Nov. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3285

Notice to Mariners No. 137 of 1911.

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EAST COAST, SOUTH ISLAND.—WAIMAKARIRI RIVER.

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Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 30th October, 1911.

THE Waimakariri Harbour Board have notified that the temporary flagstaff on north side of the Waimakariri River has been washed out by the freshet in the river, and has been re-erected about 300 yards east of former position and nearer the sea.

Charts, &c., affected : Admiralty Chart No. 2529 ; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter viii, page 235.

J. A. MILLAR.

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Notice to Mariners No. 138 of 1911.

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PORT NICHOLSON.—REMOVAL OF DREDGE OVER FALCON SHOAL.

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Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 31st October, 1911.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 87 of 1908, the Wellington Harbour Board has notified that the dredge “Whakarire” has for the present ceased work on the Falcon Shoal, and will not resume until further notice is given.

All that portion of the channel lying to the westward of the Falcon Shoal buoy is available for navigation by vessels drawing up to 26 ft. of water.

Charts, &c., affected : Admiralty Chart No. 1423 ; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter v, page 142 ; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1911, pages 195 and 315, edition 1912, pages 201 and 327.

J. A. MILLAR.

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Amending Regulations for the Carriage of Deck Cargo.

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WHEREAS regulations, dated respectively the 26th day of April, 1911, and the 31st day of August, 1911, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 36, of the 4th day of May, 1911, and No. 71, of the 7th day of September respectively, were made governing the issue of licenses for the carriage of cargo and live-stock on the decks of vessels : And whereas it is desirable to amend the said regulations in the manner hereinafter described :

Now, therefore, I, John Andrew Millar, the Minister of Marine, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 223 of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, do hereby amend the said regulations of the 26th day of April, 1911, and the 31st day of August, 1911, in the manner described in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

REGULATIONS OF 26TH APRIL, 1911.

General.

CLAUSE 2 : The figures and words “150 tons net register” are deleted, and the figures and words “200 tons net register” are inserted in lieu thereof ; and the words “in cases of emergency” are deleted.

Clause 25 : This clause is revoked, and the following clause is substituted therefor, namely :—

“25. Dead-weight cargo includes iron, copper, lead, tin, and manganese ores, railway-iron, iron boilers, machinery, and locomotives, and coal.”

The form of general or special license A or B dead-weight prescribed in the regulations, and also the words “or dead-weight” in the Schedule, are repealed, and the following words and figures are inserted in the Schedule, viz. :—

For an annual special license, Class A £. s. d.

or B … … … … 0 5 0

REGULATION OF THE 31ST AUGUST, 1911.

After the words “carriage of motor-cars” the words “and agricultural implements” are inserted, and after the words “the weight of the cars” the words “and agricultural implements” are inserted.

As witness my hand, this twenty-eighth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and eleven.

J. A. MILLAR.

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Forbidding Money-order and Postal Correspondence for the Hungarian Bank Association (Limited), Budapest.

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THE Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand having reasonable ground for supposing that the institution of which the name and address are shown in the Schedule hereunder is engaged in promoting or carrying out a lottery or scheme of chance, it is hereby ordered, under section 28 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, that no money-order in favour of the said institution shall be issued, and that no postal packet addressed to the said institution, or to the manager, secretary, or other officer thereof, or addressed to the address in the Schedule hereunder without a name, shall be registered or forwarded by the Post Office of New Zealand.

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SCHEDULE.

HUNGARIAN BANK ASSOCIATION (LIMITED), (Ungarischer Bank verein Actiengesellschaft), VI, Teréz-körut 27, Budapest.

Dated this 28th day of October, 1911.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,

For Postmaster-General.

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Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver.

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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.

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Bonus on Mineral Oil produced in New Zealand.

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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