Mar. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 751

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.

Adoption of Child under Section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 7th March, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the adoption particulars of which are set out hereunder has been duly registered by me under the provisions of section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

R. C. SIM,
Registrar.

PARTICULARS OF ADOPTION OF CHILD.

To the Registrar of the Native Land Court, Wellington District.

I, PIRIPI PANAPA, of Turakina, hereby give notice that I have taken Te Uta Ngahiwi, a child of Hone Waitere and Raukura Waitere, to be my adopted child according to Maori custom; and I request that such adoption be registered under the provisions of section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

As witness my hand, this 4th day of March, 1903.

PIRIPI PANAPA.

Signed by the said Piripi Panapa in the presence of — Ed. N. Liffiton, J.P., Accountant, of Whanganui, and Ernest Barns, Licensed Interpreter, First Grade, Whanganui.

Adoption of Child under Section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 9th March, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the adoption particulars of which are set out hereunder has been duly registered by me under the provisions of section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

R. C. SIM,
Registrar.

PARTICULARS OF ADOPTION OF CHILD.

To the Registrar of the Native Land Court, Wellington District.

I, PIRIHIRA TIHAU, of Wairewa, hereby give notice that I have taken Pirihiра Waitоhi Rapatini, a child of Teoti Rapatini, to be my adopted child according to Maori custom; and I request that such adoption be registered under the provisions of section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

As witness my hand, this 5th day of March, 1903.

Her
PIRIHIRA X TIHAU.
mark.

Signed by the said Pirihiра Tihau (by making her mark, she being unable to write) in the presence of—H. W. Bishop, of Christchurch, Stipendiary Magistrate, and P. McCormack, Constable, of Little River.

PARTICULARS of the Estates of Deceased Persons which have been placed under the Charge of the Public Trustees for Management during the Month of February, 1903.

Dated the 10th day of March, 1903.

A. A. K. DUNCAN,
Deputy Public Trustee.

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