JAN. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 139

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.

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Notice of Intention to take Land in Block I, Awamoko Survey District, Waitaki County, for Protective Works, Awamoko Stream, Steward Settlement.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to execute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of protective works, Awamoko Stream, Steward Settlement, and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Awamoko, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

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All in the Otago 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 Provincial District of Wellington.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this seventeenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and eleven.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

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Foxglove declared to be a Noxious Weed by the Pahiatua County Council.—Notice No. 1466.

Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists,
Wellington, 16th January, 1911.

IT it hereby notified for public information that the Pahiatua County Council has by special order declared foxglove to be a noxious weed within the meaning of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, in the Pahiatua County.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture.

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Branch of Friendly Society registered.

The Treasury, New Zealand,
Friendly Societies Office,
Wellington, 12th January, 1911.

THE Loyal Hinds Lodge, situated at Hinds, is registered as a branch of the Ashburton District of the New Zealand Branch of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 12th day of January, 1911.

ROBT. E. HAYES,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

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The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908.—Notice of Cancellation of Registry.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 18th January, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that the registration of the Kiripaka Coal-miners’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 262, situated at Kiripaka, is hereby cancelled, as from the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

EDWARD TREGEAR,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.

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Public Service Classification and Superannuation Act, 1908, and Amendment Act, 1909.—Election of Members of the Board.

NOTICE is hereby given that an election will be held for the purpose of electing, as members of the Public Service Superannuation Board, two persons from among the number of contributors to the Public Service Superannuation Fund who belong to the Post and Telegraph Department; one person from among the number of contributors to the said fund who belong to the Police Department; and three persons from among the number of contributors to the said fund who belong to other Departments of the public service. And notice is further given that—

(1.) The said election will be held on Monday, the 6th day of March, 1911, at the Public Service Superannuation Office, Government Buildings, Wellington.

(2.) The poll will be closed at 5 o’clock p.m.

(3.) A separate ballot will be taken of the contributors who belong to the Post and Telegraph Department, also a separate ballot of the contributors who belong to the Police Department, and also a separate ballot of the contributors who belong to other Departments of the public service.

(4.) Nominations will be closed on Tuesday, 14th February, 1911, at 5 o’clock p.m., and voting-lists will therefore be closed on that day (see Regulation 41).

Dated at Wellington, this 19th day of January, 1911.

AMELIUS M. SMITH,
Returning Officer,