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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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give all due facilities for inspection and testing, the Corporation shall forthwith discontinue the supply of energy to the premises in question, giving immediate notice of the discontinuance to the consumer, and shall not recommence the supply until it is reasonably satisfied that the leakage has been removed and that the installation is in conformity with this license.

67. If any consumer is dissatisfied with the action of the Corporation in refusing to give, or in discontinuing, or in not recommending, the supply of energy to his premises, the wires and fittings of that consumer may, on his application to the Electric Telegraph Commissioner, and on payment of the cost of such inspection, be inspected, and be tested for the existence of leakage by an Electric Inspector.

This provision shall be indorsed on every notice given under the provisions of either of the two last preceding sections.

68. From and after the time when the Corporation commences to supply energy through any distributing-main it shall maintain a supply of sufficient power for the use of all the consumers for the time being entitled to be supplied from such main, and such supply shall be constantly maintained: Provided that, for the purposes of testing, or for any other purposes connected with the efficient working of the undertaking, the Electric Telegraph Commissioner may give permission to the Corporation to discontinue the supply at such intervals of time and for such periods as he may think expedient. When the supply is so discontinued public notice shall be given of such discontinuance, and of the probable duration thereof.

69. The variation of pressure at any consumer's terminals shall not under any conditions of the supply which the consumer is entitled to receive exceed 4 per cent. from the normal pressure at which he is being supplied.

70. The Electric Telegraph Commissioner may at any time order an inspection to be made of the works, lines, and wires of the Corporation used for electric-lighting and power purposes. When a defect or defects are found to exist they must be remedied forthwith, and, should they be serious in the opinion of the officer or person inspecting, the Electric Telegraph Commissioner may, on receipt of the report, direct the Corporation to at once cease transmitting energy either over the whole of the Corporation's lines and wires, or over any part thereof that to him may seem fit, until such defect or defects are repaired or remedied. The cost of such inspection shall be borne by the Corporation.

71. If the Corporation makes default in complying with any of the provisions of this license it shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £20 for every such default.

The recovery of a penalty under this license shall not affect the liability (if any) of the Corporation to make compensation in respect of any damage or injury which may be caused by reason of the default.

And I do hereby declare that this license shall come into force on and after the date of publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

As witness my hand, this 30th day of October, 1903.

J. G. WARD,
Electric Telegraph Commissioner.

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds in the Borough of Whangarei.—Notice No. 834.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1903.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Whangarei Borough Council has by special order declared gorse to be a noxious weed within the meaning of “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,” in the district under its jurisdiction.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Bonus for the Best Means of exterminating Noxious Weeds.—Notice No. 835.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 25th November, 1903.

A BONUS of £500 is offered for the best cheap means of exterminating the noxious weeds that are found in New Zealand; provided the bonus shall not be payable if no satisfactory process is submitted.

The conditions of the competition will be announced in a subsequent issue of the Gazette.

Written notice of intention to compete for the bonus must be sent to the Secretary for Agriculture, Wellington, so as to reach him not later than 14th December, 1903, and must state the name and address of the competitor, and the name of the means of extermination he intends to use.

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.

“Conscience Money” received.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 24th November, 1903.

THE Colonial Treasurer directs me to acknowledge the receipt of a £1 note “For Customs Duty,” and also of stamps for 6s., without any advice, both amounts having been sent to the Collector of H.M. Customs, Wellington, through the post.

JAS. B. HEYWOOD,
Receiver-General.

Working-men’s Club registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 19th November, 1903.

THE North Island Bands Association, situated at Wellington, is registered as a working-men’s club, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 19th day of November, 1903.

GEO. LESLIE,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 24th November, 1903.

THE Ivy Lodge, No. 21, situated at Waimate, is registered as a branch of the Grand Lodge of Canterbury District of the United Ancient Order of Druids Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 24th day of November, 1903.

GEO. LESLIE,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 24th November, 1903.

THE St. Patrick’s Branch, situated at Reefton, is registered as a branch of the New Zealand District Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 24th day of November, 1903.

GEO. LESLIE,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.