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2. If desirous of waiting for a particular regiment, he must state this when making application, but he must clearly understand that he will only be allowed to wait if his claim be a very strong one, and if the conditions at the time are such as to allow of this without detriment to the service. The period for which he will be allowed to wait will in no case exceed six months, but may be determined at any moment if the needs of the army so require. After a candidate has once been gazetted on first appointment, no application for a transfer will be entertained.

3. A candidate without a special claim is at liberty to apply for particular regiments (not exceeding three in all), but will in no case be allowed to wait.

4. Where the claims of different candidates for the same regiment are evenly balanced, the first consideration will be given to those highest on the general list referred to in paragraph 13.

5. A first appointment is made strictly from the information contained in the form filled in and signed by the candidate, and according to his place on the general list referred to in paragraph 13. He is advised not to invoke the aid of outside influence, which answers no useful purpose.

6. It is neither possible to forecast vacancies nor to predict the chances of appointment, and the candidate may rest satisfied that having filled in his form in accordance with instructions he has done all that is requisite. It is a mistake to imagine that the personal or written applications of his relatives or friends will in any way further his chance.

7. All candidates must clearly understand that while their wishes will be met as far as possible, they will be posted to vacancies as demanded by the interests of the service.

Examination-shed appointed.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the power in me for this purpose vested by “The Customs Law Act, 1908,” I, the Minister of Customs, do hereby appoint that the undermentioned building shall be a place where goods may be deposited for examination on the landing thereof, namely,—

WHARF SHED, DUNEDIN,

situated at Rattray Street Wharf, and marked “S.”

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this eleventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

GEO. FOW LDS,
Minister of Customs.

Minister’s Order No. 924.]

Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 14th February, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of four pence (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.

Officiating Ministers for 1910.—Notice No. 12.

Registrar General’s Office,
Wellington, 13th April, 1910.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand passed in the eighth year of the reign of His Majesty King Edward VII, and intituled “The Marriage Act, 1908,” the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information :—

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

The Reverend Edward Elliott Malden, B.A.
The Reverend Percy Temple Williams, M.A.

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

Mr. Robert Blair.
Mr. John James Heard.

Methodist Church of Australasia in New Zealand.

The Reverend Alexander Allen.
Mr. Moses Ayrton.
The Reverend William A. Burley, B.A.
Mr. J. Crawford.
Mr. C. Duncan.
Mr. J. H. Edmondson.
Mr. W. J. Enticott.
Mr. F. T. Harris.
Mr. M. J. Hilder.
Mr. F. W. Kellow.
The Reverend John D. McArthur.
Mr. H. A. Malley.
Mr. C. Palk.
The Reverend James Richards.
Mr. R. H. Todd.
The Reverend William A. Watson.
Mr. S. Werrin.
The Reverend Davis Wilcox.

Congregational Independents.

The Reverend Thomas Wilson Potts.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1910.—Notice No. 13.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 13th April, 1910.

AT the request of the Ecclesiastical Head of the Methodist Church of Australasia in New Zealand, the undermentioned names have been removed from the list of Officiating Ministers under “The Marriage Act, 1908,” for the year 1910 :—

Mr. William Thomas Aldridge.
The Reverend William W. Avery.
Mr. Thomas Bryant.
Mr. Robert Gosnell.
Mr. George Hinton.
The Reverend William Lea.
The Reverend George Snadden.
The Reverend William R. Tuck, M.A.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.