Oct. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2375

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.

Results of Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 24th October, 1902.

THE following notices of the election of members of Road Boards have been received at this office, and are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Howick Township Road District, County of Manukau:
William Brady.

Drury Road District, County of Manukau:
Henry Wright.

Otaki Road District, County of Horowhenua:
George McBeath.

Officiating Ministers for 1902.—Notice No. 35.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 28th October, 1902.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand passed in the forty-fourth year of the reign of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend William Spence.

GEO. DRURY,
Deputy Registrar-General.

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Notice by the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land containing 40 acres, more or less, being the north-east portion of Lot 12, Parish of Waikiekie, in the Provincial District of Auckland. The grantee is Wilhelm Denboer, described as of Alexandra, military settler, who cannot be traced.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted inquiries, and has not thereby ascertained who the owner or owners of the above-described land is or are, and believes that such owner is, or owners are, not in the colony: Now, this notice calls upon such owner or owners, within six months of the date of the publication of this notice in this Gazette, to establish to the satisfaction of the Public Trustee his or their title to the land specified in this notice; and, if such owner does or owners do not, within the time limited, so establish his or their title, the Public Trustee will exercise the powers and authorities granted to him in and by “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

Dated this 24th day of October, 1902.

A. A. K. DUNCAN,
Deputy Public Trustee.

Notice of Vesting of Land in the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

WHEREAS I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee, have, for the purposes of “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894,” made due inquiries with respect to the land described in the Schedule hereunder written, and the owner thereof, and have, in respect of the said land, given the notices prescribed by section 4 of the said Act, and have in all respects complied with the provisions of the said section: And whereas I have not thereby ascertained who the owner is, and believe that such owner is not in the colony, nor has such owner established his title to the said land, as required by the said Act: I hereby give notice that the said land is, under and by virtue of the said Act, vested in me as the Public Trustee as aforesaid, as from the date of the publication hereof, and will be administered under the said Act; the assessed value of the said land being less than £100.

Dated at Wellington, this 24th day of October, 1902.

A. A. K. DUNCAN,
Deputy Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land containing 1 acre, more or less, being Allotment 178, Section 2, in the Town of Opotiki and Provincial District of Auckland.

Half-yearly Statement of Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of Australasia in New Zealand.

HALF-YEARLY return of the aggregate average amount of the weekly liabilities and assets of the Bank of Australasia within the Colony of New Zealand from the 15th day of April, 1902, to the 13th day of October, 1902, inclusive. (Published pursuant to the Royal Charter of Incorporation.)

£ s. d.
Bills in circulation not bearing interest .. 10,722 19 11
Notes in circulation not bearing interest .. 118,768 7 0
Bills and notes in circulation bearing interest ..
Balances due to other banks .. ..
Cash deposited not bearing interest .. 836,160 10 10
Cash deposited bearing interest .. 638,428 1 7

Total liabilities within the colony £1,604,079 19 4

£ s. d.
Coin and bullion .. .. .. 362,633 19 10
Landed property (bank premises) .. 60,310 17 0
Notes and bills of other banks .. .. 7,264 12 7
Balances due from other banks .. ..
Debts due to the corporation, including notes, bills, and other securities .. 2,316,869 2 11

Total assets within the colony £2,747,078 12 4

C. WINTER, Inspector.
JNO. A. MACLEOD, Accountant.
21st October, 1902.