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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 56

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 Quicksilver.

Mines Office,
Wellington, 7th June, 1900.

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 (100,000 lb.) 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, 1903, and the remaining two-thirds on or before the 31st March, 1904.

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.

JAMES MCGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.

Appointment of Agent to the Public Trustee at Alexandra.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 20th June, 1900.

IT is hereby notified for general information that

HENRY SYMES, Esq.,

has been appointed to be Agent to the Public Trustee at Alexandra South as from the 1st June, 1900.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Appointment of Agent of the Public Trustee at Naseby.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1900.

IT is hereby notified for general information that

NIELS P. HJORRING

has been appointed Agent of the Public Trustee at Naseby from the 1st proximo.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Appointment of Agent of the Public Trustee at Balclutha.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1900.

IT is hereby notified for general information that

JAMES WILSON WILSON

has been appointed Agent of the Public Trustee at Balclutha from the 1st proximo.

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 22nd day of June, 1900.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, containing 5 acres, more or less, being Allotment 55, Section 4, Parish of Waipipi, in the Provincial District of Auckland.

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 part of Allotment 6, Parish of Ruatangata, in the Provincial District of Auckland. The registered owner is Henry Cox Bury, of Ardrihaig, Loch Fyne, County of Argyle, Scotland, of whom nothing can be traced.

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 22nd day of June, 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, 26th June, 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.

Frederick Clarke, late of Martinborough, in the Provincial District of Wellington, labourer. Filed on the 15th day of June, 1900.

Douglas Hanning, late of the Bluff, in the Provincial District of Otago, fisherman. Filed on the 22nd day of June, 1900.

Mary Finlin, late of Darfield, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, a minor. Filed on the 23rd day of June, 1900.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.