Mar. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 491

Bonus No. 2.

A bonus of £250 is offered for a process of utilising the
waste products of the hemp.

The first three conditions of Bonus No. 1 to apply to this
also.

The committee shall supply a sufficient and equal quantity
of the waste products to each process as a test.

On completion of the tests the committee shall report to
the Minister, and shall give the following particulars of each
process: (a.) The nature of the article made. (b.) The
quantity produced, and the cost of production. (c.) The
value of the product. (d.) Whether any of the processes are
of sufficient importance to warrant the Minister in giving
(1) the whole, or (2) any part, of the bonus; (3) if a part
only, how much.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister for Agriculture.

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.

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 un-
expended 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 repay-
ment, together with an account of his expenditure to the
same date, as required by clause 4 of the Treasury Regu-
lations.

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 trans-
mit 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.

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.

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, 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,