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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 76

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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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.

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Statement of Accounts, South Canterbury Acclimatisation Society.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th December, 1887.

THE following statement of the receipts and expenditure of the South Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, registered under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” is published for general information.

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

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SOUTH CANTERBURY ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.

STATEMENT of the Receipts and Expenditure from 30th September, 1886, to 30th September, 1887.

1886. Sept. 30. Balance in hands of bankers .. £ 190 19 10

1887. Sept. 30. Licenses, trout-fishing .. 33 0 0
      Licenses, shooting, fees, fines, &c.,
      per General Government .. 2 0 0
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      £225 19 10

Expenditure.

1887. Sept. 30. Salmon ova .. .. .. £ 60 0 0
      Brook trout .. .. .. 10 0 0
      American trout .. .. .. .6 5 0
      Advertising, telegrams, and stamps .. 7 11 5
      Balance in hands of bankers .. 142 3 5
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      £225 19 10

Assets.
Balance in hands of bankers .. .. £142 3 5

Liabilities.
Nil.

JAMES GRANGER,
Hon. Treasurer.

Timaru, 1st November, 1887.

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Designation of Post Office changed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 5th December, 1887.

IT is hereby notified for general information that the designation of the Post Office in the Timaru Postal District, known as Canavan’s, will, from the 12th instant, be changed to

ORTON.

By order of the Postmaster-General.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

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Money Order and Savings Bank Office closed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 5th December, 1887.

IT is hereby notified for general information that the Money Order and Savings Bank Office at

BARRYTOWN (Chief Office, Greymouth)

has been closed from the 1st instant.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

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Steam Service to certain Places and Ports on the West Coast of the Middle Island South of Hokitika.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 1st December, 1887.

SEALED tenders will be received at the General Post Office, Wellington, until noon of Thursday, the 22nd December instant, for the performance of one or the other of the following alternative steam services:—

Between Hokitika and Okarito, Bruce Bay, Paringa, Haast River (or Okuru), and Jackson’s Bay, once every three months; or

Between Hokitika and Okarito, Bruce Bay, Paringa, Haast River (or Okuru), Jackson’s Bay, with the addition of calling at Big Bay, Martin’s Bay, Milford Sound, and Dusky Sound, once every three months.

Tenderers to send in offers for one year and also for two years.

The service to be performed in accordance with a timetable to be furnished by the Postmaster-General, and to commence on a date to be fixed hereafter by the Postmaster-General.

Tenderers to state the names, tonnage, and horse-power of the vessels to be employed in the service, and also the rate for passengers, and the freight for ordinary cargo and for live stock.

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

Tenders to be addressed to the Hon. the Postmaster-General, and indorsed, “Tender for West Coast Ports Steam Service.”

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

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Specially-authorised Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 7th December, 1887.

THE New Zealand Foresters’ Guarantee Association, situated at Christchurch, is registered as a specially-authorised society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 7th day of December, 1887.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

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Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 1st December, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for an Electric Brace or Trouser-suspender, to be called “The Favourite Electric Brace or Trouser-suspender.”

THOMAS GAGER, of 95, Manchester Street, Christchurch, New Zealand, Tailor, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 6th day of March next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 20th day of February next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 2671.

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Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 1st December, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for Improvements in Shoes for Horses and other Hoofed Animals.

CHARLES JAMES JUTSON, of London, England, Gentleman, and FREDERICK ABRAHAM PONPARD, of London aforesaid, Manufacturer, have deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 8th day of March next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 22nd day of February next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 2672,