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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 65

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.

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.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Leases forfeited in the Hawke’s Bay Land District.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 12th August, 1902.

IT is hereby notified that, the undermentioned leases having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Land Board, the lands comprised therein have thereby reverted to the Crown.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Reserves in Wellington for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 12th August, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, up to noon on Monday, 6th October, 1902, for the lease of the undermentioned reserves.

In the event of no tenders being received for the lands at the time named, they will remain open for lease on application at the upset annual rentals and for the terms stated below.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Taihape Township.

| 14 | I. | 0 1 0 | 0 12 0 | 7 years. |
| 16 | IV. | 0 1 8 | 1 5 0 | " |
| 15 | VI. | 0 1 0 | 1 5 0 | " |
| 10 | VIII. | 0 1 0 | 1 5 0 | " |
| 14 | " | 0 1 0 | 1 5 0 | " |
| 4 | XII. | 0 1 0 | 0 12 0 | " |
| 7 | " | 0 1 0 | 0 12 0 | " |
| 14 | XIII. | 0 1 20 | 0 15 0 | " |
| 1 | XIV. | 0 1 0 | 0 15 0 | " |
| 5 | " | 0 1 10 | 0 15 0 | " |
| 6 | XV. | 0 1 36 | 0 12 0 | " |
| 16 | " | 0 1 0 | 1 5 0 | " |
| 9 | XVI. | 0 1 0 | 0 15 0 | " |
| 13 | " | 0 1 0 | 1 0 0 | " |
| 2 | XVIII. | 1 0 0 | 1 5 0 | " |

Mangaweka North Township.

| 5, 6 | IV. | 0 1 36 | 3 0 0 | 7 years. |

Mangaweka Township.

| 86 | .. | 0 1 0 | 2 0 0 | 7 years. |

Bunnythorpe Township.

| 1232 | .. | 0 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 7 years. |
| 1113 | .. | 0 1 16 | 0 5 0 | " |
| 1114 | .. | 0 1 16 | 0 5 0 | " |

Manakau Township.

| 44 | .. | 1 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 7 years. |

Suburbs of Pohangina.

| 32B | .. | 8 0 18 | 1 12 6 | 7 years. |

Umutoi Village.

| 23, 24 | .. | 0 2 39 | 1 0 0 | 7 years. |

Makukupara Village.

| 17 | .. | 8 1 20 | 1 5 2 | 14 years. |

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Tenders must be accompanied by marked cheque or post-office order for six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £1 1s. lease fee.

2. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of sections which one person may lease, and no declaration is required. Residence and improvements are not compulsory. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessee, nor shall any be allowed by the Government, on account of any improvements effected by the lessee, nor for any other cause.

3. Possession will be given on the day of acceptance of tender.

4. The leases shall be for the term of years as specified above, but shall be subject to termination by twelve months’ notice in the event of the land being required by the Government, except in the cases of Sections 44, Manakau Township, 5 and 6, Mangaweka North Township, 17, Makukupara Village, and 23 and 24, Umutoi Village, of which the leases may be determined on three months’ notice being given.

5. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.

6. The lessee shall have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease, except with the written consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands first had and obtained.

7. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in the lease; and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, sweetbriar, broom, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

8. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the said lease within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to be fulfilled.

Full particulars may be ascertained and plans obtained at this office.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.