Oct. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1199

Special Order made by Hobson County Council.—Dissolving Matakoe and Tokatoka Road Boards, &c.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th October, 1885.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER.

At a meeting of the Hobson County Council, held at Tokatoka on the 30th September, 1885, it was resolved, “That, whereas it appears that the clauses of ‘The Road Boards Act, 1882,’ relating to new districts and alterations, having, in the matter of the Tokatoka and Matakoe Road Districts, been fully complied with, a special order is hereby made, in terms of section 13 of the said Act, dissolving the present Matakoe Road Board, and making provision for the election of a new Board, the same to take effect from the time of being notified in the Government Gazette.”

FREDK. W. MATTHEWS,
Chairman, Hobson County Council.

Council Office, Te Kopuru, 2nd October, 1885.

I hereby beg to certify that, at a meeting of the Hobson County Council, held at Tokatoka, on Wednesday, the 30th day of September, 1885, a special order was duly made dissolving the present Matakoe Road Board, and making provision for the election of a new Board.

FREDK. L. BEART,
Clerk, Hobson County Council.

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.

Notice to Mariners, No. 40 of 1885.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 13th October, 1885.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Portmaster, Brisbane, is published for general information.

W. J. M. LARNACH.

INJURY TO LIGHTHOUSE, TANGALUMA.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in consequence of an explosion of one of the lamps at Tangaluma Lighthouse, the light-room has been seriously injured.

A temporary light of less power will be exhibited from the same position until further notice.

G. P. HEATH, Commander, R.N.,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 24th September, 1885.

Prize-firing Rules.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th October, 1885.

THE following rules for the competition for the Government Prizes, 1885, are published for general information.

J. BALLANCE.

RULES.

THE sum of £800 having been voted by the General Assembly for prizes, the amount has been divided pro rata amongst the Volunteer Corps, according to the nominal strength on the 31st August, 1885, viz.:—

2. The whole sum voted having been set apart for prizes, no claims for marking, &c., can be entertained.

3. The amounts allocated to each district are to be divided into such prizes and competed for at such ranges as may be agreed upon by a committee composed of the Officer Commanding the district and not less than two senior Volunteer officers as members. The Commissioner of Armed Constabulary will issue rules for the prizes to be competed for by that force.

4. The firing for these prizes must be in accordance with the general rules published.

5. The competitions to take place at such times as may be directed by Officers Commanding districts, and they must be concluded before the 31st December, 1885.

6. Returns showing the conditions under which the competitions took place, the names of the prize-winners, and the several amounts of the prizes, together with the full scores of all competitors, are to be sent to the Under-Secretary for Defence not later than the 31st January, 1886.