1478
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 55

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.—WEST COAST.

Flashing White Light in Answer to Ship’s Signal for Pilot.

THE Government of Western Australia give notice that the following signal is made from the base of the Rottnest Lighthouse, in answer to vessel’s signals for a pilot at night-time:—

Rapid short flashes from a white light, for a period of about two minutes, indicate pilot will proceed to vessel making signal with all despatch.

C. J. IRVINE,
Acting Chief Harbourmaster.

Chief Harbourmaster’s Office,
Fremantle, 30th May, 1902.

Notice to Mariners No. 47 of 1902.

COAST-LINE OFF KAHURANGI POINT, WEST COAST, SOUTH ISLAND.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 3rd July, 1902.

CAPTAIN BOLLONS, of the Government s.s. “Hinemoa,” reports that the configuration of the coast-line south of Kahurangi Point is incorrectly plotted on the chart. The point between Kahurangi and Rocks Points (which, being unnamed, may be called “Hinemoa” Point), projects some distance—about half a mile—seaward of a line drawn from Kahurangi Point to Rocks Point. The chart shows this point lying back inside of a line between these points. Hinemoa Point will probably cut the light to be exhibited on Kahurangi Point a short distance outside Rocks Point. Bearings taken when at anchor off Kahurangi Point made Hinemoa Point and Rocks Point in one bearing S. 23° W. (magnetic). It would appear also from bearings taken at the lighthouse-site that Kahurangi Point does not project so far seaward as the chart shows.

The following are the bearings which were taken: North extreme of land, N. 34⅔° E.; south extreme of land, S. 28¼° W.

The sounding of 15 fathoms shown on the chart nearly one mile north of Kahurangi Point is incorrect. There is only 5½ fathoms at low water in that position.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 2616; “New Zealand Pilot,” 7th edition, chap. x., page 380.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1902.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

MAIN GREY ROAD BRIDGE.—REPAIRS AND RENEWALS CONTRACT.

Accepted.

Thomas Dillon .. .. .. £ 2,111 12 4

Declined.

Henry Whitfield .. .. .. 2,185 9 9
McLisky and Anderson .. .. .. 2,447 10 6
Joseph Jay .. .. .. 2,479 3 3
Henry Jeffrey .. .. .. 2,500 12 3
Reynolds Bros. .. .. .. 2,588 0 0

Licensing of Vehicles.—By-law made by the Manawatu County Council.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 9th July, 1902.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with section 311 of “The Counties Act, 1886,” that so much of the by-law made by the Manawatu County Council, and sealed on the 13th day of September, 1899, as appoints the several sums to be paid to the county funds for the licensing of vehicles has been approved by His Excellency the Governor.

J. G. WARD.

Reserve for Secondary Education.

Education Department,
Wellington, 7th July, 1902.

IT is hereby notified for public information that Suburban Section 76, Hampden, Land District of Hawke’s Bay, containing 27 acres 2 roods 13 perches, has been awarded, by arbitrators duly appointed under the provisions of “The Education Reserves Act, 1877,” and “The Education Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1882,” to be a reserve for secondary education.

W. C. WALKER,
Minister of Education.

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.

Packages containing plans and specifications entered for these competitions should be addressed to the Secretary for Agriculture, Wellington, and marked outside “Cowshed Competition” or “Silo Competition,” as the case may be, and forwarded so as to reach him by the 31st August, 1902.

The plans must be signed with a nom de plume, and must bear no indication as to the competitor’s name; the competitor’s signature and nom de plume must, however, be forwarded in a sealed envelope in the same package with the plans.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.