July 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1535

Every statutory declaration made as aforesaid shall contain a certificate at the foot thereof by an Inspector of Stock in the form set forth in the Schedule hereto.

4. Raw bones, bone-dust, bone-meal, and animal manures not sterilised as aforesaid in the place of exportation shall not be landed from any vessel before proper provision is made, in some place approved as aforesaid, by the consignee or importer for steaming the same in accordance with the provisions of the last preceding regulation.

5. All bags containing unsterilised bones shall, upon arrival at the place approved by an Inspector for sterilising purposes, be either sterilised or burnt.

6. No hides other than those which, to the satisfaction of an Inspector, are either taken from animals slaughtered for human consumption or in boiling-down establishments, and in either case free from disease, shall be imported into Tasmania.

7. The consignee or importer shall, upon being required by an Inspector so to do, forthwith disinfect to the satisfaction of an Inspector all trucks and other conveyances in which any raw bones, bone-dust, bone-meal, or animal manures have or has been conveyed in accordance with these regulations.

8. Any Inspector may seize any raw bones, bone-dust, bone-meal, animal manures, or hides which he may reasonably suspect to have been landed or imported in contravention of any of these regulations, and upon proof of such contravention may, with the approval of the Responsible Minister of the Crown for the time being administering “The Department of Agriculture Act, 1897,” destroy or dispose of the same as he shall think fit.

9. Any person committing a breach of any of these regulations shall, on conviction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds.

10. All proceedings for the recovery of any penalty under these regulations may be heard and determined before any two or more Justices of the Peace in the mode prescribed by the Magistrates’ Summary Procedure Act.

SCHEDULE.

I hereby certify that I have no reason to doubt the correctness of the above declaration in any particular.

, Inspector of Stock.

Date:

Authorising the Laying-off of the Main Street in the Oranoo Township of a Width of 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th June, 1903.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 2 of “The Towns Main Streets Act, 1902,” I do hereby authorise the laying-off of the main street in Oranoo Township, Taranaki Land District, of a width of 66 ft., instead of 99 ft. as prescribed by section 17 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Authorising the Laying-off of the Main Street in Adamsville Township of a Width of 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th June, 1903.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 2 of “The Towns Main Streets Act, 1902,” I do hereby authorise the laying-off of the main street in Adamsville Township, Wellington Land District, of a width of 66 ft., instead of 99 ft. as prescribed by section 17 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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.

Member of Education Board elected.

Education Board Office,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1903.

IT is hereby publicly notified that WILLIAM ALLAN has been elected a member of the Education Board for the Education District of Wellington.

The number of valid votes recorded for each candidate were:—

Allan, William .. .. .. 196
Field, William Hughes .. .. .. 183
McDonald, Thomas William .. .. .. 180
Magnusson, Frank Gustave .. .. .. 37

The total number of valid votes recorded was 596.
The total number of votes rejected as informal was 35.

A. DORSET,
Returning Officer.

Tenders for Supply of Locomotive Tank Engines.

Railway Department (Head Office),
Wellington, 25th June, 1903.

THE following particulars of successful and unsuccessful tenders for the supply of ten locomotive tank engines to the New Zealand Government Railways is published for general information.

T. RONAYNE,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.

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

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 24th June, 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, RORA KORAKO, of Whanganui, hereby give notice that I have taken Hakaraia Ngarori, a child of Teone Kingi and Emiri Teone, 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 20th day of June, 1903.

RORA KORAKO.

Signed by the said Rora Korako in the presence of—
W. Parker, J.P., and T. C. Jones, Licensed Interpreter, First Grade, of Whanganui.