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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 106

1 o’clock p.m. on the day of the statutory half-holiday; 10 o’clock p.m. on Saturdays; 11 o’clock p.m. on the evening preceding Christmas Day and New Year’s Day; and 9 o’clock on the evening preceding any other public holiday: And whereas the Mount Albert Road Board has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in which groceries are retailed within the Mount Albert Road District:

Now, therefore, I, John Andrew Millar, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, do hereby direct that from and after the 12th day of December, 1910, all such shops in the Mount Albert Road District shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of December, 1910.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1910.

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

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

ERECTON OF POLICE-STATION AT FRANKTON.

Accepted.

Jack, G., Hamilton … … 878 0 0

Declined.

Moody, A., Hamilton … … 915 0 0
McKinnon and Patterson, Hamilton… … 924 10 10
Wright, F. W., Frankton … … 929 3 0
Mathieson, J. G., Auckland … … 1,044 10 11

Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 14th February, 1910.

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, 1911, and the remaining two-thirds on or before the 31st March, 1912.

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.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Mines.

Bonus on Mineral Oil produced in New Zealand.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 1st June, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus will be paid for the production of mineral oil under the following conditions:—

1. A bonus of 3d. per gallon (£6,250) will be paid on the first 500,000 gallons of mineral oil produced in the Dominion of New Zealand. The mineral oil in the refined state to have a specific gravity of 0·814 to 0·830, and a flash point of not less than 83° Fahr. by the Abel closed test.

2. Notice of intention to claim the aforesaid bonus must be given in writing to the Minister of Mines not later than 31st March, 1912.

3. The claim must be made before 31st March, 1913.

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. All conditions as to quantity, quality, priority, and value to be fulfilled to the satisfaction of an officer appointed for the purpose by the Government.

RODERICK McKENZIE,
Minister of Mines.

Tenders.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 26th November, 1910.

SEALED tenders will be received at the Chief Post-office, Blenheim, until Tuesday, 13th December, 1910, for the conveyance, by steamer or oil-launch, of mails each way between the undermentioned places for a period of two years from 1st January, 1911, to the 31st December, 1912.

Sea Service.

(3.) Ngakuta Bay, Whangakoko Bay, Port Underwood (Oyster Bay), Ocean Bay, Robin Hood Bay, and Blenheim, twice weekly, alternative to No. 4.

(4.) Ngakuta Bay, Whangakoko Bay, Port Underwood (Oyster Bay), Ocean Bay, Robin Hood Bay, and Blenheim, once weekly, alternative to No. 3.

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. Forms of tender, with the terms and conditions of contract, may be procured at any post-office.

No tender will be considered unless made on the printed form.

Tenders, indorsed “Tenders for Mail-service, Port Underwood Sea Service,” to be addressed to the Chief Postmaster, Blenheim.

D. ROBERTSON,
Secretary.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

The Treasury, New Zealand,
Friendly Societies Office,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1910.

THE Sacred Heart Branch, No. 533, situated at Petone, is registered as a branch of the New Zealand District Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 2nd day of December, 1910.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

The Treasury, New Zealand,
Friendly Societies Office,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1910.

THE St. Mary’s Branch, No. 534, situated at Opunake, is registered as a branch of the New Zealand District Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 2nd day of December, 1910.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908.—Notice of Cancellation of Registry.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 7th December, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the registration of the Granity Creek Coal-miners’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 87, situated at Millerton, is hereby cancelled as from the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

J. LOMAS,
Deputy Registrar of Industrial Unions.