”
that the under-mentioned section of rural land will be
offered for sale for cash, by public auction, at this office, on
Wednesday, the 17th August, 1892.

One-fifth of the purchase-money, and the amount of
valuation for improvements, must be deposited on the fall
of the hammer, and the balance, together with £1 Crown-
grant fee, within thirty days, or the deposit will be forfeited.

There are no limitations or restrictions incumbent upon
purchasers of cash lands at auction.

Plans and full particulars may be obtained at this office.