JUNE 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1368

Declined.
Haylock and Newton, Akaroa .. .. £ s. d.
930 0 0
Hyndman, Peter, Christchurch .. 1,150 0 0

VETERINARY LABORATORY CONTRACT, WALLACEVILLE.

Accepted.
Wakelin, R. A., Wellington .. £ s. d.
1,623 0 6

Declined.
Meyer, F. H., Wellington .. £ s. d.
1,640 0 2
McGill and French, Wellington .. 1,670 13 6
Mace and Nicholson, Wellington .. 1,685 0 0
Russell, James, Wellington .. 1,959 9 0

WHAKAPAPA BRIDGES STEEL GIRDERS CONTRACT, NORTH ISLAND MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY.

Accepted.
George Fraser and Sons, Auckland .. £ s. d.
6,184 4 3

Declined.
Scott Bros., Christchurch .. £ s. d.
6,202 9 10
A. and T. Burt, Dunedin .. 6,276 3 9
Massey Bros., Auckland .. 6,300 0 0
J. and A. Anderson, Christchurch .. 6,531 16 0
Seager Bros., Auckland .. 7,133 2 8
Judd, C., Thames .. 8,090 0 0

Plant declared to be a Noxious Weed in the County of Ekatahuna.—Notice No. 780.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1903.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Ekatahuna County Council has by special order declared broom to be a noxious weed within the meaning of “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,” in the district under its jurisdiction.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Importation of Diseased Plants (Wheat, Oats, Barley, Rice, Peas, and Gram) into Victoria prohibited.—Notice No. 785.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 5th June, 1903.

NOTICE has been received that the importation into Victoria from any place outside the Commonwealth of Australia of any plant of the following kinds—that is to say, wheat, oats, barley, rice, peas, and gram—unless found on inspection by an officer appointed by the Minister for Agriculture to be free from disease, is prohibited.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Certain Insects declared to be Diseases within the Meaning of the Vegetation Diseases Acts of Victoria.—Notice No. 786.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 5th June, 1903.

NOTICE has been received that every abnormal condition of or in any plant, or of or in the product or part of any of the same, whether consisting of the presence of, or caused by or due to the operations, development, growth, or decay of, any of the insects hereunder named—viz.,

Athriostoma undulata,
Bruchus chinensis,
Bruchus emarginatus,
Bruchus pisi,
Cecidomya oryzae,
Cecidomya destructor

—is declared to be a disease within the meaning and for the purposes of the Vegetation Diseases Acts of the State of Victoria.

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.

Officiating Ministers for 1903.—Notice No. 22.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 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 name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

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

The Reverend George William Russell.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

[NOTE.—The above name has been entered in substitution for that of the Reverend George Wilkes Russell previously entered. See Notice No. 20, of 26th May, 1903.—E. J. v. D.]

Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 9th June, 1903.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Hon. the Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided to interpret the Customs and Excise Duties Acts in relation to the undermentioned articles as follows:—

NOTE.—“Not otherwise enumerated” appears as n.o.e.; “other kinds” as o.k.; “articles and materials suited only for, and to be used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the colony” as a. & m.s. Articles marked thus * are revised decisions.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.

Commissioner’s Order No. 719.