Appointing Places at which the Electoral Roll for the District of Coromandel can be inspected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 1886.

IN accordance with the provisions of "The Registration of Electors Act, 1879," I hereby appoint
The Office of the Registrar of Electors, Coromandel;
The Office of the Registrar of Electors, Thames;
The Post Office, Tapu;
The Post Office, Whitianga (Mercury Bay); and
The Post Office, Tairua,
to be the offices at which the Coromandel electoral roll can be inspected.
P. A. BUCKLEY.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th February, 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.

Notice under "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883."

WHEREAS the estate and interest of Ruta te Wano, aboriginal native of New Zealand, in the land described in the Schedule hereto, is vested in Enoka te Wano, 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.

Dated at Wellington, this fourteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land situate at Otaki, in the Provincial District of Wellington, known as Pukehou No. 4E, Section No. 3, otherwise called Purehurehu, containing 75 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the North by Pukehou No. 4E, Section 2, 6000 links; towards the East by Pukehou No. 4F, 2900 links; and towards the South-west by Pukehou No. 4D, 2584 links, 1220 links, and 2375 links.

Notice under "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883."

WHEREAS the estate and interest of Rihi Karenga Taekata, aboriginal native of New Zealand, in the land described in the Schedule hereto, is vested in Taekata te Tokoihi, 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 fifteen years from the 1st April, 1885.

Dated at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of January, 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 Ohinemutu, in the Rotorua District, and known by the name of Tapuae B, containing by admeasurement 18 perches, be the same a little more or

less. Bounded towards the North-west by a line, 95·2 links; towards the North-east by a line, 111·7 links; towards the South-east by a road, 81·5 links; and towards the South-west by a line, 82·5 links.

Notice under "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883."

WHEREAS the estate and interest of Irihapeti Uru, Hopera Uru, Henare Whakatau Uru, and Kapetara Uru, aboriginal natives of New Zealand, in the land described in the Schedule hereto, is vested in Hoani Uru and Kata Uru, 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 lands may be leased by the said Trustees for the term of twenty-one years from the 1st March, 1881.

Dated at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of January, 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 in the County of Ashburton, containing together 250 acres, be the same a little more or less, with the appurtenances, being Maori Reserve No. 2060.

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.

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.