SEPT. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1021
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.
5. The maximum sum offered as a reward for any proved
   discovery of a new gold field in accordance with these condi-
   tions 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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 applica-
   tion for reward.
9. 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 con-
   taining 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 informa-
   tion 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; pro-
   vided 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 To 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 Mani-
   hera Maaka, and William Iorns and Hamuera Tangatakino,
   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 re-
   strictions:
   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," contain-
   ing 5,600 acres, more or less, except therout 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.
   Approving and Appointing a Bonding Warehouse.
   CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this
   purpose vested by " The Customs Laws Consolidation
   Act, 1882," I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do
   hereby approve and appoint the under-mentioned warehouse
   to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under bond,
   namely:—
   Port of Napier.
   A portion of an iron building, situated on Section 519,
   fronting Waghorn Street, Spit, Port of Napier, to be known as
   ELLISON'S BOND.
   Given under my hand, at Wellington, this second day
   of September, one thousand eight hundred and
   eighty-five.
   JULIUS VOGEL,
   Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
   Commissioner's Order No. 229.]
   Notice to Mariners, No. 31 of 1885.
   PORT OF NEW RIVER.
   Marine Department,
   Wellington, N.Z., 28th August, 1885.
   THE New River Harbour Board notify that the south
   ends of the training-walls are marked by buoys instead
   of beacons, red on the starboard and black on the port hand,
   going up the river from the sea. The buoys are the ordinary
   beer hogshead, slung by the middle.
   W. J. M. LARNACH.
   Additional Regulations for the Examination of Candidates
   for Engineers' Certificates of Competency.
   Marine Department,
   Wellington, 27th August, 1885.
   IN pursuance of the power vested in me by sections 24 and
   25 of "The Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877," I do
   hereby make the following additional regulations for the
   examination of candidates for engineers' certificates of com-
   petency, the same being identical with regulations recently
   issued by the Board of Trade, and I do hereby order that
   they shall come into force on the 1st day of October next.
   W. J. M. LARNACH.
   ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS.
   Service as Fourth Engineer.—Service as fourth engineer in
   foreign-going steamers, where more than four engineers are
   carried, their names being all entered on the articles in their
   respective ratings, may be accepted, equally with service as
   second or third engineer, to qualify a candidate for examina-
   tion for a first-class engineer's certificate, provided he has,
   during the whole of such service, been in possession of a
   second-class engineer's certificate (Imperial or under Order
   in Council), and provided also that he was actually in charge
   of a watch turn and turn about with the second and third
   engineers.
   In cases coming within the above conditions eighteen
   months' service as fourth engineer of steamers in the foreign
   trade may be accepted as equivalent to twelve months' ser-
   vice as second or third engineer required by the regulations.
   Service below the Grade of Fourth Engineer.—Service in a
   capacity below that of fourth engineer cannot be accepted as