Lake Home Station, and terminating section 15, block II,
Township of Hyde.
The length of such race is one mile and a half, or
thereabouts, and its intended course is north-east, and it
will pass through a portion of the said Run, and the pad-
dock of Messrs. Dowling thereon situate.
The mean depth and breadth of such race is 6 inches
by 6 inches, and it is capable of carrying one-half sluice
head of water.

PHILLIP AUGUSTUS CONNOLLY,
Naseby.

Any person objecting to the issue of a License to the
above-named applicant, must lodge his objection in
writing at my office within fourteen clear days from the
date hereof; and the same will be heard at my office at
Naseby, on May 6th, 1875, at 2 p.m.

H. W. ROBINSON,
District Officer.

BONUS FOR GOLD-SAVING APPARATUS.

NOTICE.

THE Provincial Council of Otago being desirous of
stimulating invention, and securing the use of gold-
saving apparatus in connection with hydraulic mining
adapted to the purpose of extracting gold from auriferous
earth more completely than any of the machines or
methods at present in use, has voted the sum of £250, to
be offered as a bonus for the invention of such an appa-
ratus, subject to such competition and regulations as
His Honor the Superintendent may seem fit.

Notice is hereby given in accordance with the vote of
the Council, that plans and proposals for such an appa-
ratus will be received for consideration, up till the first
day of August next ensuing.

The following particulars are published for the infor-
mation of intending exhibitors of plans. The plans and
proposals will be submitted to a body of judges, com-
posed of experienced miners, and such other persons as
His Honor the Superintendent may appoint, and in con-
sidering them the following points will be kept in view:

1. The cost of the apparatus as it appears on the plan,
   and its probable cost by tear and wear.

2. The readiness with which it can be secured in any
   part of a tail race, and be moved from one part to another
   and again secured.

3. Its adaptability to the different widths and falls of
   tailraces used in different districts; to the varying quan-
   tities of water used either by choice or necessity for
   flushing the same; and to the different kinds of wash-
   dirt from which gold is obtained in the Province.

Inventors are expected to be conversant with the
machines and methods at present in use, and not to offer
simple reproductions of the same. They are also expected
not to offer reproductions of machines or methods which
have fallen into disuse. They can obtain practical infor-
mation on these and other points, by application through
the post to the Central Mining Association at Naseby.

If, in the opinion of the judges appointed, any plan
shall appear to be worthy of adoption by the miners in
this Province, the Government undertakes to furnish
copies of the each of the Mining Associations in
the Province with full instructions as to the intentions of
the inventors, and the payment of the bonus will then be
determined in the following manner, payment being due
within eight months from the date at which the copies of
the plans and instructions have been issued to the various
Mining Associations.

By the fact of the apparatus being used by at least
twenty-five sluicing companies in the Province, employing
an average of at least five men each, for the period of six
months, and the intention of the companies to con-
tinue the thereof; such fact and such intention being
verified by the information before a Warden, or the
Managers or representatives of such Companies.

In the event of two or more plans being considered
worthy of a trial, the Government will determine in what
manner the competition shall be carried on, and the best
plan discovered.

As the bonus is only intended to stimulate inventive
genius, every inventor may reap a further benefit from
his invention if he think fit, by taking out a patent.
Plans and proposals intended for submission under this

notice, are to be addressed to the Goldfields Secretary,
Dunedin, on or before the date first above-mentioned.

D. M'KELLAR,
Goldfields Secretary.

Cromwell, 5th March, 1875.

TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Secre-
tary for Works until noon of Tuesday, 20th April,
1875, for

Contract No. 1030.—Erection of large stone culvert,
and formation of portion of road at Manuka Creek.

Plans and specifications may be seen and forms of ten-
der obtained at the Office of the Provincial Engineer,
Dunedin, and at the Police Camp, Waitahuna.

Tenders to be indorsed "Tender for Contract No.
1030."

The Government does not undertake to accept the
lowest or any tender.

MOUNT IDA WATER WORKS.

TENDERS will be received at the office of the Secre-
tary for Works until noon of April, 28th, 1875,
for—

Contract No. 13—Head Race—Fluming Eweburn and
Weatherburn Creeks.—

Plans and specifications may be seen, and forms of
tender obtained, at the office of the Provincial Engineer,
Dunedin, and at the Public Works Office, Naseby.

Tenders to be indorsed "Tender for Contract No. 13,
Mt. Ida Water Works."

The Government does not undertake to accept the
lowest or any tender.

TUESDAY, 20TH APRIL.

NOTICE is hereby given, that Sections 8, 9, and 11,
bl. IV., Dunback District, respectively 93a. 2r.
12p., 143a. 1r. 21p., and 58a. 2r. 19p., will be offered for
sale by public auction, at the Survey Office, Naseby, at
noon on Tuesday, 20th April, 1875, at the upset price of
£1 per acre.

TUESDAY, 20TH APRIL.

THE undermentioned Town Sections will be sold by
Auction at the Land Office, Invercargill, at noon,
on Tuesday, the 20th day of April proximo:—