May 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 933

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.

Crown Lands Notices.

Four Lots in Richardson Village, Patea County, for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 8th May, 1899.

IT is hereby notified that the leases of the under-mentioned lots will be offered by public auction, at the Public Hall, Waverley, on Thursday, the 15th June, 1899. If any lots be not sold on the above date, they will remain open for selection at the upset rentals, and for the terms stated below.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Richardson Village.

Term: Fourteen years.

These lots are situated in Richardson Village, which is about eight miles distant by good dray-road from Waverley and Waitotara Townships, and about two miles from Momohaki Creamery. The lots comprise flat land, generally speaking; II. and IX. have been grassed, and it is expected that VII. and VIII. will be in grass when offered. The soil is loam, resting on a sandstone formation. There is no water on these lots, except on IX., on which there is a spring. The general quality of the land is good.

The following improvements have been effected, and are included in capital values on which rentals are based: Lot II., 7½ chains fencing and 8 chains of hedge, £10 2s. 6d.; Lot VII., 16 chains fencing, £8; Lot VIII., 7 chains fencing, £3 10s.; and Lot IX., 22 chains fencing, £11.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. A deposit of six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with lease-fee of £1 1s., must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

2. Possession will be given on the 1st of July, 1899.

3. The Commissioner of Crown Lands may at any time resume possession of the land comprised in the lease by giving twelve months’ notice to the lessee thereof of his intention to do so.

4. The lessee shall have no right to compensation either for any improvements that may be placed on the land, or on account of the aforesaid resumption, nor for any other cause.

5. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in this lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

6. The land shall not be cropped nor broken up without the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

7. The lessee shall destroy all rabbits on the land, and he shall prevent their increase or spread to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in his lease; and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

9. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within sixty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Tamai Hamlet, near Christchurch, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 10th May, 1899.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be opened for application upon lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Monday, the 26th June, 1899, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT. — SELWYN COUNTY. — CHRISTCHURCH SURVEY DISTRICT.

Tamai Hamlet.

• Interest and sinking fund on building valued at £120, repayable in fourteen years by half-yearly instalments of £6 1s. 3d. + Interest and sinking fund on building valued at £20, repayable in seven years by half-yearly instalments of £1 14s. 7d.—Total, £10 13s. 4d.

The Tamai Hamlet is situated in the Borough of Woolston, and is about two miles from the General Post Office, Christchurch, via the Ferry Road. The nearest portion of