SEPT. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1485

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 manufactured 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.]

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 conditions:—

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 appointed for the purpose by the Government.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 25th September, 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 Supreme Court Office, at the place stated after the name of each such deceased person:—

Jane Westfield, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington. Filed at Wellington on the 18th day of September, 1894.

Patrick Mangin, late of Levin, in the Provincial District of Wellington. Filed at Wellington on the 18th day of September, 1894.

Maggie Sinclair, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and formerly of Dunedin. Filed at Wellington on the 20th day of September, 1894.

John Meech, late of Otakeho, in the Provincial District of Taranaki. Filed at New Plymouth on the 19th day of September, 1894.

John Gleeson, late of Marshlands, in the Provincial District of Canterbury. Filed at Christchurch on the 19th day of September, 1894.

Arper Alesworth, late of Koromiko, in the Provincial District of Marlborough. Filed at Blenheim on the 19th day of September, 1894.

John Douglas, late of Caversham, in the Provincial District of Otago. Filed at Dunedin on the 20th day of September, 1894.

Thomas Ross, late of Hyde, in the Provincial District of Otago. Filed at Dunedin on the 21st day of September, 1894.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Additional Land taken in Waikoukou Block VII. and Pukeatua Block VI., Kumeu Survey District, for the Purposes of the Newmarket to Kano hi Railway.

A NOTIFICATION.

WHEREAS it has been found desirable for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the Newmarket to Kano hi Railway to take further land in Waikoukou Block VII. and Pukeatua Block VI., in addition to land previously-acquired for the purposes of the said railway, which is a railway vested in the New Zealand Railway Commissioners under the provisions of “The Government Railways Act, 1887”:

Now, therefore, we, the New Zealand Railway Commissioners, in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on us by “The Government Railways Act, 1887,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling us in that behalf, do hereby notify and declare that the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are taken for the purposes above mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

THE several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

All in the Provincial District of Auckland, as the said parcels of land are more particularly delineated on the plan marked 6249, deposited in the office of the New Zealand Railway Commissioners, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

Given under the common seal of the New Zealand Railway Commissioners, at Wellington, this seventeenth day of (L.S.) September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

JAMES McKERROW,}
T. RONAYNE, } Railway
JOHN L. SCOTT, } Commissioners.

Alterations and Additions to the Scale of Fares and Charges in Force upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

THE New Zealand Railway Commissioners, in exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred by “The Government Railways Act, 1887,” do hereby make the following alterations in and additions to the scale of fares, rates, and charges on the New Zealand Government Railways, to come into force on and after the 1st day of October, 1894:—

PART IV.—GOODS: LOCAL RATES.

AUCKLAND SECTION.

Timber from Onehunga to Tarukenga will be charged 3s. 10d. per 100 superficial feet.

Copra, candlenuts, peanuts, rape-seed, linseed, sodas, and other raw material for the manufacture of oil, soap, candles, and acids, and earthenware empties for sulphuric acid, from Auckland to Westfield, will be charged 3s. 6d. per ton, including all charges; minimum charge, 7s.

Oil, soap, candles, soda-crystals, refined tallow, sulphuric acid, and oilcake, from Westfield to Auckland, will be charged 3s. 6d. per ton; minimum charge, 7s.

HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION.

Dead Meat, Oamaru to Port Chalmers.

Dead meat, from Oamaru to Port Chalmers, will be charged 15s. per ton.

PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS.

Acid, sulphuric, packed, from local factories, in consignments of not less than 2 tons. Owners’ risk. Dangerous . . . . . . . . . . . . Class A.

The common seal of the New Zealand Railway Commissioners was hereunto affixed, this twenty-fourth day of Sep- (L.S.) tember, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, in the presence of

JAMES McKERROW,}
T. RONAYNE, } Railway
JOHN L. SCOTT, } Commissioners.