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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 45

KUPU APITI.

Te Ingoa o te Poari Takiwa.
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Te Tari o te Poari Takiwa e utua ai nga Moni Reiti.
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Rori Poata o Whangaroa ki te Raki
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Whangaroa.
Rori Poata o Puhoi
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Puhoi.

He mea tuhi nei toku ingoa i tenei te 25 o nga ra o Akuhata, 1886.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Minita Whakahaere i nga Moni o te Koroni.

[TRANSLATION.]

"THE Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 1882," and the Amendment thereof.

To each and every the owner or owners of land described in the substituted valuation rolls of Native lands supplied to the local bodies, the names of which are set forth in the Schedule hereunder, under the provisions of the above Acts and all other Acts affecting the same or relating thereto.

WHEREAS demand having been made to me, the under-signed Colonial Treasurer of the Colony of New Zealand, in accordance with the provisions of "The Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 1882," by or on behalf of the said local bodies, for payment of the rates appearing to be payable under or by virtue of the said rolls:

Notice is hereby given to you and each and every of you that rolls of Native lands are now deposited at the offices of the said several local bodies, which said rolls are in the Maori language, and show the rateable value of the Native lands therein mentioned or described.

And you and each and every of you, the owners of the said lands, are hereby required and directed to pay the said rates on or before the 6th day of September, 1886, such payment to be made by you at the office of the local body in whose district the lands affected are respectively comprised, and as noted in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Name of Local Body.
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Office of Local Body where Payment is to be made.
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Whangaroa North Road Board
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Whangaroa.
Puhoi Road Board
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Puhoi.

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

JULIUS VOGEL,
Colonial Treasurer.

*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 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.

Subsidies to Public Libraries.

Education Department,
Wellington, 23rd August, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sum of £4,000 has been voted by Parliament for distribution to public libraries.

The distribution will take place on the 8th February, 1887, and no claim will be entitled to consideration that shall not have been sent in in due form and received by the Secretary for Education, Wellington, on or before the 31st January, 1887.

A library to be entitled to a subsidy must be public in the sense of belonging to the public, and of not being under the control of an association, society, or club, whose membership is composed of a section of the community only, and if within a borough it must be open to the public free of charge. The receipts for the year must not have been less than £2, exclusive of moneys received from endowments, or from Government, or from Borough or County Councils, or for special building purposes, or as rent, hire, or consideration for the use of any room, or building, or land belonging to the institution, in respect of none of which will subsidy be allowed. The net proceeds of concerts, lectures, or other entertainments on behalf of the current expenses of the library will be regarded as voluntary contributions. A sub-