Oct. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2843

Amending Regulations for the Manufacture of Methylated Spirits.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 2nd October, 1912.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in me by subsection (10) of section 35 of the Customs Law Act, 1908, I, Francis Marion Bates Fisher, the Minister of Customs for the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby amend the regulations for the manufacture of methylated spirit prescribed in Minister’s Order No. 916 of the 16th day of November, 1909, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 18th day of November, 1909, as under :—

Regulations 6 (a), 6 (b), 6 (c) (1), and 6 (c) (2) are hereby revoked, and the following substituted therefor,—

(a.) Completely denatured spirit, for sale without restriction, made by the admixture of ingredients in the following proportions—

Rectified spirit .. .. 100 gallons.
Approved wood naphtha .. 11 gallons.
Approved pyridine .. From 2 to 4 pints, as may be determined by the Collector.

(b.) Methylated “finish” without pyridine, for sale without restriction, consisting of rectified spirit mixed with 5 per cent. of approved wood naphtha, and at least 10 per cent. by weight of shellac, copal, or other resins, such resins having been dissolved to the satisfaction of the supervising officer before delivery.

Packages containing “finish” shall, prior to delivery, be distinctly marked “Methylated finish W.P.” (without pyridine).

(c.) (1.) Methylated spirit without pyridine shall be methylated with 5 per cent. of approved wood naphtha, and shall, upon methylation, be distinctly marked “Methylated spirit W.P.” (without pyridine), and such spirit shall only be made by or delivered to a manufacturer of approved articles for use in making such articles upon his own premises.

(2.) Every holder of duty-paid “Methylated spirit W.P.” shall provide a room or place of security approved by the Collector for the storage of such spirit under the Crown lock. He shall also enter into a bond with two sufficient sureties, in the form provided, and shall undertake not to sell or dispose of any unmanufactured or partially manufactured product containing “Methylated spirit W.P.” :

Provided that nothing herein shall affect “Methylated spirit W.P., for furniture polishing.”

(8.) The following additional kind of methylated spirit may be manufactured, namely,—

Methylated spirit without pyridine, for the use of furniture polishing and for similar industries, made by the admixture of rectified spirits and approved wood naphtha in the following proportions :—

Rectified spirit .. .. .. 100 gallons.
Approved wood naphtha .. .. 5 gallons.

Packages containing such spirit shall, before delivery, be distinctly marked “Methylated spirit W.P., for furniture polishing,” and shall only be made in such limited quantity as the Collector may direct and permit.

(9.) Methylated spirit without pyridine, for furniture polishing, shall only be sold on the written guarantee of a bona fide furniture-polisher, or such similar person as may be approved by the Collector, that all such spirit from time to time sold or delivered to him shall be used and applied solely to furniture polishing or such other uses as may be permitted by the Collector.

(10.) “Methylated spirit W.P., for furniture polishing,” shall not be purchased or delivered in less quantity than 2 gallons at any one time, nor in greater quantity than 5 gallons in any week, unless upon special permit from the Collector; and such deliveries shall be recorded in a book showing the quantities from time to time manufactured, and the persons to whom delivered, and such book shall be subject to inspection by an officer of Customs.

(11.) Every person who commits any breach of these regulations shall, except as otherwise provided for under the Customs Law Act, 1908, be liable to a penalty not exceeding £20.

F. M. B. FISHER,
Minister of Customs.

Minister’s Order No. 1021.]

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block V, Kaiteriteri Survey District, for Road Purposes.

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 a road in Block V, Kaiteriteri Survey District, 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 Riwaka, 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 such 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.

The parcel of land so required to be taken :—

In the Nelson 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.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 27th day of September, 1912.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 1st October, 1912.

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

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

ERECTON OF POLICE-STATION AT GISBORNE.

Accepted.

Webb, Henry, Gisborne .. .. .. £ 2,306 0 0

Declined.

Smith, George, Gisborne .. .. .. 2,353 0 0
Black Bros. and Taylor, Gisborne .. .. 2,377 0 0
Gellert, A. F., Gisborne .. .. .. 2,553 0 0
Westwood, George, Gisborne .. .. .. 2,700 0 0

Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 18th April, 1912.

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, 1914, and the remaining two-thirds on or before the 31st March, 1915.

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.