Oct. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1891

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 16th 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.

John Kewley, late of Foxton, in the Provincial District of
Wellington, ropemaker. Filed on the 9th day of October,
1900.

Michael Moloney, late of St. Kilda, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Otago, storekeeper. Filed on the 16th day of Octo-
ber, 1900.

William Kerville, late of Masterton, in the Provincial
District of Wellington, shearer. Filed on the 16th day of
October, 1900.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

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

To the owner or owners of two parcels of land, containing
together 1 acre 2 roods 20 perches, more or less, being as
to one parcel Lots 9 and 10, and as to the other parcel
Lots 23 and 24, parts of Section 5, Block I., Jacob’s River
Hundred, South Ward, Town of Riverton, in the Pro-
vincial District of Otago, each lot fronting Milton Street.
The last registered owner is Montague Cholmely John-
stone, described as of Blackmount Station, near Riverton,
gentleman, who cannot be traced.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted inquiries,
and has not thereby ascertained who the owner or
owners of the above-described lands 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 lands 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 16th day of October, 1900.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 15th October, 1900.

THE Opotiki Lodge No. 58, situated at Opotiki, is
registered as a branch of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows of New Zealand Friendly Society, under “ The
Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 15th day of October,
1900.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Notice under “ The Victoria College Act, 1897,” and the
Regulations made by Virtue thereof.

I HEREBY notify that, a vacancy having occurred in the
Council of the Victoria College by the resignation of
Dr. P. James, Representative of the Professorial Board,
nominations to fill the vacancy were called for, and John
George Findlay, LL.D., was nominated. As no other per-
son has been nominated, I hereby declare the said John
George Findlay, LL.D., to be duly elected a member of the
said Council as Representative of the Professorial Board.

CHAS. P. POWLES,
Returning Officer.

Wellington, 11th October, 1900.

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 litera-
ture 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.

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.

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.