July 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2647

Authorizing the Laying-off of Onslow Road, in the Town of Tui Extension No. 24, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 22nd June, 1914.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of the Land Act, 1908, I hereby authorize the laying-off of Onslow Road, in the Town of Tui Extension No. 24, Auckland Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalization, under the Aliens Act, 1908, in favour of the undermentioned persons:—

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Arrangements for First Election, &c., Whakatane Town District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 25th June, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

EDGAR WAINE BECKETT,

of Whakatane, to be the Returning Officer to conduct the first election of seven members of the Board of Commissioners of the Whakatane Town District as constituted under the Town Boards Act, 1908; also to appoint Wednesday, the 15th day of July, 1914, to be the date, and the office of Messrs. Stubbing and Campbell, Surveyors, The Strand, Whakatane, to be the place, at which the said first election shall be held; also to appoint Thursday, the 16th day of July, 1914, at half past seven o’clock in the afternoon, to be the time, and the County Chambers, Whakatane, to be the place, at which the first meeting of the Board of Commissioners so elected shall be held.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Arrangements for First Election, &c., Kaitaia Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 25th June, 1914.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GERALD WILFRID MATTHEWS

to be Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the first election of two members of the Board of Trustees of Kaitaia Drainage District as constituted under the Kaitaia Land Drainage Act, 1913; also to appoint Tuesday, the 21st day of July, 1914, to be the date, and the Kaitaia Hall at Kaitaia and Grand Hall at Awanui to be the places, for holding such election; and also to appoint Tuesday, the 4th day of August, 1914, at 10 o’clock a.m., to be the time, and the said Kaitaia Hall at Kaitaia to be the place, at which the first meeting of Trustees shall be held.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

By-laws of the Lower Hutt Borough Council confirmed under the By-laws Act, 1910.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 1st July, 1914.

THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed copy of by-laws made by the Lower Hutt Borough Council on the 21st day of April, 1914.

H. D. BELL.
Minister of Internal Affairs.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

IN pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm the above-written by-laws, and declare that the same came into force on the 1st day of May, 1914.

Dated this 1st day of July, 1914.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

The Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913.—Notice that Land is required for Purposes of Settlement.

To the trustees of the estate of the late Thomas Carter, James Bell, Esq., and Redwood Felix Goulter, Esq., Blenheim.

IN pursuance of the provisions of section 64 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, I, William Ferguson Massey, the Minister of Lands for the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby give you notice that the land owned by you, known as the Wither Run, situated near Blenheim, is required for purposes of settlement.

Dated at Wellington this 25th day of June, 1914.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Bonus for the Production of Mineral Phosphate.—Notice No. 1749.

Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce,
Wellington, 29th June, 1914.

THE following bonus is hereby offered for the discovery and working within the Dominion of a deposit or deposits of marketable mineral phosphate, viz. :—

£500 if on land on which the Crown is entitled to such deposits;

£250 if on other land.

The following are the conditions under which the bonus is offered and will be paid :—

1. That no fertilizer containing material from the deposit, or from any deposit in the neighbourhood, has been placed upon the market previous to the date hereof.

2. That the raw material is reasonably accessible and can be worked at a profit.

3. That a committee to be appointed by the Minister of Agriculture to examine the deposit is satisfied that there is sufficient to meet all ordinary demands of the Dominion for five years.

4. That the fertilizer made from the phosphate can be disposed of at a price which will allow of its being remuneratively used for agricultural purposes.

5. That the composition of the phosphate averages not less than 50 per cent. of phosphate of lime (tricalcic phosphate); provided, however, that should a phosphate of a lower average composition be discovered, the committee may recommend that a portion of the bonus be granted.