Oct. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1563

Notice of Intention to take Land for a School.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the
provisions of “The West Coast Settlements Act,
1892,” and “The Public Works Act, 1894,” to execute a
certain public work, to wit, the construction of a school, on
Subdivision No. 7 of Section 33, Block IV., Carlyle Survey
District, and for the purposes of such public work the land
described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken ;
and notice is further given that the plan of the land so
required to be taken is deposited in the Post-office at
Patea, and is there open for inspection. And notice is
hereby given that all persons affected by the execution of
the said public work or by the taking of the said land shall,
if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution
of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set
forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within
forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the
Minister for Public Works, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

The parcel of land mentioned hereunder :—

| Approximate | | Situated in | Survey |
| Area of | Being | Block No. | District. |
| the Parcel | | | |
| of Land | | | |
| required to be | | | |
| taken. | | | |
| A. R. P. | | | |
| 3 0 0 | Part of Subdivision | IV. | Carlyle. |
| | No. 7 of Section | | |
| | No. 33 | | |

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this second
day of October, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-five.
W. P. REEVES,
For Minister for Public Works.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 24th September, 1895.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service
Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the
Senior Examination of January, 1897, the period of literature
will be the reign of Elizabeth, and the special books will be
George Eliot’s “Romola” and Shakespeare’s “Tempest.”
W. P. REEVES,
Minister of Education.

Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver.

Mines Office,
Wellington, 19th September, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of fourpence
(4d.) per pound will be paid on the production of the
first one hundred thousand pounds weight (100,000lb.) of
good marketable retorted quicksilver, free from all impuri-
ties, from any mine in New Zealand, on the following con-
ditions, that is to say :—

1. That at least one-third of the quantity is produced on
   or before the 31st March, 1897, and the remaining two-
   thirds on or before the 31st March, 1899.
2. No bonus will be payable until the whole of the one
   hundred thousand pounds (100,000lb.) of quicksilver has
   been produced as stipulated to the satisfaction of an officer
   to be appointed by the Minister of Mines, and on whose
   certificate alone the bonus will be paid.
3. In the event of more than one person producing the
   required quantities of quicksilver before the dates named,
   inquiry will be made by the officer above referred to, when,
   if it is found that each applicant is equally entitled to a
   bonus, the amount will be divided in proportion to the
   quantities produced by each applicant, but in no case shall
   any bonus be paid until at least one hundred thousand
   pounds (100,000lb.) of quicksilver has been produced in the
   aggregate.
   A. J. CADMAN,
   Minister of Mines.

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-
   lngton, 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.

Government Life Insurance Department.—Agency opened at
Cust, Canterbury.

Government Life Insurance Department,
Wellington, 25th September, 1895.

AN agency of the above department will be opened at
the

RAILWAY-STATION, CUST,

as from the 30th September, 1895.
JOSEPHUS H. RICHARDSON,
Commissioner.

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.

Public Notice under “The Stock Act, 1893,” re Anthrax.—
Notice No. 421.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 21st August, 1895.

IT having been reported to me that the disease known as
“anthrax” exists amongst stock running on certain
lands in the County of Waipa, I therefore, in accordance
with section 14, subsection (4), of “The Stock Act, 1893,”
hereby declare the under-mentioned lands to be an infected
place, from which no stock, carcase, or any portion thereof,
or any fodder or fittings, &c., shall be removed, except under
the direction of an Inspector of Stock :—
Farm known as “Holmwood,” occupied by Mrs. A. L.
Martyn, of Ohaupo, comprising 600 acres, more or less.
Lands in occupation of Mr. D. Turnwald, Ohaupo, and
used as a slaughter-yard, comprising 30 acres, more or less ;
and lands in occupation of D. Turnwald, bounded by farm
occupied by Mrs. A. L. Martyn, and shore of Horseshoe
Lake, 3 acres, more or less; lands in occupation of Mr.
G. A. Kusab, near Ohaupo, 250 acres, more or less.
JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Chief Inspector of Stock.

Public Notice under “The Stock Act, 1893,” re Anthrax.—
Notice No. 422.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 26th August, 1895.

IT having been reported to me that the disease known as
“anthrax” exists amongst stock running on certain
lands in the County of Waipa, I therefore, in accordance
with section 14, subsection (4), of “The Stock Act, 1893,”
hereby declare the under-mentioned lands to be an infected
place from which no stock, carcase, or any portion thereof,
or any fodder or fittings, &c., shall be removed, except under
the direction of an Inspector of Stock :—
Lands in occupation of Mr. George Watt, situated between
Hautapu and Cambridge, being part of Section 188, Cemetery
Reserve, 10 acres, more or less.
JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Chief Inspector of Stock.