Aug. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1611

Hydraulic Cranes.

Loading or unloading by hydraulic cranes at Greymouth will be done at the option of the Railway Manager, and when not otherwise provided the charge will be 6d. a ton, with a minimum charge of 2s. 6d. per lift.

When cranes are not in general use the Railway Manager may, at his option, make special charges for their use, but no less charge than 30s. per hour or part thereof will be made per crane.

As witness my hand, this twenty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred.

J. G. WARD,
Minister for Railways.

Notice of Intention to take Land for a Road in Block I., Lyndon, and Blocks III. and V., Tekoa, Survey Districts.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” to execute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of a road in Lyndon and Tekoa Survey Districts, and for the purposes of such public work the lands described in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken; and notice is further given that the plans of the lands so required to be taken are deposited in the Post-office at Hanmer, and are there open for inspection. And notice is hereby given that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said lands shall, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such lands, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister for Public Works, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

THE parcels of land mentioned hereunder :—

All in the Canterbury Land District; as the above areas are delineated upon the plans marked S.G. 25355 and 25355A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured brown.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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 undermentioned 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.

Tenders for Castor-oil, New Zealand Railways.

Railway Department (Head Office), Wellington, 17th August, 1900.

THE under-mentioned successful and unsuccessful tender rates for the supply of 12,000 gallons of castor-oil for the New Zealand railways are published for general information.

T. RONAYNE,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.

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