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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 9

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.

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.

Officiating Ministers for 1899.—Notice No. 4.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 31st January, 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 entitled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

The Union Free Church.

The Reverend Walter Lawry Salter.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Examination of Land Surveyors.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 6th January, 1899.

IN accordance with the Regulations for the Examination of Surveyors under “The Land Act, 1892,” as published in the New Zealand Gazette of 5th March, 1896, it is hereby notified that the next examination thereunder will be held on the 7th March next.

T. M. GRANT.
Secretary to the Board of Examiners.

Offices opened and closed; Designations changed.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office, Wellington, 19th January, 1899.

THE following particulars of offices opened and closed, and of designations changed, are published for general information.

W. C. WALKER,
For Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner.

POST-OFFICES OPENED.

Braco (R.O.) .. .. .. | Christchurch .. .. .. | 1 January, 1899.
Huiakama .. .. .. | New Plymouth .. .. .. | 14 December, 1898.
Hundalee .. .. .. | Christchurch .. .. .. | 1 January, 1899.
Mauriceville* .. .. .. | Wellington .. .. .. | 1 December, 1898.
Otaki Railway .. .. .. | " .. .. .. | 16 November, "
Owen Junction (reopened) .. .. .. | Nelson .. .. .. | 8 " "
Rakautaua .. .. .. | Wanganui .. .. .. | 16 " "
Raupo .. .. .. | Auckland .. .. .. | 1 January, 1899.
Tarara .. .. .. | Dunedin .. .. .. | 19 November, 1898.
Waiharara .. .. .. | Auckland .. .. .. | 1 January, 1899.
Warea .. .. .. | New Plymouth .. .. .. | 22 November, 1898.

POST-OFFICE CLOSED.

Tallaburn.. .. .. .. | Dunedin .. .. .. | 22 November, 1898.

MONEY-ORDER OFFICES AND POST-OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS OPENED.

Golden Cross .. .. .. | Thames .. .. .. | 16 December, 1898.
Mauriceville* .. .. .. | Wellington .. .. .. | 1 " "
Waikanae .. .. .. | " .. .. .. | 16 " "

TELEPHONE-OFFICES OPENED.

Round Hill† .. .. .. | Invercargill .. .. .. | 6 December, 1898.
Saiest .. .. .. | Auckland .. .. .. | 29 November, "

TELEPHONE BUREAUX OPENED.

Gisborne .. .. .. | Gisborne .. .. .. | 3 December, 1898.
Warea .. .. .. | New Plymouth .. .. .. | 22 November, "

TELEPHONE BUREAU CLOSED.

Waikaka Siding .. .. .. | Invercargill .. .. .. | 25 November, 1898.

• This office is at the railway-station. See DESIGNATIONS.
  † Now post and telephone combined.
  ‡ No post-office.