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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 35

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.

Authority to frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 29th May, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorize

The EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER in NEW ZEALAND for the COLONIAL AND INDIAN EXHIBITION, London, to frank letters, telegrams, and parcels on the public service.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Postmaster-General.

Notice to Mariners, No. 17 of 1885.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 1st June, 1885.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Hydrographer to the Admiralty, is published for general information.

W. J. M. LARNACH.

AUSTRALIA.-CORAL SEA.

OUTER ROUTE.

Reefs North-westward of Willis Group.

INFORMATION has been received from Commander W. U. Moore, H.M.S. "Dart," of the existence of two coral reefs lying north-westward of Willis Group, westward of the outer route to Torres Strait.

These reefs (Moore Reefs) were passed in the forenoon of 1st January, 1885, distant two miles, weather bright; they were awash, and from the masthead appeared to be three to four miles apart, and to lie from each other in a N. by W. and S. by E. direction. The northern and smaller reef was estimated to be two miles long, in a north and south direction, with a breadth of one mile.

The north-west extreme of Northern Moore Reef is in lat. 15° 53½' S., long 149° 93' E.

NOTE.-At 4 p.m. 21st January, 1885, the "Dart," from a position by observation, in lat. 15° 25' S., long. 149° 4' E., proceeded under steam S.S.W. ½ W. a distance of eight miles; thence a south course was steered, passing over the charted position of the south-eastern of the two reefs seen by Bougainville in 1768. The weather at the time was not unfavourable for seeing breakers at the distance of five to seven miles, but no indication of shoal water was discerned from the masthead. Although this tends to disprove the existence of a reef in the position assigned, it will for the present be retained on the Admiralty charts.

The bearings and courses are magnetic. Variation, 63° easterly in 1885.

By command of their Lordships.

W. J. L. WHARTON,
Hydrographer.

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London,
26th March, 1885.

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 fifteenth day of June, 1885:-

PART II.-LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.

PARCEL RATES.

Not exceeding.

Miles.

Not exceeding

3 lb. 7 lb. 14 lb. 28 lb. 56 lb. 112 lb.

s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.

20 0 6 0 6 0 6 1 0 1 3 2 0
30 0 6 0 6 0 9 1 3 1 6 2 6
40 0 6 0 6 1 0 1 6 1 9 2 9
50 0 6 0 6 1 0 1 9 2 0 3 3
75 0 6 0 9 1 3 2 0 2 3 3 6
100 0 6 1 0 1 9 2 3 2 6 3 9
125 0 9 1 3 2 0 2 9 3 3 4 9
150 0 9 1 6 2 6 3 3 4 0 5 6
200 0 9 1 6 3 0 4 3 5 6 7 6
250 1 0 2 0 3 6 5 3 7 0 9 6
300 1 3 2 6 4 0 6 3 8 6 11 6
400 1 6 3 0 5 0 8 3 11 6 15 6
500 1 9 3 6 6 0 10 3 14 6 19 6

PART IV.-LOCAL RATES.

NATIVE BROWN COALS, DROSS, KEROSENE SHALE, FIRECLAY, AND BRICKS.

The rates for native brown coals, dross, kerosene shale, fireclay, and bricks from the under-stated collieries are hereby cancelled, and the following rates are hereby substituted:-

From To Rate per Ton.

Huntly Auckland, Onehunga, Fisher's Siding, and intermediate stations 7 2
Taupiri Ditto 7 6
Meremere " 5 6
Mercer " 5 2
Huntly Mount Eden 8 6
Taupiri " 8 6
Meremere " 6 6
Mercer " 6 2
Huntly Cambridge 5 0
Springfield Rangiora, Riccarton, and intermediate stations 5 7
" Christchurch, Hornby, and ditto 5 6
" Selwyn, Rakaia, and ditto 6 2
" Chertsey, Ashburton, and ditto 7 7
Sheffield Rangiora, Riccarton, and ditto 5 5
" Christchurch, Hornby, and ditto 5 0
" Dunsandle, Rakaia, and ditto 5 7
" Chertsey, Ashburton, and ditto 7 0
Whitecliffs Rangiora, Riccarton, and ditto 6 5
" Christchurch, Hornby, and ditto 5 3
" Selwyn, Rakaia, and ditto 5 10
" Chertsey, Ashburton, and ditto 7 3
South Malvern Rangiora, Riccarton, and ditto 6 5
" Christchurch, Hornby, and ditto 5 3
" Dunsandle, Rakaia, and ditto 5 10
" Chertsey, Ashburton, and ditto 7 3
Glentunnel Rangiora, Riccarton, and ditto 6 1
" Christchurch, Hornby, and ditto 5 0
" Dunsandle, Rakaia, and ditto 5 7
" Chertsey, Ashburton, and ditto 7 0
Shag Point Oamaru 4 7
" Pelichet Bay, Dunedin 5 10
Fernhill Dunedin, Pelichet Bay 2 0
Walton Park
Abbotsford
Green Island
Nelson's
Stirling
Nightcaps
Orepuki
" Invercargill 5 9
" Dunedin, Pelichet Bay 9 5
" Invercargill 5 11
" Bluff 9 2
" Invercargill 5 5
" Bluff 6 10
" Invercargill 5 6
" Bluff 6 11

As witness my hand this third day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

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 koutou aua reiti a te 8 o nga ra o Hune, 1885, i mua mai ranei o taua ra, me utu e koutou aua moni reiti i te tari o te