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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 58

Officiating Ministers for 1899.—Notice No. 23.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 4th July, 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:—

Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland.
The Reverend James Lymburn.

Congregational Independents.
The Reverend Greenwell Carr.

Wesleyan Methodist Church.
The Reverend Charles H. Poole.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Notice by the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 8 perches, more or less, being Section 168 in the Town of Hokitika, having frontages to Tancred Street of 100 links and to Weld Street of 50 links. The grantee and last registered owner is William Hunter, described as of Hokitika, Hotelkeeper, now deceased. The land is in the occupation of W. Keller, described as of Hokitika, Hotelkeeper.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted inquiries, and has not thereby ascertained who the owner or owners of the above-described land is or are, and believes that such owner is, or owners are, not in the colony:

Now, this notice calls upon such owner or owners, within six months of the date of the publication of this notice in this Gazette, to establish to the satisfaction of the Public Trustee his or their title to the land specified in this notice; and, if such owner does or owners do not, within the time limited, so establish his or their title, the Public Trustee will exercise the powers and authorities granted to him in and by “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

Dated this 3rd day of July, 1899.

A. A. K. DUNCAN,
Deputy Public Trustee.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 5th July, 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 properties being estimated not to exceed £250 in each case.

Louis Simon, late of Charleston, in the Provincial District of Nelson, miner. Filed on the 3rd day of July, 1899.

Catherine Donald, late of Sydenham, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, widow. Filed on the 3rd day of July, 1899.

Elizabeth Lee, otherwise Elizabeth Lock, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington. Filed on the 26th day of June, 1899.

George Mansfield, late of Kumara, in the Provincial District of Westland, labourer. Filed on the 28th day of June, 1899.

Nina Louisa Revell, late of Kaiapoi, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, married woman. Filed on the 28th day of June, 1899.

George Wilkinson, late of Featherston, in the Provincial District of Wellington, labourer. Filed on the 28th day of June, 1899.

A. A. K. DUNCAN,
Deputy Public Trustee.

Notice under “The Victoria College Act, 1897,” and the Regulations made by virtue thereof.

I HEREBY notify that, a vacancy having occurred on the Victoria College Council by the death of Mr. R. G. Bauchope, one of the Education Boards’ representatives, an election by members of the Education Boards has been held, and

Mr. GEORGE TALBOT,

of Richmond, Nelson, has been duly elected to fill such vacancy.

CHAS. P. POWLES,
Returning Officer.

Wellington, 29th June, 1899.

Altering the Name of the Borough of Newton.

(l.s.)

RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by sections two and three of “The Designation of Districts Act, 1894” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is provided that the Governor in Council may, at the request or with the consent of the Council of any county, city, or borough, alter the geographical name or designation of any place or locality in the colony:

And whereas the Newton Borough Council has requested that the present name of “Newton” be altered as hereinafter mentioned, and it appears expedient to comply with such request:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby proclaim and declare that the Borough of Newton aforesaid shall, on and after the sixteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, be called and known by the name of “Grey Lynn,” and the name of the said Borough of Newton is hereby altered accordingly.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

W. C. WALKER.

Approved in Council.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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.

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.