1784
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 79]

Parcels not exceeding—

Horses, Carriages, and Dogs.

Horse, one only .. .. .. .. 15 0
Horses, two or more belonging to the same owner, each .. .. .. .. 13 6
Carriages, two-wheeled, either set up or in pieces, each .. .. .. .. 10 0
Carriages, four-wheeled, either set up or in pieces, each .. .. .. .. 15 0
Dogs, each .. .. .. .. 1 0

All charges on parcels, horses, carriages, and dogs consigned to ports on the Kaipara, or from ports on the Kaipara to flag-stations on the Auckland Section, must be prepaid. These charges are exclusive of the cost of transhipment and delivery on the Dargaville-Tangiteroria service.

PART III.—GOODS REGULATIONS.

(10.) Class P.—Native Coal (Anthracite or Bituminous), etc.

The minimum quantity of native bark to be charged Class P rate will be 5 tons per truck. Any less quantity will be charged as such minimum, or at the classified rate for Class E (rate and a half).

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL MINING AND INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION.

Exhibits consigned for exhibition at the Western Australian International Mining and Industrial Exhibition to be held at Coolgardie, commencing on the 21st March, 1899, will be carried free on the New Zealand Government Railways, provided that they shall be so carried at the sole risk of the consignors, and that each package shall be consigned to the Secretary of the Exhibition, and legibly marked “For exhibition at the Western Australian International Mining and Industrial Exhibition, Coolgardie.” Loading and unloading must be done at the expense of the consignors. In the event of such exhibits being sold the full railway charges must be paid.

Exhibits returning will be conveyed free, provided no sale or exchange has been effected. A certificate to this effect, signed by the Secretary of the Exhibition, must be produced before the goods can be received for transit free of charge.

PART IV.—GOODS: LOCAL RATES.

AUCKLAND SECTION.

The rates and regulations for through booking of goods and live-stock between stations on the Auckland Section and ports on the Kaipara are hereby revoked, and the following substituted, viz.:

Goods and live-stock booked through between stations on the Auckland Section and ports on the Kaipara will be charged at the following rates for conveyance by steamer, in addition to the railway rates and charges to or from Helensville as specified in Parts III., IV., and VI. hereof, ships to place in and take delivery of goods and live-stock from trucks at Helensville Wharf:—

Goods not otherwise specified, per ton weight .. 11 6
Grass-seed, per sack .. .. .. .. 0 8
Chaff, per sack .. .. .. .. 0 6
Furniture of every description, packed or unpacked, per ton weight .. .. .. 23 0
Dangerous goods, per ton weight .. .. .. 23 0
Drapery, per ton weight .. .. .. 14 0
Minimum charge .. .. .. .. 1 0
Powder, blasting or sporting, per 112 lb. or fractional part thereof .. .. .. 2 0
Drays, either set up or in pieces, each .. .. 12 6
Sheep, for the first 100, per head .. .. 1 0
Sheep, each additional, per head, by arrangement.
Heavy weights, over one ton, by arrangement.

All charges on goods and live-stock consigned to ports on the Kaipara, or from ports on the Kaipara to flag-stations on the Auckland Section, must be prepaid. These charges are exclusive of cost of transhipment and delivery on the Dargaville-Tangiteroria service.

WELLINGTON-NAPIER-NEW PLYMOUTH SECTION.

Class K.—Timber.

Timber previously carried not less than thirty miles by rail to Greytown will be charged as follows per 100 super. feet, Greytown to Wellington:—

Timber, except otherwise specified .. .. 1 7
Timber, other than white-pine, for export to places outside the Colony of New Zealand, and rimu, for export, consigned direct to the ship .. .. .. .. 1 4

WESTPORT SECTION.

Timber in railway-wagons, shunted from or to the Cape Foulwind line to or from sidings in Westport Station yard, will be charged 2s. per truck.

PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS, LIVE-STOCK, PARCELS, AND LUGGAGE.

Cancel.

Bark, native, loose, or packed in bags or bundles, owners’ risk .. .. .. .. N.

Insert.

Bark, native, loose, or packed in bags or bundles, owners’ risk .. .. .. .. P.
Fodder molasses, for feeding stock .. .. D.
Molasses, fodder, for feeding stock .. .. D.

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

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister for Railways.

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.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 2nd November, 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.

Patrick Condon, late of Wairoa, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, labourer. Filed on the 11th October, 1898.

Ellen Kretschmar, late of Stratford, in the Provincial District of Taranaki, married woman. Filed on the 19th October, 1898.

Charles Griffiths Griffin Davies, late of Kereru, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, shepherd. Filed on the 25th October, 1898.

Robert Bruce, late of Kohukohu, in the Provincial District of Auckland, carpenter. Filed on the 25th October, 1898.

Thomas Scully, late of Richmond Grove, Invercargill, in the Provincial District of Otago, labourer. Filed on the 25th October, 1898.

Charles Golding, late of Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, carpenter. Filed on the 25th October, 1898.

Thomas Jackson, late of Lagmhor, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, clerk. Filed on the 25th October, 1898.

Robert Barron, late of Matakauui, in the Provincial District of Otago, miner. Filed on the 25th October, 1898.

James Rosewall James, late of Ngapara, in the Provincial District of Otago, settler. Filed on the 25th October, 1898.

William Varcoe, late of Coal Creek, Roxburgh, in the Provincial District of Otago, carter. Filed on the 25th October, 1898.

Michael Quaid, late of Sunnyside, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, labourer. Filed on the 25th October, 1898.

Ada Mahood, late of Hampstead, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, married woman. Filed on the 27th October, 1898.