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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 95

expended in the purchase of books for the library; and that
by the rules of the library it is open to the public free of
charge.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously be-
lieving the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices
of the Peace Act, 1882.”
(Signature.)

Declared at , this day of , 190 ,
before me— , Justice of the Peace [or Solicitor, or
Notary Public].

[Here affix and cancel a stamp at 2s. 6d.]

[NOTE.—The words relating to last year’s subsidy and
to free admission may be struck out if they are not appli-
cable. The words in brackets are not part of the form, but
indicate matter to be inserted or substituted.]

Copies of the form of application may be obtained from
the Secretary for Education, Wellington, and from the
Secretary of any Education Board.

R. J. SEDDON.

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.

Officiating Ministers for 1903.—Notice No. 38.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 11th December, 1903.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand passed in the forty-fourth
year of the reign of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, and
intituled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following names of
Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act
are published for general information:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called
the Church of England.

The Reverend Claude Hamilton Roe, M.A.

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

The Reverend Robert Dickie.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—EDWARD JOHN STANNARD, Esq., of Eastcheap
Buildings, 19, Eastcheap, London, E.C., a Solicitor
of the Supreme Court of England, has this day been
appointed by His Honour the Chief Justice a Commis-
sioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in England,
under the 2nd section of “The Commissioners of the
Supreme Court Act, 1875,” for the purpose of administering
and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in
the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of December, 1903.

D. G. A. COOPER,
Registrar, Supreme Court.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—NAHUM LEVINSON, Esq., of 314, Collins
Street, Melbourne, a Solicitor of the Supreme
Court of Victoria, has this day been appointed by His
Honour the Chief Justice a Commissioner of the Supreme
Court of New Zealand in Victoria, under the 2nd section
of “The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875,”
for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths,
affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of December, 1903.

D. G. A. COOPER,
Registrar, Supreme Court.

Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs.
Wellington, 16th December, 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.

03/1835. Brazier, gas; as metal-workers’ ma-
chine and hand tools | Free.
03/1733. Cider-mill, hand or power; as ma-
chinery for agricultural purposes | Free.
03/1835. Cycle brazier and forge; as metal-
workers’ machine and hand tools | Free.
03/1817. Exhauster for planing-mill; as
wood-workers’ machine tools | Free.
00/397. Heels, indiarubber; as parts of boots
and shoes | 22½ per cent.
03/1872. Leather belting accompanying ma-
chinery when imported; as leather
belting | 4d. the lb.
03/1126. Plasticine, Harbutt’s “Kapai,” in
tin boxes, 7 in. by 2 in., containing
½ lb. plasticine and one round tool;
as educational apparatus | Free.
03/1126. Plasticine, Harbutt’s “Students’,”
box, 7 in. by 2 in., containing ½ lb.
plasticine and one set of three
tools; as educational apparatus | Free.
03/1126. Plasticine, empty tin boxes for,
branded “Kapai” and “Students’,”
7 in. by 2 in. | Free.
03/1505. Tanning extract, “Alpha”; as a. & m.s. | Free.
03/1505. Tanning extract, “Hemlock”; as a.
& m.s. | Free.
03/1505. Tanning extract, mixture of tannic
acid and sugar; as a. & m.s. | Free.
*03/1505. Tanolin; as a. & m.s. | Free.
03/1874. Timber—viz., palings, posts, and
rails: Tariff items 239 to 240 to
be confined to split timber of that
description. |
03/1751. Turbine for flax-milling machinery;
as machinery n.o.e. | 20 per cent.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.
Commissioner’s Order No. 732.]

Surveyors licensed.

Office of the Surveyors’ Board,
Government Buildings,
Wellington, 10th December, 1903.

IT is hereby notified that licenses under “The New Zea-
land Institute of Surveyors and Board of Examiners
Act, 1900,” have been issued to the following surveyors by
the Surveyors’ Board:—

C. E. ADAMS,
Secretary, Surveyors’ Board.