Jan. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 157

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Parihaka Road Board, County of Taranaki.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 25th January, 1896.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Parihaka Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

PARIHAKA ROAD BOARD.

Result of poll taken at Mr. E. C. Middleton’s house, Namu Road, on Friday, 10th January, 1896, re proposal to raise a loan of £400, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for the purpose of forming and metalling the Namu Road :—

Number on special roll, 9, representing 10 votes: For the proposal, 6, representing 7 votes; against, 0.

I therefore declare the above proposal carried.

M. FLEMING,
Chairman.

Volunteer Officer resigned, and transferred to District Reserve Corps.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st January, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by

Captain AUGUSTUS WILLIAM WRIGHT,
Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry Volunteers, as from the 19th November, 1895, on his being promoted to a majority in the New Zealand Volunteer Force; and also to approve of that officer being transferred to the Canterbury District Reserve Corps under paragraphs 94 and 97, Volunteer Regulations, 1895. Commission to date from the 20th November, 1895.

R. J. SEDDON.

Issue of Imperial Volunteer Officers’ Decoration.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st January, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the issue of the Imperial Volunteer Officers’ Decoration to

Surgeon-Major MARTIN HENRY PAYNE,
Thames Naval Artillery Volunteers, he having a total broken commissioned service to the 31st December, 1895, of twenty-one years sixty-nine days.

R. J. SEDDON.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st January, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignations of the commissions held by the under-mentioned officers :—

First Westland Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant John Peake. Date of resignation, 12th December, 1895.

Westport Rifle Volunteers.

Surgeon-Captain Alfred Wright. Date of resignation, 1st December, 1895.

R. J. SEDDON.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st January, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under clause 39, (1), of “The Defence Act, 1886,” the services of the

Southland Mounted Rifle Volunteers

as from the 23rd December, 1895.

R. J. SEDDON.

Notice as to Day for closing under “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894.”

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 29th January, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me in this behalf by “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894,” and in terms of notice in writing duly received by me from the Chairman of the conference of delegates appointed by all the local authorities comprised in the district constituted for the purpose of that Act by the boroughs of the City of Wellington, Melrose, Onslow, Karori, and the Township of Johnsonville (being all the boroughs or town districts any part of any one of which is situate within a mile of any part of another), I, Richard John Seddon, Minister of Labour, hereby appoint Wednesday to be the day upon which all shops in the said district shall be closed as provided by that Act.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Labour.

Notice as to Day for closing under “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894.”

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 29th January, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me in this behalf by “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894,” and in terms of notice in writing duly received by me from the Chairman of the conference of delegates appointed by all the local authorities comprised in the district constituted for the purpose of that Act by the boroughs of the City of Auckland, Parnell, Newmarket, and Newton (being all the boroughs or town districts any part of any one of which is situate within a mile of any part of another), I, Richard John Seddon, Minister of Labour, hereby appoint Wednesday to be the day upon which all shops in the said district shall be closed, as provided by that Act.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Labour.

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 impurities, from any mine in New Zealand, on the following conditions, 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 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

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