June 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 849

Notice to Mariners, No. 24 of 1887.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 29th June, 1887.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Portmaster, Brisbane, and the Engineer in Charge of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, are published for general information.

W. J. M. LARNACH.

GULF OF CARPENTARIA.—LEADING LIGHTS, ENTRANCE TO NORMAN RIVER.

NOTICE is hereby given that after this date the following leading lights will be exhibited at the entrance to the Norman River. These, in conjunction with the lightship, lead across the bar and up to Kimberley.

Two lights, the nearer being red, and 10ft. above high-water mark, and the back light white, and 30ft. above high-water, are placed on the bank to the westward of the Elbow Bank. They are 900 yards apart, N.E. by E. ¾ E. easterly, and S.W. by W. ¾ W. westerly, and the front light stands on the edge of the bank. These in line lead just to the southward of the Bar Buoy, and up the channel as far as the Elbow Bank.

Two similar lights, the same distance apart, but having the back light 50ft. above high-water mark, are placed on shore at Kimberley on a line bearing E. by S. ¾ S. and W. by N. ¾ N., and lead from the Elbow Bank up to the sandy beach on the western shore of the river.

Directions.—Vessels intending to enter the river by night should pass about ½ a cable west of the lightship, and then steer S.E. by E. ½ E., bringing the two leading lights which are placed above the Elbow Bank in line on a N.E. by E. ¾ E. easterly bearing. These lights should be kept in this position until the leading lights at Kimberley are in line, when the latter should similarly be kept in line until abreast Alligator Point, whence a mid-channel course may be kept up the river.

G. P. HEATH,
Commander, R.N., Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 2nd June, 1887.

PORT PHILLIP BAY.

PILOTS, masters of vessels, and others are hereby informed that, on the 13th June, 1887, a new light-vessel will be moored, for test purposes, about two cables length inside the Gellibrand Lightship, bearing therefrom S.W. by W. This vessel will exhibit the usual anchor-light by night until the 30th June proximo, after which it will be removed.

Caution.—Mariners entering or leaving Hobson’s Bay by day or night are cautioned to keep to the eastward or outside of the Gellibrand Lightship.

ALEXR. WILSON,
Engineer in Charge, Ports and Harbours.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 27th May, 1887.

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 ¾d. and ⅜d. 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 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.

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.

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.