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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 54

Notice to Mariners, No. 30 of 1887.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 15th August, 1887.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Local Marine Board, Newcastle, New South Wales, is published for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.)

THE steam-dredge “Hunter” will be moored in the North Channel, abreast of the Stockton Wharf, for dredging operations, on and after Tuesday next, the 2nd August. Vessels will pass to the southward of the dredge until this work is completed.

HENRY NEWTON,
Harbourmaster.

Harbour Office,
Newcastle, 29th July, 1887.

Notice to Mariners, No. 31 of 1887.

LEADING BEACONS, OTAGO BAR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 15th August, 1887.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Otago Harbour Board, is published for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.)

THE Harbourmaster reports that he has found it necessary to shift the outer beacon of the two leading beacons placed on the Sandspit as a guide for crossing Otago Bar. As they are now placed, and when in line from seaward, they will bear S. 25° 30' W. magnetic nearly.

By order.

JOHN L. GILLIES,
Secretary, Otago Harbour Board.

Dunedin, 10th August, 1887.

Changing Name of Kerosene Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—It is hereby notified that, in consequence of a change in the proprietorship of the under-mentioned warehouse, the name has been altered as follows :—

Port of Auckland.

A building of corrugated iron, situated on Allotment No. 37 of the Harbour Board Reclamation on Beach Road, approved and appointed on the 26th day of July, 1884, under the name of Arnold, Hines, and Co.’s Bond, will in future be known as

ARNOLD, CHENEY, AND CO.’S BOND.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(For the Commissioner of Trade and Customs.)

Commissioner’s Order No. 272.]

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 15th August, 1887.

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

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

NORTH ISLAND MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY.—POREWA AND HUNTERVILLE STATION BUILDINGS CONTRACT.

Accepted.
£ s. d.
Gifford and O’Connor, Wanganui .. .. 1,602 5 4

Declined.
Andrew McFarlane, Wanganui .. .. 1,685 5 3
John Alexander, Wanganui .. .. 1,701 6 0
Frank Burbush, Palmerston North .. .. 1,709 0 0
M. Burgess, Ngai re .. .. 1,773 7 0
Monro Brothers, Palmerston North .. .. 1,871 6 10

Alterations in and Additions to the Scale of Charges in force on the New Zealand Railways.

IN accordance with section 144 of “The Public Works Act, 1882,” I, Edward Richardson, the Minister for Public Works, do hereby make the following alterations in and additions to the scale of charges, to come into force on and after the 22nd August, 1887 :—

PART IV.—LOCAL RATES.
WELLINGTON SECTION.

Coal from Wellington to Petone will be charged 3s. 2d. per ton.

PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS.

Charcoal, crushed, owner’s risk, Class N.

PART VI.—WHARVES.

PITON WHARF.

Rates.

Empties at per ton measurement, including labour, half rates.

Minimum charge on any goods, 6d.

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

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

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 ⅝d. 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.

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.