APRIL 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 791

Ashburton Mounted Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Ashburton. Date of acceptance, 20th March, 1900.

Pahiatua Mounted Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Pahiatua. Date of acceptance, 5th April, 1900.

Marsden Mounted Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Whangarei. Date of acceptance, 5th April, 1900.

Takaka Mounted Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Takaka. Date of acceptance, 5th April, 1900.

R. J. SEDDON.

Services of a Volunteer Cadet Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th April, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under paragraph 264, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, the services of the

No. 2 Company, Nelson College Rifle Cadet Volunteers.
Acceptance to date from the 7th April, 1900.

R. J. SEDDON.

Services of a Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st April, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under clause 39, (1), “The Defence Act, 1886,” the services of the

South Wairarapa Mounted Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Carterton. Acceptance to date from the 6th April, 1900.

R. J. SEDDON.

Designation of a Volunteer Corps changed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st April, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the designation of the “Te Aroha Rifle Volunteers” being changed to the “Te Aroha Mounted Rifle Volunteers,” with the seniority of the first-mentioned corps in the New Zealand Volunteer Force, and with effect from the 5th April, 1900.

R. J. SEDDON.

Notice of the Laying-off of Road through Sections 4 and 7, Block XII., Maungakaretu Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under the authority of section 92 of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” that the road described in the Schedule hereto was, in August, 1899, duly taken and laid off through the lands specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said colony, by Warrant dated the 20th March, 1899.

SCHEDULE.
HARAKAKETANGI ROAD.

As the said areas are delineated upon the plan marked as above mentioned, deposited in the District Office of the Lands and Survey Department at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above stated.

Dated this 17th day of April, 1900.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

Notice of the Laying-off of a Road through Maungakaretu 4b Block, Mangawhero Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under the authority of section 92 of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” that the road described in the Schedule hereto was, in July, 1899, duly taken and laid off through the lands specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said colony, by warrant dated the 7th February, 1898.

SCHEDULE.
TURAKINA VALLEY ROAD.

As the said areas are delineated upon the plan marked as above stated, deposited in the District Office of the Lands and Survey Department at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

Dated this 17th day of April, 1900.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

Government Life Insurance Department.—Agency opened at Mangaweka.

Government Life Insurance Department,
Wellington, 17th April, 1900.

AN agency of the above department will be opened at

The Post-office, Mangaweka,
as from the 1st May, 1900.

J. H. RICHARDSON,
Commissioner.

Bonus on Mineral Oil produced from Shale obtained in New Zealand.—Extension of Time.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1900.

THE time for notifying intention to claim the under-mentioned bonus, and for making such claim, has been extended as follows:—

Notice of intention to claim the bonus must be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not later than the 31st December, 1900.

The claim must be made before the 30th June, 1901.

J. G. WARD,
Colonial Secretary.

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.

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.