SEPT. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2057

Enumerators appointed under “The Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics Act, 1895.”—Notice No. 810.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 12th September, 1903.

THE following Enumerators have been appointed, under “The Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics Act, 1895,” for the districts specified:—

CLIFTON, EDMUND, Inspector of Stock, Auckland,
the Counties of Mangonui, Whangaroa, Hokianga, Bay of Islands, Hobson, Whangarei, Otamatea, Rodney, Waitemata, Eden, Manukau, Coromandel, Thames, Ohinemuri, Raglan, Waikato, Waipa, Piako, Tauranga, Rotorua, Whakatane, Opotiki, Kawhia, West Taupo, and East Taupo;

MILLER, WALTER, Inspector of Stock, Napier,
the Counties of Waiapu, Cook, Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay, Waipawa, Patangata, Weber, Woodville, and Pahiatua;

BLUNDELL, ARTHUR KENNEDY, Inspector of Stock, Wanganui,
the Counties of Clifton, Taranaki, Egmont, Stratford, Hawera, Patea, Waitotara, Wanganui, Waimarino, Rangitikei, Kiwitea, Pohangina, Manawatu, Oroua, Kairanga, and Horowhenua;

JENKINSON, GEORGE HENRY, Inspector of Stock, Masterton,
the Counties of Mauriceville, Masterton, Castlepoint, Eketahuna, Akitio, Wairarapa South, and Featherston;

MILLS, ALFRED, Inspector of Stock, Wellington,
the Hutt County, including the Islands of Mana and Kapiti;

MOORE, JOHN, Inspector of Stock, Blenheim,
the Counties of Kaikoura, Marlborough, and Sounds, also D’Urville Island;

COOKE, GRATTON SHERWOOD, Inspector of Stock, Nelson,
the Counties of Waimea and Collingwood;

EMPSON, CHARLES CLENDON, Inspector of Stock, Hokitika,
the Counties of Buller, Inangahua, Grey, and Westland;

TURNER, HENRY THOMAS GEORGE, Inspector of Stock, Christchurch,
the Counties of Cheviot, Amuri, Ashley, Selwyn, Akaroa, Mt. Herbert, Ashburton, Geraldine, Levels, Mackenzie, and Waimate;

THOMSON, JAMES ELLIOT, Inspector of Stock, Dunedin,
the Counties of Waitaki, Maniototo, Waihemo, Waikouaiti, Peninsula, Taieri, Tuapeka, Bruce, Clutha, Vincent, and Lake;

WRIGHT, ROBERT, Inspector of Stock, Invercargill,
the Counties of Southland, Wallace, and Fiord, also Stewart Island.

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.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 10th September, 1903.

THE Mungaroa Lodge, No. 30, situated at Upper Hutt, is registered as a branch of the District Grand Lodge of the North Island of New Zealand of the United Ancient Order of Druids Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 10th day of September, 1903.

GEO. LESLIE,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

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

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 14th September, 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, MARE TE RANGIKAWHARARA, of Pihama, Taranaki, hereby give notice that I have taken Ngaruna Matehaere, a child of Te Matehaere, 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 27th day of August, 1903.

MARE TE RANGIKAWHARARA.

Signed by the said Mare te Rangikawharara in the presence of—R. C. Sim, Registrar, Native Land Court, Wellington, and A. T. Ngata, Licensed Interpreter.

Te Makarini Scholarships, held at Te Aute College, Hawke’s Bay.

THREE scholarships of the yearly value of £35, tenable for two years, are offered for competition. One of these scholarships, to be called the senior scholarship, is open to all Maori boys under sixteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination: the other two scholarships are junior scholarships, one of which is open to all Maori boys under fifteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination who have attended a Native school or schools other than Te Aute or St. Stephen’s, and whose attendance at school during the previous year is considered by the Inspector of Native Schools to have been satisfactory; the other is open to Maori boys whose attendance at any school other than Te Aute and St. Stephen’s during the previous year has been similarly satisfactory. The senior scholarship is open to Maori boys on the conditions laid down in the regulations of the Trustees of the Te Makarini Scholarships Fund, as printed in the Native Schools Code, 1897. Candidates for the junior scholarships will be examined in the subjects specified for Standard IV. in the Native Schools Code, 1897. The questions will, however, be somewhat more difficult than those set for the standard examinations. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 14th and 15th of December, 1903.

Candidates must, either directly or through their teachers, send notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education Department, Wellington, of their intention to present themselves for examination. Such notice must be posted so as to reach the Department not later than the 9th of November, 1903.

Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may be obtained from teachers of Native schools and boarding institutions, the Secretaries to Education Boards, or the Secretary for Education, Wellington.

JAMES H. POPE,
Inspector of Native Schools.

Wellington, 10th August, 1903.