Oct. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1715

Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," to form, grade, culvert,
bridge, and metal the Palmer Road North from the Opunake
Road to a point a chain beyond Mr. Allan's gate:—
Number of ratepayers on special roll, 7; number of votes
exercisable, 7: Number of ratepayers voting in favour of
the proposal, 5; number of votes recorded in favour of the
proposal, 5; number of ratepayers voting against the pro-
posal, nil.
I declare the above proposal to be carried.
Wm. MONKHOU8E,
Chairman.
Dated at Stratford, 25th October, 1895.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Waimate Road Board,
Hawera County.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th October, 1895.
THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the
Waimate Road Board, is published in accordance
with the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."
P. A. BUCKLEY.

Waimate Road Board.—Watino Road. — Proposed Loan of
£400.
Result of poll taken on 26th October, 1895:—
Number of ratepayers on roll, 7, representing 7 votes:
Number of votes recorded in favour, 5; number of votes
recorded against, 2; number of votes not recorded, nil.
A majority of ratepayers, exercising a majority of votes,
being in favour of the proposal, I therefore declare the pro-
posal carried.
Philip McCARTHY,
Chairman, Waimate Road Board.
Manai'a, 28th October, 1895.

Arrangements for First Elections, &c., Borough of Mataura,
County of Southland.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th October, 1895.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
John Charles McGREGOR,
of Mataura, to be Town Clerk of the Borough of Mataura as
constituted under "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,"
and also to be Returning Officer for the purpose of conduct-
ing the first election of Mayor and Councillors of the said
borough; also to fix that the number of Councillors for the
said borough shall be seven; also to appoint Tuesday, the
26th day of November, 1895, to be the day for holding the
first election of Mayor, and Friday, the 29th day of Novem-
ber, 1895, to be the day for holding the first election of seven
Councillors, for the said borough; and also to appoint Tues-
day, the 3rd day of December, 1895, at noon, to be the time,
and the Oddfellows' Hall, Short Street, Mataura, to be the
place, at which the first meeting of the Mataura Borough
Council shall be held.
W. P. REEVES,
For the Colonial Secretary.

Notice to Mariners, No. 44 of 1895.
Marine Department,
Wellington, 28th October, 1895.
THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the
Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, is
published for general information.
J. G. WARD.
VICTORIA.—Outer Harbour, Geelong.—Wilson's Spit Buoy.
Referring to Notice to Mariners dated the 18th October,
1893, notice is hereby given that the gas buoy marking the
end of Wilson's Spit has been shifted, and moored in 25ft.
of water 500ft. north (magnetic) of its former position.
By order.
Alexr. WILSON,
Port Officer.
Harbour Office, Customs,
Melbourne, 27th September, 1895.

Volunteer Officer transferred.
Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th October, 1895.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
prove of the transfer of
Lieutenant John Edward BARLTROP
from the Nelson Naval Artillery Volunteers to the Man-
chester Rifle Volunteers, under paragraph 57, Volunteer
Regulations, 1895, and with effect from the 11th October,
1895.
R. J. SEDDON.

Dress Regulations amended.
Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th October, 1895.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to cancel
that portion of the Dress Regulations for the New
Zealand Forces, published in New Zealand Gazette, No. 69,
of 19th September, 1895, page 1462, wherein the Regulation,
"Leggings for Mounted Rifle Volunteers," is laid down, and
to substitute the following therefor:—
"Leggings.—Brunswick brown leather, universal pattern,
as sealed, not to exceed 13½in. in height, and to be laced
down side with leather loops through five ¾in. brass eyelet-
holes, and fastened at top by a ⅝in. strap, same colour and
quality of leather as legging, with a brass legging-buckle at
one end, the other end projecting 2½in. over the edge, as a
tab, to pass through the top loop and fasten into the buckle;
to be stayed or strengthened on each inside edge with 1½in.,
and at bottom with 2¼in. leather, stitched on each side to
legging."
R. J. SEDDON.

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-
   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,