Dec. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2635

SCHEDULE.

As the same is delineated upon the plan marked as above mentioned, deposited in the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, in the Marlborough Land District, and thereon coloured as above stated.

Date of Governor’s Warrant, 25th August, 1902.

Dated this 2nd day of December, 1902.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of the Laying-off of a Road over Lands in the Marlborough Land District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under the authority of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the road described in the Schedule hereto was, on the 10th September, 1902, duly taken and laid out through the lands specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said colony, by a Warrant of the date mentioned herein.

SCHEDULE.

As the same are delineated upon the plan marked as above mentioned, deposited in the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, in the Marlborough Land District, and thereon coloured as above stated.

Date of Governor’s Warrant, 30th August, 1902.

Dated this 2nd day of December, 1902.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Authorising the Laying-off of the Main Streets in the Town of Ranolf of a Width of 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 29th November, 1902.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 2 of “The Towns Main Streets Act, 1902,” I, Thomas Young Duncan, Minister of Lands, do hereby authorise the laying-off of the main streets in the Town of Ranolf, Auckland Land District, of a width of 66 ft., instead of 99 ft., as prescribed by section 17 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Authorising the Laying-off of Record Street, Town of Fitzroy North, of a Width of 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1902.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 2 of “The Towns Main Streets Act, 1902,” I, Thomas Young Duncan, Minister of Lands, do hereby authorise the laying-off of Record Street, in the Town of Fitzroy North, Taranaki Land District, of a width of 66 ft., instead of 99 ft., as prescribed by section 17 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Authorising the Laying-off of the Main Streets in the Town of Cliftonville of a Width of 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1902.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 2 of “The Towns Main Streets Act, 1902,” I, Thomas Young Duncan, Minister of Lands, do hereby authorise the laying-off of the main streets in the Town of Cliftonville, Auckland Land District, of a width of 66 ft., instead of 99 ft., as prescribed by section 17 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver.

Mines Office,
Wellington, 7th June, 1900.

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, 1903, and the remaining two-thirds on or before the 31st March, 1904.

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.

JAS. McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.

Bonus for Treatment of Auriferous Black Sand.

Mines Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 14th November, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of £2,000 will be paid to any person who, before the 1st January, 1904, shall invent such appliances as will successfully save gold from black sands in New Zealand.

The bonus will be paid on compliance with the following conditions:—

1. The invention shall, in its main features, differ from all machinery and appliances at present in use for the saving of gold, whether coarse or fine.

2. It shall be readily transportable from place to place, and shall be capable of utilising local water for all its requirements.

3. The invention must be capable of treating not less than 30 cubic yards an hour of black sand or any coarser material up to a diameter of 4 in.; and it must be capable of treating such material profitably where there is not more than a value, in gold, of 3d. per cubic yard; not less than 80 per cent. of the gold contained in the material to be recovered by the machine.

4. No bonus to be paid until the invention has been continuously worked for not less than six months, and it shall, during that period, have treated not less than 100,000 cubic yards of material, working three shifts a day.

5. The bonus will be paid on the certificate of an officer that not less than twenty persons other than the applicant for the bonus are successfully working the invention.

6. Any person who receives the bonus shall not be allowed to take out patent rights in New Zealand for his invention.

JAS. McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.

Christmas and New Year Holidays.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1902.

IT is hereby notified for general information that Thursday the 25th, Friday the 26th, and Saturday the 27th December, 1902, and Thursday the 1st, Friday the 2nd, and Saturday the 3rd January, 1903, will be observed as holidays in the public offices of the Government of New Zealand.

By order.

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Government Printing and Stationery Offices to be closed from the 22nd December, 1902, to the 3rd January, 1903.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd December, 1902.

THE Government Printing and Stationery Offices, Wellington, will be closed from Monday, the 22nd December, 1902, until Saturday, the 3rd January, 1903, both days inclusive.

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.