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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 104

reminded that the number of nominations for the whole of
the colonial empire is, as a rule, limited to six in each year,
that all the candidates’ names and claims are considered
together shortly before the commencement of the year during
which a nomination is desired, that the respective claims of
the various colonies have first to be considered, as distin-
guished from those of the candidates themselves, and that
the final approval of candidates recommended by the Secre-
tary of State rests with the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty.
It will therefore be seen that to make anything in the
nature of a promise to an applicant is likely to entail dis-
appointment to candidates, and may possibly cause great
inconvenience.
I have, &c.,
J. CHAMBERLAIN.

The Officer administering the Government
of New Zealand.

[D. 99/4270.

Time of Meetings of Southland Land Board approved.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 12th December, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has,
in pursuance of section 48 of “The Land Act, 1892,”
approved of the meetings of the Southland Land Board
being held on the second and fourth Thursdays in each
month, at 10.30 a.m., from and after the 1st day of
January, 1900.

T. THOMPSON,
For Minister of Lands.

Notice to Mariners, No. 50 of 1899.

PATEA ROADSTEAD.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 8th December, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that, at the request of the
Patea Harbour Board, Captain Bollons, of the
Government steamer “Hinemoa,” has taken a great many
soundings off the roadstead at Patea, to the northward and
westward of the rock marked on the chart P.D., which is
five miles S. by E. ½ E. from the Patea flagstaff.
The soundings show a gradually shelving bottom, with 13
to 14 fathoms at six miles off the shore, to about 2½ to
3 fathoms at one mile off the shore. The bottom is com-
posed of fine sand with occasional patches of rock. The
best anchorage is with the flagstaff bearing about N. ½ W.,
in from 6 to 10 fathoms of water. To go in on this line,
however, takes a vessel very close to the rock which is
marked on the chart with 1½ fathoms P.D. The bearing of
the flagstaff from this position is N. by W. ½ W., distant
five miles.
There appears to be at least 6 fathoms of water at two
miles off the shore in any part of the roadstead.
The rock marked P.D. could not be sought for on the
“Hinemoa’s” visit, as a westerly wind and sea were then
prevailing. No break, however, could be seen over the
place, although a considerable sea was running.
Bearings: Correct magnetic.
Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty chart No. 2054; “New
Zealand Pilot,” 1891, chap. iv., pages 191 and 192.
T. THOMPSON,
For Minister of Marine.

Volunteer Officers promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th December, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been
pleased to approve of the promotion of the under-
mentioned officers:—

Canterbury Battalion of Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Major Henry Slater, V.D., to be Lieutenant-colonel.

Wellington Battalion of Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
Major Joe Reginald Sommerville, V.D., to be Lieutenant-
colonel.

Commissions to date from the 14th November, 1899.
T. THOMPSON.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 12th December, 1899.

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 pro-
perties being estimated not to exceed £250 in each case.

Isser Alli, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of
Auckland, hawker. Filed on the 29th day of November,
1899.

Sophia Hodder, late of Featherston, in the Provincial
District of Wellington, married woman. Filed on the 2nd
day of December, 1899.

Mary Lockhart Hair, late of Christchurch, in the Provin-
cial District of Canterbury, widow. Filed on the 2nd day
of December, 1899.

Maria Elizabeth Butler Brown, late of Wellington, in the
Provincial District of Wellington, married woman. Filed
on the 9th day of December, 1899.

Thomas Martin, late of Reefton, in the Provincial District
of Nelson, miner. Filed on the 9th day of December, 1899.

J. J. M. HAMILTON,
Deputy Public Trustee.

Bonus for the Production of Mineral Manure.—Notice No. 580.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 12th December, 1899.

THE following sum is hereby offered as a bonus for the
discovery and working within the colony of a deposit
or deposits of marketable mineral manure, viz.:—

£500 IF FOUND ON CROWN LANDS ;
£250 IF FOUND ON FREEHOLD LANDS.

The following are the conditions under which the bonus is
offered and will be paid:—

1. That the raw material is easily accessible, and within
   reasonable distance of a railway or seaport.
2. That the committee appointed by the Minister for
   Agriculture to examine the deposit is satisfied that there is
   sufficient to meet all ordinary demands for five years.
3. That the manure can be disposed of at a price which
   will allow of it being remuneratively used for agricultural
   purposes.
4. That the composition of the phosphate shall average
   not less than 40 per cent. of phosphate of lime (tricalcic
   phosphate); provided, however, should a phosphate of a lower
   average composition be discovered, the committee may
   recommend that a portion of the bonus be granted.

The terms of payment will be—
One-fifth on the committee reporting favourably of the
discovery;
One-fifth on delivery of first 200 tons;
The remaining three-fifths by equal payments on de-
livery of each additional 150 tons.

Applications addressed to “The Hon. the Minister for
Agriculture, Wellington,” will be received up to and in-
cluding the 1st day of July, 1900.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister for Agriculture.

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 impuri-
ties, from any mine in New Zealand, on the following con-
ditions, 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.

Bonuses for Encouragement of New Zealand Hemp (Phor-
mium tenax) Industry.—Notice No. 535.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 13th February, 1899.

BONUS No. 1.

A BONUS of £1,750 is offered for a machine or process
for dressing New Zealand hemp (Phormium tenax)
which shall be an improvement on the machines or processes