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.

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 ½d. 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.

£100 Reward.

Armed Constabulary Office,
Wellington, 16th February, 1886.

WHEREAS on the morning of the 7th January last the public school at Hokitika was destroyed by fire: And whereas at the inquest held on the 20th of the same month as to the origin thereof a verdict of arson against some person or persons unknown was returned: Notice is hereby given that a reward of £100 will be paid by the Government for such information as will lead to the arrest and conviction of the offender or offenders.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(For the Defence Minister.)

Designation of Post Office changed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 15th February, 1886.

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

CLEVEDON.

By order of the Postmaster-General.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Money Order and Savings Bank Offices opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 17th February, 1886.

IT is hereby notified for general information that Money Order and Savings Bank Offices will be opened at EKETAHUNA and MAURICEVILLE (Chief Office, Wellington), on the 24th instant.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 10th February, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for Improvements in Holders for Pencils and Pens.

JOHANN TREBENTSCHECK, of Donawitz, in the Austrian Empire, Europe, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 29th day of April next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 14th day of April next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1710.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 10th February, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for Improved Apparatus to enable Objects under Water to be distinguished, and for Photographing such Objects.

RICHARD RAMSAY ARMSTRONG, retired Commander of the Royal Navy, and MARMADUKE CONSTABLE, Gentleman, both of Sydney, New South Wales, have deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 29th day of April next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 14th day of April next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1711.