JULY 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2159

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, 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.

Notice of the Taking and Laying-off of a Road in Block VII, Hukerenui Survey District, Whangarei and Bay of Islands Counties.

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 has been 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 20th day of January, 1910.

SCHEDULE.

In the Auckland Land District; as the same 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 3rd day of July, 1911.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 5th July, 1911.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is published for general information.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

ERECTON OF POST-OFFICE AT SYDENHAM.

Accepted.

Declined.

ERECTON OF POST-OFFICE AT ELLERSLIE.

Accepted.

Declined.

BEALEY GORGE ROAD BRIDGE CONTRACT.

Accepted.

Declined.

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Surveyor licensed.

The Surveyors’ Board of New Zealand,
Wellington, 21st June, 1911.

IT is hereby notified for general information that a license under the Surveyors’ Institute and Board of Examiners Act, 1908, has been issued by the Surveyors’ Board to the following surveyor:—

C. E. ADAMS,
Secretary, Surveyors’ Board.

Land Surveyors’ Examination, September, 1911, Australia and New Zealand.

The Surveyors’ Board of New Zealand,
Wellington, 4th July, 1911.

IT is hereby notified for general information that the Surveyors’ Board, in conjunction with the Australian Surveyors’ Boards, will conduct an examination of candidates for licenses to survey, commencing at 10 a.m. on Monday, 18th September, 1911, at the Dominion Museum, Wellington.

Candidates are notified that their applications, on the proper form, must reach the Secretary of the Board at least thirty days before the date of the examination, and that the examination fee of £1 1s. must be paid, at least seven days before the date of the examination, to the Secretary of the Board, from whom examination regulations, application forms, and other particulars may be obtained.

C. E. ADAMS,
Secretary, Surveyors’ Board.

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

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 4th July, 1911.

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to an application in that behalf made to me by the Mokihinui Coal-miners’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 62, situated at Seddonville, and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by section 21 of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908, it is my intention to cancel the registration of that industrial union after the expiration of six weeks from the date of the publication of this notice in the Gazette, unless in the meantime cause is shown to the contrary.

JOHN LOMAS,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.