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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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2. Lieutenant and Commander Wyley also reports, on the
   authority of the master of the Queensland schooner " Ariel,"
   the existence of a shoal, said by the natives to be a shifting
   bank, in Cook Bay, Erromango Island, which breaks very
   heavily in bad weather. Position: Latitude 18° 45' 30" S.,
   longitude 169° 15' E.; Traitor's Head, N.E. by N. ¼ N., one
   mile distant.
3. Bearings magnetic.

H. FAIRFAX,
Rear Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.

H.M.S. " Nelson," at Moreton Bay,
15th October, 1887.

The following information, received from Commander
Hoskyn, H.M.S. " Myrmidon," is hereby promulgated:—
A new passage through the Barrier Reef, in the vicinity of
Cape Grafton, between Flora Pass and Trinity Opening, has
been discovered.
This passage is not less than five miles in width. It
presents no difficulties, and in fine weather may be easily
picked up from seaward.
The summit of Fitzroy Island, in line with the north-west
Bell Peak (marked 3317ft. on Chart No. 2350), bearing
S.S.W. ½ W., leads clear.
Bearings magnetic. Variation 6° 8' E.

H. FAIRFAX,
Rear Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.

TONGA OR FRIENDLY ISLANDS.

H.M.S. " Nelson," at Moreton Bay,
15th October, 1887.

The following information, being an extract from the Tonga
Government Gazette of the 10th August, 1887, is hereby pro-
mulgated:—
Eastern Passage, Tongatabu: A conical (iron) buoy,
painted red, has been placed in 1½ fathoms on Pan Rock,
lying almost in mid-channel between the islands of Monnac
and Makahaa, Eastern Passage. A barrel buoy, painted
black, has also been placed off the E.N.E. extremity of
Makahaa Shore Reef, in 3 fathoms.
Vessels approaching Nukualofa through this passage
should keep the red buoy to starboard and the black buoy
to port, and, after clearing the north extreme of Shore Reef,
which must not be rounded too closely, may steer for the
church on the hill, care being taken to keep the Fantop
beacon, which has been erected on the west extreme of
Nukualofa Shoal, to port, after passing which a vessel may
bear up for the anchorage.
A black-barrel buoy has been placed in 4 fathoms off the
south extreme of Nukualofa Shoal.
A pilot station has been established on Enaji. Approach-
ing vessels requiring pilots should, therefore, hoist the usual
signal when off that island.
Captain Bosanquet, H.M.S. " Opal," reports that Cattan
Island, a small island on the S.W. side of Ella Island, is
wrongly placed on the chart; its true position being S.E.,
about two miles of that assigned to it on Chart No. 2421.
Bearings magnetic.

H. FAIRFAX,
Rear Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.

H.M.S. " Nelson," at Sydney,
19th October, 1887.

The following information, received from Captain Musgrave,
H.M.S. " Rapid," is hereby promulgated:—
An extensive coral reef, having heavy breakers, with a
lagoon of green-tinted water on its S.E. side, extends in a
N.W. and S.E. direction for a distance of twelve miles to the
S.E. of Osprey Reef, of which, when approached from the
southward, it appears to be an extension.
The approximate position of the southern extreme of this
reef, on which the sea breaks heavily, is latitude 14° 3' S.,
longitude 146° 41' E.

H. FAIRFAX,
Rear Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.

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 avoirdu pois of fish
   canned with or without oil, the sum of 1d. per pound,
   the weight of the cans not to be included in the
   tonage upon which such bonus is paid ;
   (2.) In respect of every ton avoirdu pois 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.