1414

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 69

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 9th December, 1885.

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN NEWTON, of the Caledonian Soap-works, Kaiwharawhara, Wellington, in the Colony of New Zealand, Soap Manufacturer, has applied to register, under "The Trade Marks Act, 1866," the trade mark of which the following is a description, viz.:-

Description of Trade Mark.

The name, words, and figure, "Burns' A1 Soap. Trade Mark Registered," with an arrow transfixing the A1 diagonally. The mark may be used either with or without the name "Burns."

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

Hard soap in bars and tablets for household and manufacturing purposes.

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

Special Order made by Clifton County Council.-Merging Clifton Road District.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th December, 1885.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER passed at a Meeting of the Clifton County Council, held at Urenui, on the 11th November, 1885.

THAT the Clifton Road Board be dissolved, and that the Clifton Road District be merged into the County of Clifton, from the 11th November, 1885.

I certify that all the forms of law in respect of the above special order have been duly complied with.

GEORGE BERTRAND,
Clerk, Clifton County Council.

County Council Office, Urenui,
28th November, 1885.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th December, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under "The Aliens Act, 1880," in favour of the under-mentioned persons:-

Name. Occupation. Residence.

Louis Carmine .. Bootmaker .. Lyell.
Frederick Junker .. Farmer .. Lyell.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

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.

Bonus for Canned and Cured Fish for Export.

Treasury Department,
Wellington, 10th November, 1885.

IT is hereby notified that bonuses under "The Fisheries Encouragement Act, 1885," as set forth in the following sections (Nos. 8, 9, and 10) of that Act, will be paid subject to the conditions named therein, and in the regulations contained in the Order in Council of even date herewith.

JULIUS VOGEL.

8. In order to encourage the production and curing of fish for export, the Colonial Treasurer shall during the next seven years after the passing of this Act, without further appropriation by Parliament, pay out of the Consolidated Fund to any person who shall prepare canned and cured fish for export, and actually export the same from the colony, a bonus or bonuses upon the quantity of canned and cured fish prepared and exported by such person as hereinafter mentioned, that is to say,-

(1.) In respect of the first 200 tons avoirdupois of fish canned with or without oil, the sum of 1d. per pound, the weight of the cans not to be included in the tonnage upon which such bonus is paid;

(2.) In respect of every ton avoirdupois of fish canned as aforesaid beyond the first 200 tons, the sum of ½d. per pound, the weight of the cans not to be included in the tonnage upon which such bonus is paid;

(3.) In respect to cured fish the bonus to be paid shall be respectively ¼d. and ½d. a pound under similar conditions, as far as the same are applicable to those contained in the two last subsections.

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 exportation, 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.

Rewards offered for the Discovery of New Goldfields.-Amended Conditions.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 16th March, 1885.

REWARDS are offered for the discovery of new goldfields, 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.

Commissions in the Royal Engineers.

Education Department,
Wellington, 11th November, 1885.

INFORMATION has been received by His Excellency the Governor from the Secretary of State for the Colonies that the Secretary of State for War offers commissions in the Royal Engineers to graduates of the Australian and