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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 89

desiring that all such shops in the borough shall be closed
in the evening of working-days as follows: 1st January
to 30th November at 6 o’clock p.m., Saturdays 10 p.m.;
1st to 30th December 8 o’clock p.m., Saturdays 10 o’clock
p.m.: And whereas the Greymouth Borough Council has
certified that the signatures to such requisition represent
a majority of the occupiers of all the shops wherein is
carried on the trade of a seller of books and stationery in
the Borough of Greymouth:

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 10th
day of October, 1910, all such shops in the Borough of
Greymouth shall be closed in accordance with such requi-
sition, excepting on the statutory half-holiday, when such
shops shall be closed at 1 p.m.

Dated at Wellington, this 5th day of October, 1910.
J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

Varied Notice fixing Closing-hours of Grocers’ Shops in
the Borough of Invercargill under the Shops and Offices
Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a
majority of the occupiers of all the grocers’ shops
in the Borough of Invercargill, has been forwarded to me,
desiring that all such shops within the borough shall be
closed in the evening of every working-day at the hour of
6 o’clock p.m., and on each Saturday at the hour of 9 p.m. :
And whereas the Invercargill Borough Council has certi-
fied that the signatures to such requisition represent a
majority of the occupiers of all the grocers’ shops in the
Borough of Invercargill:

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 10th
day of October, 1910, all grocers’ shops in the Borough of
Invercargill shall be closed in accordance with such requi-
sition, excepting on the statutory half-holiday, when such
shops shall be closed at 1 p.m.

The notice gazetted the 7th day of December, 1905, fixing
the closing-hours of all such shops in the borough is hereby
varied accordingly.

Dated at Wellington, this 5th day of October, 1910.
J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

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
   to be appointed by the Minister of Mines, and on whose cer-
   tificate 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.

Conscience-money received.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 29th September, 1910.

THE Minister of Finance directs me to acknowledge
receipt of the sum of £50, forwarded to the Minister
of Railways from Christchurch by some person unknown,
as conscience-money to the New Zealand Government.

J. W. POYNTON,
Receiver-General.

Agent for the Public Trustee, at Waipawa, appointed.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 30th September, 1910.

IT is hereby notified, for general information, that
EDWARD JAMES O’BRIEN, Esq.,
has been appointed Agent for the Public Trustee, at Wai-
pawa, as from the 17th instant, vice Martin Murray, Esq.,
resigned.

FRED FITCHETT,
Public Trustee.

Officiating Ministers for 1910.—Notice No. 32.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 5th October, 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 late Majesty King Edward VII, and in-
titled 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 Harry Darwin Burton.

Primitive Methodist Connexion.

The Reverend Herman Foston.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

Tenders for Mail-service, Ruanui—Bell’s Junction.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 3rd October, 1910.

SEALED tenders will be received by the Chief Post-
master, Wanganui, until Monday, the 17th October,
1910, for the conveyance of mails between the undermen-
tioned places for the period from 1st November, 1910, to
the 31st December, 1912:—

Between Ruanui and Bell’s Junction, via Turakina
Valley Road: Rural delivery, twice weekly.

Forms of tender, with the terms and conditions of con-
tract, may be obtained at the post-offices at Ruanui, Mata-
roa, or Taihape.

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

D. ROBERTSON,
Secretary.

Tenders for Ironbark Poles.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 30th September, 1910.

SEPARATE tenders will be received until 5 p.m. on
Friday, 4th November, 1910, for the supply and de-
livery of ironbark poles according to schedules and specifi-
cations and conditions which may be seen at the Telegraph
Offices at Auckland, Christchurch, and Dunedin, and at the
office of the Controller of Stores at Wellington.

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

By order.

J. K. LOGAN,
Superintendent of Electric Lines.