Mar. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 623

Issue of New Zealand War Medals.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th February, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to approve of the issue of New Zealand war medals to the under-mentioned members of the New Zealand Colonial Forces whose claims to the war medal have been investigated and admitted:—

Private E. Manual D. Castro, New Zealand (Taranaki) Militia.

Bugle-Major Henry Homeyer, No. 1 Company, Taranaki Rifle Volunteers.

T. THOMPSON.

Certain Articles in Treaty between Great Britain and Costa Rica denounced.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 25th February, 1897.

THE following extract from the London Gazette of the 8th December, 1896, is published for general information.

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

[Extract from the London Gazette of Tuesday, 8th December, 1896.]

Foreign Office, 7th December, 1896.

THE Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs received, on the 26th ultimo, from the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Costa Rican Republic a note, dated the 4th ultimo, denouncing Articles V., VI., and VII. of the treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation between Great Britain and the Republic of Costa Rica concluded on the 27th November, 1849.

This notice of denunciation, which is in conformity with the provisions of Article XV. of that treaty, has been accepted by Her Majesty’s Government, and Articles V., VI., and VII. of the treaty will cease and determine accordingly on the 26th November, 1897.

All the other articles of the treaty will remain in force.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Stratford Town District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1897.

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

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

STRATFORD TOWN BOARD.

CLOTON STREET loan of £100: Result of poll taken 23rd February, 1897:—

Number of ratepayers on the roll, 3, representing 11 votes: Number of votes recorded in favour, 11; number of votes recorded against, 0; number of votes not recorded, 0; number of voters voting in favour, 3; number of voters voting against, 0; number of ratepayers not voting, 0.

A majority of ratepayers, exercising a majority of votes, having voted in favour, I declare the proposal carried.

E. BURGESS,
Chairman.

Dated at Stratford, this 23rd day of February, 1897.

J. HARRY PENN,
Clerk.

Revocation of Appointment of Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the authority in me for this purpose vested, I, the Minister acting for the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do, by this order under my hand, revoke and annul the appointment of the undermentioned warehouse for the reception and security of goods entered to be warehoused without payment of duty upon the first entry thereof, namely,—

Port of Dunedin.

The warehouse known as

NEIL’S PERFUMERY BOND,

as appointed and described in Commissioner’s Order No. 274, of the 19th day of August, 1887.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

W. C. WALKER,
For Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Commissioner’s Order No. 565.]

Revocation of Appointment of Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the authority in me for this purpose vested, I, the Minister acting for the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do, by this order under my hand, revoke and annul the appointment of the undermentioned warehouse for the reception and security of goods entered to be warehoused without payment of duty upon the first entry thereof, namely,—

Port of Dunedin.

The warehouse known as

GREGG AND CO.’S PERFUMERY BOND,

as appointed and described in Commissioner’s Order No. 444, of the 13th day of February, 1893.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

W. C. WALKER,
For Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Commissioner’s Order No. 566.]

Notice of the Laying-off of Roads in Mangakaretu Blocks, in the Auckland Land District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, under the authority of section 92 of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” that the roads described in the Schedule hereto were, in January, 1895, duly taken and laid off through the land specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said colony, by a warrant dated February, 1894.

SCHEDULE.

ROADS IN MANGAKARETU BLOCKS.

As the said areas are delineated upon the plans marked as above mentioned, deposited in the District Office of the Lands and Survey Department at Auckland, in the Auckland Land District, and thereon coloured as above stated.

Dated this 26th day of February, 1897.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

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,