Nov. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2437

first column of the Schedule hereto the plants enumerated in the second column of the said Schedule shall be noxious weeds within the meaning of the above-mentioned Act.

SCHEDULE.

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.

TENDERS FOR PARCEL-POST HAMPERS, ETC.

TENDERS will be received at the General Post Office, Wellington, until Friday, 4th December, for the supply of such PARCEL-POST HAMPERS AND BASKETS as may be required for a period of three years from the 1st January, 1904, to the 31st December, 1906.

Orders for hampers and baskets will be given for lots of about fifty at one time, and the successful contractor must be prepared to make delivery of such lots at the rate of six hampers and twenty baskets a week.

Samples may be seen at the Chief Post-offices throughout the colony.

Tenders to be accompanied by a completed sample of each of the four sizes of hampers in use, and of the basket and bottle-basket for mail-bags. In the case of unsuccessful tenderers the samples will be purchased, provided they are considered fair and useful specimens by the officer appointed to examine samples and the prices reasonable as compared with others.

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 14th November, 1903.

Tenders for Mail-services between Napier, Wairoa, and Gisborne.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 12th November, 1903.

NO eligible tender having been received for the above services, fresh tenders are now invited, receivable at the Chief Post-offices, Napier and Gisborne, until noon of Monday, the 23rd instant, for the performance of a mail service or services between Napier and Gisborne, or between Napier and Wairoa, and Wairoa and Gisborne, in accordance with the terms and conditions to be seen at the Chief Post-offices at Napier and Gisborne and the Post-office at Wairoa.

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Results of Election of Trustees of Drainage Districts.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th November, 1903.

THE following results of the election of Trustees of drainage districts have been received from the Returning Officers, and are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Land Drainage Act, 1893.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Waiatarua Drainage District, County of Eden :
Alexander Aitken.
Albert S. Board.
W. J. Crowther.
Charlton Dawson.
John Mains.

Manawatu Drainage District, County of Manawatu :
Joseph Best.

Berwick Drainage District, County of Taieri :
Harry S. George.
Alexander Hamilton.
Robert Robinson, jun.
David Scott.
Robert Sheenan.

Otokia Drainage District, County of Taieri :
James Carruthers.
John S. Fleming.
James Gibson.
Alexander Sounness.
Robert Shennan.

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

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 17th November, 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.

William Price, late of Kyeburn, in the Provincial District of Otago, contractor. Filed on the 3rd day of November, 1903.

Henry O’Neill, late of Onehunga, in the Provincial District of Auckland, labourer. Filed on the 5th day of November, 1903.

Hans Peter Christian Nielsen, otherwise known as Peter Nelson, late of Lookout Point, Caversham, in the Provincial District of Otago, seaman. Filed on the 5th day of November, 1903.

Mary Ann Fagan, late of Bull’s, in the Provincial District of Wellington, married woman. Filed on the 5th day of November, 1903.

Edwin Dixon, late of Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, gentleman. Filed on the 5th day of November, 1903.

Joseph Grose Williams, late of Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, labourer. Filed on the 5th day of November, 1903.

Alfred Johanson, late of the barque “Timaru,” master mariner. Filed on the 11th day of November, 1903.

Joseph Witts, late of Tua Marina, in the Provincial District of Marlborough, bootmaker. Filed on the 11th day of November, 1903.

Thomas Clements, late of Dunedin, in the Provincial District of Otago, labourer. Filed on the 11th day of November, 1903.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.