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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 34

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 ¾d. and ¼d. 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.

Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th June, 1886.

THE following notices of elections of Members of Road Boards have been received at this office, and are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

Whareora Road District, County of Whangarei :
Samuel Dent.
John McKinnon.
Finlayson Smith.
William Walker.
Thomas Whitelaw.

Albertland North Road District, County of Rodney :
Edward Browne.
F. C. H. Dibble.
William B. Farrand.
Evan Richards.
Isaac Powell.

Hunua Road District, County of Manukau :
George Hill.
George Hirst.
Hugh McKenzie.
Thomas Stewart.
Henry Wright.

Opaiheke North Road District, County of Manukau :
John Bremner.
John Clarke.
Joseph Flanagan.
James Thomas Cossey.
William Fulton.

Danevirke Road District, County of Waipawa :
George Wratt.
John Karl.
Thomas Miller.
Francis Shanly.
Angus McKay.

Suburban North Road District, County of Waimea :
John Brown, jun.
William Northam.
Robert Henry Wait.
David Barnett.
Walter Scott Wells.
Horace Octavius Ledger.

Steam Service between Hokianga and Manukau.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 7th June, 1886.

SEALED Tenders will be received at the General Post Office, Wellington, until noon of Monday, the 28th June, for the performance of the following alternative steam service :—

1. Between Hokianga and Manukau, weekly, for one or two years ; or

2. Between Hokianga and Manukau, fortnightly, for one or two years.

The service to be performed in accordance with a time-table to be furnished by the Postmaster-General, and to commence about the 1st August next.

Tenderers to state the name, tonnage, and horse-power of the vessel to be employed in the service.

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

Tenders to be addressed to the Hon. the Postmaster-General, and indorsed “Tender for Hokianga and Manukau Steam Service.”

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Tenders for Savings Bank Envelopes.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 27th May, 1886.

TENDERS will be received at the General Post Office, Wellington, until noon on Monday, the 12th July next, for the supply and delivery to the Storekeeper, Post and Telegraphs, Wellington, of 100,000 Savings Bank envelopes, of the patterns to be seen at the several Chief Post Offices throughout the colony.

The last supply of these articles having been badly cut and gummed, and without clear folding marks, it is specially notified that the pattern must be strictly followed.

Tenders must be indorsed “Tender for Savings Bank Envelopes,” and be addressed to the Superintendent, Post and Telegraphs, General Post Office, Wellington.

C. LEMON,
Superintendent.