JUNE 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1059

The cyanide of potassium shall be placed in a generator and the chamber immediately closed tightly, when the sulphuric acid shall be added. The chamber shall remain closed for not less than sixty (60) minutes. After the said trees, plants, cuttings, grafts, buds, seeds, pits, or scions have been treated with the hydrocyanic-acid gas as above directed, they shall (if deemed necessary by the Chief Inspector or Local Inspector) remain in quarantine fourteen (14) days for subsequent inspection and further treatment, or destruction by fire if necessary.

11. All trees, plants, cuttings, grafts, buds, seeds, pits, or scions imported or brought into the colony shall be inspected upon arrival at the first port or place of debarkation, and if found infested with injurious insects which cannot be destroyed by the remedies required by Rules 9 and 10 of these Orders, they shall be seized and destroyed by fire.

12. Consignees must deliver within forty-eight (48) hours of arrival the fruit, fruit-trees, packages, and transportable material requiring disinfection to the Chief Inspector or Local Inspector, and unpack and prepare them for disinfection. After disinfection, consignees or their agents must repack the fruit, fruit-trees, vine-cuttings, packages, or transportable material that have been disinfected, and remove the same within twenty-four (24) hours.

13. Any fruit, fruit-trees, vine-cuttings, packages, or transportable material delivered to the Chief Inspector or Local Inspector for disinfection, and not disinfected within forty-eight (48) hours by reason of the default of the consignee to provide the necessary labour for unpacking and repacking, may be destroyed by the Chief Inspector or Local Inspector.

14. Agents and other persons engaged or concerned in the importation of fruits and of fruit-trees, plants, cuttings, buds (other than vine-cuttings), or buds, seeds, pits, and scions, shall pay for the inspection, and, if necessary, the disinfection thereof, the fees set out in Schedules I. and II. respectively:—

Schedule I.—Scale of Fees to be charged for Inspection of Fruit.

28 lb. or under ... ... ... ... ... 1 0
Over 28 lb. and not more than 56 lb. ... ... ... 2 6
Over 56 lb. and not more than 112 lb. ... ... ... 3 6
Over 112 lb. and not more than 224 lb. ... ... ... 5 0
Over 224 lb. and not more than 448 lb. ... ... ... 10 0
Over 448 lb.—for every additional 112 lb. or part thereof 1 0

Schedule II.—Scale of Fees to be paid for the Inspection of Trees Plants, &c., of all Descriptions other than Vine-cuttings.

25 or less ... ... ... ... ... 1 0
Over 25 and not more than 50 ... ... ... 2 6
Over 50 and not more than 100 ... ... ... 3 6
Over 100 and not more than 250 ... ... ... 5 0
Over 250 and not more than 500 ... ... ... 7 6
Over 500 and not more than 1,000 ... ... ... 10 0
Over 1,000 and not more than 5,000 ... ... ... 25 0
Over 5,000 and not more than 10,000 ... ... ... 50 0
Over 10,000—for every additional 1,000 or part thereof... 5 0

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 4th day of July, 1898:—

PART II.—LUGGAGE, PARCELS, HORSES, ETC.

BICYCLES, TRICYCLES, VELOCIPEDIES, AND PERAMBULATORS.

Cancel—

Bicycles, tricycles, or velocipedes accompanying passengers must be fully and legibly addressed with the name and destination of passenger, and be at the railway-station at least fifteen minutes before the advertised time of departure of the train by which they are to be carried.

The department will not be responsible for bicycles, tricycles, velocipedes, or perambulators improperly left about the station premises.

Insert—

Bicycles, tricycles, or velocipedes accompanying passengers must be fully and legibly addressed with the name and destination of passenger, and be at the railway-station at least ten minutes before the advertised time of departure of the train by which they are to be carried.

The department will not be responsible for bicycles, tricycles, velocipedes, or perambulators improperly left about the station premises.

PART III.—GOODS: REGULATIONS.

(26.) STORAGE.

Sixpence (6d.) per ton per day will be charged on all goods not removed from Napier Station within twelve working-hours from the time of their arrival. Minimum charge, 6d.

PART IV.—GOODS: LOCAL RATES.

AUCKLAND SECTION.

Cancel—

Copra, candlenuts, peanuts, rape-seed, linseed, sodas, and other raw material for the manufacture of oil, soap, candles, and acids, and earthenware empties for sulphuric acid, from Auckland and Onehunga to Westfield, and tallow from Mount Eden to Westfield, will be charged 3s. 6d. per ton, including all charges; minimum charge, 7s.

Oil, soap, candles, soda-crystals, refined tallow, sulphuric acid, and oilcake, from Westfield to Auckland or Onehunga, will be charged 3s. 6d. per ton; minimum charge, 7s.

Insert—

Copra, candlenuts, peanuts, rape-seed, linseed, sodas, and other material for use in the manufacture or packing of oil, soap, candles, and acids; machinery, either set up or in pieces; and empties, from Auckland, Mount Eden, and Onehunga to Westfield, will be charged 3s. 6d. per ton, including all charges. Minimum charge, 7s.

Oil, soap, candles, soda-crystals, refined tallow, sulphuric acid, oilcake, and their by-products, and empties, Westfield to Auckland, Mount Eden, and Onehunga, will be charged 3s. 6d. per ton. Minimum charge, 7s.

GREYMOUTH—HOKITIKA SECTION.

Timber.

Except where otherwise specified, timber consigned to Greymouth from the Hokitika line will be charged 1s. 1d. per 100 superficial feet for conveyance from distances over twenty-two miles and not exceeding twenty-four miles. This rate will include all charges on timber for export.

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

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister for Railways.

Examination of Land Surveyors.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 24th June, 1898.

IN accordance with the regulations for the examination of surveyors under “The Land Act, 1892,” as published in the New Zealand Gazette of 5th March, 1896, it is hereby notified that the following persons have been granted certificates:—

UNDER CLAUSE 19.

Thomas Oldfield.
Walter Francis Robinson.
John Chisholm.
William Saxon Charlsworth.
Charles Henry Morison.
James Rice Morgan.

UNDER CLAUSE 21.

Thomas Willoughby Kenny.
William Davy Wilkins.

S. PERCY SMITH,
Chairman of the Board of Examiners.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 28th June, 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.

Daniel Herlihy, late of Otaki, in the Provincial District of Wellington, ranger. Filed on the 25th day of June, 1898.

Alfred Gough, late of Thames, in the Provincial District of Auckland, settler. Filed on the 25th day of June, 1898.

Alfred Page, late of Hellyer’s Creek, in the Provincial District of Auckland, Farmer. Filed on the 25th day of June, 1898.

JAMES C. MARTIN,
Public Trustee.