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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

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.

Officiating Ministers for 1885.—Notice No. II.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 17th April, 1885.

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 Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend Robert Stewart.

Wm. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 20th April, 1885.

THE Court Egmont, No. 7168, situated at Hawera, is registered as a branch of the Taranaki (New Zealand) District of the Ancient Order of Foresters Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 20th day of April, 1885.

F. W. FRANKLAND,
Registrar.

Government Life Insurance Association Agencies opened.

Government Life Insurance Association,
Wellington, 11th April, 1885.

NOTICE is hereby given that agencies of the Government Insurance Association have been opened at the following Post Offices:—

Boatman’s, Cheviot, Katikati, Longford, Maketu, Mohaka, Newmarket, Paeroa, Port Ahuriri, Takapau, and Taupo.

D. M. LUCKIE,
Acting General Manager.

Will accepted by Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 21st April, 1885.

In the matter of the will of James Gordon Allan, of Wellington, deceased.

IT is hereby notified that the above will has been finally accepted, in accordance with the provisions of “The Public Trust Office Act, 1872,” and that probate of the said will has been granted to the Public Trustee, the Executor appointed under the said will.

R. C. HAMERTON,
Public Trustee.

Notification of Resignation of Seat in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Waimea.

IN compliance with the provisions of the 61st section of “The Regulation of Elections Act, 1881,” I hereby notify that

JOSEPH SHEPHARD, Esq.,

has resigned his seat in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Waimea, and that his letter of resignation was received by me on the 15th day of April, 1885, and that the said seat is vacant by reason of such resignation.

Dated at Auckland, the 17th day of April, 1885.

G. MAURICE O’RORKE, Kt.,
Speaker.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 17th March, 1885.

PATENT for an Improvement in an Apparatus for heating Greenhouses, known as a “Corrugated Sectional Greenhouse Boiler.”

FRANCIS HENRY ASBURY, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Heating and Ventilating Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 30th day of June next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 15th day of June next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1415.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 17th April, 1885.

PATENT for Improvements in Electrical Apparatus for washing and separating Gold and Silver from their Ores.

WILLIAM JOHN TANNER, of London, England, Gentleman, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 30th day of June next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 15th day of June next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1416.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 20th April, 1885.

PATENT for an Invention for clearing Tram or other Rails from any Obstruction in the nature of Dirt, Grit, Stones, &c., and to be called “Williamson’s Tram-rail Clearer.”

CHARLES WILLIAMSON, of High Street, Auckland, New Zealand, Estate Agent, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 30th day of June next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 15th day of June next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1417.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 20th April, 1885.

PATENT for an Invention for “The Excelsior Buggy Draught Bar.”

ALEXANDER MACKIE, of Auckland, New Zealand, late Coachbuilder, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 30th day of June next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, at this