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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 101

Downing Street, 17th October, 1911.
My Lord,—I have the honour to request you to inform your Ministers that, by a French Presidential Decree of the 23rd September, 1911, the provisions of the law of 1st March, 1888, which prohibits foreign boats from fishing in French and Algerian territorial waters, have been rendered applicable to the territorial waters of New Caledonia and its dependencies.

I have, &c.,
L. HARCOURT.

Governor the Right Honourable Lord Islington,
K.C.M.G., D.S.O., &c.

Despatch.—Apprehension of Deserters from Japanese Ships.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 4th December, 1911.
THE following circular despatch, received from the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

Downing Street, 17th October, 1911.
My Lord,—With reference to Mr. Lyttelton’s circular despatch of the 19th of October, 1903, forwarding an Order of the King in Council applying section 238 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, to the case of Japan, I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of your Ministers, copies of an Order in Council of the 3rd instant repealing the Order in Council of the 9th of October, 1903, and making new provisions regarding the apprehension of deserters from Japanese ships.

I have, &c.,
L. HARCOURT.

Governor the Right Honourable Lord Islington,
K.C.M.G., D.S.O., &c.

At the Court at Balmoral, the 3rd Day of October, 1911.
Present :

THE KING’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by subsection (1) of section 238 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, it is provided that, where it appears to His Majesty that due facilities are, or will be, given by the Government of any foreign country for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British Merchant ships in that country, His Majesty may, by Order in Council stating that such facilities are or will be given, declare that that section shall apply in the case of such foreign country, subject to any limitations, conditions, and qualifications contained in the Order :

And whereas by an Order in Council dated the 9th October, 1903, His late Majesty, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, was pleased to order and declare that seamen not being slaves (and not being British subjects) who, within His Majesty’s Dominions, desert from ships belonging to subjects of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan should be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships :

And whereas it is desirable to repeal the said Order in Council of the 9th day of October, 1903 :

And whereas it appears to His Majesty that due facilities are given by the Government of Japan for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British Merchant ships in that country :

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue of the power vested in him by the hereinbefore-recited subsection (1) of section 238 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, and by and with the advice of His Privy Council, is pleased to order and declare, and it is hereby ordered and declared, that, from and after the publication hereof in the London Gazette, the said section 238 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, shall apply in the case of Japan, subject to the condition and qualification following, that is to say, that the application for assistance by the competent Consular Officer of Japan shall be accompanied by an assurance that all expenses connected therewith shall be repaid and that this Order shall not apply to subjects of His Majesty.

And His Majesty, by virtue of the powers vested in him by the provisions of section 738 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, and by and with the advice of His Privy Council, is further pleased to order and declare that upon and after the publication hereof in the London Gazette the Order in Council made on the 9th day of October, 1903, shall be revoked and the same is hereby revoked accordingly.

J. C. LEDLIE.

Notice fixing Closing-hours of all Shops in the Town District of Kaponga under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in the Town District of Kaponga, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all shops in the town district shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, 5.30 p.m.; Thursday, 1 p.m.; and Saturday, 9.30 p.m.: And whereas the Kaponga Town Board has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops within the Town District of Kaponga :

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 18th day of December, 1911, all shops in the Town District of Kaponga shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Dunedin, this 14th day of December, 1911.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

Notice fixing Closing-hours of Tobacconists’ Shops in the Town District of Kaponga under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the tobacconists’ shops in the Town District of Kaponga, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the town district shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 8 p.m.; Thursdays, 1 p.m.; and Saturdays, 9.30 p.m.: And whereas the Kaponga Town Board has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the tobacconists’ shops within the Town District of Kaponga :

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 18th day of December, 1911, all such shops in the Town District of Kaponga shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

With respect to tobacconists’ shops, this notice supersedes the requisition of the 14th instant applying to all shops in the town district.

Dated at Dunedin, this 14th day of December, 1911.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 14th February, 1910.
NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of fourpence (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, 21st December, 1910.
NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of £10,000 will be paid for the production of mineral oil as under :—