SEPT. 17. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1555

Officer dismissed the Service.

Government Insurance Office,
Wellington, 8th September, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to dismiss from the public service of the colony

GEORGE FALCONER,

a cadet in the Government Insurance Department.

R. J. SEDDON,
Premier.

Special Order made by the Pouawa Road Board, County of Cook.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 1896.

THE following special order, made by the Pouawa Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

POUAWA ROAD DISTRICT BOARD.

Special Order striking a Special Rate.

RESOLVED, “That a special rate of ⅜d. in the pound be struck on all rateable properties within the Pouawa West Special District (as defined in Schedule hereto), for the purpose of securing the payment of interest on an additional sum of £40, being 10 per cent. on the original loan of £400, the proposal for which was agreed to by a poll of ratepayers taken on the 10th October, 1894, the said additional loan being necessary to complete the public works specified in original proposal; this special rate to be a recurring rate for a period of twenty-six years from 1st September, 1896, to 31st August, 1922, and to be due and payable in two equal instalments on the 1st June and 1st September in each year.”

This special order shall take effect on 30th September, 1896.

Schedule.

Sections 30, 31, 32, and 33 of Whataupoko G, in the County of Cook.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly confirmed at a meeting of the Board held on 22nd August, 1896, and in conformity with the provisions of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

Hy. McKAY,
Clerk.

Gisborne, 8th September, 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 21st day of September, 1896:—

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 :—

s. d.
Te Kuiti.. .. .. .. 5 0 per ton.
Te Aroha .. .. .. 4 6 ”
Paeroa .. .. .. .. 5 3 ”

Minimum quantity, 6 tons per truck.

HURUNUI–BLUFF SECTION.

Paper and Paper Bags from Local Paper-mills.

Paper and paper bags consigned from local paper-mills will be charged Class C, half-rate. Minimum quantity, 10cwt. Any less quantity will be charged as such minimum, or at the classified rates for Class D.

PART V. — CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS, LIVESTOCK, PARCELS, AND LUGGAGE.

Onions, packed. Owners’ risk .. .. Class E.

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

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister for Railways.

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 Production of Mineral Manure.—Notice No. 445.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 25th July, 1896.

A BONUS of £200 is hereby offered for the discovery and working within the colony of a deposit or deposits of marketable mineral manure.

The following are the conditions under which the bonus is offered and will be paid:—

1. That the raw material be easily accessible, and within reasonable distance of a road or railway.

2. That the person appointed by the Minister for Agriculture to examine the deposit is satisfied that there is sufficient to meet all ordinary demands for five years.

3. That at least 200 tons of such manure have been disposed of at a price which will allow of its being remuneratively used for agricultural purposes, and that a further supply can be placed on the market at the same price.

4. That, if the deposit be mineral coprolites, it shall contain by analysis at least 20 per cent. of phosphoric acid.

5. That, if the deposit be mineral apatites, it shall contain by analysis at least 25 per cent. of phosphoric acid.

Applications addressed to “The Hon. the Minister for Agriculture, Wellington,” will be received up to and including the 1st day of August, 1897.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister for Agriculture.

Bonuses for Encouragement of New Zealand Hemp (Phormium tenax) Industry.—Notice No. 430.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 1st November, 1895.

Bonus No. 1.

A BONUS of £1,750 is offered for a machine or process for dressing New Zealand hemp (Phormium tenax) which shall be an improvement on the machines or processes now in use, and which shall, after trial, be found to materially reduce the cost of production, improve the product, or increase the quantity of dressed fibre.

The following are the conditions:—

1. All applications for the bonus must be sent addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Agriculture, Wellington, and must reach him not later than the 31st March, 1897. Each application must be accompanied by a description of the machine or process, particularly stating improvements on present machines or processes, and also the cost at which the machine or process can be supplied.

2. The applicants must be prepared to submit their machines or processes to examination at such time and place as the Government may direct.

3. The Government shall appoint a committee of three or more experts, to whom all applications shall be submitted. Such committee shall, after perusal, state what machines or processes they deem worthy of consideration, and may inspect the same at any place within the colony; and, having so inspected the whole or any of them, may direct that the whole or any of them be brought for further trial to such place as they may think fit.

The cost of bringing the machines or appliances on to the ground, from within the colony, supplying the necessary