SEPT. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3321

1909, are equally effective with the corresponding regulations in force in this country respecting the assignment of load-lines to British merchant ships:

Now therefore, His Majesty in Council doth direct that on proof that ships belonging to the Netherlands have complied with the aforesaid regulations of the Government of the Netherlands, such ships shall not, when in ports of the United Kingdom, be liable to detention for non-compliance with the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts relating to overloading, nor shall there arise any liability to any fine or penalty which would otherwise arise for non-compliance with those provisions.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

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FOR OFFICIAL USE.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS, 1910.
(No. 670.)

MERCHANT SHIPPING.
(Prevention of Accidents—Life-saving Appliances.)

Order in Council exempting Netherlands Ships, complying with Netherlands Provisions, from the Provisions of Sections 427–431 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (57–58 Vict. c. 60), as to Life-saving Appliances.

At the Court at St. James’s, the 11th day of June, 1910.

Present:

THE KING’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section 4 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1906, it is provided that sections 427 to 431 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (hereinafter called the principal Act), relating to life-saving appliances shall, after the appointed day, apply to all foreign ships while they are within any port of the United Kingdom as they apply to British ships: Provided that His Majesty may by Order in Council direct that those provisions shall not apply to any ship of a foreign country in which the provisions in force relating to life-saving appliances appear to His Majesty to be as effective as the provisions of Part V of the principal Act, on proof that those provisions are complied with in the case of that ship:

And whereas by section 5 of the said Act it is provided that the said appointed day shall be the first day of January, 1909, or such other day not being more than twelve months later, as the Board of Trade may appoint:

And whereas the Board of Trade have appointed the first day of October, 1909, to be the day after which the provisions of the principal Act relating to life-saving appliances should apply to all foreign ships while they are within any port of the United Kingdom as they apply to British ships:

And whereas it appears to His Majesty that the provisions in force in the Netherlands relating to life-saving appliances are as effective as the provisions of Part V of the principal Act:

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, is pleased to direct that the provisions of Sections 427 to 431 of the principal Act shall not apply to any ship of the Netherlands while within any port of the United Kingdom, if it is proved that the aforesaid provisions in force in the Netherlands relating to life-saving appliances are complied with in the case of that ship.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

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Varied Notice (No. 2) fixing Closing-hours of Chemists’ and Druggists’ Shops in the City of Nelson under the Shops and Offices Act.

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WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the chemists’ and druggists’ shops in the City of Nelson, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops within the city shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, at 8 p.m.; on Wednesdays, being the statutory half-holiday, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturdays, at 10 p.m.; all day on Sundays, except from 8 to 9 p.m.:

And whereas the Nelson City Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represents a majority of the occupiers of all the chemists’ and druggists’ shops within the City of Nelson:

Now, therefore, I, John Andrew Millar, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, do hereby direct that, from and after the 5th day of September, 1910, all chemists’ and druggists’ shops in the City of Nelson shall be closed on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 8 p.m.; on Wednesdays (the statutory half holiday) at 1 p.m., opening again on that day from 7 p.m. till 8 p.m. only for the sale of medicines and surgical appliances; and on Saturdays at 10 p.m.

The notice gazetted the 18th day of February, 1909, fixing the closing-hours of all such shops in the city is hereby varied accordingly.

Dated at Wellington, this 30th day of August, 1910.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

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Bonus on Mineral Oil produced in New Zealand.

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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.

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Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver.

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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.

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Tenders.

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Public Works Department,
Wellington, 25th August, 1910.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is published for general information.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

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ERECTON OF POST-OFFICE AT GREENMEADOWS.

Accepted.
£ s. d.
Cairns and Paton, Havelock North .. .. 656 0 0

Declined.
Davis, A. B., Greenmeadows .. .. 738 4 11
Bailey, T. W., Napier .. .. 751 5 2
Cole Bros., Ongaonga .. .. 780 12 3
Bull Bros., Port Ahuriri .. .. 848 0 0

CONSTRUCTION OF SUSPENSION BRIDGE, TANGARAKAU RIVER.

Accepted.
£ s. d
Grayling, F. M., New Plymouth .. .. 1,553 0 0

Declined.
Christie, A. H., Wanganui .. .. 1,589 18 3
Sangster, G., Stratford .. .. 1,594 0 0
Kensington, H., Stratford .. .. 1,798 5 10