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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 61

Appointment of Officer under "The Salmon and Trout Act, 1867," cancelled.

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Wellington, 20th October, 1885.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to cancel the appointment of

ALFRED WILLIAM REES GILBERT

as an Officer under "The Salmon and Trout Act, 1867," within the Provincial District of Otago.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

By-law made by Tamaki West Road Board, County of Eden.

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Wellington, 28th October, 1885.

THE following by-law, made by the Tamaki West Road Board, is published in accordance with "The Road Boards Act, 1882."

P. A. BUCKLEY.

BY-LAW No. 1, 1885.

In pursuance of the powers vested in Road Boards by section 126 of "The Road Boards Act, 1882," the Tamaki West Road Board hereby make the following by-law; such by-law to come into force on and after the 1st December, 1885: No person not being a ratepayer shall be allowed to graze any horses or cattle on the public roads and reserves of the district. Ratepayers alone will be allowed to graze horses or cattle on the public roads or reserves under the control of the Tamaki West Road Board, on condition that they pay the sum of 10s. per annum for each horse or foal, and 5s. per annum for each cow or calf. All fees to be paid in advance to the Chairman of the Board.

I hereby certify that the above By-law No. 1 has been made by special order, at a meeting of the Tamaki West Road Board, held on the 12th October, as by law required.

WM. INNES TAYLOR,

Chairman, Tamaki West Road Board.

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 Goldfields.—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 goldfield 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 goldfield, 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 goldfield 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 goldfields, 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 Niheta Timoti and Hami Timoti, aboriginal natives of New Zealand, in the land described in the Schedule hereto, is vested in Timoti Puketutu, as trustee 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 twenty-one years.

Dated at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,

(for the Minister for Native Affairs.)

SCHEDULE.

All that piece of land situated in the District of Kaipara, containing 119 acres, be the same a little more or less, and being known by the name of Rarapuka No. 2. Bounded towards the East by a line, 1480 links; towards the South-east by the Kaituna Block, 5482 links; towards the South-west by lines, 1893 links and 483 links; and towards the North-west by the Pahunuhunu Block, 25 links, 2423 links, and 4500 links.

Notice under "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883."

WHEREAS the estate and interest of Ani Ripiha and Akuhata Ripiha, half-caste Natives of New Zealand, in the land described in the Schedule hereto, is vested in George Lipsey and Ema Lipsey, 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