1858
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 83

Sittings for the trial of criminal and civil cases, and of causes under “The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1867,” will be held at the Courthouse, INVERCARGILL, to commence on the following days, at 10 a.m.:
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Monday, 6th February.
Tuesday, 6th June.
Tuesday, 12th September.

Sittings for the trial of criminal and civil cases, and of causes under “The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1867,” will be held at the Courthouse, OAMARU, to commence on the following days, at 10 a.m.:
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Tuesday, 14th March.
Tuesday, 5th September.

Business in Chambers may be disposed of in the course of these sittings, at such days and hours as the Judge may appoint.

If any of the days above appointed for sittings should be a public holiday, the sittings will commence on the first day after the day so appointed which is not a holiday.

Given under our hands, at Wellington, this eleventh day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

JAMES PRENDERGAST.
J. E. DENNISTON.
EDWD. T. CONOLLY.
W. B. EDWARDS.
F. W. PENNEFATHER.

Fixing Sittings of the Supreme Court in the Nelson Judicial District.

WE, the Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in us by “The Supreme Court Act, 1882,” hereby make the following rules respecting the places and times for holding sittings of the Supreme Court and sittings in Chambers, in the Judicial District of Nelson, for the year 1899:
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Sittings for the trial of criminal and civil cases, and of causes under “The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1867,” will be held at the Courthouse, NELSON, to commence on the following days, at 10 a.m.:
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Wednesday, 15th March.
Wednesday, 12th July.
Wednesday, 13th December.

Such business in Banco and in Chambers as the Judge shall allow may be disposed of in the course of these sittings, at such days and hours as the Judge may appoint.

Sittings for the trial of criminal and civil cases, and of causes under “The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1867,” will be held at the Courthouse, BLENHEIM, to commence on the following days, at 10 a.m.:
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Wednesday, 8th March.
Wednesday, 5th July.
Wednesday, 6th December.

Such business in Banco and in Chambers as the Judge shall allow may be disposed of in the course of these sittings, at such days and hours as the Judge may appoint.

If any of the days above appointed for sittings should be a public holiday, the sittings will commence on the first day after the day so appointed which is not a holiday.

Given under our hands, at Wellington, this eleventh day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

JAMES PRENDERGAST.
J. E. DENNISTON.
EDWD. T. CONOLLY.
W. B. EDWARDS.
F. W. PENNEFATHER.

Fixing Sittings of the Supreme Court in the Westland Judicial District.

WE, the Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in us by “The Supreme Court Act, 1882,” hereby make the following rules respecting the places and times for holding sittings of the Supreme Court and sittings in Chambers, in the Judicial District of Westland, for the year 1899:
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Sittings for the trial of criminal and civil cases, and of causes under “The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1867,” will be held at the Supreme Court House, HOKITIKA, to commence on the following days, at 10 a.m.:
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Monday, 20th March.
Monday, 4th September.

Business in Chambers may be disposed of in the course of these sittings, on such days and at such hours as the Judge may appoint.

If any of the days above appointed for sittings should be a public holiday, the sittings will commence on the first day after the day so appointed which is not a holiday.

Given under our hands, at Wellington, this eleventh day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

JAMES PRENDERGAST.
J. E. DENNISTON.
EDWD. T. CONOLLY.
W. B. EDWARDS.
F. W. PENNEFATHER.

Bonus on Mineral Oil produced from Shale obtained in New Zealand.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 29th October, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus will be paid for the production of mineral oil under the following conditions:
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1. A bonus of 1s. per gallon (£5,000) will be paid on the first 100,000 gallons of mineral oil produced from shale obtained in the Colony of New Zealand, the oil to be of a quality approved of by Government, and to be sold at a price not exceeding 1s. a gallon at any port of shipment in the colony.
2. Notice of intention to claim the aforesaid bonus must be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not later than the 31st December, 1899.
3. The claim must be made before the 30th June, 1900.
4. The first claimant who proves to the satisfaction of the Government that he has fulfilled all the conditions to be the recipient of the bonus.
5. The other conditions—as to quantity, priority, quality, and value—to be fulfilled to the satisfaction of an officer appointed for the purpose by the Government.

J. CARROLL.

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:
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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.

Examination for Mine-managers’ and Battery-superintendents’ Certificates.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 31st October, 1898.

AN examination of candidates for certificates as First- and Second-class Mine-managers and Battery-superintendents under “The Mining Act, 1891,” and Amendment Act, 1894, and First- and Second-class Mine-managers under “The Coal-mines Act, 1891,” will be held on Tuesday, the 31st January, 1899, and three following days, at places to be hereafter named. All applications, with necessary certificates, and fee of £1, must be addressed to “The Secretary of the Board of Examiners under the Mining Act or Coal-mines Act, Wellington,” and must be received before the 4th January, or they will not be dealt with until the following examination.

T. H. HAMER,
Secretary to the Board of Examiners.