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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 109

Notice to Mariners No. 153 of 1910.

BLUFF HARBOUR.—LIGHTS ESTABLISHED.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 21st December, 1910.

THE Bluff Harbour Board has given notice that the three beacons on the north side of the channel entering Bluff Harbour are now each surmounted by a fifteen-day continuously burning Wigham white light, which will be exhibited for the first time on Monday, the 26th day of December, 1910. Mariners are advised to rely upon the leading lights.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 2540 and 2553, and Plan No. 3484; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chap. ix, page 272; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1911, page 272.

J. A. MILLAR.

Notice of the Taking and Laying-off of a Road in Block III, Tangitu Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, under the authority of section 93 of the Public Works Act, 1908, that the road described in the Schedule hereto was duly taken and laid off through the land specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said Dominion, by Warrant dated the 24th day of August, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

In the Taranaki Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as

above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District.

Dated this 14th day of December, 1910.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

Bonus on Mineral Oil produced in New Zealand.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 21st December, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of £10,000 will be paid for the production of mineral oil as under:—

1. (a.) £2,500 to be paid on proof being submitted that not less than 250,000 gallons of marketable crude oil has been won.
   (b.) £2,500 to be paid on proof being submitted that not less than 500,000 gallons of marketable crude oil has been won.
   (c.) £2,500 to be paid on proof being submitted that not less than 1,000,000 gallons of marketable crude oil has been won.
   (d.) The balance of £2,500 to be paid to the person or company who first produces by his or its own refining plant 500,000 gallons of refined mineral oil.

“Marketable crude oil” shall contain not less than 90 per cent. of products (excluding water) which can be obtained by distillation.

“Refined mineral oil” may include benzine, petrol, kerosene, or lubricating-oils.

The illuminating-oil in the refined state to have a specific gravity of 0·814 to 0·830, and a flashpoint 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 and the conditions duly fulfilled on or before the 31st March, 1915.

4. The first claimant who proves to the satisfaction of the Government that he has fulfilled all the conditions under any of the headings (a), (b), (c), or (d) shall be the recipient of the bonus payable under that heading. The oil must in each case be produced from the well or wells of one proprietary only.

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.

6. This offer cancels the offer dated the 1st June, 1909, and appearing in the New Zealand Gazette.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Mines.

The Statistics Act, 1908.—Interim Return of Corn and Green Crops, 1910–11.—Notice No. 1460.

Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists,
Wellington, 21st December, 1910.

THE following is an estimate of the area under certain crops on the 20th October, 1910:—

WHEAT.

Area for Threshing.

Year. Acres.
1910–11 .. .. .. .. 274,533
1909–10 .. .. .. .. 311,000

Decrease .. .. .. .. 36,467

OATS.

Area for Threshing.

1910–11 .. .. .. .. 353,997
1909–10 .. .. .. .. 378,000

Decrease .. .. .. .. 24,003

BARLEY.

Area for Threshing.

1910–11 .. .. .. .. 32,969
1909–10 .. .. .. .. 41,500

Decrease .. .. .. .. 8,531

MAIZE.

Area for Threshing.

1910–11 .. .. .. .. 9,613

PEAS.

Area for Threshing.

1910–11 .. .. .. .. 13,673

RYEGRASS.

Area for Seed.

1910–11 .. .. .. .. 50,352
1909–10 .. .. .. .. 56,550

Decrease .. .. .. .. 6,198

COCKSFOOT.

Area for Seed.

Year. Acres.
1910–11 .. .. .. .. 26,527
1909–10 .. .. .. .. 29,500

Decrease .. .. .. .. 2,973

RED CLOVER.

Area for Seed.

1910–11 .. .. .. .. 4,822

WHITE CLOVER.

Area for Seed.

1910–11 .. .. .. .. 693

POTATOES.

1910–11 .. .. .. .. 30,050
1909–10 .. .. .. .. 30,500

Decrease .. .. .. .. 450

TURNIPS.

1910–11 .. .. .. .. 508,596
1909–10 .. .. .. .. 522,550

Decrease .. .. .. .. 13,954

MANGOLDS.

1910–11 .. .. .. .. 11,004

RABB.

1910–11 .. .. .. .. 220,662
1909–10 .. .. .. .. 225,035

Decrease .. .. .. .. 4,373