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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 45

Forfeiture of Lease, Nelson Land District.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 18th May, 1900.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lease was forfeited by resolution of the Nelson Land Board on the 3rd May, 1900.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

LEASE of Section 80, Block XV., Mokihinui Survey District, 5 acres, under “The Mining Districts Land Occupation Act, 1894”; held by P. P. Ballantyne.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

Notice to Local Authorities under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886.”

The Treasury,
Wellington, 17th April, 1900.

PURSUANT to section 16 of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” the Colonial Treasurer hereby gives notice that on Friday, the 1st June, 1900, he will be prepared to consider applications from local authorities for loans under the Act.

Applications should be addressed to the Colonial Treasurer, and must be posted so as to arrive at the Treasury on or before the 31st May, 1900.

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

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.

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.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1900.

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.

Charles Adolphus Deacon, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, shipping agent. Filed on the 16th day of May, 1900.

Samuel Miller, late of Pukete, in the Provincial District of Auckland, farmer. Filed on the 17th day of May, 1900.

John Forss Cundy, late of Wairau, in the Provincial District of Marlborough, labourer. Filed on the 17th day of May, 1900.

Mary Elizabeth Rothwell, late of West Clive, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, spinster. Filed on the 18th day of May, 1900.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 16th May, 1900.

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.

Elizabeth Bannister, late of Richmond, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, married woman. Filed on the 2nd day of May, 1900.

Amelia Johnston, late of Epsom, in the Provincial District of Auckland, widow. Filed on the 3rd day of May, 1900.

James Quinn, late of Mount Cargill, in the Provincial District of Otago, settler. Filed on the 4th day of May, 1900.

Kenneth Nasmith, late of Rotorua, in the Provincial District of Auckland, watchmaker. Filed on the 4th day of May, 1900.

Emma Dolamore, late of St. Albans, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, widow. Filed on the 4th day of May, 1900.

Frederick George Renner, late of Kaikoura, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, journalist. Filed on the 9th day of May, 1900.

Charles Rennie, late of Chatton, in the Provincial District of Otago, labourer. Filed on the 9th day of May, 1900.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Notice of Vesting of Land in the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

WHEREAS I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee, have, for the purposes of “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894,” made due inquiries with respect to the land described in the Schedule hereunder written, and the owner thereof, and have, in respect of the said land, given the notices prescribed by section 4 of the said Act, and have in all respects complied with the provisions of the said section: And whereas I have not thereby ascertained who the owner is, and believe that such owner is not in the colony, nor has such owner established his title to the said land, as required by the said Act: I hereby give notice that the said land is, under and by virtue of the said Act, vested in me, as the Public Trustee as aforesaid, as from the date of the publication hereof, and will be administered under the said Act, the assessed value of the said land being less than £100.

Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of May, 1900.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, containing 5 acres 1 rood, more or less, being Suburban Section 1004, District of Arahura, in the Provincial District of Westland: subject to certain exceptions or rights as appears on the face of the title to the said land.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.