Feb. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 511

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. 454.

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.

Examination of Land-surveyors.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 30th January, 1897.

IN accordance with the regulations for the examination of surveyors under “The Land Act, 1892,” as published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 5th March, 1896, it is hereby notified that the third examination thereunder will be held on the 18th March next.

S. PERCY SMITH,
Chairman of the Board of Examiners.

Monthly Steam-service between Bluff or Invercargill and Puysegur Point and Cromarty.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 16th February, 1897.

TENDERS will be received by the Chief Postmaster, Invercargill, until Tuesday, 2nd March proximo, for the performance of the following alternative steam-services, once monthly and once fortnightly, for a term of twelve months from about the 1st April, 1897, to the 31st March, 1898:—

1. Between Bluff or Invercargill and Cromarty, direct;
2. Between Bluff or Invercargill and Cromarty, calling each way at Puysegur Point.

The steamer is to remain at Cromarty eight hours on each voyage.

Forms of tender, and terms and conditions of contract, may be obtained on application to the Chief Post-offices at Dunedin and Invercargill, and the Post-office at Bluff.

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. The Postmaster-General will reserve the right to terminate the service on giving one month’s notice in writing.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 16th 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.

Mary Sherlock, late of Rockdale, Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales. Filed on the 8th day of February, 1897.

James Bateman, late of Ponsonby, in the Provincial District of Auckland, labourer. Filed on the 9th day of February, 1897.

John Smith, late of Frankton, in the Provincial District of Otago, shepherd. Filed on the 9th day of February, 1897.

John Frederick Ericson, late of Addison, in the Provincial District of Westland, miner. Filed on the 9th day of February, 1897.

Mary Ann Smith, late of St. Albans, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, nurse. Filed on the 9th day of February, 1897.

William Charles Bowden, late of Palmerston North, in the Provincial District of Wellington, labourer. Filed on the 9th day of February, 1897.

Isaac Buckley, late of Whakatane, in the Provincial District of Auckland, contractor. Filed on the 9th day of February, 1897.

Marinus Friesbourg, alias Felseneck, alias Leslie Aschby, late of Kaitaia, in the Provincial District of Auckland. Filed on the 9th day of February, 1897.

Thomas Stewart, late of Blenheim, in the Provincial District of Marlborough, police constable. Filed on the 9th day of February, 1897.

William H. Probert, late of Dunlop, in Colony of New South Wales, farmer. Filed on the 9th day of February, 1897.

JAMES C. MARTIN,
Public Trustee.

Tenders for Uniform Caps for Stationmasters, New Zealand Government Railways, 1897.

Railway Department,
Wellington, 4th February, 1897.

THE following list of tenders is published for general information.

By order.

T. RONAYNE,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.

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 direction 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., Maraekakahu Survey District; thence in a north-east direction by a right line to Trig. Station N; thence northerly by a right