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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.

Day for First Elections of Hospital and Charitable Aid
District Boards.

Premier's Office,
Wellington, 5th October, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of the
provisions of section 9 of "The Hospitals and
Charitable Institutions Act, 1885," been pleased to appoint
Thursday, the 15th October, 1885, to be the day of the first
election of the members of the several District Boards of
administration authorized to be elected, under section 7 of
the aforesaid Act, by the Councils of boroughs and counties,
and in certain cases by the Chairmen of Road Boards.

ROBERT STOUT.

Notice to Mariners, No. 38 of 1885.

DREDGING OPERATIONS, GREYMOUTH HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 2nd October, 1885.

THE Greymouth Harbour Board notify that the dredge
which is removing a shoal in the Grey River should be
passed on its lee side, which will be indicated by a red flag
on its yard-arm.

W. J. M. LARNACH.

Notice to Mariners, No. 39 of 1885.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 6th October, 1885.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the
Harbourmaster, Manukau, is published for general
information.

W. J. M. LARNACH.

NOTICE is hereby given that soundings have recently been
taken about the bar, at the southern entrance of the
Manukau Harbour. The deepest water found on the bar
was 2½ fathoms, low tide, deepening quickly to 3 and 4
fathoms on each side of the bar, with the following magnetic
bearings: Ninepin Rock N.W. by W., South Head Light-
house N.E. by N. ¼ N.; and the South Head beacons in
line now lead clear of the south part of the Tranmere
Shoal and the north-west end of the Treachery Shoal, and a
full cable clear of the Heron Spit, at which place there were
5 fathoms water, deepening on the same line of bearings,
N.E. by N. ¼ N., to 6 and 7 fathoms clear of the outer
break on the Middle Bank.

NOTE.—The south part of the Emma Shoal has grown
southward, forming a narrow spit across the original Fanny
Channel. The deepest water found there was only 9 feet,
low tide. Yet there is less sea there in rough weather than
in the South Channel, and can be crossed when the tide is
well in. As regards the lead of the North Shore beacons,
they still lead a fairway to and from the South Channel.
With the above notes it must be borne in mind that all the
shoals in the vicinity of Manukau Heads are subject to
various changes, which will be made public when noticed.

THOMAS WING,
Harbourmaster.

Harbour Department,
Manukau, 25th September, 1885.

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 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.

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 applica-
   tion 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 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 Natives Land Laws Amendment Act,
1883."

WHEREAS the estate and interest of Te Mananui
Mahuri, aboriginal native of New Zealand, in the
land described in the Schedule hereto, is vested in Hoani
Meihana te Rangiou and Irihapeti Mahuri, 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 Kaihi, to remove the said
restrictions on the alienation of the said land in respect of
the interests aforesaid, in order that the said land may be
leased by the said trustees for a term of twenty-one years
from the 13th May, 1884.

Dated at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of Sep-
tember, 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 situated in the Provincial District of
Wellington, containing 1,000 acres, be the same a little more
or less, being the block of land called "Reserve in the Mana-
watu, Wairarapa No. 1, or Eketahuna Block, Wairarapa
District," and being the whole of the land comprised in
Crown-grant, Register-book, Vol. xxvi., folio 43.

Claims under Forest Trees Planting Encouragement Acts.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 5th October, 1885.

NOTICE.—"The Forest Trees Planting Encouragement
Act, 1871," and "The Forest Trees Planting En-
couragement Act Amendment Act, 1872," having been
repealed, it is requested that all outstanding claims in
pursuance of those Acts, and of any regulations made
thereunder, may be sent in to the office of the Commissioner
of Crown Lands for the district in which plantations have
been made, before the 31st day of December next.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.