Dec. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1507

of the Board held on the 24th September, 1887, and confirmed
at a special meeting held on the 25th November, 1887, and
that all requirements made by law have been complied with.

H. HARTSHORN,
Clerk.

Tamumu, 1st December, 1887.

Notice to Mariners, No. 43 of 1887.

TAURANGA HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 6th December, 1887.

THE Tauranga Borough Council has given notice that
the white light at present shown on the Tauranga
Town Wharf will be discontinued on and after Monday, the
19th instant, and that on and after that date a red light
will be exhibited in lieu thereof.

GEO. FISHER,
(For the Minister having charge of the
Marine Department.)

Certain Boroughs to be included in Districts for collecting
Duty under “The Beer Duty Act, 1880.”

WHEREAS by order of the Commissioner of Customs,
number one hundred and thirty-three, dated the
second day of October, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty, certain districts were appointed for the purpose of
levying and collecting the duty imposed by “The Beer Duty
Act, 1880,” which several districts included the boroughs
and counties specified opposite the name of each in the
Schedule attached to the said order: And whereas it is
expedient to include other boroughs within the districts
mentioned in the Schedule hereto, for the purpose of levying
and receiving the said duty therein:

Now, therefore, in exercise of the power in me for this
purpose vested by “The Beer Duty Act, 1880,” I, the Com-
missioner of Trade and Customs, do hereby order that, in
addition to the boroughs specified in the before-mentioned
order, the districts named in the first column of the Schedule
hereto shall, for the purposes of the said Act, comprise the
boroughs specified in the second column of the said Schedule
opposite the name of each such district; and, further, that
this regulation shall take effect from the day of the date
hereof.

SCHEDULE.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this sixth day
of December, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-seven.

GEO. FISHER,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Commissioner’s Order No. 279.]

Regulation under Section 118 of “The Lunatics Act, 1882.”

IN pursuance and exercise of the provisions of section 118
of “The Lunatics Act, 1882,” I, Thomas William
Hislop, Colonial Secretary of New Zealand, do hereby order
and declare that every lunatic boarded in a private house
shall be visited at least twice a week by a medical practi-
tioner not deriving, and not having a partner, father, son,
brother, or other relative who derives, any profit from the
care or charge of such lunatic.

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

T. W. HISLOP.

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,