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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 20

Rewards offered for the Discovery of New Gold Fields.—
Amended Conditions.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 16th March, 1885.

REWARDS are offered for the discovery of new gold fields, upon the conditions set forth hereunder, payable out of the parliamentary vote of £2,500.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

AMENDED CONDITIONS.

1. The maximum sum offered as a reward for any proved discovery of a new gold field in accordance with these conditions is £500; but, if the total sum claimed as rewards in any one year exceeds the parliamentary vote, the amount available only will be divided equally.

2. The newly-discovered gold field, if in alluvial ground, must be situated not less than ten miles from the nearest alluvial gold workings, or, if in quartz, not less than five 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 application 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 containing 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 information 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; provided the essays reach a sufficiently-deserving standard of excellence.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Notice to Mariners, No. 8 of 1885.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 26th March, 1885.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Local Marine Board, Newcastle, New South Wales, is published for general information.

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

THE steam-dredge “Newcastle” will be moored in the North Channel, for dredging operations, commencing between the North Breakwater Wharf and No. 1 Horseshoe Buoy, on and after Friday, the 13th instant. Vessels will pass during the daytime on the side the ball is shown, and at night on the south side of the dredge, on which a bright light will be shown on each end until further notice.

HENRY NEWTON,
Harbourmaster.

Harbour Office,
Newcastle, 12th March, 1885.

Sections 386 and 387 of Block IX., Wairoa Survey District, acquired by Her Majesty.

Native Minister’s Office,
Wellington, 26th March, 1885.

IT is hereby notified that Her Majesty the Queen has acquired an estate in fee-simple in Sections Nos. 386 and 387 of Block IX. of the Wairoa Survey District, containing together 800 acres, more or less, exclusive of roads and Native reserves, and being the whole of the land comprised in the certificate of title entered on the Land Transfer Register, Vol. xxxvii., folio 142, of the Wellington District.

J. BALLANCE,
Native Minister.

Alterations and Additions to the Scale of Fares and Charges in force on New Zealand Railways.

IN accordance with section 144 of “The Public Works Act, 1882,” I, Edward Richardson, Minister for Public Works, do hereby make the following alterations and additions to the scale of charges, to come into force on and after the 13th day of April, 1885:—

PART III.—GOODS.

ADDITION TO REGULATIONS 9, 10, 11, CLASS N, O, P.

When cranage is charged for or provided, 6d. per ton only will be charged for each loading or unloading done by the department.

PART IV.—LOCAL RATES.

CLASS K.—TIMBER.

White-pine timber consigned to Spit, New Plymouth, Waitara, Wanganui, Foxton, Wellington, Invercargill, and the Bluff, for shipment direct to Australian ports, will be charged as follows:—

8d. per 100 superficial feet for all distances from 1 to 20 miles inclusive, and at the following rates per 100 superficial feet for distances beyond :—

For every additional mile, ½d. per 100 superficial feet will be added.

Consignments for Australian ports not made direct to the export ship will be charged the same rate, upon a statutory declaration to that effect being furnished, such declaration being made under “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882,” sections 233 and 234, in the form prescribed.

The rate for round logs consigned to Spit, Napier, and Waipukurau will be as fixed in Gazette No. 3, of the 8th January, 1885.

Kauri logs from Waimauku to Auckland will be charged 1s. 6d. per 100 superficial feet, and from Waimauku to Onehunga 1s. 7d. per 100 superficial feet, exclusive of loading or unloading charges, but inclusive of wharfage at Onehunga.

Timber consigned from Mount Pleasant, Koromiko, or Tua Marina to Para will be charged 6d. per 100 superficial feet.