APRIL 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 955

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.—Further Extension of Time.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 25th March, 1901.

THE time for notifying intention to claim the under-mentioned bonus, and for making such claim, has been further extended as follows:—

Notice of intention to claim the bonus must be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not later than the 30th June, 1901.

The claim must be made before the 31st December, 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.

“The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1900.”—Notice of Cancellation of Registry.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 16th April, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to an application on that behalf made to me by the Lyell Miners’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered No. 86, situated at Gibbtown, the registration of that industrial union will be cancelled at the expiration of six weeks from the date hereof unless within the six weeks specified proceedings be commenced by a member or other person interested in or having some claim on the funds of the industrial union to set aside such cancellation, and the same is set aside accordingly.

EDWARD TREGEAR,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.

Officiating Ministers for 1901.—Notice No. 17.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 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 W. Charles Moyle.
The Reverend Frederick T. Tylee.
The Reverend Charles Francis.
The Reverend J. Roget.
The Reverend J. H. Langdon.
The Reverend Frank Robertson.
The Reverend Paul S. Latham.
The Reverend Thomas Trestrail.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1901.—Notice No. 18.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1901.

IN accordance with request from the Rev. C. H. Garland, President of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, the under-mentioned names have been withdrawn from the list of Officiating Ministers under “The Marriage Act, 1880,” for the year 1901:—

The Reverend George H. Bridgman.
The Reverend Matthew K. Gilmour.
The Reverend Frederick B. Oldham.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 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.

William Williams, late of Te Oneroa, in the Provincial District of Otago, miner. Filed on the 11th day of April, 1901.

Selina Oldham, late of Nelson, in the Provincial District of Nelson, spinster. Filed on the 11th day of April, 1901.

William Quigley, late of Waitahuna, in the Provincial District of Otago, miner. Filed on the 15th day of April, 1901.

William Patterson Watters, late of Johannesburg, in South Africa, soldier. Filed on the 15th day of April, 1901.

Mary Wilson, late of Pukekohe East, in the Provincial District of Auckland, spinster. Filed on the 15th day of April, 1901.

James Robert Allsop, late of St. Albans, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, yardman. Filed on the 18th day of April, 1901.

Arabella McDonald, late of Mangakahia, in the Provincial District of Auckland, housekeeper. Filed on the 18th day of April, 1901.

Joseph Murphy, late of Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, saddler. Filed on the 22nd day of April, 1901.

John McLeod, late of Highbank, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, labourer. Filed on the 22nd day of April, 1901.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

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

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 2 roods, more or less, being Town Section numbered 33, fronting Te Aute Road, on the plan of the Township of Havelock, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay. The registered owner is Frederick Mould, of Auckland, described as being a Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers. The land is in the occupation of George Bee, of Havelock.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted inquiries, and has not thereby ascertained who the owner or