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Manawaangiangi Block, 300 links, 4068 links, and 14403 links; towards the West by lines, 18430 links, 1963 links, 1884 links, 2630 links, 2680 links, 820 links, 2279 links, 742 links, and 1220 links; towards the North-west by the Mangangarara Block, 3095 links, 6518 links, 1466 links, 579 links, 626 links, 2042 links, 868 links, 927 links, 567 links, 804 links, 12725 links, 12917 links, 1390 links, 672 links, 3390 links, 1113 links, and by the aforesaid Porangahau River.

Notice under “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883.”

WHEREAS the estate and interest of Rihi Karenga Taekata, aboriginal native of New Zealand, in the land described in the Schedule hereto, is vested in Taekata te Tokoihi, 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 land may be leased by the said Trustee for a term of fifteen years from the 1st April, 1885.

Dated at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece of land situate at Ohinemutu, in the Rotorua District, and known by the name of Tapuae B, containing by admeasurement 13 perches, be the same a little more or less. Bounded towards the North-west by a line, 95·2 links; towards the North-east by a line, 111·7 links; towards the South-east by a road, 81·5 links; and towards the South-west by a line, 82·5 links.

Notice under “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883.”

WHEREAS the estate and interest of Irihapeti Uru, Hopera Uru, Henare Whakatau Uru, and Kapetara Uru, aboriginal natives of New Zealand, in the land described in the Schedule hereto, is vested in Hoani Uru and Kata Uru, 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 the interests aforesaid, in order that the said lands may be leased by the said Trustees for the term of twenty-one years from the 1st March, 1881.

Dated at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece of land situate in the County of Ashburton, containing together 250 acres, be the same a little more or less, with the appurtenances, being Maori Reserve No. 2060.

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.

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 ⅛d. 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.

Trade Union registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 17th March, 1886.

NAME of Trade Union: Auckland Operative Bootmakers’ Society. Registered Office: Working-men’s Club, Auckland.

The above-named trade union has been duly registered, in terms of “The Trade Union Act, 1878,” this 17th day of March, 1886.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar.