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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 77

mea tuhi ki te reo Maori, a e whakaatu ana hoki i nga utu o nga whenua Maori kua whakahuatia i runga i aua rooru.

Na he tono tenei ki a koutou ki ia tangata ki ia tangata hoki o koutou nga tangata na ratou aua whenua kia utua e koutou aua reiti a te o 28 ra o Tihera, 1887, i mua mai ranei o taua ra, me utu e koutou aua moni reiti i te tari o te poari o te takiwa i takoto ai aua whenua, tena te whakaatu-ranga kei te Kupu Apiti.

KUPU APITI.

He mea tuhi nei tenei i toki ingoa te 12 o nga ra o Tihera, 1887.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Minita Whakahaere i nga Moni o te Koroni.

[TRANSLATION.]

"THE Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 1882," and the Amendment thereof.

To each and every the owner or owners of land described in the substituted valuation-rolls of Native lands supplied to the local bodies, the names of which are set forth in the Schedule hereunder, under the provisions of the above Acts and all other Acts affecting the same or relating thereto.

WHEREAS demand having been made to me, the under-signed Colonial Treasurer of the Colony of New Zealand, in accordance with the provisions of "The Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 1882," by or on behalf of the said local bodies, for payment of the rates appearing to be payable under or by virtue of the said rolls for the year ended the 31st March, 1887 :

Notice is hereby given to you and each and every of you that rolls of Native lands are now deposited at the offices of the said several local bodies, which said rolls are in the Maori language, and show the rateable value of the Native lands therein mentioned or described.

And you and each and every of you, the owners of the said lands, are hereby required and directed to pay the said rates on or before the 28th December, 1887, such payment to be made by you at the office of the local body in whose district the lands affected are respectively comprised, and as noted in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

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

H. A. ATKINSON,
Colonial Treasurer.

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.

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.

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 12th December, 1887:—

PART IV.—LOCAL RATES.

AUCKLAND SECTION.

Bar iron and iron castings, from Onehunga to Auckland, will be charged 4s. 4d. per ton, including delivery at Auckland. Minimum, 2 tons per truck. The loading must be done by the sender.

Coal between Onehunga and Auckland will be charged 2s. 6d. per ton.

NAPIER SECTION.

Class M.

Sheep to Petone will be charged at the following through rates, which include haulage to Woodville, and from Maurice-ville to Petone, viz.,—

From Hastings.. .. £4 8 0 per truck.
From Kaikora .. .. 4 0 6 "
From Waipukurau .. 3 17 3 "
From Takapau .. .. 3 12 0 "
From Tahoraite .. 3 0 6 "

HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION.

Class H.—Wool.

Wool, undumped, consigned to Dunedin or Port Chalmers, will be charged as follows from the stations named, viz.,—

Wairuna, Lovell’s Flat, and intermediate stations, 6d. per bale less than the classified rates.