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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 86

blished at Sockburn, under section 5 of “The Slaughtering
and Inspection Act, 1900,” of which the said Christchurch
City Council is the controlling authority, to be used in com-
mon for the districts under the jurisdiction of the said
Christchurch City Council and the Borough Councils of
New Brighton, Sumner, and Woolston respectively.
Dated at Christchurch, this 5th day of October, 1903.
HENRY WIGRAM,
Mayor.

Notice to Mariners No. 79 of 1903.

EXHIBITION OF LIGHT ON KAHURANGI POINT, WEST COAST,
SOUTH ISLAND.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 5th November, 1903.

WITH reference to preliminary Notice No. 71 of 1903,
issued by this Department on the 28th September
last, it is hereby notified that on and after the 30th Novem-
ber, 1903, a light will be exhibited from sunset to sunrise
from the lighthouse which has been erected on Kahurangi
Point, West Coast, South Island, in lat. 40° 46′ 3″ S. and
long. 172° 13′ 7″ E., as measured from the Admiralty chart.
The light, which is a dioptric fixed white light of the
second order, is about 110 ft. above the level of the sea at
high water, and is visible to seaward over an arc of
212 degrees of the horizon for a distance of about 16½ miles
from the deck of a vessel 15 ft. above the sea; with a red
sector of 20 degrees, so adjusted as to show over the Stewart
Breaker, distant about 4½ miles N., 28° W. (magnetic) from
the lighthouse site.
The tower, which is of cast iron, and painted white, is
59 ft. in height from the bottom of the base to the top of the
lantern.
Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 1212 and
2616; “New Zealand Pilot,” seventh edition, Chapter x.,
page 380
WM. HALL-JONES.

Authorising the Laying-off of the Main Streets in the Town of
Chislehurst, Taranaki Land District, of a Width of 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 4th November, 1903.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon
me by section 2 of “The Towns Main Streets Act,
1902,” I, Thomas Young Duncan, Minister of Lands, do
hereby authorise the laying-off of the main streets in the
Town of Chislehurst, 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.

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 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.

Members of Councils under “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” appointed.

Native Minister’s Office,
Wellington, 6th November, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make
the following appointments under the provisions of
“The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900”:

JAMES WILLIAM WALLACE SEYMOUR, of Te Kuiti, and
ERUETI ARANI, of Moawhango,

to be members of the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori
Land Council (the former vice William Wilson McCardle,
resigned; the latter on reappointment, his seat having be-
come vacant through unavoidable absence without leave
from three consecutive meetings of the Council).

GEORGE EDWARD DARTON and OTENE PITAU, both of
Gisborne,

to be members of the Tai-rawhiti District Maori Land Coun-
cil, vice respectively John Townley, resigned, and Heta te
Kani, deceased.

TAMIHANA HUIRAU, of Te Kuiti,

to be a member of the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori
Land Council.

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Native Affairs.

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

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 5th November, 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. O. SIM,
Registrar.

PARTICULARS OF ADOPTION OF CHILDREN.

To the Registrar of the Native Land Court, Wellington
District.

I, TE WANI TURANGA, of Awahuri, aboriginal native, hereby
give notice that I have taken Te Hera Winiata, daughter of
Moahi Winiata and Te Aira Winiata, of Awahuri, Te Ata
Ruru, daughter of Te Ruru and Te Reo, of Awahuri, and
Heni Hone, daughter of Hone te Hika and Te Reo, of
Awahuri, to be my adopted children 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 3rd day of November, 1903.
TE WANI TURANGA.

Signed by the said Te Wani Turanga in the presence of—
E. Gascoigne, J.P., Palmerston North, and William Moffatt,
Licensed Interpreter, First Grade, Palmerston North.

“Unclassified Societies Registration Act, 1895.”—Cancelling of Certificate of Incorporation, pursuant to Section 16.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 11th November, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Registrar of Friendly
Societies has, pursuant to section 16 of “The Unclassified Societies Registration Act, 1895,” cancelled the
certificate of incorporation of the New Plymouth Volunteer
Fire Brigade, on the ground that the said society is not
now an “unclassified society” within the meaning of the
Act above named.
GEO. LESLIE,
Registrar.

Fixing Sittings of the Supreme Court in the Northern Judicial District.

WE, the Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in us by
“The Supreme Court Act, 1882,” hereby make the following
rules respecting the places and times for holding sittings
of the Supreme Court and sittings in Chambers, in the
Northern Judicial District, for the year 1904:—
Sittings for the trial of criminal cases will be held at the
Supreme Court House, AUCKLAND, to commence on the
following days, at 11 a.m.:—
Monday, 1st February.
Monday, 9th May.
Monday, 8th August.
Monday, 21st November.