As the number of votes given in favour of the proposal exceeds three-fifths of the total number of votes given at such poll, I hereby declare the proposal to be carried.

Dated this 6th day of November, 1886.

DAVID McMILLAN, Chairman.
W. JAMESON, County Clerk.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 1886.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under "The Aliens Act, 1880," in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that A. MACDOUGALL, of Wellington, in the Colony of New Zealand, has applied, on behalf of Messrs. THOMAS QUINN AND COMPANY, of Invercargill, in the said colony, Provision Merchants, to register, under "The Trade Marks Act, 1866," the trade marks of which the following is a description, viz.:—

Description of Trade Mark No. 1.
The representation of a three-leaved shamrock, to be used as a brand.

Description of Trade Mark No 2.
The representation of a crown, to be used as a brand.

Nature of the Articles to which it is intended such Trade Marks shall apply.

Hams and bacon.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Trade Marks.

Notice under "The Justices of the Peace Act Amendment Act, 1886."

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th November, 1886.

IT is hereby notified that

JAMES CATTLELL, Esq.,
of Wellington, has, in accordance with the provisions of section 7 of "The Justices of the Peace Act Amendment Act, 1886," ceased to be a Justice of the Peace.

ROBERT STOUT,
(For the Minister of Justice.)

Notice to Mariners, No. 51 of 1886.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 12th November, 1886.

THE following hydrographic notices, received from the Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief, Australian Station, are published for general information.

ROBERT STOUT,
(For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.)

TONGA OR FRIENDLY ISLANDS.

H.M.S. "Nelson," at Sydney,
24th September, 1886.

THE following information, received from Her Majesty's Vice-Consul at Tonga, is hereby promulgated :—

Results of recent surveying operations performed by the United States ship "Mohican," viz. :—

1. Position of Home Shoal : Lat. 19° 1' 48" S., long. 174° 44' 25" W.

2. Position of Metis Rock, supposed to be identical with the shoal marked "Wesley," on Chart No. 2421 : Lat. 19° 13' 20' S., long. 174° 48' 50" W. This rock is 300 yards long and 151ft. high.

3. Position of the new volcanic island, now named Falcon Island : Lat. 20° 19' S., long. 175° 21½' W. The island is one and a quarter miles long and 164ft. high.

4. The position of an island marked E.D. in lat. 20° 9' S., long. 175° 12' W., was passed over. The island does not exist.

5. The old position of Culebras Reef, and the position of Submarine Volcano, reported 1877, were also passed over. Neither exist.

6. Charts affected : No. 780, Pacific Ocean, S.W. Sheet ; No. 2421, Tonga or Friendly Islands ; also Pacific Islands, Vol. ii. (Central Groups), 1885, pages 13 to 18.

G. TRYON,
Rear Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.

NEW HEBRIDES.—REPORTED EXISTENCE OF A SHOAL IN SAH-SOON BAY, MALLICOLO ISLAND.

H.M.S. "Nelson," at Sydney,
24th September, 1886.

THE following information, received from Lieutenant and Commander Cross, H.M.S. "Undine," is hereby promulgated :—

A shoal, not shown on the charts, exists in Sah-soon or Sah-sun Bay, Mallicolo Island. It lies N.W. by W. about two and a quarter miles to two and a half miles from Pan-nomoo Point, Sah-soon Bay, and carries from 1 fathom to 4 fathoms at low water. It is about 500 yards long in a N.W. and S.E. direction, and about 200 yards broad. It does not break. There is deep water between it and the coast. Bearings magnetic.

Charts affected : No. 1380, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, and Loyalty Islands ; No. 856, Anchorages in the New Hebrides Islands ; also Pacific Islands, Vol. i. (Western Groups), 1885, page 26.

G. TRYON,
Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.

GREAT BARRIER REEF, CAPE BOWLING GREEN.

H.M.S. "Nelson," at Sydney,
19th October, 1886.

THE following information, received from Lieutenant and Commander Richards, H.M. surveying vessel "Paluma," is hereby promulgated :—

2. A coral reef, which partly dries at half ebb, lies with its S.E. end twenty-one and a half miles to the N.W. of Holborne Island ; the reef extends N.W. by W. and S.E. by E. eight and a quarter miles, and has a greatest breadth of three miles. The average depth of water round the reef, close to, is 25 fathoms. Position of S.E. end, lat. 19° 24' S., long. 148° 9' E.

3. A circular patch about one and a half miles in diameter lies N.N.E. thirty miles from Cape Cleveland Lighthouse. Position of centre, lat. 18° 45' S., long. 147° 17' E.

4. A patch one and three-quarter miles long and one mile wide lies with its centre N. ¼ E. thirty miles from Cape Cleveland Lighthouse. Position of centre, lat. 18° 41' S., long. 147° 8' E.

5. To the N.N.W. of the last-mentioned patch a reef extends E. by N. and W. by S. three and a half miles, its breadth being one mile. On the north-west and west sides it is ragged with outlying patches. The eastern end lies north thirty-three and a half miles from Cape Cleveland Lighthouse. Position of the eastern end, lat. 18° 38' S., long. 147° 5½' E.

6. The shoal marked doubtful in lat. 18° 41½' S., long. 146° 52½' E., does not exist.

7. Cape Bowling Green : Examination of the shoal-ground to the eastward of Cape Bowling Green shows a least depth of 9ft. at low-water ordinary springs, with the lighthouse bearing S. 56° W. distant one mile. As the banks in the vicinity of the cape are liable to shift, the directions as to a vessel not shoaling her water under 11 fathoms should be strictly attended to.

8. Bearings magnetic : Variation 6° 45' E.

9. Charts affected : No. 2763 Coral Sea, Sheet 1, No. 348, Whitsunday Island to Magnetic Island ; No. 2349, Halifax Bay to Double Point ; also Australia Directory, Vol. ii., 1879, pages 206, 209, 222, and 257.

G. TRYON,
Rear Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.

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