Mar. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 583

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 6th March, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that, for the Civil Service Senior Examination of January, 1902, candidates may read “The Tempest” as an alternative to “King Lear,” one of the special books already prescribed for the examination. The examination papers will contain alternative questions on these two plays, in addition to questions on the other work set.

W. C. WALKER.

Holiday on 18th March (St. Patrick’s Day).

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th March, 1901.

THE public offices throughout the colony will be closed on Monday, the 18th March instant, for the celebration of St. Patrick’s Day.

J. CARROLL,
For Colonial Secretary.

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

Results of Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 1st March, 1901.

THE following notices of the elections of members of Road Boards have been received at this office, and are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Waiuku Road District, County of Manukau :
Charles Thomas Barriball.
Pukekura Road District, County of Waipa :
Joseph Gane.

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

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 12 perches, more or less, being northern half of Lot 15 on deposited Plan No. 234 of a subdivision of Rural Section 175, having a frontage to Strictland Street at Linwood, in the Provincial District of Canterbury. The registered owner is John Pain Restell, described as of Christchurch, Gentleman, who cannot be traced. The land is in the occupation of Mr. Alexander Frederick Smith.

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 5th day of March, 1901.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 6th March, 1901.

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.
Jeremiah Gunson, otherwise Gunston, late of Southbrook, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, labourer. Filed on the 28th day of February, 1901.
Samuel Welsh Cooper, late of Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, labouring mechanic. Filed on the 28th day of February, 1901.
Henry Pearson, late of Masterton, in the Provincial District of Wellington, tailor. Filed on the 5th day of March, 1901.
John Young, late of Wanganui, in the Provincial District of Wellington, carpenter. Filed on the 5th day of March, 1901.
Joseph McLaren, late of Pahia, in the Provincial District of Otago, labourer. Filed on the 5th day of March, 1901.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Officiating Ministers for 1901.—Notice No. 10.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 5th March, 1901.

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 late Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled “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 Samuel Barnett.
The Reverend Frederick W. Boys.

Primitive Methodist Connexion.
The Reverend Samuel Buchanan.
The Reverend Thomas Coatsworth.

Congregational Independents.
The Reverend John Wilkins.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Native Assessor elected.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 6th March, 1901.

NOTICE has been received at this office, under the hand of the Returning Officer, that

PAORA PAKIHI

has been elected to be the Assessor for the Native Licensing District of Waioeka.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Under-Secretary.

SCHOOL FOR DEAF-MUTES, SUMNER, NEAR CHRISTCHURCH.

Under the control and supervision of the Education Department.

Director: Mr. G. VAN ASCH.

FOR Deaf Children of sound intellect. The pupils are taught to use and understand ordinary speech. The best age for entrance is between six and seven.
The full charge for board and education is £40 a year, but less is accepted from parents who cannot afford to pay this amount. In case of necessity admission is free.
Parents having dumb children between the ages of four and seven, and other persons desiring information with regard to the school, are invited to apply to

THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION,
Wellington.