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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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(b.) £2,500 to be paid on proof being submitted that not less than 500,000 gallons of marketable crude oil has been won.
(c.) £2,500 to be paid on proof being submitted that not less than 1,000,000 gallons of marketable crude oil has been won.
(d.) The balance of £2,500 to be paid to the person or company who first produces by his or its own refining plant 500,000 gallons of refined mineral oil.
“Marketable crude oil” shall contain not less than 90 per cent. of products (excluding water) which can be obtained by distillation.
“Refined mineral oil” may include benzine, petrolene, kerosene, or lubricating-oils.
The illuminating-oil in the refined state to have a specific gravity of 0·814 to 0·830, and a flashpoint 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 and the conditions duly fulfilled on or before the 31st March, 1915.
4. The first claimant who proves to the satisfaction of the Government that he has fulfilled all the conditions under any of the headings (a), (b), (c), or (d) shall be the recipient of the bonus payable under that heading. The oil must in each case be produced from the well or wells of one proprietary only.
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.
6. This offer cancels the offer dated the 1st June, 1909, and appearing in the New Zealand Gazette.
R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Mines.

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1911.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is published for general information.
R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

ERECTON OF NUHAKA RIVER BRIDGE.

Accepted.
£ s. d.
Gardiner, A. R., Wairoa .. .. .. 3,136 4 0

Declined.
Gilmour, J. J., Dannevirke .. .. 3,200 0 0
Dillon, T., Wellington .. .. 3,372 6 8
Fraser, G. M., Hamilton .. .. 3,494 10 0
McLean, Donald, and Co., Wellington .. 3,750 0 0
Nicol, J. A., Gisborne .. .. 3,798 0 0
Beagley and Austin, Napier .. .. 4,700 0 0

Wellington City Council’s Abattoir made available for the Purposes of the Lower Hutt Borough.—Notice No. 1474.

IN pursuance of section 15, paragraph (f) (i), of the Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1908, it is hereby notified that the abattoir established by the Wellington City Council for the district comprising the City of Wellington has, by agreement between the said City Council and the Lower Hutt Borough Council, been made available for the purposes of the Lower Hutt Borough, and that the Wellington City Council is the controlling authority of the said abattoir.
Given under my hand, at Wellington, this 2nd day of February, 1911.
THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture.

Conscience-money received.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 4th February, 1911.

THE Minister of Finance directs me to acknowledge receipt of the sum of 4s. 6d., forwarded to the Public Works Department, Wellington, by some person unknown, as conscience-money, to the New Zealand Government.
J. W. POYNTON,
Secretary to the Treasury.

Officiating Ministers for 1911.—Notice No. 4.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 1911.

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 intituled 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 William Venables, M.A.

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
Mr. Henry Ernest Rutledge.

Methodist Church of Australasia in New Zealand.
Mr. Ernest A. Hunt.

Lutheran Church.
The Reverend Christoph Hartwig Dierks.

Church of Christ.
Mr. Franklin John Goodwin.

Salvation Army.
Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Birkenshaw.
Brigadier Fred Rowley.

Unitarians.
The Reverend James Henry George Chapple.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1911.—Notice No. 5.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 1911.

AT the request of the Provincial Commander of the Salvation Army the names of the undermentioned have been removed from the list of Officiating Ministers under the Marriage Act, 1908, for the year 1911:—

Salvation Army.
Lieutenant-Colonel Ernest Knight.
Brigadier Ernest Holdaway.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

The Treasury, New Zealand,
Friendly Societies Office,
Wellington, 31st January, 1911.

THE Progress Tent, situated at Lower Hutt, is registered as a branch of the New Zealand Central District Independent Order of Rechabites Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 31st day of January, 1911.
ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

The Treasury, New Zealand,
Friendly Societies Office,
Wellington, 6th February, 1911.

THE Court Pride of the Port, situated at Port Chalmers, is registered as a branch of the Juvenile Council, a branch of the United Otago District of the Ancient Order of Foresters Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 6th day of February, 1911.
ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.