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north-west generally by the Te Pahi River, by a portion of the Pukehuia Block, 1366·5, 1601, 1165, 565, 630·5, and 450·6 links respectively; again by the Te Pahi River aforesaid: towards the north-east by another portion of the Pukehuia Block, 1005·5, 1632·5, 2884·3, 654, and 8941 links respectively; by portions of the Pukehuia and Okahurewa Blocks, 5853·2 links; the crossing of a road, 102·3 links; a public road, 480, 485, 186·8, 583·6, 248, and 200 links respectively; and again by the same portion of the Okahurewa Block, 17160 links: towards the east generally by the Wairau and Otamatea Rivers: towards the south-east by Native land, 11005 links and 2617 links: towards the south-west generally by a swamp; the Pakaraka Block, 2275 links; the Hokoraho Stream, and the Pakaraka Block aforesaid, 3100, 1081, 446, 1925, and 697 links respectively; Section 40 of the Parish of Whakapirau, the termination of a road, and Section 45 of the Parish of Whakapirau, 6886 links; the Whakapirau Stream; another portion of the Pukehuia Block, 83·6, 360·2, 390·6, 156, 248·8, 206·2, 119·2, 128·2, 250, 128·1, 115·5, 270·2, 587·6, 262·3, 161·5, and 6768·4 links respectively; the crossing of a road, 110 links; a public road, 1399·4, 455·9, 270·2, 258·2, 435·8, 170·2, 398·7, 567·9, 439·7, 374·8, 349·1, 486·5, 1013·4, 577·5, 599, 388·3, 413·8, 365·3, 293·6, 550·9, 536, 423·2, 1064·6, 218·7, 246, 510·6, 175·2, 172·8, 338·6, 312, 564·8, 524·2, 452·9, 663, 364, and 285·5 links respectively; by another portion of the Pukehuia Block, 3779·7 links; and the Ahikiwi Block, 2142·1 and 9856·3 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: save and excepting the public roads which intersect the estate described: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked S.G. 19271, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged with red.

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.

Results of Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 28th July, 1903.

THE following notices of the election of members of Road Boards have been received at this office, and are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Maraetai Road District, County of Manukau:
William Duder.
John Gilbert.
Charles William Stephens, jun.

Katikati Road District, County of Tauranga:
Charles A. J. Fletcher.

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Officiating Ministers for 1903.—Notice No. 26.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 16th July, 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:—

Lutheran Church.

The Reverend Carl George Bjelke Petersen.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—ERNEST HERBERT ELDRIDGE, Esq., of No. 10, Great James Street, Bedford Row, London, W.C., a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England, has this day been appointed by His Honour the Chief Justice a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in England, under the 2nd section of “The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875,” for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of July, 1903.

W. A. HAWKINS,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 29th July, 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.

Mary Murphy, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, domestic servant. Filed on the 10th day of July, 1903.

Jane Muff, late of Greymouth (died at Christchurch), in the Provincial District of Westland, milliner. Filed on the 17th day of July, 1903.

John McGuffie, late of Dairy Flat, in the Provincial District of Auckland, gum-digger. Filed on the 17th day of July, 1903.

James Robson, late of Wakarara, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, labourer. Filed on the 17th day of July, 1903.

George John Littlewood, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, clerk. Filed on the 20th day of July, 1903.

William Pettifor Sansom, late of Kaiwarra, in the Provincial District of Wellington, clerk. Filed on the 20th day of July, 1903.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 25th July, 1903.

THE South Canterbury District of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows, situated at Timaru, is registered as a friendly society under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 25th day of July, 1903.

GEO. LESLIE,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

“Friendly Societies Act, 1882.”—Cancelling of Registry.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 28th July, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Registrar of Friendly Societies has, pursuant to section 10 of “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” by writing under his hand dated this 28th day of July, 1903, cancelled the registry of the Court Eureka, Register No. 17 (2), of the Auckland District Ancient Order of Foresters, on the ground that the said branch has ceased to exist.

GEO. LESLIE
Registrar.