May 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 915

Article IV.

The present additional Act shall have the same force and duration as the Convention of the 9th September, 1886.

It shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Paris, in the manner adopted in the case of that Convention, as soon as possible, and within the space of one year at the latest.

It shall come into force as regards those countries which shall have ratified it three months after such exchange of ratifications.

Regulations re the Importation of Sheep into the Colony of Tasmania.—Notice No. 514.

Department of Agriculture
(Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 21st May, 1898.

THE following regulations regarding the importation of sheep into the Colony of Tasmania are published for general information.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister for Agriculture.

Premier’s Office, 30th April, 1898.

THE Governor in Council has been pleased to make the following regulations under the second section of “The Scab Act, 1883,” 47 Victoria, No. 16:—

1. All sheep imported into Tasmania from the Colonies of Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, and New Zealand may be landed at Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie, or Strahan, and not elsewhere, except by previous permission in writing, signed by the Chief Inspector or such officer as he may appoint.

2. Any person intending to land any sheep at Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie, Strahan, or elsewhere in this colony, under any such permission as aforesaid, from any place beyond this colony or any dependency thereof, shall give to the Chief Inspector not less than three days’ notice in writing of his intention to do so, and every such notice shall contain a statement of the number of the sheep intended to be imported, and the time when such sheep are expected to arrive at such place; and any person who imports any such sheep, and neglects to give notice thereof in accordance with this regulation, shall, upon conviction, be liable to a penalty of not more than £5.

3. Sheep imported from the Colonies of Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, and New Zealand shall be accompanied by a declaration of health by the owner or agent, and by a certificate from the Inspector of Sheep at the port of shipment that the sheep are free from disease, and have not been infected with disease during the preceding twelve months: Provided that any sheep which has not been bred in one of the above-mentioned colonies shall not be landed in Tasmania unless such sheep has undergone in the colony from whence imported the necessary dipping and quarantine required by the regulations in force in such colony.

4. Such sheep must be imported by such vessels only as shall not have traded with any place other than the above-named colonies within the preceding three months, and shall not have had any sheep on board from any colony or country other than the above-named colonies during such period; and the captain of the vessel shall make a declaration to that effect.

5. Tasmanian stud-sheep reimported from the Colonies of Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, and New Zealand will be admitted into Tasmania upon the breeder’s certificate that they were bred in the Colony of Tasmania. Provided always that this regulation shall not apply to stud-sheep which shall have been exported from Tasmania in any vessel by which the importation of sheep into Tasmania is prohibited.

6. Any person offending against any of the foregoing regulations shall incur a penalty not exceeding the sum of £5.

7. Notwithstanding any preceding regulation, imported sheep may on landing be detained by the Chief Inspector or any person appointed, pending the decision of the Chief Secretary as to their disposal; and any person removing any such sheep, or causing the same to be removed, from the place of detention without the consent in writing of the Chief Inspector or person appointed shall incur a penalty of not exceeding £5 for every sheep so removed.

The regulations contained in Government Notices, No. 311 of the 2nd November, 1885, No. 175 of the 20th May, 1889, No. 453 of the 24th February, 1890, No. 215 of the 28th July, 1893, and No. 276 of the 16th October, 1893, are hereby rescinded.

By His Excellency’s command.
E. N. C. BRADDON.

Arrangements for First Elections, &c., Borough of Te Aroha, County of Piako.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st May, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

PERCY SNEWIN

to be Town Clerk of the Borough of Te Aroha as constituted under “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” and also Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the first election of Mayor and Councillors of the said borough; also to fix that the number of Councillors for the said borough shall be six; also to appoint Tuesday, the 5th day of July, 1898, to be the day for holding the first election of Mayor; also to appoint Saturday, the 9th day of July, 1898, to be the day for holding the first election of six Councillors; also to appoint Wednesday, the 13th day of July, 1898, at 7.30 p.m., to be the time, and the Town Board Office, Te Aroha, to be the place, at which the first meeting of the Borough Council of Te Aroha shall be held.

W. C. WALKER.

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.

Officiating Ministers for 1898.—Notice No. 17.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 18th 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:—

United Christian Mission (Undenominational).

The Reverend Horatio Joseph Walker.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Crown Lands Notices.

Kauri Timber, Auckland, for Sale by Public Auction.

Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 13th April, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned kauri timber, standing upon western portion of Section 46 and Section 47, Parish of Ruakaka, Whangarei County, will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 3rd day of June, 1898, at 11 o’clock a.m.:—

249 kauri-trees, containing about 389,683 superficial feet; upset price, £194 16s. 6d. Timber is about six miles from Mangapai.

Conditions of Sale.—One-half the purchase-money to be paid in cash or by marked cheque on the fall of the hammer, the balance within six months thereafter.

Timber to be removed within two years from date of sale

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.