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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 40

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 20th May, 1908.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders
is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

ERECTION OF POST-OFFICE AT MATAKOHE.

Accepted. £ s. d.
Radcliffe and Burton, Auckland .. .. .. 749 0 0

Declined.
Brown and Son, Te Kopuru .. .. .. .. 781 15 6
Millar, A., Dargaville .. .. .. .. 790 5 1
Frankham, J., Devonport .. .. .. .. 818 19 0
Frankham, H., Ponsonby .. .. .. .. 879 0 0

ERECTION OF SEDDON MEMORIAL, WELLINGTON.

Accepted. £ s. d.
Edwards and Son, Wellington .. .. .. 2,746 0 0

Declined.
Helyer, W. J., Wellington .. .. .. .. 2,868 19 0
Frain, Michael, Wellington .. .. .. .. 3,645 0 0
Bouskill, J., Auckland .. .. .. .. 3,910 0 0
Wilson, J. and A., Wellington .. .. .. 3,996 0 0

Notice of Intention to take Land for a Road through Mau-
ngatautari No. 5a No. 1 Block and Maungatautari
No. 4h, Section 4b, Block IX, Maungatautari Survey Dis-
trict, West Taupo and Waipa Counties.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the
provisions of "The Public Works Act, 1905," to
execute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of a
road through Maungatautari No. 5a No. 1 Block and Mau-
ngatautari No. 4h, Section 4b, Block IX, Maungatautari
Survey District, West Taupo and Waipa Counties, and for
the purpose of such public work the lands described in the
Schedule hereto are required to be taken. And notice
is hereby further given that the plan of the said road and
of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the Post-
office at Kihikihi, and is there open for inspection. And
notice is also hereby given that all persons affected by the
execution of the said public work or by the taking of the
said lands shall, if they have any well-grounded objections
to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of
such lands, set forth the same in writing, and send such
writing, within forty days from the first publication of this
notice, to the Minister for Public Works, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

All in the Auckland Land District; as the same are more
particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as
above mentioned, deposited in the office of the Chief
Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land
District.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this thirteenth
day of May, one thousand nine hundred and
eight.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister in Charge of Roads Department.

Scale of Charges for Analyses.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 16th May, 1908.

THE following scale of charges for analyses at the
Dominion Laboratory is published for general infor-
mation.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.

To assist prospectors and others interested in developing
the mineral resources of the country, mineral samples are
examined free of charge by the Department, provided that
the locality and full particulars are given. In other cases
the charges are,—

Fee per Sample.
Coals and carbonaceous minerals— £ s. d.
Carbons, water, ash.. .. .. .. .. 0 10 6
Sulphur .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 10 6
Evaporative power .. .. .. .. .. 0 10 6
Clays, ordinary .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 0
Fireclays .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 11 6
Limestones and cement-stones .. .. .. .. 1 11 6
Ores, for each metal estimated .. .. 10s. 6d. to 1 1 0
Assay for gold and silver .. .. .. .. 0 10 6

Other analyses are also undertaken by the Depart-
ment at the following rates:—
Manures.—Bonedust—Phosphoric anhydride and
nitrogen, as required by Act .. .. .. .. 1 1 0
Manures.—Bonedust—Complete analysis .. .. 1 11 6
Manures.—Superphosphates—Phosphoric anhy-
dride, soluble and insoluble .. .. .. .. 1 1 0
Manures.—Superphosphates—Complete analysis .. 2 2 0
Mixed manures.—Phosphoric anhydride (total)
and nitrogen .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 0
Mixed manures.—Phosphoric anhydride, soluble
and insoluble, and nitrogen .. .. .. .. 1 11 6
Mixed manures.—Phosphoric anhydride, soluble
and insoluble, nitrogen, and potash .. .. .. 2 2 0
Mixed manures.—Complete analysis .. .. .. 3 3 0
Milk.—Solids, fat, and ash .. .. .. .. 1 1 0
Milk-preservatives .. .. .. .. .. 0 10 6
Spirits and beer, alcohol only .. .. .. .. 0 10 6
Waters for potable purposes .. .. .. .. 1 11 6
Waters for use in locomotive boilers .. .. .. 1 1 0

For all other determinations fees will be charged accord-
ing to the complexity of the analyses required.

Applications must be addressed to the Under-Secretary for
Mines, and all fees paid to the Receiver, Mines Department,
Wellington, before analyses will be undertaken.

Imposition of Import Duties in the Solomon Islands Pro-
tectorate.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 18th May, 1908.

AN intimation has been received by the Government
that the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
has imposed import duties on certain goods when imported
into the Solomon Islands Protectorate, as follows:—
Dynamite or other explosive used in lieu thereof, at the
rate of 1s. per pound.
Fuses, at the rate of 1s. for every coil of 24 ft.
Detonators, at the rate of 100 per cent. ad valorem.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Customs.

Notice to Mariners No. 30 of 1908.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 4th May, 1908.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the
Hydrographic Office, Washington, D.C., United States
of America, are published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

MAUI ISLAND.—KAHULUI HARBOUR.—BUOYS AND BEACONS
ESTABLISHED.—The following buoys and range beacons, main-
tained throughout the year by the Kahului Railroad Com-
pany, have been authorised by the Lighthouse Board, and
are now established in the approach to Kahului Harbour,
Maui Island, Hawaiian Islands:—