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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 30

must be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not later than the 30th June, 1885.

2. The claim must be made before the 31st December, 1885.

3. The first claimant of any bonus who proves to the satisfaction of the Government that he has fulfilled all the conditions to be the recipient of the bonus.

4. The other conditions as to quantity, priority, quality, and value to be fulfilled to the satisfaction of an officer appointed for the purpose by the Government.

IRON.

A bonus of one thousand pounds (£1,000) will be given for the production in New Zealand of 300 tons of pig-iron, of marketable quality, from ore produced in New Zealand.

WROUGHT-IRON.

A bonus of one thousand pounds (£1,000) will be given for the production in New Zealand, by a direct process, of 200 tons of “iron blooms,” of marketable quality, from ore produced in New Zealand.

Conditions.

1. The bonus not to be given for any quantity less than 100 tons.

2. Notice of the intention to erect ironworks and claim the bonus must be given to the Colonial Secretary before the 30th June, 1885.

3. The bonus must be claimed before the 31st December, 1886.

4. In the event of more than one claimant giving such notice, not more than seven-tenths of the bonus may be claimed by the first producer, and not more than three-tenths by the second producer; but, if only one claimant becomes a producer on the above conditions, he may claim the whole of the bonus.

5. The iron in respect of which any bonus is claimed, and the ore from which it is manufactured, will be examined by an officer to be appointed by the Government, who may require the production of bonâ fide account-sales of quantities not less than 100 tons weight, showing that such iron has been sold at a fair market price as wrought-iron.

Further information and particulars may be obtained by application at the Colonial Secretary’s Office.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

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.

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.

Notice respecting Commissions in New Zealand Militia.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 28th April, 1885.

WITH reference to the notification which appeared in the Government Gazette of the 9th instant revoking all commissions in the Militia below the rank of major, it is hereby notified that officers who have heretofore served in the Militia and whose commissions have been revoked may, should they desire it, be placed on the retired list upon application. Such officers, however, on application, supported by the certificate of the District Commanding Officer that they are physically and otherwise fit for service, may be reappointed to their former rank and seniority, subject to the under-mentioned conditions framed to secure efficiency.

All officers will be, in the first instance, appointed to provisional commissions for three months only.

Before the confirmation of such commissions all officers must pass the examination prescribed by the Volunteer Regulations, and prove their competence to command their own men.

Officers on provisional appointment may request to be examined at once, and arrangements for that purpose will be made at each of the four largest centres of population.

Should such officers, however, prefer to take advantage of the School of Instruction about to be immediately organized at Wellington, it will be competent for them to go through the course of training for three months, at the expiration of which they will be examined, and, if found competent, their commissions will be at once confirmed.

If an officer desires to be examined at an earlier date than at the end of three months, facilities will be afforded for that purpose on application. If, however, at the end of three months he is still unable to pass his examination, his provisional commission will lapse.

Officers appointed to provisional commissions who do not desire to take advantage of the School of Instruction at Wellington may, on application to the Officer Commanding the District, present themselves for examination at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, or Dunedin at any date within three months of application, and if found competent their commissions will be confirmed.

J. BALLANCE.

Notice to Owners of Native Land under “The Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 1882.”

“TE Ture Reiti i nga Whenua o te Karauna me nga Whenua Maori, 1882,” me te Ture Whakatikatika i taua Ture.

Ki te tangata nana, ki nga tangata ranei na ratou nga whenua kua whakahuatia i roto i nga rooru whakaatu i nga utu o nga whenua Maori, kua tukua atu nei ki nga poari takiwa e mau nei nga ingoa i roto i te Kupu Apiti ki tenei, i raro i nga tikanga o nga Ture kua whakahuatia i runga ake nei me era atu Ture katoa e pa ana e whai tikanga ana.

NOTEMEA kua tukua mai he tono ki ahau Te Minita Whakahaere i nga Moni o Niu Tireni, e mau nei toku ingoa i raro iho nei, e nga poari takiwa e tetahi tangata ranei mo te taha ki a ratou, i raro i nga tikanga o “Te Ture Reiti i nga Whenua o te Karauna me nga Whenua Maori, 1882,” kia utua nga reiti e meingatia ana kia utua i runga i nga tikanga o aua rooru:

He panuitanga tenei ki a koutou ki ia tangata ki ia tangata o koutou, kia mohio ai koutou kua takoto nga rooru o nga whenua Maori ki nga tari o aua poari takiwa ko aua rooru he mea tuhi ki te reo Maori, a e whakaatu ana hoki i nga utu o nga whenua Maori kua whakahuatia i runga i aua rooru.

Na he tono tenei ki a koutou ki ia tangata ki ia tangata hoki o koutou nga tangata na ratou aua whenua kia utua e