MAY 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1031

visible eighteen miles in clear weather. The arc of illumination is from N.E. through E. to S.S.W. (191° 30'). Bearings are magnetic and from seaward.

THOS. G. R. FINNY,
Commander, R.I.M.,
Presidency Port Officer.

Presidency Port Office, Madras, 14th March, 1901.

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INDIA.—TINNEVELLY COAST.—GULF OF MANAR.—MANAPAUD LIGHT.

WITH reference to this office Notice No. 20, dated 26th April, 1898, it is notified that the double-flashing white light referred to in paragraph 1 thereof will, on and after the 1st May, 1901, be exhibited from a masonry tower on Manapaud Point—latitude 8° 22' N., longitude 78° 4' E. This light will be 140 ft. above the sea, and will be visible in clear weather from a distance of eighteen miles in all directions seaward.

2. On the date of the exhibition of this light the fixed red light now displayed on Manapaud Point will be discontinued, and its tower removed in due course.

   THOS. G. R. FINNY,
   Commander, R.I.M.,
   Presidency Port Officer.

Presidency Port Office, Madras, 14th March, 1901.

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Introduction of Swine from New Zealand into Australia prohibited.—Notice No. 640.

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Department of Agriculture,
Head Office, Wellington, 2nd May, 1901.

THE following colonies have prohibited the importation of swine from New Zealand for the periods stated opposite each :—

Queensland .. Six months, from 27th March, 1901.
New South Wales .. One year, from 21st March, 1901.
Victoria .. Until revoked.
Tasmania .. One year, from 12th April, 1901.
Western Australia .. Until revoked.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

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Notice to Local Authorities under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886.”

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The Treasury,
Wellington, 11th April, 1901.

PURSUANT to section 16 of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” the Colonial Treasurer hereby gives notice that on Saturday, the 1st June, 1901, he will be prepared to consider applications from local authorities for loans under the Act.

Applications should be addressed to the Colonial Treasurer, and must be posted so as to arrive at the Treasury on or before the 31st May, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

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Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver.

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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.

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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.

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Bonus on Mineral Oil produced from Shale obtained in New Zealand.

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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.

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

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To the owner or owners of a parcel of land being Section 3, Block I., on the map of the Town of Greytown (now known as Allanton), in the Provincial District of Otago, and fronting Ramsay Street. The land was Crown-granted to James Noble, described as of Greytown (now Allanton), settler, whose whereabouts is unknown.

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 3rd day of May, 1901.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

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

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To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 1 rood, more or less, being Town Section 683, Ashburton, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, having a frontage to Havelock Street, and adjoining the Town Belt. The last registered owner is Thomas Skillen, described as of Ashburton, bootmaker, who cannot be traced. The land is in the occupation of Mr. Merchant Digby, of Ashburton.

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 7th day of May, 1901.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee