APRIL 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 991

Inspectors of Factories appointed.

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 14th April, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned persons to be Inspectors under “The Factories Act, 1901”:

Constable FREDRICK BRADLEY,
PETER KEDDIE.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Labour.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th April, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

GEORGE KILBURN, Esq.,

of Tolago Bay, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the colony.

JAS. McGOWAN.

Notice to Mariners No. 28 of 1903.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 1st April, 1903.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Presidency Port Officer, Madras, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

INDIA.—EAST COAST.—GODAVARI DISTRICT.

Santopilli Light—Character altered.

Notice is hereby given that on the 1st July, 1903, the character of Santopilli Light will be altered from a white fixed to a group-flashing light, giving two flashes every ten seconds; also that the building on which this light will be exhibited is a cement tower situated S. 48° E. mag. from the present lighthouse.

The light will be 140 ft. above sea-level, and visible in clear weather at a distance of 18 miles from all directions seawards.

T. G. R. FINNY, Commander R.I.M.,
Presidency Port Officer,
Presidency Port Office, Madras, 29th January, 1903.

Notice to Mariners No. 29 of 1903.

WAKAYA LIGHT, FIJI ISLANDS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 14th April, 1903.

WITH reference to Notice to Mariners No. 8, published in New Zealand Gazette of 29th January last, the Receiver-General of Fiji notifies that the arc of visibility of this light was incorrectly stated in that notice, and that the correct information is given in the accompanying notice.

WM. HALL-JONES.

FIJI ISLANDS.

Wakaya Light.

Notice is hereby given that on the 31st July, 1902, the light was installed in the lighthouse on the south point of Wakaya Reef, in latitude 17° 41′ 30″ south, longitude 179° 4′ 45″ east.

The height of the light is 74 ft. above low-water level.

The light is a third-order white dioptric fixed light, and is visible between the magnetic bearings of north 46° east, through east to north 84° west.

WM. SUTHERLAND,
Acting Receiver-General.

Suva, 12th August, 1902.

Tender.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 15th April, 1903.

THE following successful tender for the Levin Courthouse is published for general information. (No other tender received.)

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

LEVIN COURTHOUSE CONTRACT.

H. B. France, Levin . . . . . . . . . . £590

Officiating Ministers for 1903.—Notice No. 15.

Registrar-General’s Office.
Wellington, 15th April, 1903.

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 names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend David Jamieson, M.A.

Methodist Church of Australasia in New Zealand.

The Reverend William Slade.

Baptist Church.

The Reverend Frederick George Buckingham.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Adoption of Child under Section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 25th March, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the adoption particulars of which are set out hereunder has been duly registered by me under the provisions of section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

R. C. SIM,
Registrar.

PARTICULARS OF ADOPTION OF CHILD.

To the Registrar of the Native Land Court, Wellington District.

I, PARETAWHARA (or PIRIHIRA TE NEKE), of Waikanae, hereby give notice that I have taken Akuhata Eruini, a child of Ramari Eruini, to be my adopted child according to Maori custom; and I request that such adoption be registered under the provisions of section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

As witness my hand, this 9th day of March, 1903.

PARETAWHARA.

Signed by the said Paretawhara in the presence of—
James Bailey, Postmaster, Paraparaumu, and J. H. Damon, Licensed Interpreter, First Grade.

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.