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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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PART IV.—LOCAL RATES.
HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION.
Waimca Plains District Railway.
Goods booked through between stations not situated on
the district railway will be charged:—
Classes A, B, per ton .. .. 16 0
" C, D, " .. .. 10 0
" E, .. .. 6 2
" H, per bale .. .. .. 2 0
" M, per truck .. .. 22 0

The following rates will be charged per mile upon the
district railway:—
Classes A, B, per ton .. .. 0 9
" C, D, " .. .. 0 6
" E, .. .. 0 3
" N, O, P, " .. .. 0 3
" H (undumped), per bale .. .. 0 1
" K, per 100 superficial feet .. .. 0 1
" F, per truck .. .. 0 9
" L, .. .. 1 0
" M (single floor), per truck .. .. 0 9
" M (double floor), " .. .. 1 0

For local traffic upon this line, and between the terminal
stations and stations intermediate, the minimum charges
will be not less than the classified rates.

PART VI.—WHARVES.
WANGANUI SECTION.
Foxton Wharf.
Labour.—The charge of 1s. per ton for receiving and
delivering goods is hereby cancelled.

As witness my hand, this fourth day of January,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

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 condi-
   tions 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 applica-
   tion 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 Dis-
covery of New Goldfields.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 28th June, 1886.

THE following additional regulation for the payment of
rewards for the discovery of new goldfields, recom-
mended 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 con-
sidered 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 men-
   tioned, 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 con-
ditions, 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 exporta-
    tion, 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.

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
sense of belonging to the public, and of not being under the
control of an association, society, or club, whose member-
ship is composed of a section of the community only, and if
within a borough it must be open to the public free of charge.
The receipts for the year must not have been less than £2,
exclusive of moneys received from endowments, or from
Government, or from Borough or County Councils, or for
special building purposes, or as rent, hire, or consideration
for the use of any room, or building, or land belonging to the