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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 44

Officers in Land, Deeds, and Stamp Departments appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 19th August, 1886.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

✓ JAMES DENIS KELLY, Nelson,
✓ THOMAS DUFFY, Canterbury,
✓ HECTOR RICHMOND RIDDELL, Hawke’s Bay,
✓ WILLIAM WARING DE CASTRO, Marlborough,
✓ ANDREW PINKWILL, Otago,

to be Deputy Registrars of Deeds for the districts respectively set opposite their names;

✓ WILLIAM CHRISTIE
to be Assistant Land Registrar at Dunedin; and

WILLIAM WARING DE CASTRO
to be Deputy Commissioner of Stamps and Assistant Registrar of Joint-Stock Companies at Blenheim.

All these appointments to date from the 1st instant.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 30 of 1886.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 23rd August, 1886.

THE Greymouth Harbour Board have notified that during the time the present dredging operations are being carried on in the Grey River, nearly opposite the end of the wharf, a white light will be exhibited on the south side of the dredge from sunset to sunrise. All vessels will therefore pass to the south of the above light, or between the dredge and the wharf.

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 Schedule hereto, is vested in Karanama te Whakaheke and Arihia Wehipehana, 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. 4D, 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 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 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 Provincial 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 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.

Additional Regulation as to Payment of Rewards for Discovery of New Goldfields.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 28th June, 1886.

THE following additional regulation for the payment of rewards for the discovery of new goldfields, recommended 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 considered 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 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;