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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 6

SPECIAL ORDER.
THAT this Council hereby make a special order adopting, for the Waihemo County, the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886;” such special order to take effect on and from the 18th day of January, 1887.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly made and confirmed by the Waihemo County Council, in conformity with “The Counties Act, 1886,” and “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

CHAS. CRUMP,
County Clerk.

Special Order made by Tauranga County Council.—Adopting “Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 26th January, 1887.

THE following special order, made by the Council of the County of Tauranga, is published for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER.
THAT “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” be adopted by the Tauranga County Council generally. This special order to take effect on the 5th day of January, 1887.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly made in the manner required by law.

JNO. H. McCAW,
County Clerk.

Special Order made by Waimea County Council.—Adopting “Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 26th January, 1887.

THE following special order, made by the Council of the County of Waimea, is published for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER.
THAT this Council adopt the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” generally within the County of Waimea. Special order to take effect on and after the 19th January, 1887.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly made, advertised, and confirmed according to law.

ROBT. LOUISSON,
County Clerk.

Waimea County Council Office,
Nelson, 19th January, 1887.

Notice of Proposed Loan, Egmont Road Board, County of Taranaki.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 26th January, 1887.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Egmont Road Board, County of Taranaki, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Egmont Road District,
30th December, 1886.

SIR,—I have the honour to inform you that the result of the poll on the proposed loan of £2,400 on the whole of the Egmont Road District was as follows:—

For the proposal .. .. .. 43
Against the proposal .. .. .. 51

There being 138 voters on the rate-roll, having 149 votes, the proposal was therefore rejected.

I have, &c.,

JAMES HILL,
Chairman, Egmont Road Board.

The Hon. the Colonial Treasurer,
Wellington.

Revocation of Appointment of a Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the authority in me for this purpose vested, I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do, by this order under my hand, revoke and annul the appointment of the under-mentioned warehouse for the reception and security of goods entered to be warehoused without payment of duty upon the first entry thereof, namely,—

Port of Wanganui.

The warehouse known as

POWELL, SON, AND CO.’S BOND,

as appointed and described in Commissioner’s Order No. 94, of the 23rd October, 1876.

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

JOS. A. TOLE,
(For the Commissioner of Trade and Customs.)
Commissioner’s Order No. 251.

Alterations in 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 the scale of charges, to come into force from and after the 13th December, 1886:—

PART IV.—LOCAL RATES.

WHANGAREI SECTION.

Class P.

Coal from any colliery, consigned to ships in lots not under 2,000 tons per month, or 24,000 tons per annum, will be charged 1s. 6d. per ton.

As witness my hand, this seventh day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

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 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.

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 condi-