July 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1085

“I hereby certify that to the best of my knowledge and
belief this application is correct, that the applicant will
attend (1) lectures and classes on (2) , and
also that the applicant is entitled to a Teachers’ Saturday
Ticket.

“Secretary, Education Board.”

“Signed by applicant before me, this day of
189 .

“Postmaster or Stationmaster.”

(1.) Insert here name of lecturer or teacher.
(2.) Insert here subject of lectures.

PART III.—GOODS: REGULATIONS.

(7.) CLASS K.—TIMBER.

Sawn Timber, Squared Logs, and Mouldings.

In computing the measurement of rusticated weather-
boards, tongued-and-grooved flooring and lining boards, and
all other boards of irregular width and thickness, the full
over-all measurement will be charged for—i.e., the board will
be taken to measure as if its greatest width and thickness
were uniform throughout the entire width and thickness of
the board.

In computing the sizes of sawn timber, whether dressed
or undressed, fractional parts less than one-eighth of an
inch in width or thickness will be reckoned as one-eighth of
an inch.

As witness my hand, this ninth day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
A. J. CADMAN,
Minister for Railways.

Bonus for the Manufacture of Potassium Cyanide.

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

NOTICE 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.

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

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

IT 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.

IN 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.

Crown Lands Notices.

Lands in Marlborough to be offered for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 7th June, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that leases, for a term of seven
years, of the under-mentioned sections will be offered
by auction, at Kaikoura, on Wednesday, the 31st day of July,
1895, at 11 a.m.:—

District. | Sections. | Area. | Upset
| | | Annual
| | | Rent.
Town of Kaikoura .. | 249 to 253 | 2 2 4 | £ s. d.
" .. | G | 4 2 9 | 2 10 6
" .. | H | 3 2 31 | 4 11 0
" .. | I | 3 2 15 | 3 14 0
" .. | J | 4 3 36 | 3 12 0
| | | 4 19 6

In the event of any of the above blocks not being re-offered
at the end of the term, the lessees to be allowed to remove
their fencing; and if relet, but not to the present occupiers,
the sections to be weighted with the value of the fencing.

RESERVES FOR LEASING UNDER “THE PUBLIC RESERVES
ACT, 1881.”

Mount Fyffe* .. | 203, Block | 29 0 0 | 15 0 0
| X.

• Weighted with £20, valuation for improvements.

One half-year’s rent and £1 1s. lease-fee in each case must
be paid on the fall of the hammer.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs, Marlborough, open for Lease on
Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 11th June, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small
grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at
the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on and
after Wednesday, the 31st July, 1895, at the annual rental
noted below. If more than one application be received for
the run on the same day, priority of selection will be decided
by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.
First-class Pastoral Country.

Run | Section. | Block. | Area. | Rent | Annual
No. | | | | per Acre. | Rental.

ONAMALUTU SURVEY DISTRICT.
| | | A. R. P. | s. d. | £ s. d.
51 | 6, 13 | XI. | 232 0 0 | 0 3 | 2 18 0
63 | { 1 | X. } | 1,017 0 0 | 0 3 | 12 14 3
| {10 | XI. }
64 | { 4 | X. } | 417 0 0 | 0 3 | 5 4 3
| { 9 | XI. }
65 | { 2 | VII. } | 540 0 0 | 0 3 | 6 15 0
| { 1 | IX. }
66 | 3 | XI. | 500 0 0 | 0 3 | 6 5 0
67 | 4 | " | 378 0 0 | 0 3 | 4 14 6

ORIERI SURVEY DISTRICT.
68 | 8 | II. | 721 0 0 | 0 2·4 | 7 4 2
70 | 5 | " | 330 0 0 | 0 3 | 4 2 6
71 | 6 | " | 231 0 0 | 0 2·4 | 2 6 2
75 | 7 | " | 454 0 0 | 0 3 | 5 13 6

LINKWATER SURVEY DISTRICT.
72 | 10 | III. | 362 0 0 | 0 2·7 | 4 8 0

Run No. 51.—30 acres cleared and in grass, remainder
fern, scrub, manuka, and birch; well-watered, very broken,
soil good in gullies; accessible by road, about fourteen miles
from Blenheim. Weighted with £130, value of improve-
ments.

Run No. 63.—Principally fern, scrub, and birch bush;
good soil in gullies; accessible by road, about seventeen
miles from Blenheim.