Oct. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1589

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-
   lington, 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.

Tenders for Mail-service, Springfield to Kumara.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 9th October, 1895.

SEALED tenders will be received at the Chief Post
Office, Christchurch, until Thursday, 31st instant, for
the conveyance of mails by four-horse coach between
Springfield and Kumara, for a period of three years, from
the 1st January, 1896, to 31st December, 1898.
The attention of intending tenderers is directed to the
terms and conditions of contract printed on the back of the
tender forms, which may be procured at the principal post-
offices.
No tender will be considered unless made on the printed
form.
The contractor whose tender may be accepted must be
prepared to carry out the service according to time-tables
framed by the department.
As this mail-route may be shortened by railway extension,
the Postmaster-General may terminate the contract on
giving one month's previous notice in writing, or may
reduce the subsidy in proportion to the number of miles the
service may be shortened by the length of railway opened or
extended.
Tenders should be indorsed, "Tender for Mail-service,
Springfield to Kumara."

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 7th October, 1895.

NOTICE 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
administer 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.
Margaret Baylor Langmuir, late of Tomahawk, in the
Provincial District of Otago, widow. Filed on the 2nd day
of October, 1895.
Charles Christopher Wilson, late of Kaikoura, in the Pro-
vincial District of Marlborough, farmer. Filed on the 2nd
day of October, 1895.
James Morrell, late of Waimamaku, in the Provincial
District of Auckland, settler. Filed on the 2nd day of
October, 1895.
Joseph Hollis, late of Poroti, in the Provincial District of
Auckland, gumdigger. Filed on the 2nd day of October,
1895.
Patrick Conway, late of Eketahuna, in the Provincial
District of Wellington, labourer. Filed on the 2nd day of
October, 1895.
Mary Lennie, late of Sutherlands, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Christchurch, spinster. Filed on the 2nd day of
October, 1895.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

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.