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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 74

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Designation of Post Office changed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 16th November, 1887.

IT is hereby notified for general information that the designation of the post office in the Gisborne Postal District, known as Te Mawhai, will, from the 1st proximo, be changed to

TOKOMARU.

By order of the Postmaster-General.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

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Designation of Post Office and Telegraph Office changed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1887.

IT is hereby notified for general information that the designation of the post office and telegraph office in the Invercargill Postal District, known as Arrow River and Arrow respectively, will, from the 1st proximo, be changed to

ARROWTOWN.

By order of the Postmaster-General.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

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Notice to Persons in whom is vested Ecclesiastical Authority over Religious Bodies.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd November, 1887.

THE attention of the persons or person within the Colony of New Zealand in whom is vested ecclesiastical authority over any of the religious bodies enumerated in the Schedule B annexed to an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” and of all other persons concerned, is directed to the eleventh section of the above-mentioned Act, requiring the several ecclesiastical authorities as aforesaid to send in to the Registrar-General a correct list, in the month of December in every year, of the Officiating Ministers within the meaning of “The Marriage Act, 1880,” of each of the said religious bodies.

The following are the religious bodies above referred to:—
The Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.
The Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Roman Catholic Church.
The Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland.
The Wesleyan Methodist Society.
All Congregational Independents.
Baptists.
The Primitive Methodist Connexion.
The United Methodist Free Churches.
The Lutheran Church.
All Hebrew Congregations.
The Society of Friends.

In default of any person having ecclesiastical authority over any of the religious bodies named above, the name of the Officiating Minister of any congregation of such religious body may be certified to by two recognised office-holders thereof.

With respect to Ministers of Religion not connected with any of the aforesaid bodies, it is necessary that a certificate, signed by twenty-four householders resident in the district, declaring that such Minister is their Officiating Minister, the said certificate being attested by some person, verified by a declaration before a Justice of the Peace, shall be sent to the Registrar-General in the month of December in each year. The neglect in sending such last-named certificate will deprive the Minister of his status as an Officiating Minister under the Marriage Act.

Wm. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

N.B.—It is requested that the Christian names and the addresses of the several Ministers may be specified in the lists sent in to the Registrar-General.

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Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 21st November, 1887.

THE Rangitoto Lodge, No. 224, of the United Ancient Order of Druids, situated at Wellington, is registered as a friendly society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 21st day of November, 1887.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

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Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 17th November, 1887.

THE Spreydon Lodge, No. 46, situated at Spreydon, is registered as a branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of New Zealand Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 17th day of November, 1887.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

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Judges appointed to try certain Election Petitions.

In the matter of “The Elections Petitions Act, 1880.”

IT is hereby notified that I have, in pursuance of the provisions of “The Election Petitions Act, 1880,” named myself and His Honour Mr. Justice GILLIES to be the Judges before whom shall be tried the petition presented by Wiremu Peri against the return of James Carroll as a Member of the House of Representatives for the Eastern Maori District.

Dated the 23rd day of November, 1887.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Chief Justice.