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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 15

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of Gisborne.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th February, 1902.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Gisborne, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900.”

J. G. WARD.

BOROUGH OF GISBORNE.

In the matter of the proposal of the Council of the Borough of Gisborne to raise a special loan of £75,000 for water, drainage, and road works.

I HEREBY give notice that, on Wednesday, the 22nd day of January, 1902, a poll of the electors of the said borough was taken upon the proposal of the said Council of the said borough, in pursuance of the powers and provisions contained in “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf — (a) A high-pressure water-supply, £35,000; (b) a drainage scheme, £30,000; (c) street formation and metalling, £10,000. And at the said poll the resolution in favour of the said proposal was duly carried by 368 votes against 188.

Dated at Gisborne, this 23rd day of January, 1902.

JOHN TOWNLEY,
Mayor.

I, John Townley, Mayor of the Borough of Gisborne, do solemnly and sincerely declare that all proceedings required by law to be taken in or towards obtaining the sanction of the electors of the Borough of Gisborne to the proposal of the Council of the Borough of Gisborne to borrow by way of special loan the sum of £75,000 for water, drainage, and road works, have been duly taken, and that the resolution in favour of the proposal has been duly carried. And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

JOHN TOWNLEY.

Gisborne Municipal Council,
Gisborne, 23rd January, 1902.

Declared at Gisborne, this 24th day of January, 1902, before me—Robert Johnston, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

Notice of Cancellation of Registry under “The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1900.”

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 20th February, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the registration of the Timaru Wharf Labourers’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered No. 301, situated at Timaru, is hereby cancelled as from the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

EDWARD TREGEAR,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.

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.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.

By-laws of the Kahungunu District Maori Council, under “The Maori Councils Act, 1900,” approved.

Native Minister’s Office,
Wellington, 14th February, 1902.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following by-laws made by the Maori Council of the Kahungunu Maori District, under the provisions of section sixteen of “The Maori Councils Act, 1900.”

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Native Affairs.

Approved.

RANFURLY, Governor.

SCHEDULE.

THE MAORI COUNCIL OF THE KAHUNGUNU MAORI DISTRICT.

BY-LAWS.

THE Maori Council of the Kahungunu Maori District, constituted under “The Maori Councils Act, 1900,” hereby makes the following by-laws under and by virtue of the said Act, such by-laws to come into operation upon approval thereof by the Governor, and the publication of the same in the Gazette and Kahiti:—

Interpretation.

In these by-laws, except when inconsistent with the context, or when otherwise expressly provided, the following expressions shall have the meanings attached thereto:—

“The said Act” means “The Maori Councils Act, 1900.”

“The Council” means the Maori Council of the Kahungunu Maori District, constituted under the said Act.

“Committee” or “Village Committee” means the Village Committee or Komiti Marae of a Maori kainga, village, or pa, appointed by the Maori Council under the provisions of the said Act.

“District” means the Kahungunu Maori District, proclaimed by the Governor under the said Act by Proclamation dated the 26th day of December, 1900.

“Native township” means a township constituted under “The Native Townships Act, 1895.”

“Prescribed” means prescribed by rules or regulations made under the said Act or by these by-laws.

(A.) Health and Personal Convenience.

(Section 16, Subsection 1.)

1. Human corpses shall be buried, if the death occurs between the 15th day of March and the 15th day of September (both days inclusive) in any year, within four days after death; and, if the death occurs between the 16th day of September and the 14th day of March of the following year (both days inclusive), within three days after death, unless the Council shall otherwise direct, or unless it is otherwise provided for by any Act of the General Assembly.

2. It shall be the duty of the nearest relatives of the deceased, or, in their absence, of the owner or occupier of the house or premises wherein deceased died, to comply with the provisions of the last preceding by-law; and all or any of them shall be deemed to be guilty of a breach thereof as the Council may deem fit, and shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one pound.

3. No human corpse shall be buried, except with the permission of the Council, in any place other than a burial-ground recognised by the inhabitants of a Maori kainga, or reserved or set apart by them or some duly constituted authority as a burial-ground.

4. No human corpse shall be permitted to lie in state in front of any meeting-house or in the courtyard (marae) thereof, but may lie in state at some other spot in the vicinity that may be indicated by the Chairman of the Village Committee or the member of Council for the riding.

5. The Council may, by notice in writing in Form A in the Schedule hereto, require the owner or occupier of any house within a kainga (other than cooking-houses, kautas, and out-buildings) which shall be erected after the coming into operation of these by-laws to construct a floor for the same (within a time to be specified in such notice), to be approved by the Council or any person or body it may authorise in that behalf.

6. Any person who, after service upon him of such notice as aforesaid, refuses or neglects, within the time specified in such notice, or such further time as the Council may allow, to comply with the same, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one pound.

7. The Council may, in lieu of notice referred to in By-law No. 5, by notice in writing in Form B in the Schedule hereto, require the owner or occupier of any such building as is referred to in By-law No. 5 to construct or provide a