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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 48

Notice to Mariners, No. 25 of 1887.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 19th July, 1887.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Portmaster, Brisbane, Queensland, are published for general information.

W. J. M. LARNACH.

SOUTH ENTRANCE TO MORETON BAY.

NOTICE is hereby given that a beacon has been placed on the north shore of Amity Point, which, when in line with the N.W. shoulder of the high land at the back of the point, and bearing about S. ½ W., leads at present in the deepest water across the bar.

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

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 23rd June, 1887.

SUNKEN REEF AND BUOY OFF EMU POINT, KEEPEL BAY.

NOTICE is hereby given that a sunken reef of rocks not shown on the chart, and on which the depth of water does not exceed 3ft. at low-water springs, extends N.N.E. 2½ cables from the eastern extreme of Emu Point.

A black buoy has been placed off the end of the reef in 16ft. at low water.

To clear the reef, Round Rock should not be closed in with Entrance Rock until the southern extreme of Humpy Island is opened northward of Pelican Island, when vessels may haul to the westward, and pick up an anchorage according to their draught of water.

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

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 24th June, 1887.

Notice to Mariners, No. 26 of 1887.

WAIMAKARIRI RIVER, KAIAPOI.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 20th July, 1887.

THE Waimakariri Harbour Board has given notice that the signal staff at that port has been washed away, but that it will be replaced as soon as possible, and that temporary arrangements for signalling in the meantime have been made. As the staff with all its gear attached is floating about at sea, masters of vessels in the vicinity should keep a look-out for it.

W. J. M. LARNACH.

Notice to Mariners, No. 27 of 1887.

RIVERTON HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 20th July, 1887.

THE Riverton Harbour Board has given notice that the Harbour Establishment at that port has been done away with.

W. J. M. LARNACH.

Authority to frank and receive.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 14th July, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorise

The ACTING-SECRETARY to the RABBIT and LIVE STOCK DEPARTMENT

to frank and receive letters and parcels, and frank telegrams, on the public service.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Postmaster-General.

Authority to frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 15th July, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorise

The PRIVATE SECRETARY to the MINISTER OF JUSTICE
to frank letters, telegrams, and parcels on the public service.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Postmaster-General.

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 ⅛d. 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.

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