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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 19

holidays, from eight o’clock in the morning until four o’clock
in the afternoon throughout the year, except on Saturdays,
when no goods shall be landed after one o’clock in the after-
noon without the permission of the Collector of Customs.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-
second day of March, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-seven.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner’s Order No. 262.]

Notice to Mariners.—No. 5 of 1887.

LIGHTS ON MOLE, NORTH HEAD, OTAGO HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 21st March, 1887.

THE Otago Harbour Board notify that two white lights,
6ft. apart vertically and 32ft. above sea-level, will be
exhibited on and after the 15th April, 1887, from a mast
placed about 100ft. from the outer end of the mole now
under construction from the north side, entrance to Otago
Harbour. They will be visible in clear weather about six
miles. The lights will be shifted seawards as the work
advances, and will be seen from seaward where not inter-
rupted by Taiaroa Head to the eastward and Hayward Point
to the westward. The present position of the lights is—
from Hayward Point, E. by S. ¾ S., and from extreme of
Taiaroa Head, W. ¼ N. (magnetic).

W. J. M. LARNACH.

Scale of Fees to be charged for Mining, &c., under Section
5 of “The Kumara Education Reserve Act, 1879.”

Mines Department,
Wellington, 18th March, 1887.

THE following is the scale of fees for occupation for
mining or other purposes of lands upon the Kumara
Education Reserve, agreed to by the School Commissioners
and the Government, in accordance with section 5 of “The
Kumara Education Reserve Act, 1879.”

W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

SCALE OF FEES.

1. Occupation by miner’s right or business license | The fees charged for such right or license under “The Mining Act, 1886,” or the laws relating to mining for the time being in force within the district.
2. Licensed holding .. } | Such amount of annual rent as may be paid by the grantee.
3. Special claims .. } | At the rate of 5s. per acre per annum for ground so occupied.
4. Dams, reservoirs, special sites, drainage areas, areas upon sides of races, including races | An annual charge of 6d. per chain for first 40 chains and under, and 3d. per chain for each additional chain over 40; the minimum charge to be 2s. 6d.
5. Races and tramways .. | The registration fees charged under the mining laws for the time being in force within the district.
6. All registered rights .. |

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 21st March, 1887.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders
is published for general information.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

THAMES VALLEY—ROTORUA RAILWAY.—NGATIRA CONTRACT.
Accepted.
D. Fallon, Auckland .. .. .. £ s. d.
.. .. .. 34,785 14 2
Declined.
J. C. Booth, Hamilton .. .. .. 34,917 2 8
Coates and Metcalf, Hamilton .. .. .. 35,398 12 6
Larkins and O’Brien, Auckland .. .. .. 39,670 6 3
J. Briton, Auckland .. .. .. 43,860 0 0

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
   tonage 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 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.

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