JUNE 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1323

Constituting Charlton Main Tail-race Board; and Regulations with respect thereto.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 12th June, 1902.

IN pursuance of a certain deed of agreement dated the 24th day of February, 1902, made between the Minister of Mines of the first part, the landowners of the second part, and the companies of the third part, notice is hereby given that the following persons have been appointed and elected a Board for the management, construction, and maintenance of the Charlton Main Tail-race, under and subject to the provisions of the said deed:—

Mr. WILLIAM MACARA, appointed by the Minister.
Messrs. SAMUEL FLETCHER and JOHN ANDERSON, elected by the landowners.
Messrs. HENRY DONALDSON, M.R.C.S.E., and THOMAS GREEN, elected by the companies.

And in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by clause 3 of the said deed, I do hereby make the following regulations for the purpose of giving effect to that clause and other the provisions of the said deed; and direct that the members hereinbefore mentioned shall continue in office until their successors take office as provided by the said regulations.

1. The member appointed by the Minister shall be the Chairman of the Board.

2. The ordinary term of office of members of the Board shall be three years, but each member shall continue to hold office until his successor takes office, and shall be eligible for reappointment or re-election.

3. In the case of members hereafter to be elected for the ordinary term of office, the election shall be held at least two weeks before the 1st June in the year 1905, and similarly in every third year thereafter.

4. The time and place of the election shall be fixed and notified by the Warden, who shall conduct the election and ascertain the result thereof in such manner as he thinks fit.

5. The names of the members elected shall be forwarded by the Warden to the Minister, who shall thereupon by notice in the Gazette appoint the Chairman and specify the names of all the members of the new Board, and they shall come into office on the date named in that behalf in the Gazette notice.

6. A member may at any time resign by notice in writing to the Minister in the case of the Chairman and to the Warden in any other case.

7. The office of any member shall become vacant if he dies, resigns, or becomes bankrupt, or if he fails to attend three consecutive ordinary meetings of the Board without the leave of the Board. If such vacancy occurs in the office of Chairman the Warden shall forward notice thereof to the Minister, who shall forthwith appoint a successor. If such vacancy occurs amongst the elective members the Warden shall call a meeting of the landowners or companies, as the case may be, to elect a successor, and for the purposes of such election the foregoing provisions with respect to ordinary elections shall, mutatis mutandis, apply. Any member so appointed or elected shall hold office only for the unexpired term of his predecessor.

8. All questions or disputes respecting any election, or the voting thereat, shall be decided by the Warden, whose decision shall be final, and in case of equality of voting the successful candidate shall be ascertained by lot.

9. Any three members of the Board shall form a quorum, and any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

10. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the time appointed for holding the same the members present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of such meeting.

11. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business on the first Wednesday in each month, at 2 o’clock p.m., at Gore, or at such other time or place as may from time to time be fixed by the Board. The first meeting shall be held on Wednesday, 2nd July, 1902.

12. The Board may employ such clerical assistance as the Minister from time to time approves.

13. All moneys received by the Board shall be paid into an account at the Bank of New Zealand, Gore, and such account shall only be operated on by cheques signed by the Chairman and one other member of the Board, and counter-signed by the Clerk.

14. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman or by any two members of the Board, provided that two days’ notice of such meeting be given to each member, specifying the business to be transacted at such special meeting, and no other business than that so specified shall be transacted at such meeting.

15. All questions at any meeting of the Board shall be determined by the majority of the votes of the members of the Board present and voting thereon. The Chairman shall have a deliberative vote, and in the case of equality of voting a casting-vote.

16. The Board shall keep full and accurate minutes of its proceedings.

17. The powers and functions of the Warden under these regulations may be exercised either by him or by the Mining Registrar at the Warden’s Court at Gore.

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.

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 Plans for Cowshed.—Notice No. 703.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 21st May, 1902.

IT is hereby notified that a first prize of twenty guineas and a second prize of ten guineas are offered by the Department for the best plan, with complete specification, of a cowshed suitable to house fifty cows, with fodder-sheds and dairy; also a first prize of seven guineas and a second prize of three guineas for the best plan and specification of a silo for the same number of cows: all plans and specifications, whether awarded a prize or not, to become the property of the Government.