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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 71

Alterations to the Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges in
force upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

IN pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me
under “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and any amend-
ment thereof, and also of “The Government Railways Act,
1894,” I, Joseph George Ward, the Minister for Railways,
do hereby make the following alterations in the scale of
fares, rates, and charges in force on the New Zealand
Government railways open for traffic, such alterations to
come into force on the 13th day of August, 1900:—

PART IV.—GOODS: LOCAL RATES.
NELSON AND PICTON SECTIONS.
Through Booking between the Port (Nelson) and Stations
on Picton Section.

Goods booked through between the Port (Nelson) and
stations on Picton Section, landed at or shipped from Picton,
will be charged at the following through rates for convey-
ance by rail and steamer, including wharfage at Picton,
loading or unloading, and use of tarpaulins:—

s. d.
Classes A, B, C, D, per ton .. .. .. 15 0
Small lots exceeding 28lb. and not exceeding
3 cwt. each .. .. .. 2 6
Small lots exceeding 3 cwt. and not exceeding
5 cwt. each .. .. .. 3 0
Hay and straw, pressed, per ton .. .. 17 6
Flax, native, pressed, per ton .. .. 15 0
Tow, native, pressed, per ton .. .. 20 0
Wool, rabbit- and sheep-skins, undumped, per
bale .. .. .. 3 6
Wool, double-dumped, per bale .. .. 4 6
Flour, wheat, beans, peas, barley, potatoes, pol-
lard, onions, oats, bran, and grass-seed, per
sack .. .. .. .. 1 0
Chaff, per sack .. .. .. 0 6½
Timber, per 100 superficial feet .. .. 2 6

Goods not otherwise provided for will be charged accord-
ing to ship’s bill of lading, or by weight or measurement,
at the option of the Railway Department.

As witness my hand, this eighth day of August, one
thousand nine hundred.

J. G. WARD,
Minister for Railways.

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Notice by the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands
Act, 1894.”

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing
182 acres, more or less, being north-eastern portion of
Allotment 61 and Allotments 76 and 77, Parish of Ahuroa,
in the Provincial District of Auckland. The Crown
grantee is Nathaniel Burslem, described as of Auckland,
gentleman, of whom nothing can be traced. The land is
in the occupation of James Dennis, of Puhoi.

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 2nd day of August, 1900.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

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Notice by the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands
Act, 1894.”

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing
1 rood, more or less, being Lot 16 on deposited Plan 244,
and being also part of Rural Section 11129, District of
Malvern, sometimes called “Kowai District,” in the Pro-
vincial District of Canterbury. The registered proprietor
is Geo. Campbell, described as of Kowai Pass, fitter, 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 7th day of August, 1900.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

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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 publi-
cation hereof, and will be administered under the said Act,
the assessed value of the said land being less than £100.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of August, 1900.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, containing 60 acres, more or less,
being middle portion of Allotment 74, Parish of Karioi, in
the Provincial District of Auckland.

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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 sec-
tion: 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 4th day of August, 1900.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, containing 32 perches, more or less,
being Section 155 on the plan of the Town of Cobden, in
the Provincial District of Nelson, having a frontage to Weld
Street of 200 links by a depth of 100 links.

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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.