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 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.

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.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.

AUCKLAND SECTION.
Regulations for the Conveyance of Funerals by Railway from Auckland, Newmarket, and Mount Eden to Waikomiti Cemetery.
NOTICES for funerals must be sent in writing to the District Traffic Manager of Railways, Auckland, by the Auckland City Treasurer, who will pay all charges.
The accommodation required must be specified in the order.
If a special train is wanted, not less than twelve hours' notice must be given. If the funeral is to be carried by ordinary train, eight hours' notice must be given.
A special carriage and van will be set apart for the conveyance of funerals by the ordinary trains.
Corpses must be loaded at the places provided at Auckland, Newmarket, and Mount Eden twenty minutes before the time of departure of the train by which the funeral is to be conveyed.
For special trains the charges will be according to the scale of charges in force on the New Zealand railways. The charge for a special train of one carriage with special van for the corpse will be £8 5s. The charge per corpse by ordinary train will be 10s.
Return fares by ordinary trains from Auckland, Newmarket, or Mount Eden to Waikomiti Cemetery will be— 1st class, 2s.; 2nd class, 1s. 6d.; children, half-price.
As witness my hand, this eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.
EDWARD RICHARDSON, Minister for Public Works.

Native Assessor elected.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 7th April, 1886.
NOTICE has been received at this office, under the hand of the Returning Officer, that
ROPIHA TAMARARA
has been duly elected to be a Native Assessor for the Native Licensing District of Tolago.
C. J. A. HASELDEN, Acting Under-Secretary.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 1st April, 1886.
THE Gordon Tent, No. 7, situated at Onehanga, is registered as a branch of the New Zealand District of the Independent Order of Rechabites, under "The Friendly Societies Act, 1882," this 1st day of April, 1886.
EDMUND MASON, Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 31st March, 1886.
THE Southern Star Lodge of the British United Order of Odd Fellows, situated at Wellington, is registered as a friendly society, under "The Friendly Societies Act, 1882," this 31st day of March, 1886.
EDMUND MASON, Registrar of Friendly Societies.

The Gilchrist Scholarship,

Education Department,
Wellington, 6th April, 1886.
A SCHOLARSHIP of the value of £100 per annum, and tenable for three years, is biennially awarded to the highest among those candidates at the London University January Matriculation Examination held in New Zealand, who pass either in the Honours or in the First Division, are not less than sixteen nor more than twenty-two years of age, and are desirous of prosecuting their studies either at the University of Edinburgh, or at the University College, London, with a view to graduation in one of the Faculties of the University of London.
If any candidates offer themselves, the January examination for New Zealand will be held some time in the month of January, 1887, or as soon after as the examination papers