Mar. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 627

The committee shall take into consideration—
The time occupied by each machine or process in the operation;
The cost of labour and time required after the fibre has left the machine or process before it is ready for baling;
The percentage of dressed fibre and tow produced by each machine or process;
The cost of producing the same;
The cost of the machine, and the simplicity and durability of the working parts.
On completion of the tests the committee shall furnish a report to the Minister on all the machines or processes which they have examined or tested, and shall state,—
(1.) The machine or process which they consider on the whole the most efficient and economic.
(2.) Whether they consider that any machine or process tested so materially reduces the cost of production, or improves the product, as to be worthy of the whole bonus or of a part only.
(3.) Whether, in the event of no one machine or process being entitled to the whole bonus, they deem any machine or process worthy of a part of the bonus, and, if so, how much.

BONUS NO. 2.

A bonus of £250 is offered for a process of utilising the waste products of the hemp.

The first three conditions of Bonus No. 1 to apply to this also.

The committee shall supply a sufficient and equal quantity of the waste products to each process as a test.

On completion of the tests the committee shall report to the Minister, and shall give the following particulars of each process: (a.) The nature of the article made. (b.) The quantity produced, and the cost of production. (c.) The value of the product. (d.) Whether any of the processes are of sufficient importance to warrant the Minister in giving (1) the whole, or (2) any part, of the bonus; (3) if a part only, how much.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister for Agriculture.

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:—

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.

Easter Holidays.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 15th March, 1899.

IT is hereby notified for general information that Friday, the 31st March, Saturday, the 1st, and Monday, the 3rd of April, will be observed as holidays in the public offices of the Government of New Zealand.

By order.

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Notice to Justices of the Peace.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th February, 1899.

IT is hereby notified that a copy of “The New Zealand Justice of the Peace,” by W. R. Haselden, will be supplied free of cost to any Justice of the Peace who may make application for the same.

Applications should be addressed to the undersigned.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Under-Secretary.

Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 15th March, 1899.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Hon. the Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided to interpret the Customs and Excise Duties Acts in relation to the under-mentioned articles as follows:—

NOTE.—“Not otherwise enumerated” appears as n.o.e.; “other kinds” as o.k.; “articles and materials suited only for, and to be used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the colony” as a. & m.s. Articles marked thus * are revised decisions.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.

Commissioner’s Order No. 608.]

Officiating Ministers for 1899.—Notice No. 9.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 15th March, 1899.

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 names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Roman Catholic Church.

The Reverend William Crotty.

The Reverend Thomas W. Price.

Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland.

The Reverend Andrew Dougall Kirkland.

Baptists.

The Reverend Edward Richards.

Primitive Methodist Connexion.

The Reverend William Coombes Woodward.

The Newtown (Wellington) Christian Mission.

The Reverend Horatio J. Walker.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Memorandum to Receivers of Public Moneys.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 1st March, 1899.

WITH a view to the early completion of the Treasury accounts of the current financial year, ending on Friday, the 31st March, receivers are directed to prepare copies of their cash-books for a special period to end on Thursday, the 30th instant (the following day being a public holiday), and to transmit the same by post to the Receiver-General IMMEDIATELY after the close of the bank on that date.

The account for the special period is to include all receipts after bank-hours on Saturday, the 25th March, and the whole of the subsequent transactions up to the time when the bank closes on Thursday, the 30th instant.

Officers who render four-weekly accounts will extend their account to Thursday, the 30th instant, so as to embrace all transactions from the closing of the bank on the 25th February to the 30th March.

If any bank receipts for moneys paid in on or before the 30th instant are received from sub-offices after copies of cash-books have been posted, receivers are directed to enter all such receipts in a supplementary account, and to transmit a copy thereof to the Receiver-General on the same day.

The first ordinary account for the new year shall be for the period from the 1st to the 8th April, both inclusive, and is only to contain such revenue as may have been paid to the Public Account subsequent to the 30th instant, or collected after bank-hours on that date.

The first four-weekly account shall be for the period from the 1st to the 22nd April, both inclusive.

Receivers are requested to take great care that the copies of their cash-books to be rendered during the current month are promptly posted.

The foregoing instructions are also to apply to deposits and law trust accounts.

JAMES B. HEYWOOD,
Receiver-General.