Aug. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 941

Despatch.—Boundaries of British and German Possessions in New Guinea.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 5th August, 1885.

THE following despatch, received from Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Downing Street, 10th June, 1885.

SIR,—I have the honour to transmit to you a copy of a telegram which has been sent to you, through the Governor of South Australia, respecting the settlement of the boundaries of the British and German possessions in New Guinea.

I have to request that you will publish this arrangement in the Government Gazette of your colony.

From a separate despatch which I am about to transmit to you, you will learn the nature of the negotiations which have taken place between Her Majesty’s Government and the German Government in regard to New Guinea.

I take this opportunity of observing that, simultaneously with these negotiations, a prospect has been secured of obtaining the co-operation of Germany in maintaining order, and enforcing salutary regulations in regard to the labour traffic, purchase of land, &c., in the Western Pacific. The negotiations on this subject are not yet sufficiently advanced to enable me at present to enter upon details; but I have every reason to hope that an understanding based on sound principles, and making satisfactory provision for many matters of interest to the colonies, will shortly be arrived at.

I have, &c.,
DERBY.

The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

[ENCLOSURE.]

HER Majesty’s Government have agreed with Germany following boundary New Guinea: Starting on the coast near Mitre Rock on eighth parallel, following this parallel to degree 147 east longitude; thence straight line to the north-west to where sixth parallel cuts degree 144; thence west-north-west to where fifth parallel cuts degree 141. This line calculated to approximate watershed and divide territory nearly equally.

25th May, 1885.

Bonus for Kerosene.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th February, 1885.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus will be paid for the production of kerosene under the following conditions:—

A bonus of sixpence per gallon will be paid on kerosene produced within the colony to an extent not exceeding 50,000 gallons, in quantities of not less than 10,000 gallons at a time; the kerosene to be of a quality approved of by Government, and to be sold at a fair average market price.

Conditions.

1. Notice of intention to claim the above bonus must be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not later than the 31st December, 1885.

2. The claim must be made before the 30th June, 1886.

3. The first claimant 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.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

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 Tangatakiino, 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.

Notice to Mariners, No. 26 of 1885.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 31st July, 1885.

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

W. J. M. LARNACH.