May 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1549

Notice of Intention to take Land in the Township of Dunollie, Block III, Cobden Survey District, for the Purposes of a Road.

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 III, Cobden 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 road so required to be taken is deposited in the Post-office at Runanga, 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 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 parcel of land required to be taken:—

In the Land District of Westland; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 26435, 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 thirteenth day of May, 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.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

The Treasury, New Zealand,
Friendly Societies Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1910.

THE Port Chalmers Tent, situated at Port Chalmers, is registered as a branch of the New Zealand Central District Independent Order of Rechabites Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 13th day of May, 1910.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Notice to make Returns of Income under the Land and Income Assessment Act, 1908.

Land and Income Tax Department,
Wellington, 14th May, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in pursuance of the above Act and the regulations made thereunder, every person and company, within the meaning of the said Act, having derived income during the year ending 31st March, 1910, from any source or by any means which is made the subject of taxation under the said Act is hereby required to duly make and furnish to me, in the prescribed form, returns of such income on or before the 1st June, 1910.
And, further, notice is hereby given that such returns shall in all cases be delivered at or forwarded to the office of the Commissioner of Taxes, in the Government Buildings at Wellington.

P. HEYES,
Commissioner of Taxes.

By J. H. RICHARDSON,
Deputy Commissioner of Taxes.

NOTE.—Persons who have not received forms of return from this office may obtain them at any postal money-order office.

SPECIAL NOTE.—Any person failing to furnish a return at the prescribed time is liable to a penalty of not less than £2 nor more than £100.

Minister's Decisions under Customs Duties Act.

Department of Trade and Customs, Wellington, 17th May, 1910.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Hon. the Minister of Customs has decided to interpret the Customs Duties Act in relation to the undermentioned articles as follows:—

NOTE.—“Not otherwise enumerated” appears as n.o.e.; “other kinds” as o.k.; “articles and materials suited only for, and to be used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the Dominion” as a. & m.s. Articles marked thus † are revised decisions.

NOTE.—This test will easily admit all the kerosenes and clear burning oils and benzenes, &c., as at present, but will stop the light spindle oils, which were never intended to be free.

Minister’s Order No. 927.]

W. B. MONTGOMERY,
Secretary of Customs.