Oct. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1841

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 9th October, 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.

Cleland Dickson, late of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland. Filed on the 1st day of October, 1900.

Moses Hewitt, late of Naseby, in the Provincial District of Otago, gold-miner. Filed on the 1st day of October, 1900.

William McKechnie, late of Blackstone Hill, in the Provincial District of Otago, gold-miner. Filed on the 2nd day of October, 1900.

Thomas Marisco, late of Bluff Harbour, in the Provincial District of Otago, labourer. Filed on the 2nd day of October, 1900.

Agnes Whitelaw McCallum, late of Gore, in the Provincial District of Otago, spinster. Filed on the 6th day of October, 1900.

Eleanor May Lee, late of Ocean Beach, Bluff, in the Provincial District of Otago, married woman. Filed on the 8th day of October, 1900.

Helen Hancock, formerly Helen Aitken, late of Heddon Bush, in the Provincial District of Otago, married woman. Filed on the 8th day of October, 1900.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Examination for Mine-managers’ and Battery-superintendents’
Certificates.

Mines Department.
Wellington, 4th October, 1900.

AN examination of candidates for certificates as First-
and Second-class Mine-managers and Battery-super-
intendents under “The Mining Act, 1898,” and First- and
Second-class Mine-managers under “The Coal-mines Act,
1891,” will be held on Tuesday, the 29th January, 1901, and
three following days, at places to be hereafter named. All
applications, with necessary certificates, and fee of £1, must
be addressed to “The Secretary of the Board of Examiners
under the Mining Act or Coal-mines Act, Wellington,” and
must be received before the 31st December, or they will not
be dealt with until the following examination. Forms of
application may be obtained at Schools of Mines, Thames,
Waihi, and Coromandel, also from Inspector of Mines,
Westport and Dunedin.

T. H. HAMER,
Secretary to the Board of Examiners.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 20th July, 1899.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service
Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the
Senior Examination of January, 1901, the period of literature will be from 1800 to 1850, and the special books will be Carlyle’s “Sartor Resartus” and Milton’s “Samson Agonistes.”

W. C. WALKER,
Minister of Education.

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 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.

Crown Lands Notices.

Land in Otagu Settlement open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 14th August, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned lands
will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at
the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, on Tuesday, 9th October, 1900, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” the Land for Settlements Amendment Acts, 1895 and 1896, and the regulations made thereunder.

If more than one application be received on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day at 11 o’clock a.m. If the lands are not applied for on Tuesday, 9th October, they will be open for application thereafter at the District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill.

SCHEDULE.

OTAHU SETTLEMENT.—WAIAU SURVEY DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.

Second-class Land.

Sections 10 and 12 (grouped), Block IV.: 1,095 acres 1 rood 39 perches; rent per acre, 1s. 2·22d.; half-yearly rent, £32 9s.

Ground flat, descending towards Waiau River on west in two high terraces. Soil light and shingly on western half, rest good swampy soil suitable for agriculture. About sixteen acres of bush on Section 10 suitable for fencing and firewood. Elevation, 210 ft. to 270 ft. Distance from Otatau Railway-station about twenty-three miles and a half. Improvements: 88·1 chains fencing on eastern boundary, valued at 6s. per chain, right to half value, £13 4s. 6d.; 87 chains fencing on east side of road, valued at 8s. per chain, £34 16s.; 92·7 chains old fence along part of south boundary, valued at 4s. 6d. per chain, £20 17s. 2d. No cash payment will be required for these improvements. The sections, however, are burdened with valuation for 85 chains of fencing erected by former lessee, valued at 7s. per chain, £29 15s., which amount must be deposited with the application.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.