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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 58

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 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.

Members of Wanganui County Council elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd September, 1887.

NOTICE has been received at this office, under the hand of the County Clerk, that the following persons have been elected Members of the Wanganui County Council:—

Mangawhero Riding:
Archibald Mason.
Joseph Smith.

Upper Wangaehu Riding:
Donald Gunn Polson.

Mataongaonga Riding:
Robert Neilson.

Kaukatea Riding:
John Nolan Jones.

Kaitoke Riding:
Edmund Richard Morgan.

Purua Riding:
Alexander Higgie.
Charles Fletcher Harrison.

G. S. COOPER.

Tenders.

Post Office and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office,
Wellington, 1st September, 1887.

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

C. LEMON,
(For Commissioner of Telegraphs.)

INSULATOR BOLTS.

Money Order Offices opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 5th September, 1887.

IT is hereby notified for general information that money order offices will be opened at

ALFORD FOREST and
HANMER PLAIN (Chief Office, Christchurch),

from the 16th instant.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for a complete Locking Apparatus, intended to be used in conjunction with the present system of signalling Railway Trains, now called the “Block System,” thereby rendering the present block system absolutely safe and secure, preventing the possibility of two trains being on one section or block at the same time, and applicable to either single or double line of railway, and to be called “Ashton and Cunnington’s Patent Electric Lock Signal Apparatus.”

RICHARD HENRY ASHTON, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, Locomotive Driver, and HERBERT JAMES CUNNINGTON, of Christchurch aforesaid, Civil Engineer, have deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 22nd day of November next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 7th day of November next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 2512.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for the Nicholas Combined Drill and Disc Harrow.

WILLIAM NICHOLAS, of Waimate, New Zealand, Farmer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 22nd day of November next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 7th day of November next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 2513.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 1st September, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for an Improved Centrifugal Apparatus that can be operated by Hand for separating Substances of Different Gravities, such as Milk and Cream.