Jan. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 27

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.

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

WHEREAS the estate and interest of Ruta te Wano,
aboriginal native of New Zealand, in the land de-
scribed in the Schedule hereto, is vested in Enoka te Wano,
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.

Dated at Wellington, this fourteenth day of Decem-
ber, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-five.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land situate at Otaki, in the Provincial
District of Wellington, known as Pukehou No. 4E, Section
No. 3, otherwise called Purehurehu, containing 75 acres,
more or less. Bounded towards the North by Pukehou No.
4E, Section 2, 6000 links; towards the East by Pukehou No.
4E, 2900 links; and towards the South-west by Pukehou No.
4D, 2584 links, 1220 links, and 2375 links.

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

WHEREAS the estate and interest of Irepoama Raka-
tairi and Erieta Whakia, aboriginal natives of New
Zealand, in the land described in the Schedule hereto, is
vested in Paramena te Oneone and Henare Tomoana, 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 land may be
leased by the said trustees.

Dated at Wellington, this eighteenth day of November,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun-
dred and eighty-five.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece of land in the Provincial District of Hawke's
Bay, containing by admeasurement 10,908 acres, more or
less, situate near Napier, in the District of Ahuriri, and
called or known as the Petane Block, and numbered 24N;
saving and excepting thereout a reserve of 600 acres or
thereabouts, situate at Nukurangi.

Notice of Intention to take Land for the Construction of
Defence Works in the Borough of Parnell, Suburbs of
Auckland.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the
provisions of “Public Works, Act, 1882,” and “The
Public Works Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1885,” to execute a
certain public work, to wit, the construction of works for the
purpose of defence in the Borough of Parnell, Suburbs of
Auckland, and for the purposes of such public work the lands
described in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken;
and notice is further given that the plans of the said works,
and of the lands so required to be taken, are deposited in the
Public Works Office, at Auckland, and are there open for
inspection: And notice is hereby given that all persons
affected by the execution of the said public work or by the
taking of the said lands, shall, if they have any well-grounded
objections to the execution of the said public work or to the
taking of such lands, set forth the same in writing, and send
such writing, within forty days from the first publication of
this notice, to the Minister for Public Works, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

THE several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

Approximate | Being | Situated
Area of each | | in the
of the Parcels | | Borough of
of Land | |
required to | |
be taken. | |

A. R. P. | Subdivisions 17 and 18, Lot | Parnell, Suburbs
4 1 17 | No. 23, Section No. 2 | of Auckland.
0 0 32 | Part of Subdivision 46, Lot | Ditto.
| No. 23, Section No. 2 |
0 3 3 | Part of Section No. 2 .. | ..
0 1 15 | Part of Avenue Road .. | ..

All in the Provincial District of Auckland; as the same are
more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D.
13530, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public
Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Welling-
ton, and thereon coloured purple, green, red, and brown
respectively.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this eighth day of
January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
six.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(For the Minister for Public Works.)

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 12th January, 1886.

THE Kaeo Lodge, No. 41, situated at Kaeo, is registered
as a branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
of New Zealand, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,”
this 12th day of January, 1886.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Agency of New Zealand Life Insurance Association opened.

N.Z. Government Life Insurance Association,
Wellington, 12th January, 1886.

AN agency of the above association has been opened at
The Post Office, Orepuki, Southland,
as from the 18th January, 1886.

By order.
D. M. LUCKIE,
Acting General Manager.