Nov. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1343

9. The total tonnage upon which the Treasurer may grant
   bonuses as aforesaid under this Act shall not exceed 6,000
   tons.

10. Every person intending to apply for the grant of a
    bonus shall register a special trade mark under the laws for
    the time being in force in New Zealand providing for the
    registration of trade marks, such trade mark to be used for
    all cured and canned fish to be prepared for export by such
    person, and shall, within six years after the passing of this
    Act, give notice to the Treasurer of his intention to export
    canned and cured fish with a view to applying for a bonus,
    and shall append to such notice a copy of such trade mark;
    and all cases, barrels, or cans containing fish cured and
    canned for export by any such person shall, before exporta-
    tion, be marked with the trade mark so registered by him,
    and no part of any such bonus shall be payable except in
    respect of cases, barrels, or cans so marked.

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.

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 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 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 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 goldfields, and will forfeit all claim to reward.

Relative to grant of Commissions in Her Majesty's Army.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th November, 1885.

THE following correspondence has been received by His
Excellency the Governor with reference to commis-
sions in Her Majesty's army, as notified in Gazettes Nos. 41,
of the 2nd July, and 50, of the 27th August, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.

Downing Street,

(New Zealand, No. 58.) 10th September, 1885.

SIR,—With reference to previous correspondence, I have the
honour to transmit to you, for communication to your
Government, a copy of a letter from the War Office forward-
ing two sets of questions for the examination for commis-
sions in the Imperial army of candidates from the local
military forces of New Zealand.

It will be observed that the answers of the candidates are
to be sent Home to be reported on.

I have, &c.,

FRED. STANLEY.

Governor Sir W. F. D. Jervois,

G.C.M.G., C.B., &c.

The War Office to the Colonial Office.

Military Education Division,

War Office, 3rd September, 1885.

SIR,—With reference to your letter of the 4th ultimo and
previous correspondence, I am directed to forward herewith
twelve sets of questions for the examination for commissions
in the Imperial army of candidates from the local military
forces in the Colonies of Queensland, New South Wales,
Cape of Good Hope, New Zealand, South Australia, and
Victoria, with a request that you will be so good as to trans-
mit two sets to each of the respective Governors.

I am also to request that the answers of the candidates
may be sent to this office to be reported upon.

I am, &c.,

L. E. ORR, Lieut.-Colonel,

(for Director-General.)

The Under-Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

Notice to Mariners, No. 43 of 1885.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 7th November, 1885.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the
Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief, Australian
Station, Sydney, and the President of the Marine Board, Port
Adelaide, are published for general information.

W. J. M. LARNACH.

AUSTRALIA.—NORTH-EAST COAST.

THE following information supplied by Commander Hoskyn,
H.M.S. "Myrmidon" is promulgated for general information
and guidance: The N.W. extreme of Harrington Shoal lies
two miles N.W. of the Black Beacon on Z reef. Charts Nos.
2354 and 2764 are hereby affected.

G. TRYON,

Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.

H.M.S. "Nelson," at Sydney,

11th October, 1885.

SPENCER GULF.—GERMEIN BAY.—PORT PIRIE.

Alteration of Lights.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in consequence of the progress
of deepening operations in the channel leading to Port Pirie
necessitating a rearrangement of the lights, the two leading
lights and beacons will be removed on and after Monday,
the 26th October, 1885. It is also intended (about the 1st
January, 1886) to mark the recently-deepened channel with
five new beacon lights, commencing outside or west of the
present chequered buoy. Further particulars will be given
in due course.

By order.

R. H. FERGUSON,

President, Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,

Port Adelaide, 12th October, 1885.

Notice to Mariners, No. 44 of 1885.

VOLCANO ISLAND, CULEBRAS REEF, TONGA.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 14th November, 1885.

THE following letters, received from the British Vice-
Consul at Tonga and Captain W. S. Lane, of the
schooner "Maile," reporting the appearance of a volcano at
Culebras Reef, are published for general information.

W. J. M. LARNACH.

British Consulate, Tonga,

21st October, 1885.

SIR,—I have the honour to inform you that on October 14
ultimo the reef bearing the name of the Culebras Reef, lying
fifty to sixty miles to the N.N.W. of the Port of Nukualofa,
Tonga, has become a volcanic island. When last visited it
was estimated to be some four miles long by two miles wide,
and 300 feet high.