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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 38

Bonus for the Manufacture of Potassium Cyanide.

Department of Industries and Commerce,
Wellington, 17th January, 1895.

N OTICE is hereby given that a bonus of £1,000 will be
paid for the erection of a plant and the manufacture
in New Zealand of the first 200 tons of crude cyanide of
potassium from colonial produce.

1. The plant must be capable of producing at least 70
   tons of crude cyanide of potassium annually.

2. The crude cyanide of potassium so manufactured shall
   contain at least 70 per cent. of potassium cyanide.

3. The bonus will be paid in two equal instalments, the
   first instalment being payable on the production of the first
   100 tons, and the second instalment on the production of
   the second 100 tons, of crude cyanide of potassium contain-
   ing the required percentage of potassium cyanide.

4. On the completion of the plant, notice in writing must
   be sent to the Minister of Industries and Commerce, Wel-
   ington, who will appoint an officer to inspect the same,
   together with the raw material then available from which
   the cyanide of potassium is proposed to be manufactured.

5. The officer so appointed shall from time to time inspect
   the process of manufacture, in order that he may satisfy
   himself that the whole of the cyanide of potassium is being
   manufactured from material of New Zealand production;
   and before any bonus is paid such officer will be required
   to certify that he is satisfied the crude cyanide of potassium
   is the product of New Zealand material only, and that it
   contains the required percentage of potassium cyanide.

6. The bonus must be claimed for the first 100 tons on or
   before the 31st March, 1897, and for the second 100 tons on
   or before the 30th September, 1898.

J. G. WARD.

Officiating Ministers for 1895.—Notice No. 15.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 20th May, 1895.

P URSUANT 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 in-
tituled "The Marriage Act, 1880," the following name of
an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is
published for general information:—

Roman Catholic Church.
The Reverend Joseph A. O'Connor.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Public Notice under "The Stock Act, 1893," re Swine-fever.
—No. 413.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 3rd May, 1895.

I T having been reported to me that the disease known as
"swine-fever" exists amongst pigs belonging to Mr.
J. C. Anderson, of Stirling, farmer, and running on his farm-
lands, comprising Sections 6, 7, 8, 9, in Block XIII., North
Molyneux District, I therefore, in accordance with sec-
tion 14, subsection (4), of "The Stock Act, 1893," hereby
declare such lands to be an infected place from which no
swine, carcase, or any portion thereof, or any fodder or fit-
tings, &c., shall be removed, except under the direction of an
Inspector of Stock.

JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Chief Inspector of Stock.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 24th September, 1894.

I N pursuance of regulations under "The Civil Service
Reform Act, 1886," notice is hereby given that for the
Senior Examination of January, 1896, the period of literature
will be the first half of the nineteenth century, and the
special books will be Carlyle's "Sartor Resartus" and
Milton's "Samson Agonistes."

W. P. REEVES,
Minister of Education.

*Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of
"The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894."

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 21st May, 1895.

N OTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken out
administration, the Public Trustee has filed in the
office of the Supreme Court at Wellington an election to ad-
minister the several intestate estates of the persons deceased
whose names, residences, and occupations, so far as known,
are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross properties
being estimated not to exceed £250 in each case.

Arthur Palmerston Burnham, late of Reefton, in the Pro-
vincial District of Nelson, school-teacher. Filed on the 15th
day of May, 1895.

Thomas Reid, late of Thames, in the Provincial District
of Auckland, carpenter. Filed on the 15th day of May, 1895.

Ann Selina Bandeen, late of Dunedin, in the Provincial
District of Otago, married woman. Filed on the 16th day of
May, 1895.

Helen Ankins, late of Invercargill, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Otago, widow. Filed on the 16th day of May, 1895.

Robert Rice, late of Duvauchelles Bay, in the Provincial
District of Canterbury, labourer. Filed on the 16th day of
May, 1895.

James Butler, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District
of Auckland, labourer. Filed on the 18th day of May, 1895.

James Lamb, late of Rangiora, in the Provincial District
of Canterbury, labourer. Filed on the 18th day of May,
1895.

Arundel Cleave Hugo, late of Gisborne, in the Provincial
District of Auckland, tutor. Filed on the 18th day of May,
1895.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the
month of April, 1895. Altitude above the sea, 140ft.
Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

Table Headers:

• Date
• Barometer reduced to 32° and corrected, inches
• From Self-registering Instruments, for Twenty-four Hours previously:
  • Max. Temp. in Shade, Fah.
  • Min. Temp. in Shade, Fah.
  • Mean Temp. in Shade, Fah.
  • Solar Radiation, Fah.
  • Terrestrial Radiation, Fah.
  • Rainfall, in Inches
  • Veloc. Wind, in Miles
  • Amount of Cloud, 0 to 10
  • Direction of Wind

Means:

• 30·040
• 59·2
• 47·9
• 53·6
• 104·7
• 36·6
• 11·232
• 228
• 5·2

Same month previous years:

• 30·053
• ..
• ..
• 57·0
• ..
• ..
• 3·525
• ..
• ..

Note.—Showery early part of month, but on 12th heavy
rain commenced from S.E. and continued without ceasing
until night of 15th, the total fall being 9·90in.; the maxi-
mum fall was recorded on 15th for previous twenty-four hours,
4·95in.; a strong S.E. gale during this period; and floods in the
district. A few days of fine weather followed, but last part of
month showery. Altogether a most unpleasant and stormy
month. Maximum temperature in shade 66°, minimum
41°; mean temperature of dew-point, 45°·1; mean humidity,
73. Earthquake on 17th, at 4.40 p.m., slight.

R. B. GORE, Observer.