1820
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 85

Notice to Mariners No. 48 of 1900.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 26th September, 1900.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, South Australia, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—NORTH COAST.—ENTRANCE TO PORT DARWIN.—POINT EMERY LIGHT.

Notice is hereby given that a temporary fixed white light is now exhibited from Point Emery at a height of 65 ft. above high-water mark, and is visible from an ordinary vessel’s deck at a distance of six miles.

The structure from which the light is shown is built of wood and painted white.

The arc of illumination is from N.W. by N. ½ N. round by W. to S.E. by S. ½ S. Bearings magnetic.

This notice affects Admiralty Charts Nos. 18, 613, and 1044, and Plan 925.

THOS. N. STEPHENS,
President Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide,
24th August, 1900.

Notice to Shippers of Butter to the United Kingdom.—Season 1900-1901.—No. 600.

Department of Agriculture
(Dairying Service),
Wellington, N.Z., 27th September, 1900.

IT is hereby notified that a charge of 2½d. per month, or part thereof, will be levied on each box containing 56lb. of butter. This covers the storage, grading, freezing, handling, &c.

The charge to take effect from 1st October, 1900, and is payable, on demand, to the owners of the premises declared as Government Cool-stores.

LIST OF STORES DECLARED FOR BUTTER FOR SHIPMENT TO THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Auckland Freezing Company’s store, Auckland.
Taranaki Freezing-works Company’s store, Moturoa.
Wellington Meat Export Company’s store, Wellington.
Lyttelton Harbour Board’s store, Lyttelton.
Otago Dock Trust’s store, Port Chalmers.

JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Secretary for Agriculture.

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

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 60 acres, more or less, being Section 234, Parish of Waiotahi (Opotiki County), in the Provincial District of Auckland. The land was Crown-granted to Thomas Edward Creed, described as a corporal in the 1st Waikato Militia, 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 26th day of September, 1900.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Officiating Ministers for 1900.—Notice No. 27.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd October, 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 intituled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand,
The Reverend John James Bates.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 21st September, 1900.

THE Loyal Pride of Kaitangata Lodge, No. 7232, situated at Kaitangata, and the Loyal Milton Lodge, No. 7466, situated at Milton, are registered as branches of the Otago District of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 21st day of September, 1900.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 27th September, 1900.

THE Wynyard Lodge No. 57, situated at Auckland, is registered as a branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 27th day of September, 1900.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

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.

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.