NOTICE.—If the horses trespassing on my ground at Portobello be not removed within fourteen days from this date, they will be sold to pay expenses, viz., 1 bay mare, 1 gray entire, 1 foal (about 6 months), no visible brands.

Wm. GARRICK.
Portobello, 20th Sept., 1872.

[From New Zealand Gazette, No. 42, August 31, 1872.]

Public Works Office,
Gold Fields Department,
Wellington, 26th August, 1872.

THE following Regulations respecting Subsidies to Works for Water Supply upon Gold Fields are republished for general information.

C. E. HAUGHTON.

WHEREAS by the Immigration and Public Works Act Amendment Act, 1871,* it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Minister for Public Works may receive applications from the owners or lessees of works for the supply of water on Gold Fields for mining and other purposes, or from other persons interested in such works about to be constructed, for advances of money to aid in the construction, extension, or improvement of such works; and by the said Act it is further enacted that the said Minister may make Regulations prescribing the mode of making and the form of such application, and for proceeding on such application, as in the said Act mentioned: And whereas it is expedient that Regulations should be made for the purposes in the said Act mentioned:

Now therefore, I, the Honorable John Davies Ormond, the Minister for Public Works, in pursuance and exercise of the authority vested in me by the said Act, do hereby make the Regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto, prescribing the mode of making and the form of application for advances of money to aid in the construction of works for the supply of water on Gold Fields, and for proceeding on such application—

Schedule of Regulations prescribing the mode of making Applications for Advances of Money to aid in the Construction, Extension, or Improvement of Works for the Supply of Water upon Gold Fields.

1. Persons desirous of obtaining advances of money for the purposes specified shall make application in writing to the Warden of the District, and such application shall state—

(1.) The names and descriptions of the Applicants, or if they be a Registered or Joint Stock Company, then the registered particulars thereof.

(2.) The names of the Engineer and Manager of the works.

(3.) The general description of the water race or races, dams, reservoirs, or other works proposed to be constructed, together with duly attested copies of the certificate or certificates of title to the water or ground; the quantity of water intended to be conveyed or stored; the length of the race or races; size of reservoirs or dams, with plans, sections, and specifications; the maximum rate proposed to be charged for the water; the nature and extent of the auriferous ground proposed to be supplied with water.

(4.) The estimated cost of the undertaking, given in detail.

(5.) The proposed capital to be expended on works for the supply of water.

(6.) The interests, if any, affected by the diversion or storage of the water to be dealt with.

(7.) The amount of money proposed to be borrowed.

2. Before making application, the applicant shall pay to the Receiver of Land Revenue of the District, a deposit of 2½ per cent. upon the money proposed to be borrowed, and, on making the application, shall forward therewith a receipt for the same.

3. The advances will be granted in proportion to the amount of money actually expended on the construction of the work, and shall not in any case exceed one-third of the amount so expended. The advances, subject to the approval of the Minister, shall be made on the certificate of the District Engineer, or other duly appointed person, that such work has been executed in accordance with the plans and specifications previously submitted and approved of by him or by the Engineer-in-Chief or Assistant Engineer-in-Chief. Advances will be made monthly, and only during the actual progress or execution of the work, and the final payment will be made on its actual completion.

4. Not more than fifteen thousand pounds (£15,000) will be advanced to any one undertaking.

5. Immediately after any application shall have been finally decided upon, the deposit thereon will be repaid, except so much as may be retained under authority of the Minister for covering the cost of the investigation made under the Act.

6. No loan will be made unless the borrowers shall have complied with all the provisions and requirements of the several Acts relating to the Gold Fields, and of any other law or regulation for the time being in force within the Gold Fields with respect to the proposed works.

7. Every work in respect of which any advance is made, shall be carried out in conformity with the particulars contained in the application, and in strict accordance with plans, sections and specifications, which shall be approved of by the District Engineer, or Engineer-in-Chief, or Assistant Engineer-in-Chief; and detailed estimates of the cost of the works, which shall also be approved as above, and which detailed estimates will form the basis of advances as they may be required in all cases where the work is not executed by contract; but, in cases where the work shall be executed by contract, then the schedule prices attached to such contract shall be the basis of such advance. In cases where the work may already have been executed, or partly executed, for which advances have been applied for, the value thereof shall be determined by the District Engineer, who shall give a certificate as to his estimated value of such work; and the District Engineer shall have access at all times to the works; and if the Minister shall be satisfied at any time that the provisions of this Regulation are not complied with, he may cause notice to be given to the borrowers, or their Engineer or Manager, requiring them to conform to such particulars and specifications; and if they shall refuse or neglect for one calendar month after notice to comply therewith, then the Minister may cause the assent to the application for a loan in respect to such enterprise to be cancelled, and any moneys advanced under the same to be recovered under the security to be granted: Provided that the Minister may, if he think fit, agree during the progress of any works to such modifications as he may approve.

8. The promoters of any undertaking may at any time remove the same from the operation of these Regulations, by writing under their hands, or under the hand of their registered manager, addressed to the Minister, and on repayment of the moneys that may have been advanced by the Government, with interest to date.

9. A full and correct account of the cost of construction of any undertaking to which the benefits of the Act are extended, shall be kept at the office of the promoters, and shall be open at all reasonable hours to the inspection of any person deputed by the Minister, and a statement of all payments on such accounts shall