Mar. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 899

Varied Notice fixing Closing-hours of Hairdressers' and Tobacconists' Shops in the Borough of Taihape under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops carrying on business as hairdressers and tobacconists in the Borough of Taihape, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the borough shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Monday, at 6 p.m.; Tuesday, 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 6 p.m.; Thursday (half-holiday), 1 p.m.; Friday, 6 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 p.m.: And whereas the Taihape Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops carrying on business as hairdressers and tobacconists, combined and separately, within the Borough of Taihape:

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 13th day of March, 1911, all hairdressers' and tobacconists' shops, combined and separately, in the Borough of Taihape, shall be closed in accordance with such requisition. The notice gazetted on 4th February, 1909, fixing the closing-hours of all such shops is hereby varied accordingly.

Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of March, 1911.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

Notice of the Taking and Laying-off of a Road in Block VI, Puniu Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, under the authority of section 93 of the Public Works Act, 1908, that the road described in the Schedule hereto was, on the 1st day of October, 1908, duly taken and laid off through the land specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said Dominion, by Warrant dated the 12th day of September, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

All in the Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District.

Dated this 6th day of March, 1911.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

Notice of the Taking and Laying-off of a Road in Block V, Hukerenui Survey District, Bay of Islands County.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, under the authority of section 93 of the Public Works Act, 1908, that the road described in the Schedule hereto was, on the 22nd day of February, 1909, duly taken and laid off through the land specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said Dominion, by Warrant dated the 7th day of November, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

In the Auckland Land District; as the said road is more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District.

Dated this 6th day of March, 1911.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

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:—

1. (a.) £2,500 to be paid on proof being submitted that not less than 250,000 gallons of marketable crude oil has been won.

(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, petrol, 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.

Result of Election of Trustees of a Drainage District.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 8th March, 1911.

THE following result of the election of Trustees of the Frankton Drainage District has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Frankton Drainage District, County of Waipa:
George Cornfoot.
Thomas Johnson.