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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.

Results of Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 1st July, 1896.

THE following notices of elections of members of Road
Boards have been received at this office, and are pub-
lished in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Oruru Road District, County of Mongonui :
John W. Lambly.
George Wilkinson.

Matakana East Road District, County of Rodney :
Manuel Christian.
Charles E. Leeds.

Mercer Road District, County of Manukau :
Michael Gallery.
Samuel Carter.
Frederick Freeman.

Waikohu Road District, County of Cook :
James Orr.
James C. E. Price.

Castlepoint Road District, County of Wairarapa North :
No. 3 Subdivision—
William Herbert Langdon.
No. 4 Subdivision—
William Dalziell.
No. 5 Subdivision—
J. Goring Johnston.

Wirokino Road District, County of Horowhenua :
Shannon Ward—
Robert Gardner.

Waimate Road District, County of Hawera :
Robert Palmer.
Frederick William Wilkie.
William Blennerhassett.

East Malvern Road District, County of Selwyn :
William Lilley.
Richard Scarlett.

Springs Road District, County of Selwyn :
John Wolfe.
Henry Kimber.
John Marshall.
Robert Geddis.
Thomas Quayle.

Notice by the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing
by admeasurement 20 perches, more or less, numbered 26
on the map of the Town of Okarito, County of Westland,
having a frontage to Wharf Street of 50 links, by a depth
along Victoria Street of 250 links, of which the last
registered owner is John Mallinson, described in the grant
of the said land as of Hokitika, butcher, who is not to be
found.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted inquiries,
and has not thereby ascertained who the owner or
owners of the above-described land is or are, and believes
that such owner is, or owners are, not in the colony :

Now, this notice calls upon such owner or owners, within
six months of the date of the publication of this notice in
this Gazette, to establish to the satisfaction of the Public
Trustee his or their title to the land specified in this notice ;
and, if such owner does or owners do not, within the time
limited, so establish his or their title, the Public Trustee will
exercise the powers and authorities granted to him in and
by “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

Dated this 30th day of June, 1896.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 30th June, 1896.

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 de-
ceased 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.

Michael Cruse, late of Blackwater, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Nelson, labourer. Filed on the 22nd day of June, 1896.

Charles Henderson, late of Tautuku, in the Provincial
District of Otago, labourer. Filed on the 22nd day of June,
1896.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 1st July, 1896.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Hon.
the Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided
to interpret the Customs and Excise Duties Acts in relation
to the under-mentioned articles as follows :—

NOTE.—“Not otherwise enumerated” appears as n.o.e.; “other
kinds” as o.k.; “articles and materials suited only for, and to be
used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the colony” as a. & m.s.
Articles marked thus * are revised decisions.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.
Commissioner’s Order No. 546.]