680 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. No. 28

Notice to Mariners No. 12 of 1901.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 7th March, 1901.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Portmaster, Brisbane, Queensland, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

WIDE BAY BAR.

NOTICE is hereby given that the square white beacons for crossing Wide Bay Bar, bearing when in line N. 88° W., must be kept open once their own width to the northward when crossing the bar. With the beacons in this position 17 ft. at L.W.S. will be obtained.

Charts affected: Nos. 1030 and 1068; Australia Directory, Vol. ii.

T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster.

Marine Department, Brisbane, 14th February, 1901.

Notice to Imprestees under “The Public Revenues Act, 1891.”

The Treasury,
Wellington, 27th February, 1901.

EVERY officer holding advances of public money is hereby required to pay to the Public Account, at the nearest branch of the Bank of New Zealand, the unexpended balance in his hand on or before Saturday, the 30th March proximo, and forthwith to transmit to the Treasury at Wellington the bank-receipt for such repayment, together with an account of his expenditure to the same date, as required by clause 4 of the Treasury Regulations.

As respects disbursements which officers may require to make immediately after the close of the financial year, requisitions for the amount required are to be made in such time as to enable them to reach Wellington not later than the 16th March, so that the requisite funds may be placed at the disposal of the officer on the 1st April or as soon after as possible.

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

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.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 16th February, 1901.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1902, the period of literature will be the reign of Elizabeth, and the special books George Eliot’s “Romola” and Shakespeare’s “King Lear.”

W. C. WALKER.

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.

Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 12th March, 1901.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Hon. the Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided to interpret the Customs and Excise Duties Acts in relation to the under-mentioned articles as follows:—

NOTE.—“Not otherwise enumerated” appears as n.o.e.; “other kinds” as o.k.; “articles and materials suited only for, and to be used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the colony” as a. & m.s. Articles marked thus * are revised decisions.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.

Commissioner’s Order No. 655.]

THE following decisions made by the Commissioner during the month of December last are included in the book of decisions corrected to 31st December, now publishing:—

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.