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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 59

The committee shall supply a sufficient and equal quantity
of the waste products to each process as a test.
On completion of the tests the committee shall report to
the Minister, and shall give the following particulars of each
process: (a.) The nature of the article made. (b.) The
quantity produced, and the cost of production. (c.) The
value of the product. (d.) Whether any of the processes are
of sufficient importance to warrant the Minister in giving
(1) the whole, or (2) any part, of the bonus; (3) if a part
only, how much.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister for Agriculture.

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 Agricul-
   ture 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 dis-
   posed of at a price which will allow of its being remunera-
   tively 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 con-
   tain 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 includ-
ing the 1st day of August, 1897.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister for Agriculture.

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 amend-
ment 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 Go-
vernment Railways open for traffic, such alterations to come
into force on and after the 5th day of July, 1897:—

PART I.—PASSENGERS: LOCAL FARES AND REGU-
LATIONS.

WELLINGTON SECTION.

Workmen's Commutation Tickets.

Second-class twelve-trip tickets, available only for use by
trains leaving Lower Hutt at 7.9 a.m. daily, and Te Aro at
5.12 p.m. and 6.5 p.m., and Wellington at 5.20 p.m. and
6.15 p.m. daily, will be issued from Lower Hutt, Petone,
and Ngahauranga to Wellington and Te Aro, and from Te
Aro and Wellington to the stations named.

They will be sold only to persons resident in the neighbour-
hood of the issuing station, and will be available only for use
by the purchaser, whose name must be inscribed thereon.

They are available for a fortnight from date of issue.

Any portion of the ticket punched, detached, or not used
before the date of expiry is not available for use.

No reduction in charge is made for children.

The tickets are not transferable, and will not be recognised
if presented by trains other than those specified.

They will be charged 2s. 6d. each.

As witness my hand, this thirtieth day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister for Railways.

Appointment of Agent at Oamaru to the Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1897.

IT is hereby notified for general information that
ERNEST ALFRED ATKINSON, Esq.,
has been appointed to be Sub-agent to the Public Trustee
at Oamaru from the 1st day of July, 1897.

JAMES C. MARTIN,
Public Trustee.

Appointment of Agent at Waipawa to the Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1897.

IT is hereby notified for general information that
SAMUEL JOHNSON, Esq.,
has been appointed to be Sub-agent to the Public Trustee
at Waipawa from the 1st day of July, 1897.

JAMES C. MARTIN,
Public Trustee.

Appointment of Agent at Dannevirke to the Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1897.

IT is hereby notified for general information that
WILLIAM ROSE, Esq.,
has been appointed to be Sub-agent to the Public Trustee
at Dannevirke from the 1st day of July, 1897.

JAMES C. MARTIN,
Public Trustee.

Appointment of Agent at Hawera to the Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1897.

IT is hereby notified for general information that
CHARLES ALFRED BUDGE, Esq.,
has been appointed to be Agent to the Public Trustee at
Hawera from the 1st day of July, 1897.

JAMES C. MARTIN,
Public Trustee.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 29th June, 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.

John O'Brien, otherwise known as John William O'Brien,
late of Oamaru, in the Provincial District of Otago, labourer.
Filed on the 10th day of June, 1897.

John Carson, late of South Spit, Hokitika, in the Pro-
vincial District of Westland, miner. Filed on the 10th day
of June, 1897.

James Nisbet, late of Waikaka, in the Provincial District
of Otago, rabbitier. Filed on the 10th day of June, 1897.

JAMES C. MARTIN,
Public Trustee.

Officiating Ministers for 1897.—Notice No. 14.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 30th June, 1897.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand passed in the forty-fourth
year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and in-
tituled "The Marriage Act, 1880," the following name of
an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act
is published for general information:—

Roman Catholic Church.
The Reverend Michael Gallagher.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.