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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 37

Spreydon Road District, County of Selwyn:
John Brown.
Charles William Comer.
John Alexander Freeborn.
Henry Thomas Johnson.
Henry George Ell.
Springs Road District, County of Selwyn:
Henry Kimber.
John Marshall.
Frederick Charles Murray.
Thomas Quayle.
John Wolfe.
Mount Somers Road District, County of Ashburton:
William Taylor Chapman.
James Harrison.
Edward Herring.
John Hood.
David Syme.

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.

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 amendment 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 Government railways open for traffic, such alterations to come into force on and after the 23rd day of May, 1898:—

PART IV.—GOODS: LOCAL RATES.

AUCKLAND SECTION.

Class K.

Tawa timber, from Mamaku to Te Aroha, Paeroa, and intermediate stations, will be charged 1s. 9d. per 100 superficial feet.

As witness my hand, this seventeenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister for Railways.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 17th May, 1898.

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.

Wallace Jones Jones, late of Leithfield, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, labourer. Filed on the 6th day of May, 1898.
Auguste Renaude, late of Arrow Falls, in the Provincial District of Otago, miner. Filed on the 6th day of May, 1898.
Charles James Henderson, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, labourer. Filed on the 10th day of May, 1898.
Arthur William Emeny, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, brewer’s assistant. Filed on the 10th day of May, 1898.
George Poole, late of Big River, in the Provincial District of Nelson, miner. Filed on the 10th day of May, 1898.

A. A. DUNCAN,
Deputy Public Trustee.

Officiating Ministers for 1898.—Notice No. 16.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 13th 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 name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Roman Catholic Church.

The Reverend Hugh McDonnell.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Statement of Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of Australasia in New Zealand.

HALF-YEARLY return of the aggregate average amount of the weekly liabilities and assets of the Bank of Australasia within the Colony of New Zealand from the 12th day of October, 1897, to the 11th day of April, 1898, inclusive. (Published pursuant to the Royal Charter of Incorporation.)

£ s. d.
Bills in circulation not bearing interest .. 10,166 8 6
Notes in circulation not bearing interest .. 80,659 10 10
Bills and notes in circulation bearing interest ..
Balances due to other banks ..
Cash deposited not bearing interest .. 566,772 14 6
Cash deposited bearing interest .. 593,392 7 9
Total liabilities within the colony £1,250,991 1 7

£ s. d.
Coin and bullion .. 390,854 12 10
Landed property (bank premises) .. 62,549 8 10
Notes and bills of other banks .. 3,132 9 1
Balances due from other banks ..
Debts due to the corporation, including notes, bills, and other securities .. 1,451,453 4 4
Total assets within the colony £1,907,989 15 1

C. WINTER, Inspector.
J. W. PICKERSGILL, pro Accountant.
16th April, 1898.

Tenders for Steam Service on Lake Taupo.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 6th May, 1898.

TENDERS will be received at the General Post Office, Wellington, until noon of Monday, the 13th June proximo, for a service by steam-launch for a period of five years between Taupo and Tokaanu; twice weekly from the 1st November to 31st March, and once weekly from 1st April to 31st October in each year.

The steam-launch to be of from 25 to 30 tons burden, and capable of maintaining a speed of from ten to twelve knots an hour; to carry not less than fifty passengers, and to be equipped to the satisfaction of the Postmaster-General.

Tenderers are required to state the date on which they would be prepared to commence the service.

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.