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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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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.
R. J. SEDDON.
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

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.

Commissioner's Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 9th February, 1897.

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. 564.]

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 9th February, 1897.

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
deceased 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.
Jane Stuart, late of Fitzroy Bay, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Nelson, married woman. Filed on the 20th day of
January, 1897.
Esther A. Mahony, late of Christchurch, in the Provincial
District of Canterbury, widow. Filed on the 20th day of
January, 1897.
Charles Portland Fossett, late of Mount Albert, in the
Provincial District of Auckland, ironmonger. Filed on the
21st day of January, 1897.
Albert Snell, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District
of Wellington, labourer. Filed on the 21st day of January,
1897.
John Wilson, late of Bald Hill Flat, in the Provincial
District of Otago, carpenter. Filed on the 21st day of
January, 1897.
L. H. Cross, late of London, England, labourer. Filed on
the 21st day of January, 1897.
Edmund Beckett, late of Christchurch, in the Provincial
District of Canterbury, labourer. Filed on the 29th day of
January, 1897.
Robert Stanton, late of Deep Creek, in the Provincial
District of Marlborough, miner. Filed on the 3rd day of
February, 1897.
Lacey Fowler, late of Waituna West, in the Provincial
District of Wellington, labourer, Filed on the 3rd day of
February, 1897.
Jean de la Reaux, late of Greytown, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Wellington, cook. Filed on the 3rd day of February,
1897.
George Nisbet, late of Karangahake, in the Provincial
District of Auckland, miner. Filed on the 3rd day of
February, 1897.
JAMES C. MARTIN,
Public Trustee.

Notice No. 461, substituted for
Public Notice under "The Stock Act, 1893," re Liver-fluke.—
Notice No. 449.

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

IT 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 direc-
tion of an Inspector of Stock:—
All that piece of land, situated in the Hawke's Bay Land
District, called Te Hauke, and containing about 9,000 acres,
being parts of Blocks XII. and XVI., Maraekakahu 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 XVI., Marae-
kakahu 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 Waikareao Block; thence
generally north-easterly by the north-western boundaries of
the Raukawa Nos. 3 and 2 Blocks, the Pukehou No. 1, and
the Poukawa Native Reserve, and Koparokore A to the
north-western corner of the last-named block; thence south-
easterly by the north-eastern boundary A and B 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., Tahoraiti
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