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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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Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 9th February, 1887.

THE following notices of elections of Members of Road Boards are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

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East Tamaki Road District, County of Manukau :
John Stoddart.

Manawatu Road District, County of Oroua :
David Buick.

Otaki Road District, County of Horowhenua :
James Atkins.

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“The Native Land Administration Act, 1886.”

Native Office,
Wellington, 4th December, 1886.

To Persons having dealings with Natives for Land incomplete on the 1st day of January, 1887.

ATTENTION is hereby called to the provisions of sections 1, 24, and 25 of “The Native Land Administration Act, 1886,” which said sections are set out in Schedule A herein.

A printed form of the notification mentioned in the said section 24 may be obtained on application to a Registrar of the Native Land Court.

The notification should be signed in duplicate by the person making it, and should contain such particulars of the purchase or lease intended to be notified as will show clearly the nature of the transaction alleged.

One of such duplicates should be delivered to a Commissioner under the above Act, and the other to the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court. Such delivery may be personal or by post in a registered letter.

The burden of proving delivery will be upon the party asserting it.

Notifications under section 24 must be so delivered as to reach the Commissioner and the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court respectively before the 1st day of April, 1887.

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SCHEDULE A.

SECTION 1. The Short Title of this Act is “The Native Land Administration Act, 1886.” It shall come into operation on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

Section 24. A person who may claim to have heretofore purchased or leased the share or interest of some out of several owners of land (the title whereto was not at the time of such purchase or lease subject to any restriction precluding such purchase or lease) may, within three months after the coming into operation of this Act, notify the fact of such purchase or lease to the Commissioner and also to the Chief Judge of the Court, and it shall thereupon be a duty of a Judge to inquire into the circumstances thereof, and who, if satisfied that there had been a purchase or lease as alleged, and that the transaction was bonâ fide, and that a fair value or rent was given or reserved, may give his certificate to that effect to the person alleging himself to be such purchaser or lessee, who shall transmit the same to the Commissioner.

Section 25. Upon the grant of such certificate the person therein named,——

(a.) If a purchaser, shall be the owner of the share of his vendor in the land the subject of such purchase, and shall be entitled to have partitioned to him in severalty such part of the land as the Court may deem just ;

(b.) Or he may within one month after the date of the certificate give notice to the Commissioner that he is desirous of purchasing the shares or interests which he has not already acquired, and in such case he may, on obtaining a certificate from a Judge that such Judge is satisfied that he had, before the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, obtained the signature of one or more owner or owners to a writing purporting or agreeing to convey the share or interest of the persons signing, at any time within twelve months from the said first day of July, but not afterwards, purchase all or any of such shares or interests.

If all such outstanding shares or interests are not purchased, he shall be entitled to have partitioned to him such part of the land as the Court may deem just ;

(c.) If a lessee, shall be entitled to have the share of his lessors in the land comprised in his lease ascertained, and partition made thereof to such lessors, and shall be entitled to hold his lease subject to the terms thereof until its expiry ;

(d.) Or he may, within one month after the date of the certificate, give notice to the Commissioner that he is desirous of obtaining a lease of all or some of the owners who have not already granted him a lease, and in such case he may, on obtaining a certificate from a Judge that such Judge is satisfied that he had, before the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, obtained the signature of one or more owner or owners to a writing purporting to be or agreement to grant a lease of the land or of the share or interest of the person signing, at any time within twelve months from the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, but not afterwards, obtain a lease of all or any of such shares or interests for the same term as he holds the shares or interests acquired before the coming into operation of this Act.

If a lease of all such outstanding shares or interests is not acquired within the said twelve months, he shall be entitled to have the shares of his then lessors ascertained and partition made thereof, and shall be entitled to hold his lease subject to the terms thereof until its expiry ; and

It shall be a duty of the Court to effect such partitions as aforesaid, the purchaser or lessee in whose interest it is made paying all Court fees and the charges for survey in respect of the land the subject of such purchase or lease.

T. W. LEWIS,
Under-Secretary.

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Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 1887.

THE Turanganui Lodge, No. 191, of the United Ancient Order of Druids, Grand Lodge of Australia, situated at Gisborne, is registered as a friendly society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 8th day of February, 1887.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

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Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1887.

THE Onehunga Branch, situated at Onehunga, is registered as a branch of the New Zealand District of the Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 3rd day of February, 1887.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

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Will accepted by the Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 8th February, 1887.

In the matter of the will of William Charles Kelsey, of Hokitika, deceased.

IT is hereby notified that the above will has been finally accepted, in accordance with the provisions of “The Public Trust Office Act, 1872,” and that the Public Trustee is the Executor appointed under the said will.

R. C. HAMERTON,
Public Trustee.