SEPT. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1521

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 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.

Public Notice under "The Stock Act, 1893," re Liver-fluke.—Notice No. 449.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch), Wellington, 7th September, 1896.

I T having been reported to me that the disease known as "liver-fluke" exists amongst sheep running on certain lands in the Hawke's Bay Land District, 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 sheep, carcase, or any portion thereof, shall be removed, except under the direction of an Inspector of Stock:

All that piece of land, situated in the Hawke's Bay Land District, called Te Houke, and containing about 9,000 acres, being parts of Blocks XII. and XVI., Ngaraekakaho Survey District, and Blocks IX. and XIII., Te Mata Survey District, in the Hawke's Bay County. Bounded by a line starting at the north-eastern corner of Block 13, in Block XV., Ngaraekakaho Survey District; thence in a north-east direction by a right line to Trig. Station N; thence northerly by a right line to the south-west corner of the Makareao Block; thence generally north-easterly by the north-western boundaries of the Raukawa Nos. 3 and 1 Blocks, the Pukehu No. 1, and the Poukawa Native Reserve, and Koparakore Blocks to the north-western corner of the last-named block; thence south-easterly by the north-eastern boundary of that block to its intersection with the railway-line; thence south-westerly by a right line to Te Aute Railway-station; thence south-west by the railway-line to its intersection with the Hawke's Bay County boundary; thence generally north-westerly by the aforesaid boundary to the starting-point.

All that parcel of land in the Land District of Hawke's Bay, being called or known by the name of the "Ram Paddock," containing about 80 acres, being a portion of Whenuahou C Nos. 1 and 2 North, in Block III., Tahoraite Survey District, Waipawa County. Bounded on the north-west by the Porongahau Stream; on the north and east by Blocks 120 and 69; and on the south generally by other portion of Whenuahou C Nos. 1 and 2 North, aforesaid.

All that piece or parcel of land in the Land District of Hawke's Bay, being called or known by the name of "Takapau Paddock," containing about 190 acres, being portion of Subdivision No. 3, Otawhao Block, in Block III., Takapau Survey District, Waipawa County. Bounded on the north by Blocks 234 and 120; on the south generally by the Porongahau Stream and a public road; and on the west by the railway-line.

All that piece or parcel of land in the Land District of Hawke's Bay, called or known as "Rees Davis Paddock," containing 110 acres, being Section 7 of Whenuahou D.E. No. 1 Block, in VI. and VII., Takapau Survey District, Waipawa County. Bounded on the south-east by a public road; on the south-west by a public road; on the north-west by Section 6; and on the north-east by Section 7.

All that parcel of land in the Hawke's Bay Land District, called or known by the name of "Sebastopol 3 Paddock," containing about 530 acres, situated in Block III., Waipukurau Survey District, Waipawa County, being part of the land granted to the Bishop of Wellington, and situated in the south-west corner of the aforesaid land.

JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Chief Inspector of Stock.

Results of Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th September, 1896.

THE following notices of elections of members of Road Boards have been received at this office, and are published in accordance with "The Road Boards Act, 1882."

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Maungakaramea Road District, County of Whangarei: Charles E. Hayward.
Oero Road District, County of Patangata: Frederick John Tiffen.
Castlepoint Road District, County of Wairarapa North : No. 1 Subdivision—John Alexander Austin.
Otaki Road District, County of Horowhenua : Thomas McCleland.
Waimea West Road District, County of Waimea : John W. Satherley. W. L. Palmer. Robert Dishier. Arthur Challies. William Challies.

Tenders for Purchase of Steamer "Terranora."

General Post Office, Wellington, 5th September, 1896.

TENDERS will be received by the Superintendent of Electric Lines up to the 30th instant for the purchase of the steamer "Terranora" as she now lies at her moorings in Wellington Harbour, with the exception of deck cable-machinery, which will be removed. Inspection of the vessel can be made and full particulars obtained on application to the Storekeeper, Post and Telegraph Department, Pipitea Point, Wellington.

A marked cheque for £50 in favour of the Receiver-General's Deposit Account must accompany each tender.

The highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

By order of the Electric Telegraph Commissioner.

J. K. LOGAN,
Superintendent of Electric Lines.

Officiating Ministers for 1896.— Notice No. 28.

Registrar-General's Office, Wellington, 9th September, 1896.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand passed in the forty-fourth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act, 1880," the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

The Reverend Robert McCully.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

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

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, being Section 12, Block 72, situate in the Town of Oamaru, in the Provincial District of Otago, containing 1 rood, more or less, having a frontage to Chelmer Street of 100 links by a depth of 250 links, and presently occupied by Mrs. Margaret Andrews. The grantee and apparent owner is George Jennings, described as of Oamaru, settler, of whom nothing is known or can be discovered.

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 8th day of September, 1896.

A. A. DUNCAN,
Deputy Public Trustee.