1708
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 79

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.

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.

Trinity College, Dublin.

Education Department,
Wellington, 31st July, 1900.

THE following notification, received from Trinity College, Dublin, is published for general information.

W. C. WALKER,
Minister of Education.

TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN.

Arts Studies.

The University of Dublin is prepared to recognise the arts studies of the following colonial and Indian universities, and such others as the Board and Council may from time to time direct to be added to the list: The Universities of Adelaide, Allahabad, Bombay, Calcutta, Cape of Good Hope, Madras, Melbourne, McGill (Montreal), New Brunswick, New Zealand, Punjab, Sydney, Tasmania, Toronto.

Any student producing the proper certificates that he has passed two years in arts studies at such universities, or has passed the examinations belonging to that period, will be entitled to put his name on the College books as a senior freshman, a student with one year’s credit; with this reservation: that, if the course of arts which he has pursued does not include all the subjects of the junior freshman year, the Senior Lecturer may require him to qualify by examination in the omitted subject or subjects within one month after his name has been entered on the books.

Furthermore, the Senior Lecturer was authorised by the Board, upon due inquiry, to admit students who have passed the matriculation examination of the University of Cape Colony without further examination,

Medical Studies.

The Board, on the recommendation of the Medical School Committee, have adopted the following resolutions (13th January, 1900):—

“That, in medical schools recognised by the University of Dublin, two consecutive anni medici, taken at any period during the four years of the medical curriculum, be recognised as qualifying for admission to the examinations of the School of Physic.”

“The medical schools which the Board and the School of Physic are now prepared to recognise are,—

“In India—Madras, Bombay, Lahore, Calcutta.

“In Australia—Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide.

“In Ceylon—Colombo.

“In New Zealand—Otago.

“In Canada—Montreal (McGill), Toronto.

“In Tasmania—Hobart.”

11th April, 1900.

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, Auckland, 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, Hedgerow, 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.

Crown Lands Notices.

Land in Karapiro Settlement, Auckland, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 11th September, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned land will be opened for selection on lease in perpetuity, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Monday, the 26th November, 1900, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” the Land for Settlements Act Amendment Acts, 1895 and 1896, and the regulations made thereunder.

If more than one application be received for the allotment on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot, on Tuesday, the 27th November, at 11 a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland. If the section be not applied for on the 26th November, it will be open for application thereafter at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WAIKATO COUNTY.—CAMBRIDGE SURVEY DISTRICT.—KARAPIO SETTLEMENT.

First-class Agricultural Land.

About 100 acres flat terraced land, sown down with Festuca rubina, which is doing well. Frontage of 67 chains to main county road, and fenced with good post-and-wire fence. The section adjoins the Cambridge Town Belt, and is bounded on the south-west by the Waikato River.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.