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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 15

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block I, Piopiotea Survey District, West Taupo County, for Road Purposes.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1908,” to execute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of a road in Block I, Piopiotea Survey District, and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the Post-office at Taumarunui, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

The parcels of land required to be taken:—

All in the Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 25723, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured as above.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this twelfth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

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.

Constituting the Thames Deep Levels Mining Board, and Regulations with respect thereto.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 11th February, 1910.

IN pursuance of a certain deed of agreement dated the 8th day of February, 1910, made between the Minister of Mines of the one part, and the Waiotahi Gold-mining Company (Limited), the May Queen Gold-mining Company (Limited), the Saxon Gold-mining Company (Limited), the Victoria Gold-mining Company (Limited), and the Kuranui-Caledonian Gold-mining Company (Limited) of the other part, notice is hereby given that the following persons have been appointed a Board for the management, construction, and maintenance of the Thames deep levels crosscut under and subject to the provisions of the said deed:—

EDMOND HARVEY TAYLOR, Esq., M.P., of Thames, appointed by the Minister;

ALBERT BRUCE, Esq., of Thames, appointed by the Minister;

CHARLES HUDSON, Esq., appointed by the Waiotahi Gold-mining Company (Limited);

HENRY HOPPER ADAMS, Esq., appointed by the May Queen Gold-mining Company (Limited);

JOHN KNEEBONE, Esq., appointed by the Saxon Gold-mining Company (Limited);

GRAVES AICKIN, Esq., appointed by the Victoria Gold-mining Company (Limited);

HENRY GILFILLAN, JUN., Esq., appointed by the Kuranui-Caledonian Gold-mining Company (Limited).

And, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by clause 5 of the said deed, I do hereby make the following regulations for the purpose of giving effect to that clause and other the provisions of the said deed, and direct that the members hereinbefore mentioned shall continue in office until their successors take office, as provided by the said regulations:—

REGULATIONS.

1. The aforementioned Edmond Harvey Taylor, Esq., shall be Chairman of the Board.

2. The ordinary term of office of members of the Board shall be three years, but each member shall continue to hold office until his successor takes office, and shall be eligible for reappointment.

3. A member may at any time resign by notice in writing to the Minister in the case of the Chairman and the other member appointed by the Minister, and to the respective company which appointed the member resigning in any other case.

4. The office of any member shall become vacant if he dies, resigns, or becomes bankrupt, or if he fails to attend three consecutive ordinary meetings of the Board without the leave of the Board.

5. Any four members of the Board shall form a quorum, and any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

6. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the time appointed for holding the same the members present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of such meeting.

7. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman or any two members of the Board, provided that two days’ notice of such meeting be given to each member, specifying the business to be transacted at such special meeting, and no other business than that so specified shall be transacted at such meeting.

8. All questions at any meeting of the Board shall be determined by the majority of the votes of the members of the Board present and voting thereon. The Chairman shall have a deliberative vote, and, in the case of equality of voting, a casting-vote.

9. The Board shall keep full and accurate minutes of its proceedings.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Mines.

Results of Elections of Trustees of Drainage Districts.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 16th February, 1910.

THE following results of the election of Trustees of drainage districts have been received from the Returning Officers, and are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Land Drainage Act, 1908.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Rangitaiki Drainage District, County of Whakatane:
Thomas Hallett.
Alfred J. W. Thorne.

Tumu-Kaituna Drainage District, County of Tauranga:
Walter Riddell.

Oroua Drainage District, County of Manawatu:
Benjamin Gray.
Herbert Hill Hunt.
John Dalton.
George Kendall.
George Hay Low, jun.
Richard Mudford.
James Tennant.