May 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 917

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.
3. That the manure can be disposed of at a price which will allow of it being remuneratively used for agricultural purposes.
4. That the composition of the phosphate shall average not less than 40 per cent. of phosphate of lime (tricalcic phosphate); provided, however, should a phosphate of a lower average composition be discovered, the committee may recommend that a portion of the bonus be granted.

The terms of payment will be—
One-fifth on the committee reporting favourably of the discovery;
One-fifth on delivery of first 200 tons;
The remaining three-fifths by equal payments on delivery of each additional 150 tons.

Applications addressed to “The Hon. the Minister for Agriculture, Wellington,” will be received up to and including the 1st day of July, 1900.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister for Agriculture.

Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 3rd May, 1900.

THE Waikato Medical and Accident Society, situated at Huntly, is registered as a friendly society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 3rd day of May, 1900.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 3rd May, 1900.

THE Court Pongaroa, No. 8779, situated at Pongaroa, is registered as a branch of the Wellington District Ancient Order of Foresters Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 3rd day of May, 1900.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1900.

THE Aparima Lodge, No. 39, situated at Otatau, is registered as a branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of New Zealand Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 4th day of May, 1900.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of April, 1900. Altitude above the sea, 140 ft. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

From Self-registering Instruments, for Twenty-four Hours previously.

• Means, &c. † Same month previous years.

NOTE.—Heavy rain during this month, and prevailing N.W. winds, and frequently strong; a few fine pleasant days. Maximum temperature in shade 70°, minimum 42°; mean temperature of dew-point, 50°·3; mean humidity, 75. Hail on 27th; fog on 13th and 14th.

R. B. GORE, Observer.

Officiating Ministers for 1900.—Notice No. 16.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 8th May, 1900.

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 name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend John William Hayward.

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 40 acres, more or less, being middle portion of Allotment 30, Parish of Waiau, in the Provincial District of Auckland, bounded towards the south by the Waiuku River. The land was Crown-granted to Joseph Simpson Cox, described as of Matakana, settler. The Land-tax Department assessed it to Mary Pillar, as owner, neither of whom can be traced. The land is reported to be in the occupancy of Mr. R. J. Sproule.

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