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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 53

Services of Cadet Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th September, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the services of the
Reefton School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.

Date of acceptance, 31st August, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.

Resignation of Members of Wellington Hospital Committee.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th September, 1885.

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

JOSEPH EDWARD NATHAN, Esq.,
The Hon. GEORGE RANDALL JOHNSON, and
CHARLES BEARD IZARD, Esq.,

of their appointments as Members of the Wellington Hospital Committee.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 1885.

NOTICE is hereby given that EDWARD WATERS, Patent Agent, of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, has applied, on behalf of THOMAS HIGGIN AND COMPANY, of No. 33, Tower Buildings West, in the City of Liverpool, England, Salt Manufacturers, to register, under “The Trade Marks Act, 1866,” the trade mark of which the following is a description, viz.:

Description of Trade Mark.

The device of the head and neck of a griffin resting on a crest-bar, and surrounded by a circular buckled band, on which is the word “Eureka.”

Nature of the Article to which it is intended such Trade Mark shall apply.

Salt.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Trade Marks.

Special Order made by Cook County Council.—County Road proclaimed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 15th September, 1885.

THE following special order, made by the Cook County Council, is published in accordance with “The Counties Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1882.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER.

Copy of a special order made by the Cook County Council, at a special meeting held on the 3rd day of September, 1885:—

Resolved, That the road hereinafter described be proclaimed a county road.

Schedule.

The road commencing at the south-east corner of Suburban Section 73 and the south-west corner of Suburban Section 21 of the Patutahi Township, going in a north-east direction to the south-west corner of Suburban Section 46, and south-east corner of Town Section 125; thence in a westerly direction to the north-east corner of Section 108 and the south-east corner of Section 130, Township of Patutahi; thence north-easterly crossing the Waikaahu Creek at the bridge near Mr. G. L. Sunderland’s, and passing through the Repongaere, Tangihanga, Pekepapa, and Ruangarehu Blocks to its junction with the Ormond—Opotiki Road.

I hereby certify that the foregoing special order was made by the Cook County Council on the 3rd day of September, 1885, and that all the provisions of the Counties Act have been fully complied with.

JOHN WARREN,
Clerk, Cook County Council.

Gisborne, 10th September, 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 to Mariners, No. 34 of 1885.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 15th September, 1885.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the President of the Marine Board, Sydney, and the Portmaster, Brisbane, are published for general information.

W. J. M. LARNACH.