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Had he stopped the engines without altering the helm, the “Macgregor” might have gone across his bows. Had he stopped and gone full speed astern, the chance of her doing so would have been materially increased. If, in addition to that, he had ported his helm, I think it is almost morally certain that the ships would have gone clear. The effect of starboarding, on the contrary, was that the “Wellington” followed the “Macgregor” up when the latter vessel was under a port helm, and thus a collision was rendered inevitable. The result, therefore, is that, in my opinion, the mate of the “Wellington” was in default: First, in not stopping and reversing his engines; second, in not porting instead of starboarding his helm: and that the collision came about solely in consequence of his default. His certificate will be suspended for three months.

Given under my hand this tenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, at Auckland, New Zealand.

H. G. SETH-SMITH,
Resident Magistrate.

We concur in the above report.

Wm. FRAZER,
JAS. SCOTT,
Nautical Assessors.

Notice re Commissions in Her Majesty’s Army.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st July, 1885.

THE following telegram has been received by His Excellency the Governor from the Secretary of State, and is published for general information.

J. BALLANCE.

THE Secretary of State for War offers this year two commissions each to New Zealand, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, and Queensland, on the nomination of the Governor. Candidates must have served two years in the local forces, and be between the ages of nineteen and twenty-two on the 1st January last. Examination papers will be sent. Particulars next mail.

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 under “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883.”

WHEREAS the estate and interest of Te Waari, Te Rimene Rire, Te Ahikouhai, and Karamana Kiki, aboriginal natives of New Zealand, in the land described in the Schedule hereto, is vested in William Iorns and Manihera Maaka, and William Iorns and Hamuera Tangatakiro, as Trustees under the provisions of “The Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1867,” and the several amendments thereof, subject to certain restrictions on the alienation of such land, and application has been made for the removal of such restrictions:

It is hereby notified that it is intended, immediately after the expiration of sixty days from the publication of this notice in the Gazette and in the Kahiti, to remove the said restrictions on the alienation of the said land in respect of the interests aforesaid, in order that the said lands may be leased by the said Trustees for a term of fourteen years, from the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.

Dated at Wellington, this sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece of land situate at Te Oreore, in the District of Wairarapa, known by the name of “Okurupatu,” containing 5,600 acres, more or less, except thereout the portion of the said block lying to the south side of the main road from Masterton to the Upper Taueru, and excepting also all that piece of the said block, containing 20 acres, marked off for the use of the lessors.

Authority to frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 24th June, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorize

The Rev. W. COLENZO, Napier,

to frank, free from the prepayment of postage, letters and parcels in connection with the compilation of a Maori Lexicon.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Postmaster-General.

Authority to frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 24th June, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorize

Major TE WHEORO, Waikato,

to frank telegrams addressed to the Hon. the Native Minister.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Postmaster-General.

Authority to frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 24th June, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorize

The STAFF OFFICER for the ARTILLERY and ENGINEER DEPARTMENTS of the COLONIAL DEFENCES

to frank and receive letters and parcels, and frank telegrams, on the public service.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Postmaster-General.