MAY 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 807

Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver.

Mines Office,
Wellington, 17th February, 1898.

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, 1900, and the remaining two-thirds on or before the 31st March, 1901.

2. No bonus will be payable until the whole of the one hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.) 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 (100,000 lb.) of quicksilver has been produced in the aggregate.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of April, 1898. Altitude above the sea, 140ft. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

• Means, &c. † Same month previous years.

NOTE.—Early part of month stormy from N.W., and heavy rain on 4th and 5th; 1·82 in. recorded on 5th, the maximum fall; then followed some fine weather until middle of month, when rain came on, and continued showery until the 24th; 1·63 in. rain recorded on 18th from south; fine last part; generally cool nights; thunderstorm on 21st, and fog on 17th. Maximum temperature in shade 71°, minimum 41°; mean temperature of dew-point, 49°·9; mean humidity, 76.

R. B. GORE, Observer.

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Officiating Ministers for 1898.—Notice No. 15.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1898.

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 intituled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Roman Catholic Church.
The Reverend Phillip Bogue.
The Reverend Patrick Cooney.

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend Edwin Eldridge.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Crown Lands Notices.

Leases of Land in the Nelson Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 7th May, 1898.

IT is hereby notified that the leases of the undermentioned Crown lands have been forfeited by a resolution of the Nelson Land Board on the 7th April, 1898.

HANMER PLAINS RESERVE.

Section No. 28: Held by G. A. Watt.
Section No. 32: Held by W. Walker.
Section No. 33: Held by O. Anderson.
Section No. 35: Held by J. English.
Section No. 36: Held by J. Gill.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Lands in Canterbury Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 11th May, 1898.

IT is hereby notified that, the leases of the undermentioned Crown lands having been forfeited by resolutions of the Canterbury Land Board, the said lands have reverted to the Crown under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Land in Town of Palmerston North for Sale by Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 10th May, 1898.

THE under-mentioned sections will be submitted to public auction for sale for cash, at the Theatre Royal, Palmerston North, on Wednesday, the 22nd June, 1898, at 2 o’clock p.m.:—

Section 822, Palmerston North: Area, 1 acre 1 rood; upset price, £150.

Section 1086, Palmerston North: Area, 1 acre 2 roods 6 perches; upset price, £75.

Terms of Sale.—One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee, within thirty days thereafter; otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

Mr. H. Martin, of Palmerston North, holds a lease from the Palmerston North Domain Board of Section 1086, Palmerston North, for twenty-one years from the 18th August, 1890, the annual rent being £4 4s. for the first seven years of the said term, £5 5s. for the next seven years, and £6 6s. for the remaining seven years. This section is therefore offered subject to his lease, a copy of which is open for inspection by intending purchasers.

There are no restrictions or limitations imposed on purchasers of these sections other than above mentioned.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.