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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 95

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.

Examination of Mine Managers and Engine-drivers.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 1st November, 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 24th January, 1893, and three following days, at places to be hereafter named. All applications, 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 1st January, 1893, or they will not be dealt with until the following examination.

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

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.

Money-order and Savings-bank Office opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 6th December, 1892.

IT is hereby notified for general information that a Money-order and Savings-bank office will be opened at Te Kuiti (Chief Office, Auckland), from the 16th instant.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Crown Lands Notices.

Hammer Plains Reserve.—Sale of Leases of Town and Rural Lands.

District Land and Survey Office,
Nelson, 5th December, 1892.

IT is hereby notified that the town and rural lands, being subdivisions of the Hammer Plains Reserve, described in the Schedule hereunder, will, in pursuance of subsection (2) of section 242 of "The Land Act, 1892," be offered for lease by public auction, for the term of forty-two years, at Culverden, on Monday, the 9th January, 1893, at the hour of 1.15 p.m.

SCHEDULE.

No. of | Area. | Annual | No. of | Area. | Annual
Section.| | Rentals.| Section.| | Rentals.

TOWN SECTIONS.

Block I.

A. R. P. | £ s. d.
3 | 1 0 0 | 1 10 0
4 | 1 0 0 | 1 10 0
7 | 0 3 32 | 1 0 0
8 | 1 0 13 | 1 0 0
9 | 0 3 24 | 1 0 0
11 | 1 1 19 | 1 10 0
12 | 1 0 0 | 1 10 0

Block II.

3 | 0 1 32 | 1 15 0
4-7 | 0 1 32 | 1 10 0
8, 9 | 0 3 0 | 1 0 0
12 | 0 3 30 | 1 0 0
14, 15 | 0 3 0 | 1 0 0
18 | 1 0 31 | 1 0 0

Block III.

8-12 | 0 1 32 | 1 10 0
13,14, | 0 3 0 | 1 0 0
15,16, |
18,19, |
and20 |
17 | 0 3 22 | 1 0 0

• Each.

RURAL SECTIONS.

A. R. P. | £ s. d.
1 | 15 0 39 | 1 10 0
2 | 12 0 0 | 1 15 0
5 | 11 1 26 | 2 5 0
7 | 13 1 11 | 1 5 0
9 | 18 2 12 | 0 12 6
10 | 36 2 30 | 1 16 0
11 | 19 1 32 | 0 10 0
12 | 18 2 23 | 0 10 0
13 | 14 1 30 | 0 14 0
14 | 27 0 6 | 1 7 0
15 | 14 2 25 | 1 8 0
16 | 14 2 29 | 1 8 0
17 | 12 0 0 | 1 4 0
18 | 10 3 23 | 1 1 0
19 | 22 1 22 | 1 2 0
20 | 11 3 36 | 0 10 0
21 | 36 3 13 | 2 14 0
22 | 66 0 25 | 1 13 0
23 | 38 0 2 | 1 18 0
24 | 41 1 31 | 2 1 0
25 | 42 0 0 | 3 13 0
26 | 22 2 27 | 1 0 0
27 | 24 2 3 | 1 0 0
28 | 23 0 32 | 0 10 0
29 | 21 0 22 | 2 2 0
30, 31 | 103 0 20 | 3 11 0
32 | 40 0 0 | 3 0 0
33 | 26 1 14 | 1 0 0
34 | 20 0 0 | 0 15 0
35 | 27 2 29 | 2 15 0
36 | 24 0 13 | 2 8 0
37 | 20 0 0 | 0 10 0

Rural Sections 1, 2, and 7, chiefly covered with manuka scrub, undulating clay soil. Section 5, covered with flax, manuka, and tussock; fairly good undulating soil. Section 6, covered with flax, manuka, and tussock; one-third good swampy ground, one-third cold clay soil, remainder shingly flat. Section 9, nearly all tussocked-covered flat, poor soil. Section 10, fairly good soil towards the river, remainder poor and shingly. Section 11, shingly soil covered with tussock, some short native grass on top of terrace. Section 12, flat covered with tussock, poor stony soil. Section 13, tussocked-covered flats, shingly, fairly good soil. Section 14, one-third good flax and manuka swamp, remainder rather poor shingly soil covered with tussock. Sections 15 and 17, about three-fourths good easily-drained flax and manuka swamp, remainder poor soil. Section 16, all good easily-drained flax and manuka swamp. Section 18, about three-fourths good easily-drained flax and manuka swamp, a little dry soil covered with tussock and manuka, good section. Section 19, fairly good soil, tussock, and a little manuka scrub. Section 20, covered with tussock, inferior soil, much broken by terraces. Section 21, fairly good soil, portion good flax and manuka swamp, rather good section. Section 22, tussocked-covered hills, fit only for grazing. Section 23, tussocked-covered hillside, a little manuka scrub, poor soil. Section 24, half tussocked-covered hillside, about one-third manuka, poor clay soil. Section 25, tussock and a little manuka scrub, well sheltered, front part between road and river very poor, remainder fairly good. Section 26, covered with tussock and a little manuka, fairly good soil along the creek. Section 27, about one-fourth good easily-drained flax and manuka swamp, remainder poor shingly soil. Section 28, dry shingly soil, three-parts manuka scrub, remainder tussock. Section 29, about two-fifths good drainable swampy soil, remainder rather poor manuka and tussock-covered soil. Section 30, about seven-eighths fairly-good hills for grazing, covered with tussock, about one-third ploughable at the foot of the spurs, one-eighth good flax and manuka swamp. Section 31, poor tussock-covered hillside. Section 32, two-thirds drainable good flax and manuka swamp, remainder poor shingly soil. Section 33, about 10 acres fairly-good soil, remainder poor tussock-covered flat. Section 34, about four-fifths poor shingly soil, remainder good swampy soil. Section 35, about three-fourths good easily-drained flax swamp, remainder poor shingly soil. Section 36, one-half good easily-drained flax swamp, remainder fairly-good tussock- and manuka-covered land. Section 37, poor, dry shingly soil, covered with tussock and manuka scrub.

Terms of Sale: Rents are payable half-yearly, in advance, to the Receiver of Land Revenue at Nelson. The first half-year's rent to be paid on the day of sale, together with a fee of £1 1s. for the lease.