APRIL 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1041

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.

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of “The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894.”

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 20th April, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in the office of the Supreme Court at Wellington an election to administer the several intestate estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations, so far as known, are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross properties being estimated not to exceed £250 in each case.

Andrew Wood, late of Alexandra South, in the Provincial District of Otago, miner. Filed on the 9th day of April, 1903.

Thomas Workman, late of Mendip, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, labourer. Filed on the 18th day of April, 1903.

August Heintz, late of Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago, hotel porter. Filed on the 18th day of April, 1903.

Toma Sarjanovich, late of Kaikohe, in the Provincial District of Auckland, gum-digger. Filed on the 18th day of April, 1903.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

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

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 60 acres, more or less, and being the north-eastern portion of Section 93 and the south-western portion of Section 95, Parish of Ruarangi. The grantee is John Lewis, described as of Otahuhu, farm labourer, who never uplifted his title, and cannot now 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 21st day of April, 1903.

a. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Inquiry for Missing Persons.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 21st April, 1903.

THE Public Trustee inquires for the three children of Edward Weaver, who were most probably in Otago thirty years ago, their names being David Edward Shirley, Annie Mary Elizabeth Gipparat, and William Harding Weaver. There is money in the Public Trust Office for these three persons upon proof of the identity of them or any of them.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Kaitangata Relief Fund.

STATEMENT of account for year to 31st March, 1903:—

1902. April 1. By Balance as per account to 31st March, 1902 .. .. .. £ 3,251 18 0
      June 6. Rent from mortgage security No. 2, 1st December, 1901, to 1st June, 1902 .. .. .. 40 0 0
      Proceeds of sale of mortgage security No. 2 .. .. .. 2,500 0 0

1903. Mar. 31. Interest added by Public Trust Office on minimum monthly balances, 1st April, 1902, to 31st March, 1903 .. .. .. 186 4 9
      £5,978 2 9

Dr.
1903.
Mar. 31. To Paid sixteen beneficiaries amounts of their allowances from 4th April, 1902, to 3rd April, 1903 432 2 4
Public Trust Office,—
Commission, 5 per cent. on £1,000 50 0 0
4 per cent. on £1,500 60 0 0
" 4 per cent. on £40 2 0 0
Balance .. .. .. 5,434 0 5
£5,978 2 9

1903. April 1. By Value of fund as at date ..£5,434 0 5

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 17th April, 1903.

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of New Zealand, in New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 30th March, 1903.

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 739,480 9 3
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 27,735 2 8
Balances due to other Banks .. .. .. 14,944 7 5
Government deposits .. .. .. 1,451,650 12 6
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 3,844,221 5 1
Bearing interest .. .. .. 3,966,057 18 10
Total average liabilities ..£10,044,089 15 9

ASSETS.
Coined gold and silver and other coined metal .. .. .. £ 1,103,288 17 9
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. .. .. 94,469 11 10
Notes and bills of other Banks .. .. .. 48,136 2 0
Balances due from other Banks .. .. .. 1,020 5 8
Landed property .. .. .. 105,675 17 8
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. .. 875,315 16 2
2. Colonial Government securities .. .. .. 655,054 6 7
3. Other funded securities .. .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. .. 3,560,663 9 10
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. .. 1,287,984 15 1
   Total average assets .. .. ..£7,731,609 2 7

4-per-cent. guaranteed stock, £2,000,000. (Interest, £40,000 per six months, paid November last.)
Capital payable by shareholders, £500,000.
Rate of the last dividend declared to shareholders, 5 per cent.
Amount of the last dividend declared, £21,366.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such dividend, £23,474 7s. 4d.
Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of April, 1903.

ALEX. MICHIE, General Manager.
RICH. W. GIBBS, Accountant