Aug. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1369

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th August, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue
Letters of Naturalisation, under "The Aliens Act,
1830," in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Appointing Poverty Bay a Port at which Customs Agents must be licensed.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this
purpose vested by "The Customs Laws Consolidation
Act, 1882," I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do
hereby appoint and declare that the

Port of Poverty Bay

shall be a port at which persons acting as agents in the
entrance or clearance of ships, goods, or baggage, or any
business relating thereto, shall be required to be duly licensed
for that purpose.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth
day of August, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-four.

J. G. WARD,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner's Order No. 490.]

Appointing Oamaru a Port at which Customs Agents must be licensed.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this
purpose vested by "The Customs Laws Consolidation
Act, 1882," I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do
hereby appoint and declare that the

Port of Oamaru

shall be a port at which persons acting as agents in the
entrance or clearance of ships, goods, or baggage, or any
business relating thereto, shall be required to be duly licensed
for that purpose.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth
day of August, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-four.

J. G. WARD,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner's Order No. 491.]

Bonus on Mineral Oil manufactured from Orepuki Shale.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th June, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus will be paid for the
production of mineral oil under the following condi-
tions:—

1. A bonus of 1s. per gallon (£5,000) will be paid on the
   first 100,000 gallons of mineral oil produced from shale
   obtained in the Orepuki district, Otago; the oil to be of a
   quality approved of by Government, and to be sold at a fair
   average market price.

2. Notice of intention to claim the aforesaid bonus must
   be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not later than
   the 31st December, 1894.

3. The claim must be made before the 30th June, 1895.

4. The first claimant who proves to the satisfaction of the
   Government that he has fulfilled all the conditions to be the
   recipient of the bonus.

5. The other conditions, as to quantity, priority, quality,
   and value, to be fulfilled to the satisfaction of an officer ap-
   pointed for the purpose by the Government.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Bonus on Starch manufactured in New Zealand.—Amended Notice.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th November, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of two pounds
(£2) a ton will be paid on 100 tons of starch manu-
factured in the Colony of New Zealand in each of the years
1893 and 1894.

CONDITIONS.

1. Notice of intention to claim the bonus for 100 tons in
   1893 must be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not
   later than the 31st December, 1893. Notice of intention to
   claim the bonus for 100 tons in 1894 must be given in the
   same manner not later than the 31st December, 1894.

2. The claims must be made respectively before the 31st
   December, 1893 and 1894.

3. The first claimant who proves to the satisfaction of the
   Government that he has fulfilled all the conditions is to be
   the recipient of the bonus.

4. Evidence to be produced of such a nature as will enable
   an officer appointed by the Government to certify that the
   above-stated quantity in each year has been actually made,
   sold, and delivered.

5. The bonus to be paid only on the certificate of such
   officer.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

[NOTE.—The above notice is in lieu of notice dated 10th October,
1893, published in Gazette of 12th October, 1893.]

Officiating Ministers for 1894.—Notice No. 26.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 29th August, 1894.

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 inti-
tuled "The Marriage Act, 1880," the following names of
Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act
are published for general information:—

Roman Catholic Church.
The Reverend Edmund Macormack.

Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland.
The Reverend Adam Begg.

Congregational Independents.
The Reverend William Mill Fell.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Notice by Public Trustee under "The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1892."

In the matter of a parcel of land containing by admeasure-
ment 40 acres, more or less, being Rural Sections 5552
and 5553, situate at Greenpark, in the Springs Road
District, Leeston Survey District, Provincial District of
Canterbury, the last registered owner being James Edwin
Graham, then of Christchurch, said to be now of Sydney,
New South Wales, accountant (as trustee of George A. E.
Ross's estate). The land is in occupation of Henry
Gillan.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has been made aware of
the above-described land having no known owner,
and he, having made reasonable inquiry, can discover neither
the owner nor any agent for the said land, nor any objection
to the said land being declared subject to the above-named
Act:

Now, this is to give notice to all whom it may concern
that, unless on or before the 31st day of March, 1895, the
owner of the above-described land establishes his title thereto
to the satisfaction of the Supreme Court or any Judge of
such Court, the Public Trustee will take the steps prescribed
by "The Land Transfer Act, 1885," to be registered as the
owner of such land.

Dated this 27th day of August, 1894.
J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Notice by the Public Trustee of his Election to administer Intestate Estates.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 28th August, 1894.

NOTICE.—It is hereby notified that, in pursuance of the
provisions of section 8 of "The Public Trust Office
Acts Amendment Act, 1893," the Public Trustee, having
elected to administer the property of the following persons,
who, so far as is known, have died intestate within the
Colony of New Zealand, did file his election in writing at the