JUNE 22.

Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver.
(M. 27/2.)

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 thirty-four thousand eight hundred and seventy-five pounds (34,875 lb.) is produced on or before the 31st May, 1922, and the remaining sixty-five thousand one hundred and twenty-five pounds (65,125 lb.) on or before the 31st March, 1923.

(2.) The first instalment of the bonus will be paid when thirty-four thousand eight hundred and seventy-five pounds

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(34,875 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 thirty-four thousand eight hundred and seventy-five pounds (34,875 lb.) of quicksilver has been produced in the aggregate.

The notice dated the 7th September, 1920, and gazetted on the 16th September, 1920, is hereby revoked, and the above substituted therefor.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Mines.

Amendments and Additions to the Regulations under the Public Service Act, 1912.

IN pursuance and exercise of the authority conferred on him by the Public Service Act, 1912 (hereinafter called "the said Act"), the Commissioner, with the approval of the Governor-General in Council, doth hereby, in respect of the regulations made under the said Act on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and the amendments thereof made from time to time under the provisions of the said Act, make the amendments shown in the Schedule hereto.

Such amendments shall have effect from and after the date of publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

REGULATION 111 (b) is hereby amended by adding the following paragraphs:

"An allowance in accordance with this regulation shall be granted only in cases where an officer is required to perform purely relieving duty.

"A relieving allowance shall not be paid to an officer for any period in excess of one month without the previous approval of the Commissioner thereto."

As witness my hand this 12th day of June, 1922.

W. R. MORRIS, Public Service Commissioner.

In pursuance of the provisions of the Public Service Act, 1912, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, approves the foregoing regulations.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

Approved in Council this 19th day of June, 1922.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court holden at Auckland.

NOTICE is hereby given that HILDEBRAND TERTIUS HILL, of Papawai, Thames, Contractor, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office on Wednesday, the 21st day of June, 1922, at 11 o'clock a.m.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

9th June, 1922.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court holden at Auckland.

NOTICE is hereby given that B. BEBNARD, formerly of Auckland, Builder, but now of parts unknown, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office on Tuesday, the 27th day of June, 1922, at 2.30 o'clock.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

9th June, 1922.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court holden at Auckland.

NOTICE is hereby given that DAVID SANDS, of Taneatua (near Whakatane), Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office on Monday, the 26th day of June, 1922, at 2.30 o'clock.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

9th June, 1922.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court holden at Auckland.

NOTICE is hereby given that A. DALE, of Auckland, Commission Agent, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office on Wednesday, the 28th day of June, 1922, at 2.30 o'clock.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

9th June, 1922.