1176.                                                                                         THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.                                                                 [No. 52.

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 appli-
cation 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 pro-
ceedings be commenced by a member or other person inter-
ested 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. 23.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 17th May, 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:—

Baptist Church.

The Reverend Walter Barry.

Church of Christ.

Mr. Edmund Harvey Taylor.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1901.—Notice No. 24.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 21st May, 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 name of
an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act
is published for general information:—

Congregational Church.

The Reverend George Hervey.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 21st May, 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.

The following corrections are required in the decision-book:—

Page 18: “Dies for stamping butter-tins, as machinery for stamping tin, free,” should be “as metal-workers’ machine tools, free.”

Page 18: “Drapery n.o.e. to include handkerchiefs in the piece” should read, “handkerchiefs in the piece other than silk”: vide Handkerchiefs, page 25.

Page 22: “Flesh-gloves, as druggists’ sundries; 20 per cent.,” should be “15 per cent.”: vide Gloves, flesh, page 24.

Page 38: “Patent freezing-composition; as chemicals n.o.e., 20 per cent.,” should be “15 per cent.”: vide Freezing-composition, page 22.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.

Commissioner’s Order No. 658.]