JUNE 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 833

Notice to Mariners, No. 17 of 1892.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 3rd June, 1892.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, is published for general information

JOHN MCKENZIE,
For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.

SUNKEN WRECK IN THE VICINITY OF NO. 3 BUOY, WEST CHANNEL, PORT PHILLIP BAY.

MARINERS and others are hereby informed that the steamship “Bellinger” has sunk in 17ft. of water, 1¼ cables W.N.W. from No. 3 Buoy, West Channel.

Until further notice the wreck will be marked between sunset and sunrise by the exhibition of three red lights, in globular lanterns, in a vertical line one over the other, not less than 3ft. apart; and between sunrise and sunset by three black balls, not less than 2ft. in diameter, placed in line as described for lanterns.

Caution: Notice will be given for the removal of the wreck, and in the meantime mariners navigating in the vicinity are warned to look out for floating wreckage, and are also requested to report the discovery of the same to this office.

ALEXR. WILSON,
Engineer in Charge, Ports and Harbours.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 22nd April, 1892.

Notice to Mariners, No. 18 of 1892.

Marine Department.
Wellington, 13th June, 1892.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Portmaster, Brisbane, Queensland, is published for general information.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.

INNER ROUTE TO TORRES STRAIT.—POSITION OF KHANDALLA SHOAL.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Khandalla Shoal, having been examined by the Portmaster, is found to lie half a mile S. 43° E. (magnetic) from the position assigned to it on the Admiralty chart. The least water on the shoal is 2¼ fathoms at low-water springs.

JOHN MACKAY,
Pro Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 25th May, 1892.

Authority to frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 10th June, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorise

T. KIRK, Esq., F.L.S.,

to frank and receive letters and parcels in connection with the botany and natural history of the colony, on the public service.

J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General.

Fortification re-named.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th June, 1892.

IT is hereby notified for general information that the battery at Ngahauranga, Wellington, has been re-named “Fort Kelburne.”

R. J. SEDDON.

Officiating Ministers for 1892.—Notice No. 18.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 15th June, 1892.

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:—

Church of Christ.
Mr. Edward Lewis.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Deputy Registrar-General.

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.

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.

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 for that 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.

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-