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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 42

To come into force from and after the 16th day of August,
1886.

PART IV.—LOCAL RATES.
GREYMOUTH SECTION.
Grey Gorge Bridge.

The charge of 1s. per ton for goods passing over the Grey
Gorge Bridge is hereby cancelled.

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

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 27 of 1886.

WESTPORT HARBOUR.—LIGHT ON WESTERN BREAKWATER,
SOUTH SHORE, BULLER RIVER.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 7th August, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that, on and after Wednesday,
the 15th September, 1886, a red light will be shown
on the seaward end of the Western Breakwater, on the south
shore of the Buller River, from dark to daylight.

Vessels entering or leaving the port must pass to the north-
ward of this light.

NOTE.—This light has no connection whatever with the
harbour signal lights, which will remain as hitherto. It
merely indicates the position of the breakwater, as above
mentioned.

W. J. M. LARNACH.

Notice under "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act,
1883."

WHEREAS the estate and interest of Hamahona Irena,
Tamihana Karanama, and Ranoterangi, aboriginal
natives of New Zealand, in the land described in the Sche-
dule hereto, is vested in Karanama te Whakakehe and
Arihia Wehihehana, 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 for a term of twenty-one years
from the 1st January, 1882.

Dated at Wellington, this fifth day of August, 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 or near to Otaki, in the
Provincial District of Wellington, and known by the name of
Pukehou No. 4b, and containing 279 acres and 16 perches.

Notice under "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act,
1883."

WHEREAS the estate and interest of Arekatera te Ra,
Piripi te Rawarihi, and Hinewai, aboriginal natives
of New Zealand, in the land described in the Schedule
hereto, is vested in Teraite Tonihu, 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 ap-
plication has been made for the removal of such restric-
tions:

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 twenty-one years
from the 1st January, 1882.

Dated at Wellington, this ninth day of July, 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 or near Otaki, in the Pro-
vincial District of Wellington, known as Pukehou No. 4e,
Section No. 2, containing 75 acres.

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.

Additional Regulation as to Payment of Rewards for Dis-
covery of New Goldfields.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 28th June, 1886.

THE following additional regulation for the payment of
rewards for the discovery of new goldfields, recom-
mended by the Goldfields Committee on the 22nd June, 1886,
having been adopted by the Government, is published for
general information.

This regulation applies to the notifications published in
the New Zealand Gazette of the 19th March and 29th
October, 1885, offering rewards for gold discoveries.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

ADDITIONAL REGULATION.

No claim for a reward for the discovery of gold will be con-
sidered by the Goldfields Committee unless such claim be
made within one year from the date of the discovery.

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 men-
   tioned, 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
tonage 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;