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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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2. It shall be readily transportable from place to place,
   and shall be capable of utilising local water for all its re-
   quirements.

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 con-
   tinuously 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.

Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 5th August, 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.

Decision on page 77 of decision-book, viz., “Machinery
for fish-preserving, when identical with meat-preserving
machinery, 5 per cent.,” is to be deleted (see C.O. 714).

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.

Commissioner’s Order No. 721.]

Result of an Election under “The Government Railways
Department Classification Act, 1901.”—Railway Boards of
Appeal.

New Zealand Government Railways,
Head Office, Wellington, 3rd August, 1903.

THE following is the result of an election of an elective
member to represent the First Division on the Rail-
way Board of Appeal for the Middle Island, constituted
under “The Government Railways Department Classifica-
tion Act, 1901” :—

Votes.
Graham, Andrew .. .. 169
Brebner, Thomas Walter .. .. 159
Bridge, Harry Poynton .. .. 146
Burnett, George .. .. 129
Martin, John Richard .. .. 17
Informal .. .. 1

I hereby declare Andrew Graham duly elected to act as a
member of the Middle Island Board.

R. W. McVILLY,
Returning Officer.

Election of Members of the Education Board of the District
of Grey.

Education Office, Greymouth.

IT is hereby notified that
JAMES KERR,
WILLIAM ROBERT KETTLE, and
FRANK WHITE,

being the only candidates nominated, are duly elected
members of the Education Board of the District of Grey.
Dated at Greymouth, this 7th day of July, 1903.

H. SMITH,
Returning Officer.

Notice under “The Companies Act, 1882.”

In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1882”; and in
the matter of the Cardiff Co-operative Store Company
(Limited).

I, ROBERT LOFTUS STANFORD, Registrar of the
Supreme Court for the Northern District (Taranaki),
located at New Plymouth, do hereby notify that an affidavit,
a copy of which is hereunder given, by CHARLES McGECHE, of Cardiff, Farmer, chairman of the Cardiff Co-operative
Store Company (Limited), has been lodged in the Magis-
trate’s Court at Stratford and forwarded to me, and that
unless notice of objection be lodged with me within sixty
days of this date I shall proceed to declare the said com-
pany to be dissolved, in manner provided by “The Com-
panies Act, 1882.”
Signed this 23rd day of July, 1903.

R. L. STANFORD,
Registrar.

In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1882”; and in
the matter of the Cardiff Co-operative Store Company
(Limited).

I, CHARLES McGECHE, of Cardiff, Farmer, chairman of the
Cardiff Co-operative Store Company (Limited), incorporated
under “The Companies Act, 1882,” do hereby make oath
and say,—

That the nominal capital of the said company is £1,000,
in 1,000 shares of £1 each.
That the shares have been fully paid up.
That the company has no assets, and has ceased to carry
on its operations.
And I, the said Charles McGechie, do hereby apply for
declaration of dissolution of such company.

CHARLES McGECHE.

Sworn before me, this 21st day of July, 1903—R. L. Stan-
ford, Stipendiary Magistrate.

Notice under “The Companies Act, 1882.”

I, ANDREW ROBY BLOXAM, Registrar of the Su-
preme Court for the District of Canterbury, do here-
by notify that an affidavit, a copy of which is hereunder
given, by NORMAN GORDON WHICHCOTE HANMER, of the Straits
Settlements Dredging and Prospecting Company (Limited),
has been lodged in the Stipendiary Magistrate’s Court at
Christchurch and forwarded to me, and that unless notice
of objection be lodged with me within sixty days of this
date I shall proceed to declare the said company to be dis-
solved, in manner provided by “The Companies Act, 1882.”
Signed this 24th day of July, 1903.

A. R. BLOXAM,
Registrar.

I, NORMAN GORDON WHICHCOTE HANMER, chairman of the
Straits Settlements Dredging and Prospecting Company
(Limited), incorporated under “The Companies Act, 1882,”
do hereby make oath and say,—

That the nominal capital of the said company is £1,075,
in 215 shares of £5 each.
That the shares have been fully paid up.
That the company has no assets, and has ceased to carry
on its operations.
That I, Norman Gordon Whichcote Hanmer, do hereby
apply for declaration of dissolution of such company.

NORMAN G. W. HANMER.

Taken and sworn this 18th day of July, 1903, at Christ-
church, in the Colony of New Zealand, before W. R. Hasel-
den, Stipendiary Magistrate.