SEPT. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1677

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 4th September, 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.

Hector Morrison, late of Wedderburn, in the Provincial
District of Otago, miner. Filed on the 29th day of August,
1900.

Charles Dering Nettleton, of Wellington, in the Pro-
vincial District of Wellington. Filed on the 3rd day of
September, 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 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 September, 1900.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, containing 80 acres, more or less,
being north-western portion of Allotment 69 and south-
western portion of Allotment 70, Parish of Ruarangi, in the
Provincial District of Auckland.

Officiating Ministers for 1900.—Notice No. 25.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd September, 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 in-
tituled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following names of
Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act
are published for general information:—

Wesleyan Methodist Church.

The Reverend Charles Edwin Godbehear.
The Reverend Charles Thomas McFarlane.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 30th August, 1900.

THE Victoria Rebekah Lodge, No. 2, situated at Wel-
ington, is registered as a branch of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows Friendly Society, under “The
Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 21st day of August,
1900.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

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.

SEED WHEATS.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, N.Z., 15th June, 1900.

THE following Seed Wheats from recently imported
seed are available for sale to farmers at 4s. per bushel
(bags extra 6d.), f.o.b. train, Waihao Downs, South Island,
or Waverley, North Island.

Orders will be received by the Inspector of Stock, Auck-
land, Christchurch, Ashburton, Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin,
Invercargill, or the Department of Agriculture, Wellington.

The following classification is according to South Island
results:—

AUTUMN WHEAT.

Allora Spring, Bearded Herrison, Fultz, Improved Fyfe,
Sicilian Square Head, Blountz Lambrig, White Velvet,
Pearl Velvet, Tardent’s Blue, Darblay’s Hungarian, Hedge-
row, Rattling Jack, Australian Talavera.

WINTER OR EARLY SPRING.

Talavera de Bellevue, Medeah, Marshall’s White Chaff,
Anglo-Australian, Red Clawson, White Essex, Hudson’s
Early Purple Straw, Algerian, Red Straw, Marshall’s No. 3.

SPRING WHEAT.

Zealand or Berthoud, Marshall’s No. 8, White Tuscan,
Beardless Quartzlee, Bearded Quartzlee, Early Baart, Early
Para, Budd’s Early, Golden Drop, Poland, Tall Neapolitan,
Steer’s Early Purple Straw, Steinwedel, White Lammas,
White Naples, Farmer’s Friend, King’s Jubilee.

JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Secretary.