MAY 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1165

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.

Officiating Ministers for 1903.—Notice No. 19.

Registrar-General’s Office.
Wellington, 13th May, 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:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

The Reverend Robert Hutchinson Catherwood.
The Reverend Henry Thomas Blair.
Mr. Francis Rule.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

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

Public Trust Office.
Wellington, 12th May, 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.

Ivar Jacobus Hoiby, late of Gisborne, in the Provincial District of Auckland, wharf labourer. Filed on the 22nd day of April, 1903.

James Durston, late of Roslyn, in the Provincial District of Otago, canvasser. Filed on the 6th day of May, 1903.

Patrick Lyng, late of Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago, butcher. Filed on the 6th day of May, 1903.

William Richard Spence, late of Balclutha, in the Provincial District of Otago, farm labourer. Filed on the 6th day of May, 1903.

Alice Gapes, late of Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, widow. Filed on the 12th day of May, 1903.

Mark Hanley, late of Culverden, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, labourer. Filed on the 12th day of May, 1903.

Louis Hargraves, late of Waikaka, in the Provincial District of Otago, miner. Filed on the 12th day of May, 1903.

Hannah Beta, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, married woman. Filed on the 12th day of May, 1903.

Martin Downie, late of Tokomairiro, in the Provincial District of Otago, labourer. Filed on the 12th day of May, 1903.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Notice of Cancellation of Registry under “The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1900.”

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 12th May, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the registration of the Wellington District Milk-suppliers’ Industrial Union of Employers, registered No. 247, situated at Wellington, is hereby cancelled as from the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

EDWARD TREGEAR,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.

Notice of Cancellation of Registry under “The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1900.”

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 12th May, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the registration of the Southland Coachworkers’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered No. 354, situated at Invercargill, is hereby cancelled as from the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

EDWARD TREGEAR,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.

Notice of Cancellation of Registry under “The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1900.”

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 12th May, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the registration of the South Canterbury Tanners, Fellmongers, and Skinners’ Industrial Union of Workers, registered No. 290, situated at Timaru, is hereby cancelled as from the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

EDWARD TREGEAR,
Registrar of Industrial Unions.

Examination for Dredgemasters’ Certificates.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 25th April, 1903.

AN examination of candidates for certificates as dredgemasters, under “The Mining Act Amendment Act, 1901,” will be held at Alexandra, Otago, on Wednesday, the 3rd June, and at Greymouth on Thursday, the 4th June, 1903. All applications, with necessary certificates, and fee of £1, must be addressed to the Secretary, and must be received before the 23rd May. Forms of application may be obtained from Inspector of Mines, Westport and Dunedin.

The attention of candidates is called to the following regulations, Nos. 20 and 21:—

20. Every candidate for examination shall be not less than twenty-four years of age, and shall forward, together with his application, satisfactory evidence of sobriety and good character, and of at least three years’ employment on a dredge or dredges, two years of which must have been served on a dredge or dredges working in deep or swift-flowing streams.

21. No candidate shall be permitted to attend for examination without an authority signed by the secretary of the Board.

T. H. HAMER,
Secretary to the Board of Examiners.

SCHOOL FOR DEAF-MUTES. SUMNER, NEAR CHRISTCHURCH.

Under the control and supervision of the Education Department.

Director: Mr. G. van Asch.

FOR Deaf Children of sound intellect. The pupils are taught to use and understand ordinary speech. The best age for entrance is between six and seven.

The full charge for board and education is £40 a year, but less is accepted from parents who cannot afford to pay this amount. In case of necessity admission is free.

Parents having dumb children between the ages of four and seven, and other persons desiring information with regard to the school, are invited to apply to

THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION,
Wellington.