Nov. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1463

between Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and the Republic of Salvador, signed at Guatemala on the 24th day of October, 1862, shall remain in force for a period of twenty years from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the present agreement.

On the expiration of the said period of twenty years either party may give twelve months’ notice of their desire to terminate the said treaty, and the treaty shall then terminate accordingly, but otherwise the treaty shall remain in force until terminated by notice as aforesaid.

2. It is, nevertheless, agreed that any or all of the following colonies and foreign possessions of Her Britannic Majesty, that is to say, India, Canada, Newfoundland, the Cape of Good Hope, New South Wales, New Zealand, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Natal, Western Australia, may at any time within the period of two years from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the present agreement give notice, through Her Majesty’s representative accredited to the Republic of Salvador, of their desire to be excepted from the operation of the treaty aforesaid, and the said treaty shall not thenceforward apply to any of the said colonies or foreign possessions of Her Britannic Majesty which shall have given such notice. But, except as above provided, the said treaty shall apply to all the colonies and foreign possessions of Her Britannic Majesty until the treaty be terminated by notice given in pursuance of the terms of Article I. of the present agreement.

3. The present agreement shall be ratified, and the ratifications exchanged at Guatemala or San Salvador as soon as possible.

In witness whereof the undersigned have signed the present agreement, and have affixed thereto their seals.

Don at San Salvador, the 23rd day of June, 1886.

(T.S.) J. P. H. GASTRELL.
(L.S.) MANUEL DELGADO.

Mineral (Coal) lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1887.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned mineral (coal) lease cancelled, and that the ground is now open for application as if no lease of the said ground had ever been applied for:—

John Coucher; Section 70, Block II., 7 acres and 24 perches, Longwood, in the Otago Mining District.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Mines.

Application to proclaim the Teremakau and Arahura Rivers and their Tributaries a Watercourse for the Deposit of Tailings.

NOTICE.—In pursuance of the powers vested in him by section one hundred and fifty-four of “The Mining Act, 1886,” His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that application has been made to him to proclaim the watercourses known as the Teremakau and Arahura Rivers, in the Provincial District of Westland, and their tributaries, to be watercourses into which tailings, mining débris, and waste water of every kind used in, upon, or discharged from any claim or licensed holding adjacent to such watercourses shall be suffered to flow or be discharged.

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of October, 1887.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Mines.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 17th November, 1887.

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

EDWIN MITCHELSON,
Minister for Public Works.

COMPLETION OF OHINEMURI CONTRACT OF THE THAMES-WAIKATO RAILWAY.

Accepted.

Thomas Mulvihill, Auckland .. .. £ 3,465 13 8

Declined.

J. C. Booth, Hamilton .. .. 3,625 9 5
P. Bolton, Morrinsville .. .. 3,764 9 4
Coates and Metcalfe, Hamilton .. .. 3,841 5 0
P. Treanor, Thames .. .. 3,887 2 6
Larkin and O’Brien, Auckland .. .. 3,931 0 0
W. Bailey and Co., Auckland .. .. 4,299 6 7
William Foughy, Auckland.. .. .. 4,445 9 3
J. Murphy, Hamilton .. .. 4,662 8 9
Sheldon and Co., Auckland.. .. .. 5,543 10 8
W. Blewdon and Co., Auckland .. .. 5,798 9 8
George Knight, Auckland .. .. 5,875 0 0

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, Edwin Mitchelson, 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 28th November, 1887:—

PART IV.—LOCAL RATES.

WANGANUI SECTION.

Wool, undumped, from Carnarvon to Foxton, will be charged 9d. per bale.

HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION.

Empty casks, Woodend to Dunedin, will be charged 2s. each. Minimum, 30 casks per truck.

As witness my hand, this twenty-first day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

EDWIN MITCHELSON,
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.

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.