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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 36.

SCHEDULE.

THE parcel of land mentioned hereunder:—

In the Provincial District of Auckland; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 14021, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

As witness my hand this twenty-second day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

Alterations and Additions to the Scale of Fares and Charges in force on the New Zealand Railways.

IN accordance with section 144 of “The Public Works Act, 1882,” I, Edward Richardson, the Minister for Public Works, do hereby make the following alterations and additions to the scale of charges, to come into force on and after the 5th day of July, 1886:—

PART IV.—LOCAL RATES.

Pictou Station.

The maximum rate on goods of Class F, consigned from stations on the Pictou Section to Pictou for shipment, will be 15s. per truck, including wharfage and unloading.

As witness my hand this first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

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 ¾d. 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.

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.

Tenders for Native Schoolhouse and Teacher’s Residence.

Education Department,
Wellington, 20th May, 1886.

TENDERS will be received at this office up to noon of the 17th July next for the erection of a Native Schoolhouse and Teacher’s Residence at Raukokore, near Cape Runaway, Bay of Plenty.

Plans, &c., may be seen and forms of tender obtained on application to the Native Agent, Auckland, or the Resident Magistrate at Tauranga, Opotiki, or Gisborne.

Telegraphic tenders will be accepted provided the original tender and deposit are lodged at the same time with one of the officers above mentioned.

Wm. Jas. HABENS,
Secretary for Education.

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.