1206
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 53

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

DANL. STEWART.

Declared at Balclutha, this 9th day of May, 1901—
J. Smyth Fleming, J.P.

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.

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, 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.

Result of Election of Trustees of a Land-drainage District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 27th May, 1901.

THE following result of the election of Trustees of the Eltham Drainage District has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Land Drainage Act, 1893.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Eltham Drainage District, County of Hawera:
John Bootten,
Caleb Jesse Maslin,
Charles James Belcher,
Julius Jacobsen,
Alfred Coplestone.

Appointment of Agent at Reefton to the Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 21st May, 1901.

IT is hereby notified for general information that

HENRY GEORGE HANKIN, Esq.,

has been appointed Sub-Agent for the Public Trustee at Reefton as from the 1st proximo, vice Sergeant Phair, transferred.

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 37 acres, more or less, being north-western portion of Allotment 152, Parish of Makarau, in the Provincial District of Auckland. This land adjoins the Tokamai Block. The grantee is Tom Hardy Stephens, then of Parawai, Thames, miner, who cannot be traced.

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 21st day of May, 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, 28th May, 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.

Samuel Teggin, late of Taupaki, in the Provincial District of Auckland, settler. Filed on the 21st day of May, 1901.

John Moon, late of Thames, in the Provincial District of Auckland, book-keeper. Filed on the 23rd day of May, 1901.

Thomas Mera, late of Moawhango, in the Provincial District of Wellington, labourer. Filed on the 23rd day of May, 1901.

William Atward, late of Wairoa, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, settler. Filed on the 23rd day of May, 1901.

Johan Edvar Janson, late of Palmerston North, in the Provincial District of Wellington, cabinetmaker. Filed on the 23rd day of May, 1901.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.