Mar. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 677

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th March, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation,
under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-
mentioned persons:—

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Holiday on 17th March (St. Patrick's Day).

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 9th March, 1897.

THE public offices throughout the colony will be closed
on Wednesday, the 17th March instant, being St.
Patrick's Day.

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

By-law disallowed.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 4th March, 1897.

IT is hereby notified that the by-law, dated the 12th
March, 1896, made by the Eketahuna Road Board, to
regulate heavy traffic, and which came into force on the
1st May, 1896, has been disallowed.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

The Derelict Vessels (Report) Act, 1896.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 9th March, 1897.

THE following Act, passed by the Imperial Parliament,
intituled “The Derelict Vessels (Report) Act, 1896,”
is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

(Chapter 12, 59 and 60 Victoria, A.D. 1896.)

An Act for the Better Reporting of Floating Derelicts.
[2nd July, 1896.

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by
and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament as-
sembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Short Title.

1. This Act may be cited as the Derelict Vessels (Report)
   Act, 1896.

Notice of derelict vessels to be given by masters to Lloyd's agents.

2. Every master or other person for the time being in
   command of any British ship, after the passing of this Act,
   who shall become aware of the existence on the high seas of
   any floating derelict vessel, shall notify the same to the
   Lloyd's agent at his next place of call or arrival, and shall,
   together with such notification, furnish to the Lloyd's agent
   all such information as he may possess as to the supposed
   locality or identity of such derelict vessel, and the date
   when and place where the same may have been observed by
   or reported to him; and the Lloyd's agent shall forthwith,
   on receipt of such notification and information, transmit the
   same to the secretary of Lloyd's in London.

And if any such master fails to make such a report he
shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a penalty not
exceeding five pounds.

Letters to be sent to Lloyd's in default of agents.

3. If there shall be no Lloyd's agent at the next place of
   call or arrival, then and in such case the notification shall
   be made and the information furnished by such master or
   other person as aforesaid to the secretary of Lloyd's,
   London.

Information to be published by Lloyd's.

4. Any information received by the society of Lloyd's as
   aforesaid, in pursuance of this Act, shall be published by
   the society forthwith in the same manner and to the same
   extent as its reports of shipping casualties, and the society
   shall also forthwith communicate such information to the
   Board of Trade.

Bonus for the Manufacture of Potassium Cyanide.

Department of Industries and Commerce,
Wellington, 17th January, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of £1,000 will be
paid for the erection of a plant and the manufacture
in New Zealand of the first 200 tons of crude cyanide of
potassium from colonial produce.

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 contain-
   ing 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, Wel-
   ington, 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.

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.

Bonuses for Encouragement of New Zealand Hemp (Phor-

mium 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 mate-
rially 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