Oct. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1367

I hereby certify that the above special order was made by the Eketa huna Road Board on the 8th day of October, 1892, as required by the Road Boards Act.

W. BAYLISS,
Clerk to the Eketa huna Road Board.

Eketa huna, 10th October, 1892.

Gold-mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 10th October, 1892.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-mining lease cancelled, and that the ground is now open for application as if no lease of the said ground had ever been applied for:—

Charles Brandes, Peter Guthardt, Charles Flannery; William Pratt, and William Martmann ; Section 57, Block V., Kawatiri. No. 1394.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Mines.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 12th October, 1892.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders for the Drainage Contract, Government Buildings, Christchurch, is published for general information.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister for Public Works.

Accepted.

W. Smith, Christchurch .. .. .. 1,419 11 10

Declined.

Joseph Jebsen, Christchurch (informal) .. 1,388 4 8
J. Gee, Christchurch .. .. 1,433 14 7
P. Hyndman, Christchurch .. 1,444 0 0
A. Swanston, Christchurch .. 1,461 13 9
H. Barrett, Christchurch .. .. 1,470 0 0
W. Bowen, Christchurch .. .. 1,471 5 2
Messrs. Greig and Hunter, Christchurch .. 1,497 10 9
J. and W. Jamieson, Christchurch .. 1,624 0 0
T. Marriott, Christchurch .. .. 1,631 6 7
J. Taylor, Christchurch .. .. 1,660 13 0
T. Turvey and Son, Christchurch .. 1,668 0 0

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, 15th September, 1892.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1894, the period of literature will be the reign of Queen Anne, and the special books will be Shakespeare’s King Henry V. and Lamb’s Essays of Elia.

W. P. REEVES,
Minister of Education.

In the matter of the Will of Charles Fletcher Harrison, late of Warrengate, Farmer, deceased.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 11th October, 1892.

IT is hereby notified that this 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.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 10th October, 1892.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that the Hon. the Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided to interpret “The Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1888,” in relation to the under-mentioned articles as follow:—

NOTE.—“Not otherwise enumerated” appears as n.o.e.; “other kinds” as o.k.; “articles and materials suited only for, and to be used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the colony” as a. & m.s. Articles marked thus * are revised decisions.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.

Commissioner’s Order No. 431.]