Mar. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 971

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, 6th March, 1912.

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

R. MCKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

ERECTI0N OF POST-OFFICE AT BALFOUR.

Accepted.

Latham, Thomas, Gore ... ... ... 699 15 0

Declined.

Rhodes and Son, Gore ... ... ... 714 14 4
Finlay, George, Gore ... ... ... 824 0 0

Forbidding Money-order and Postal Correspondence for Anglo-American Specialists Company, Brussels.

THE Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand having reasonable ground for supposing that the company whose name and address are shown in the Schedule hereunder is engaged in advertising the treatment of diseases of the sexual organs, it is hereby ordered, under section 28 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, that no money-order in favour of the said company shall be issued, and that no postal packet addressed to the said company (either by its own or any fictitious or assumed name), or to the manager, secretary, or other officer thereof, or addressed to the address in the Schedule hereunder without a name, shall be either registered or forwarded by the Post Office of New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.

ANGLO-AMERICAN SPECIALISTS COMPANY, 40 Place de Brouckère, Brussels, Belgium.

Dated this 28th day of February, 1912.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
For Postmaster-General.

Officers appointed to take Statutory Declarations under Post and Telegraph Act, 1908.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office,
Wellington, 26th February, 1912.

IN pursuance of powers delegated to me under section 8, clause (d), of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, I, Joseph George Ward, the Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting under the authority conferred by section 9, subsection (2), of the said Act, do hereby appoint the following persons to take statutory declarations of Postmasters and other Post officers :-

OFFICERS OF THE CLERICAL DIVISION.

Third Class.

Fache, G. C., Deputy Commissioner of Old-age Pensions, Wellington.

Fourth Class.

Heinitz, R., Chief Draughtsman, Wellington.
Hawley, F. C., Assistant Officer in Charge, Telegraph-office, Christchurch.
Greatbatch, H. G., Officer in Charge, Napier.
Harwood, P. G., Accountant, Chief Post-office, Auckland.
Kelly, R. D., Accountant, Chief Post-office, Wellington.
Kemp, G. T., Assistant Telegraph Engineer, Nelson,

Fifth Class.

Rule, J. G., Chief Mail Clerk, Chief Post-office, Christchurch.
Hudson, G. V., Principal Clerk, Postal Division, General Post Office, Wellington.
Staples, F. J., Postmaster, Newton.
Palmer, F., Controller of Telegraph Workshops, Wellington.
Treweek, C., Senior Check Clerk, Telegraph-office, Christchurch.
Dale, J. C., Chief Clerk, Invercargill.
Woon, J. R., Chief Clerk, Wanganui.
Harle, G. H., Chief Clerk, New Plymouth.
Smallbone, G. F. B., Postmaster, Marton.
Alexander, A., Chief Mail Clerk, Chief Post-office, Wellington.
Perrin, F., Extra Staff Officer, General Post Office, Wellington.
Oxley, A. W., Senior Check Clerk, Telegraph-office, Dunedin.
Chegwidden, W., First Clerk, Accountant’s Branch, General Post Office, Wellington.
Aitken, J., Chief Clerk and Senior Telegraphist, Greymouth.
Cuming, S., Senior Clerk and Telegraphist, Oamaru.
Callaghan, W., Chief Clerk, Timaru.
Coombe, H. C., Chief Clerk, Nelson.
Lecocq, T. W., Postmaster, Waimate.
Dempsey, W. H., Postmaster, Pahiatua.
Stanton, S. G., Postmaster, Stratford.
Alexander, J., Senior Check Clerk, Telegraph-office, Wellington.
Lambie, T., Senior Telephone Exchange Clerk, Dunedin.
Macandrew, A. W., Mechanician, Auckland.
Burr, E. A., Second Senior Check Clerk, Telegraph-office, Wellington.
Canavan, C. H. D., Senior Telephone Exchange Clerk, Wellington.
Cowles, E. P., Sub. Telegraph Engineer, Auckland.
Gibbs, A., Electrician, Wellington.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
For Postmaster-General.

Exemption of Slaughterhouse used in connection with the Curing of Bacon and Hams.—Notice No. 1586.

Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor has exempted from the operation of section 17 (1) of the Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1908, the slaughterhouse situated on Sections 1 and 8, Block I, Hamilton Survey District, and used by the Waikato Farmers’ Co-operative Bacon Company (Limited) in connection with the curing of bacons and hams.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture and of Industries and Commerce.

Plant declared to be a Noxious Weed by the Raglan County Council.—Notice No. 1587.

Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1912.

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

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture and of Industries and Commerce.

Government Insurance Department.—Agency opened at Taradale.

Government Insurance Department,
Wellington, 28th February, 1912.

AN agency of the above Department (Life and Accident Branches) will be opened at

THE POST-OFFICE, TARADALE,

as from the 7th March, 1912.

J. H. RICHARDSON,
Commissioner.