SEPT. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1437

Notice to Mariners, No. 29 of 1898.

FRENCH PASS, COOK STRAIT.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 5th September, 1898.

CAPTAIN McLEAN, of the s.s. “Penguin,” having reported the existence of a sandbank at the eastern entrance to the French Pass, a survey of the locality has been made by Mr. T. Perham, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., who reports that he found the bank, which is composed of fine sand and broken shell, with here and there small patches of close-growing dwarf kelp. The bank, which is narrow, and a quarter of a mile in length, trends easterly into Admiralty Bay from Reef Point at the Fisherman’s Pass, all within the 3-fathom line, with from 2¼ to 2½ fathoms, low water spring-tides, on its shallowest part. There is a passage of from 8 to 10 fathoms, one cable in width, between the western end of the bank and Reef Point; and between its eastern end and Collinet Point there is a passage 2½ cables wide, with from 9 to 12 fathoms of water. The extreme eastern point of the shoal bears N.W. ¼ N. from Collinet Point, and N.E. ¾ N. from the beacon in the Pass; and from Reef Point, E.N.E: all bearings magnetic.

It is intended to place a buoy off the end of the shoal. The position of the buoy will be duly notified.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty charts Nos. 1096, 2054, 2616, 2684, and 2685; “New Zealand Pilot,” Chapter v., pages 222 and 223.

WM. HALL-JONES.

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. 27.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 5th September, 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 Mathias MacManus.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 6th September, 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.

John Telford, late of Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago, labourer. Filed on the 2nd September, 1898.

John Leith Ronald Fraser, late of Rotorua, in the Provincial District of Auckland, Native interpreter. Filed on the 2nd September, 1898.

Samuel Strange, late of Waikai Plains, in the Provincial District of Otago, rabbiter. Filed on the 2nd September, 1898.

John von Tunzlemann, late of Paterson’s Inlet, Stewart Island, teacher. Filed on the 2nd September, 1898.

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, 1st September, 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.

Justin Fitzgerald McCarthy, late of Pukepoto, in the Provincial District of Auckland, surveyor. Filed on the 17th day of August, 1898.

Chow Yung, who is also known as Chow Young, or Ah Young, Sun Leon On, and Sun Lun On, late of Waikai, in the Provincial District of Otago, storekeeper. Filed on the 17th day of August, 1898.

Georgina Bullen, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, seamstress. Filed on the 17th day of August, 1898.

Andrew Mitcheson, late of Oxford, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, bushman. Filed on the 24th day of August, 1898.

Henry Weatherley, late of Feilding, in the Provincial District of Wellington, labourer. Filed on the 24th day of August, 1898.

George Thomas Bunker, late of Waitahuna Gully, in the Provincial District of Otago, miner. Filed on the 24th day of August, 1898.

William John Mangan, late of Waihi, in the Provincial District of Auckland, miner. Filed on the 24th day of August, 1898.

Mary Murphy, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, widow. Filed on the 24th day of August, 1898.

Andrew Drummond, late of Westport, in the Provincial District of Nelson, miner. Filed on the 26th day of August, 1898.

JAMES C. MARTIN,
Public Trustee.

Tenders for Supply of Steel Castings, 1898–99.

Railway Department (Head Office),
Wellington, 5th September, 1898.

THE following list of successful tenders for the supply and delivery of steel castings for the New Zealand Government Railways is published for general information.

By order.

T. RONAYNE,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.

Crown Lands Notices.

Notice of the Laying-off of Road through Land in the Wainuta Native Reserve, Patutahi Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given, under the authority contained in section 72 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” that the road mentioned in the Schedule hereto was, on the 29th day of July, 1897, surveyed and laid off over the Native land therein mentioned, under my direction; and that, in terms of the said Act, the site of such road shall be deemed to be a road dedicated to the public, and shall vest in Her Majesty.