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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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The lighthouse will be constructed of iron, tubular, 106ft.
in height, and painted in horizontal bands of red and white.
The position of the rock on which it is to be constructed is
near the centre of the Circular North Astrolabe Reef, which
has an average diameter of five miles.
Position: Lat., 18° 38' 15" S.; long., 178° 32' 15" E.
This position is thirty-one and two third miles S. ¾ W.
from that of the double-flashing light at Nasilai, Viti Levu
Island.
All bearings are magnetic. Variation, 9° 45' E.
C. F. DE M. MALAN, Lieut., R.N.,
Late Hydrographic Surveyor to the Colony.

LEADING LIGHTS AND BEACONS AT BOAT CHANNEL, BRIS-
BANE RIVER.

Notice is hereby given that two leading lights, red and
white, are now placed on the S.E. Fisherman Island, which,
when in line bearing S.E. ¾ S., lead through the cutting,
which is still unfinished, in 3½ft. low-water springs.
By day the line of the cutting is marked by two triangular
beacons placed beyond its south-eastern end.
To enter at night from the bay keep the white leading
lights at Lytton in line bearing W. by N. ¼ N. until the red
and white lights on Fisherman Island are coming in line,
when haul up and keep them in line until within ½ cable
of the mangroves, when a vessel can anchor or proceed on
as usual.
The back light, which is white, stands at an elevation of
20ft., and is 1,258ft. E. ¾ N. from the back bar leading light.
The front light, which is red, stands 12ft. above high-water,
and is 1,240ft. from the back white light.
The line of lights passes about 1 cable north-eastward of
the position of the outer black and white beacon as shown
on the chart.
G. P. HEATH, Commander, R.N.,
Portmaster.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 26th August, 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 men-
   tioned, 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 con-
   ditions, 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 exporta-
    tion, 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 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 condi-
   tions 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 applica-
   tion 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 Dis-
covery of New Goldfields.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 28th June, 1886.

THE following additional regulation for the payment of
rewards for the discovery of new goldfields, recom-
mended 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 con-
sidered by the Goldfields Committee unless such claim be
made within one year from the date of the discovery.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 28th September, 1887.

THE Loyal Forest Home Lodge, No. 6797, situated at
Ormondville, is registered as a branch of the Hawke's
Bay District of the Manchester Unity, Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, under "The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,"
this 28th day of September, 1887.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.