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alluvial gold workings, or, if in quartz, not less than ten miles
from the nearest existing quartz mines.
3. No grant will be paid upon any application until it
shall have been proved that not less than 20,000 ounces of
gold have been extracted from the new gold field within two
years from the registration of the discovery, if in alluvial
workings, and, if in quartz workings, proof of a similar yield
from this source within three years from such registration
will be required.
4. Any person discovering new gold workings, and being
desirous of obtaining a reward, shall immediately forward a
written report of such discovery, with full particulars, to the
Warden or Resident Magistrate of the district within which
such discovery shall be situated, and the Warden or Resident
Magistrate shall forthwith register the report as an applica-
tion for reward.
5. No prospecting is allowed upon Native land without the
approval in writing of the Native Minister, or of some one
appointed by him in that behalf.
Prospectors going upon Native land without the consent
of the owners are liable to the penalties imposed by the Acts
relating to gold fields, and will forfeit all claim to reward.

New Zealand Industrial Exhibition, 1885.

PRIZE ESSAYS.

Wellington, 29th December, 1884.

ONE gold medal and twenty guineas, one silver medal
and ten guineas, and one bronze medal and five
guineas will be awarded for essays on the present condition
and future prospects of the industrial resources of New
Zealand, and the best means for fostering their development.
In judging of the merits of the essays preference will be
given to those which are of a practical character, rather than
to mere abstract or theoretical disquisitions. The essays
must be sent in to the Secretary of the Exhibition, signed
with a motto and accompanied by a sealed envelope con-
taining the author’s name and address, on or before the 1st
day of December, 1885. This late date is fixed to enable
the essayists, if they desire to do so, to utilize the informa-
tion which the Exhibition itself will supply.
The essays will be submitted to a Board of three persons,
to be hereafter appointed, on whose decision respecting the
merits of the essays the above prizes will be awarded; pro-
vided the essays reach a sufficiently-deserving standard of
excellence.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Notice under “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act,
1883.”

WHEREAS the estate and interest of Hami Wheraro,
aboriginal native of New Zealand, in the land
described in the Schedule hereto, is vested in Pera Wheraro,
as trustee under the provisions of “The Maori Real Estate
Management Act, 1867,” and the several amendments
thereof, subject to certain restrictions on the alienation of
such land, and application has been made for the removal of
such restrictions :
It is hereby notified that it is intended, immediately after
the expiration of sixty days from the publication of this
notice in the Gazette and in the Kahiti, to remove the said
restrictions on the alienation of the said land in respect of
the interest aforesaid, in order that the said land may be
leased by the said trustee for a term of fourteen years from
the 1st July, 1884.
Dated at Wellington, this 24th day of December, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-four.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land situate at Te Aute, in the
Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, containing by ad-
measurement 423 acres, more or less, and called or known
by the name of Waikareao.

Notice to Mariners, No. 4 of 1885.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1885.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the
Hydrographer to the Admiralty, are published for gene-
ral information.

Jos. A. TOLE,
(for the Minister having charge of the
Marine Department.)

BASS STRAIT—FLINDER’S ISLAND.

Shoal reported Eastward of Babel Islands.

THE Government of Victoria has given notice of the reported
existence of a shoal lying about ten miles E. by S. from
Babel Islands, east side of Flinder’s Island, eastern approach
to Bass Strait.
This shoal, on which the British barque “Minnie Car-
michael” is stated to have struck, has an estimated depth of
3½ fathoms, and lies with the following bearings and dis-
tance: Cape Barren, S. ½ E.; Babel Island summit, W. by
N., distant ten miles.
Position, lat. 40° 1½' S., long. 148° 33' E.
NOTE.—Close southward of this position the lead gave no
bottom at 21 fathoms.

MADAGASCAR—NORTH-WEST COAST.

Passandava Bay.—Fixed Light on Tani-Keli Islet.

The French Government has given notice, dated the 27th
November, 1884, that a light is now exhibited from a light-
house erected on the summit of Tani-Keli (or Ninepin) Islet,
Passandava Bay. The light is a fixed white light, elevated
184 feet above high water, and should be visible in clear
weather from a distance of eight miles. The lighthouse, 26
feet high, is painted white.
Position, lat. 13° 28¼' S., long. 48° 13¾' E.
By command of their Lordships.

W. J. L. WHARTON,
Hydrographer.

Hydrographic Office,
Admiralty, London, 13th December, 1884.

Members of Waipawa River Board elected.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st February, 1885.

NOTICE has been received from the Returning Officer
that, on the 14th January, 1885, the following persons
were elected Members of the Waipawa River Board :—

ALFRED DILLON (Chairman).
SAMUEL WILLIAMS.
ROBERT TOD.
JAMES COLLINS.
WILLIAM HENRY SMALL.

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

Election of Assessor under “The Licensing Act Amendment
Act, 1882.”

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 25th February, 1885.

NOTICE has been received at this office, under the hand
of the Returning Officer, that

HIRA TE POPO

has been duly elected to be the Assessor for the Native
Licensing District of Waioeka.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Acting Under-Secretary.

South Sea Islands.

STEAM SERVICE BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND TONGA,
SAMOA, AND TAHITI.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 19th February, 1885.

SEALED tenders will be received at the General Post
Office, Wellington, until noon of Tuesday, the 31st
March next, for the performance, once every two months,
for a period of two years, of a steam service from Dunedin
by way of Lyttelton, Wellington, Napier, Auckland, and
Russell to Tonga, Samoa, and Tahiti, or to Tahiti, Samoa,
and Tonga; back to Auckland, and on to Dunedin via
Napier, Wellington, and Lyttelton.
It will be optional with the successful tenderer to call at
Russell and Rarotonga for coaling purposes.
Tenderers to state the rate of freight on colonial produce
and live stock for shipment to the islands.
The names, tonnage, and horse-power of the vessels to be
employed in the service to be stated.
The service to commence from Dunedin or Port Chalmers
on or about the 1st June next.
A deposit equal to 10 per cent. of the amount of the
tender, by marked cheque, made payable to the Postmaster-
General of New Zealand, must accompany each tender.
Tenders to be marked “Tender for Island Service,” and
addressed to the Postmaster-General.
The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.