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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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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.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th May, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

RICHARD HARMAN JEFFARES REEVES, Esq.,
of Nelson, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Offer of Free Pardon to Accomplice.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th May, 1885.

WHEREAS on or about the 29th day of April last certain stacks of wheat, the property of Mr. Daniel Brick, and situated at Seafield, were set on fire:

This is to notify that His Excellency the Governor will grant a free pardon to any person implicated in the said act, not being the principal offender, who will give such information as will lead to the apprehension and conviction of any one or more of the other offenders.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Resignation of Cemetery Trustee accepted.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 20th May, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of

Mr. WILLIAM CALDWELL
as a Trustee for the Upper Shotover (Skipper’s) Cemetery.

Jos. A. TOLE,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

Notice to Mariners, No. 15, of 1885.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 19th May, 1885.

THE following full text of the Notice to Mariners, issued by the Victorian Government, a telegraphic summary of which was published by this department as Notice to Mariners, No. 13, of 1885, of the 30th ultimo, has been received from the Hon. the Premier of Victoria, and is published for general information.

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

IMPORTANT.—NOTICE TO MARINERS.

VICTORIA.—PORT PHILLIP HEADS AND CHANNELS.

EXTINGUISHING OF LIGHTS AND REMOVAL OF BUOYS, ALSO EXHIBITION OF ELECTRIC LIGHTS.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Melbourne, 28th April, 1885.

MASTERS of vessels and others are hereby informed that it may be necessary for the safety of the port and the protection of life and property to, at any moment, remove the facilities now afforded for the safe navigation of Port Phillip.

As a warning that such steps have been taken, and that no vessel will be permitted to enter Port Phillip Heads between sunset and sunrise, the Point Lonsdale and Queenscliff High and Low Lights will be extinguished.

The master or pilot of any vessel entering Port Phillip Heads between sunrise and sunset will be informed by the officer stationed at Queenscliff whether he may proceed through the channel, or whether he must be piloted by a duly-licensed pilot specially instructed.

Immediately after the foregoing lights have been extinguished, the following action will be taken:—

The lights in the south and west channel will also be extinguished.

BUOYS.

The present system of buoyage in the South, West, and Cole’s Channels will be either entirely removed or displaced, rendering the navigation therein dangerous excepting to duly-licensed pilots, specially instructed, who alone will be advised of existing dangers and of the guiding marks which will from time to time be established for the purpose of facilitating the safe navigation of such channels during daylight.

PILOTAGE.

Vessels prohibited from entering Port Phillip Heads between Sunset and Sunrise.

No vessel will be permitted to enter Port Phillip Heads between sunset and sunrise. The pilot schooner will be withdrawn from the outside station from sunset to sunrise, but provision will be made for cruising outside and piloting vessels between sunrise and sunset only.