MAR. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 447

STRATFORD COUNTY COUNCIL.

Result of poll taken on the 2nd day of March, 1896, upon the proposal to borrow £400, under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," to form and gravel the Ronald Road from the Opunake Road to a point on the Ronald Road 4 chains south of the north-west corner peg of Section 75 of Block V., Ngaire Survey District:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 7; number of votes exercisable, 7: Number of ratepayers voting in favour of the proposal, 4; number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 4; number of ratepayers voting against the proposal, nil.

I declare the above proposal to be carried.

WILLIAM MONKHOUSE,
Chairman.

Dated at Stratford, 3rd March, 1896.

Additional Regulation for Examination of Masters and Mates.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 10th March, 1896.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in me by the 24th section of "The Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877," I ho hereby make the following regulation as to the examination of masters and mates.

J. G. WARD,
Minister having Charge of the Marine Department.

REGULATION.

47A. Whenever an authority, other than the authority which granted the certificate, indorses or cancels an indorsement on a certificate issued under the Imperial Merchant Shipping Act or Order in Council, a notification of such indorsement or cancellation, however or wherever effected, shall be sent to the Board of Trade and to the authority which granted the certificate.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 7th March, 1896.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders for the supply and delivery of ironwork for Cape Palliser Lighthouse is published for general information.

W. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

Accepted.

S. Luke and Co. (Limited), Wellington .. 709 0 0

Declined.

W. Cable and Co., Wellington .. .. 773 15 2
J. Anderson, Christchurch .. .. 848 14 0
Charles Judd, Thames .. .. 850 0 0
Despatch Foundry Company, Greymouth .. 895 6 7
Messrs. Beaney and Sons, Auckland .. 949 0 0

Notice to Imprestees under "The Public Revenues Act, 1891."

The Treasury,
Wellington, 20th February, 1896.

EVERY officer holding advances of public money is hereby required to pay to the Public Account, at the nearest branch of the Bank of New Zealand, the unexpended balance in his hand on or before Tuesday, the 31st March proximo, and forthwith to transmit to the Treasury at Wellington the bank receipt for such repayment, together with an account of his expenditure to the same date, as required by clause 4 of the Treasury Regulations.

As respects disbursements which officers may require to make immediately after the close of the financial year, requisitions for the amount required are to be made in such time as to enable them to reach Wellington not later than the 16th March, so that the requisite funds may be placed at the disposal of the officer on the 1st April.

J. G. WARD,
Colonial Treasurer.

Notice to Receivers of Public Moneys.

WITH a view to the early completion of the Treasury accounts of the current financial year, ending on Tuesday, the 31st instant, Receivers are directed to prepare copies of their cash-books for the period ended on that day, and to transmit the same by post to the Receiver-General immediately after the bank has closed on that date.

The accounting period, which ends on Saturday, the 28th March, shall be and is hereby extended to Tuesday, the 31st idem.

The account for the period will include all receipts after bank hours on the 21st March, and during the week ending the 28th, as well as any amounts received up to the time when the bank closes on Tuesday, the 31st instant.

Officers who render four-weekly accounts will also extend their account to Tuesday, the 31st instant, so as to embrace all transactions from the closing of the bank on the 29th February to the 31st March.

If any bank receipts for moneys paid in on or before the 31st instant are received from sub-offices after copies of cash-books have been posted, officers are directed to enter all such receipts in a supplementary account, and to transmit a copy thereof to the Receiver-General on the same day.

The first ordinary account for the new year shall be for the period from the 1st to 4th April, both inclusive, and is only to contain such revenue as may have been paid to the Public Account subsequent to the 31st instant, or collected after bank hours on that date.

The first four-weekly account shall be for the period from the 1st to the 25th April, both inclusive.

Receivers are requested to take great care that the copies of their cash-books to be rendered during the current month are promptly posted.

JAMES B. HEYWOOD,
Receiver-General.

The Treasury, Wellington, 2nd March, 1896.

Alterations to the Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges in Force upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

IN pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me under "The Public Works Act, 1894," and any amendment thereof, and also of "The Government Railways Act, 1894," I, Alfred Jerome Cadman, the Minister for Railways, do hereby make the following alterations in the scale of fares, rates, and charges in force on the New Zealand Government railways open for traffic, such alterations to come into force on and after the 16th day of March, 1896:—

PART I.—PASSENGERS: GENERAL FARES AND REGULATIONS.

NEWSPAPER REPORTERS' SEASON TICKETS.

22. Season tickets will be issued at half-rates to newspaper reporters, upon application from the proprietor or manager of the newspaper, certifying that the ticket is to be used only for the purpose of reporting, by a bonâ fide reporter, permanently and wholly engaged on the staff of the newspaper, and not following any other profession or occupation.

The maximum charge for either Island will be £10.

PART IV.—GOODS: LOCAL RATES.

AUCKLAND SECTION.

Coal-slack, native, for lime-burning, ore-roasting, and brick-burning purposes, from Huntly or Kimihia, will be charged as follows to the stations named:—

Te Aroha, 4s. 6d. per ton.
Paeroa, 5s. 3d. per ton.

Minimum quantity, 6 tons per truck.

As witness my hand, this ninth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

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 containing 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, Wellington, 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