JUNE 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1691

As the total number of valid votes recorded at the poll in favour of the proposal exceeds three-fifths of the total number of valid votes recorded at the poll, I hereby declare the proposal carried.

C. M. CRESSWELL, Chairman, Castlecliff Town Board.

Dated 4th day of June, 1910.

Authorising the Laying-off of Moana Crescent, Rawhiti and Marama Streets, in the Town of Sunshine, of a Width of not less than 66 ft. each.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 6th June, 1910.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of the Land Act, 1908, I, Joseph George Ward, Minister of Lands, do hereby authorise the laying-off of Moana Crescent, Rawhiti and Marama Streets, in the Town of Sunshine, Otago Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. each, instead of 99 ft.

J. G. WARD, Minister of Lands.

Notice to Mariners No. 58 of 1910.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 31st May, 1910.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Acting Receiver-General, Suva, are published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

LEADING-LIGHTS AT NAVULA PASSAGE, FIJI.

Preliminary Notice.

LEADING-LIGHTS, upper white, lower red, will be exhibited at Navula Passage during the year.

Due notice will be given before the lights are installed.

G. V. MAXWELL, Acting Receiver-General.

Suva, 21st March, 1910.

PORT LIGHT ON THE ISLAND OF VIO, LAUTOKA, FIJI.

Preliminary Notice.

A sixth-order port light, on lattice iron tower, with focal plane 22 ft. above high-water mark, showing a green fixed light, visible round an arc of the horizon of 180°, will be installed on Vio Island, Port of Lautoka, during the year.

Due notice will be given before the light is installed.

G. V. MAXWELL, Acting Receiver-General.

Suva, 21st March, 1910.

Notice to Mariners No. 59 of 1910.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 31st May, 1910.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Marine Board, Hobart, Tasmania, is published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

THE attention of this office has been drawn by the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand (Limited) to an apparent inaccuracy in the Admiralty Chart No. 1079, Tasmania, with regard to the position of the Sloop Rock, which is shown on the chart as being distant 11½ miles from Cape Sorell, whereas the actual distance is stated to be only 7½ miles. It has also been pointed out that there are two breaks between the Sloop Rock and Point Hibbs, from which it would appear that there is shallow water in the locality, although there is nothing to this effect on the chart.

The matter was referred to the naval authorities, and the Naval Secretary has advised that the facts may be as stated, as the locality above mentioned is on the west coast of Tasmania, which, together with a large portion of the east coast, has never been properly surveyed

J. ADAMS, Secretary.

Marine Board Office, Hobart, 29th April, 1910.

Notice to Mariners No. 62 of 1910.

HOKIANGA BAR.—CHANGE IN CHANNEL.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 6th June, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the channel over the bar of the Hokianga River has apparently shifted still further to the northward, and the magnetic bearing for crossing the bar off the harbour-entrance is now about east to east by north.

The South Channel where the leading-lights led across has now ceased to exist, and the lights are not now shown.

Captain Grubb, of the s.s. “Ohinemuri,” sounded the bar on the 21st May, coming in on the above bearings, and the least water obtained was 17 ft. L.W.S.T. Captain Dorling, s.s. “Waitangi,” sounded the same channel on the 27th May, getting the same water, 17 ft., which shows a slight increase from the last soundings in the previous North Channel.

Charts, &c., affected : Admiralty Chart No. 2525 and Plan 1091A; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chap. vii, page 201.

J. A. MILLAR.

Notice to the Public Trustee.

Education Department,
Wellington, 27th May, 1910.

WHEREAS John William Petersen is at present detained as an inmate of the Boys' Training Farm, Weraroa, a school established under the Industrial Schools Act, 1908, and such inmate is entitled to certain moneys and property in the “Hercock Trust” :

And whereas it appears expedient to issue the directions hereinafter set forth :

Now, I, George Fowlds, Minister of Education, do hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 38 of the Industrial Schools Act, 1908, direct the Public Trustee to take possession of all such moneys and property and apply the same for the benefit of such inmate, in accordance with the provisions of such last-mentioned Act.

GEO. FOWLDS, Minister of Education.

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.

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