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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;

(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 ¼d. and ⅛d. 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.

Designation of Post and Telegraph Office changed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 6th September, 1886.

IT is hereby notified for general information that the designation of the Post and Telegraph Office in the Auckland Postal District, known as Herd’s Point, will, from the 1st proximo, be changed to

RAWENE.

By order of the Postmaster-General.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Designation of Post Office changed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 4th September, 1886.

IT is hereby notified for general information that the designation of the Post Office in the Dunedin Postal District, known as Taieri Beach, will, from the 6th instant, be changed to

TAIERI MOUTH.

By order of the Postmaster-General.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Money Order Office opened.

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

IT is hereby notified for general information that a Money Order Office will be opened at

ELLESMERE (Chief Office, Christchurch),
from the 16th instant.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Tenders for Telegraph Messengers’ Overcoats.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 1st September, 1886.

TENDERS will be received at the General Post Office, Wellington, until noon of the 16th day of October next, for the supply and delivery to the Post and Telegraph Storekeeper, Wellington, of 100 Telegraph Messengers’ Overcoats, of colonial manufacture both in respect to the material and make.

Specifications, as well as sample of cloth, style of overcoat, &c., may be seen at the Chief Post Offices, Thames, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Nelson, Blenheim, Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika, Timaru, Oamaru, and Invercargill, and at the Telegraph Offices, Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin.

Tenders to be addressed to the Superintendent of Posts and Telegraphs, Wellington, and indorsed outside, “Tender for Telegraph Messengers’ Overcoats.”

By order.

C. LEMON,
Superintendent.

Agency of New Zealand Government Life Insurance Association opened.

N.Z. Government Life Insurance Association,
Wellington, 2nd September, 1886.

AN agency of the above association has been opened at the

POST OFFICE, BELGROVE, Nelson,
as from the 13th September, 1886.

By order of the Board.

D. M. LUCKIE,
General Manager.

Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1886.

THE Poneke Lodge, No. 207, of the United Ancient Order of Druids, Wellington District, Grand Lodge of Australia, situated at Petone, is registered as a friendly society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 3rd day of September, 1886.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 6th September, 1886.

THE Loyal Heart of Friendship Lodge, No. 5859, situated at Waimate, is registered as a branch of the Lyttelton District of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity, Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 6th day of September, 1886.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

“Friendly Societies Act, 1882.”—Cancelling of Registry.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 6th September, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Registrar of Friendly Societies has, pursuant to section 10 of “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” by writing under his hand, dated this 6th day of September, 1886, cancelled the registry of the St. Patrick’s Branch, No. 4, Register No. 198 (7), held at