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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 20

Notice to Imprestees under “The Public Revenues Act, 1891.”

The Treasury,
Wellington, 25th February, 1903.

EVERY officer holding advances of public money is hereby required to pay to the Public Account, at the nearest branch of the Bank of New Zealand, the unexpended balance in his hand on or before Tuesday, the 31st March proximo, and forthwith to transmit to the Treasury at Wellington the bank receipt for such repayment, together with an account of his expenditure to the same date, as required by clause 4 of the Treasury Regulations.

As respects disbursements which officers may require to make immediately after the close of the financial year, requisitions for the amount required are to be made in such time as to enable them to reach Wellington not later than the 14th March, so that the requisite funds may be placed at the disposal of the officer on the 1st April or as soon after as possible.

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

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.

“The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1900.”—
Notice of Cancellation of Registry.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 16th March, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to an application in that behalf made to me by the Palmerston North Brick, Tile, Drainpipe, and Pottery Makers’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered No. 402, situated at Palmerston North, 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 proceedings be commenced by a member or other person interested 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.

“The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1900.”—
Notice of Cancellation of Registry.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 16th March, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to an application in that behalf made to me by the Ashburton Carpenters and Joiners’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered No. 264, situated at Ashburton, 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 proceedings be commenced by a member or other person interested 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 1903.—Notice No. 11.

Registrar-General’s Office.
Wellington, 16th March, 1903.

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:—

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

The Reverend George Paul Davys, M.A.

GEO. DRURY,
Deputy Registrar-General.

Convening Meeting of Waikato District Maori Land Council under the Provisions of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900.”

Maori Lands Administration Office,
Wellington, 16th March, 1903.

IT is hereby notified that a meeting of the Waikato District Maori Land Council will be held at Waahi, Huntly, on Wednesday, the 15th day of April, 1903, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, for the transaction of all such business as may be lawfully brought before it.

R. C. SIM, Recorder.

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

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 11th 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, TE HAU PAIMARIRE, of Moawhango, hereby give notice that I have taken Hera te Huiarei Peneti, a daughter of Te Rina and Pine Tuakau, 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 25th day of February, 1903.

TE HAU PAIMARIRE.

Signed by the said Te Hau Paimarire in the presence of—
J. G. Stevenson, J.P., of Whanganui, and T. C. Jones, Licensed Interpreter, First Grade, of Whanganui.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Reserve in Taranaki Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 14th March, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, up to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, the 5th May, 1903, for a lease of the undermentioned section under the provisions of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881.”

If the land is not applied for on the date mentioned it will remain open thereafter for selection at the upset annual rental and for the term stated below.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—PATEA DISTRICT.

Part of Section No. 534, Block XI., Hawera Survey District: Area, 53 acres 2 roods 32 perches; upset annual rental, £41 10s. 9d.; term of lease, 14 years.

CONDITIONS.

1. Tenders must be accompanied by marked cheque or post-office order for six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee.

2. Residence is not compulsory, and no statutory declaration is required. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, on account of any improvements effected by the lessee, nor for any other cause.