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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;

(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 ⅓d. 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.

Progress-payments for Exported Fish.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 24th September, 1886.

WITH reference to the notification in the New Zealand Gazette of the 12th November, 1885, respecting the payment of bonuses to persons who prepare canned and cured fish for export under regulations published on the same date, it is hereby notified that progress-payments on account of such bonuses, claimed in accordance with those regulations, will now be made by this department. Claims to be for quantities not less than one ton net weight, and to be sent through the Collector of Customs at the port from which the fish was exported.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Alterations and Additions to the Scale of Fares and Charges in force on the New Zealand Railways.

IN accordance with section 144 of “The Public Works Act, 1882,” I, Edward Richardson, the Minister for Public Works, do hereby make the following alterations and additions to the scale of charges, to come into force from and after the 22nd day of November, 1886:—

PART IV.—LOCAL RATES.

HURUNUI—BLUFF SECTION.

Sulphuric acid. The local regulation is hereby cancelled.

PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS.

Acid, sulphuric, packed, consigned direct from local factories in consignments of not less than 5 tons. Owners’ risk. Dangerous. Class A.

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

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

Steam Service to certain Places and Ports on the West Coast of the Middle Island, South of Hokitika.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 1886.

SEALED Tenders will be received at the General Post Office, Wellington, until noon of Tuesday, the 30th November proximo, for the performance of one or the other of the following alternative services:—

Between Hokitika and Okarito, Bruce Bay, Paringa, Haast River (or Okuru), Jackson’s Bay, Big Bay, Martin’s Bay, Milford Sound, and Dusky Sound once every month and also once every two months.

Or between Hokitika and Bruce Bay, Jackson’s Bay, Big Bay, Martin’s Bay, Milford Sound, and Dusky Sound (when required), Bluff, Invercargill, and Dunedin, calling at Paringa and Haast River (or Okuru) whenever weather permits, once every month and also once every two months.

The services to be for a period of twelve months, with the right of renewal or termination, on two months’ notice being given by either side, at the end of the contract term.

The services to be performed in accordance with timetables to be furnished by the Postmaster-General, and to commence on a date hereafter to be fixed by the Postmaster-General.

Tenderers to state the names, tonnage, and horse-power of the vessels to be employed in the services.

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

Tenders to be addressed to the Hon. the Postmaster-General, and indorsed “Tender for West Coast Ports Steam Service.”

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

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