Aug. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1737

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.

JAS. McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.

Bonus for Treatment of Auriferous Black Sand.

Mines Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 14th November, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of £2,000 will be paid to any person who, before the 1st January, 1904. shall invent such appliances as will successfully save gold from black sands in New Zealand.
The bonus will be paid on compliance with the following conditions:—

1. The invention shall, in its main features, differ from all machinery and appliances at present in use for the saving of gold, whether coarse or fine.
2. It shall be readily transportable from place to place, and shall be capable of utilising local water for all its requirements.
3. The invention must be capable of treating not less than 30 cubic yards an hour of black sand or any coarser material up to a diameter of 4 in.; and it must be capable of treating such material profitably where there is not more than a value, in gold, of 3d. per cubic yard; not less than 80 per cent. of the gold contained in the material to be recovered by the machine.
4. No bonus to be paid until the invention has been continuously worked for not less than six months, and it shall, during that period, have treated not less than 100,000 cubic yards of material, working three shifts a day.
5. The bonus will be paid on the certificate of an officer that not less than twenty persons other than the applicant for the bonus are successfully working the invention.
6. Any person who receives the bonus shall not be allowed to take out patent rights in New Zealand for his invention.

JAS. McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 19th August, 1902.

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.

James Williamson, late of Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago, coal-merchant. Filed on the 16th day of August, 1902.

Catherine Kelly, late of Hope, in the Provincial District of Nelson, widow. Filed on the 16th day of August, 1902.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Notice of Vesting of Land in the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

WHEREAS I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee, have, for the purposes of “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894,” made due inquiries with respect to the land described in the Schedule hereunder written, and the owner thereof, and have, in respect of the said land, given the notices prescribed by section 4 of the said Act, and have in all respects complied with the provisions of the said section: And whereas I have not thereby ascertained who the owner is, and believe that such owner is not in the colony, nor has such owner established his title to the said land, as required by the said Act: I hereby give notice that the said land is, under and by virtue of the said Act, vested in me, as the Public Trustee as aforesaid, as from the date of the publication hereof, and will be administered under the said Act; the assessed value of the said land being less than £100.

Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of August, 1902.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, containing 16 perches, more or less, being Section 61 on the Strand, Township of Okarito, in the Provincial District of Westland.

Tenders for Mail Steam Service between Wellington and Motueka.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 16th August, 1902.

SEPARATE TENDERS will be received at the General Post Office, Wellington, until noon of Tuesday, the 30th September, 1902, for the performance of one of the following mail steam services between Wellington and Motueka for the period of one year, from the 1st November next to the 31st October, 1903, namely:—

1. A weekly service each way from the 1st November to the 31st May, and a fortnightly service between the 1st June and the 31st October.
2. An alternative service, each way twice weekly from the 20th December to the end of February, weekly from the 1st March to the 30th June, fortnightly from the 1st July to 19th December; or,
3. A service three times a fortnight from the 20th December to the end of February, once a week from the 1st March to the 30th June, and fortnightly from the 1st July to the 19th December.

Motueka is to be the final port of departure of the steamer on the voyage to Wellington. The service to be performed by a steamer of not less than 75 tons register, with a maximum draught of 7 ft., and capable of steaming not less than eight knots an hour. The vessel’s hold or holds to be suitably ventilated, to the satisfaction of the Postmaster-General, for the stowage and carriage of fruit.

Tenderers are required to state the rates to be charged for passengers, for fruit, agricultural, garden, and dairy produce of all descriptions, and general merchandise.

Tenders, to be indorsed “Tenders for Wellington–Motueka Mail-service,” must be made on the printed form of inland-mail tender (which may be obtained at any Chief Post-office), and addressed to the Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington.

Names, tonnage, and horse-power of steamers proposed to be used to be stated.

The Postmaster-General reserves the right to renew for a second year any contract entered into.

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Officiating Ministers for 1902.—Notice No. 30.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 19th August, 1902.

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:—

The Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend Sydney James Handover.
The Reverend George Young Woodward.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.