MAY 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 579

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 o 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 ½d. 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.

Reward of £10,000 offered for the Discovery of New Goldfields.—Amended Conditions.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 30th April, 1888.

REWARDS of £10,000 are offered for the discovery of new goldfields, upon the amended conditions set forth hereunder.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
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 conditions is £5,000 for the North Island, and £5,000 for the Middle Island.

2. The newly-discovered goldfield must be situated not less than forty miles from any existing goldfield or any existing workings.

3. No reward shall be payable until 50,000 ounces of gold have been produced from the newly-discovered goldfield within three years from the date of its being registered.

4. Any person discovering new gold-workings, and being desirous of obtaining the 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 will be allowed upon Native land without a prospecting license authorising the person therein named, with the consent of the owner of the land, to prospect, in accordance with the provisions of sections one hundred and thirty-five to one hundred and thirty-seven of “The Mining Act, 1886,” inclusive.

No reward shall be paid for any discovery that may be made upon Native land without the consent of the Native owners and the approval of the Minister of Mines.

Officiating Ministers for 1888.—Notice No. 14.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 7th May, 1888.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in the forty-fourth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information :—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England

The Reverend William Hooper, D.D.

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

Sale of Unclaimed Property.

Police Department (Commissioner’s Office),
Wellington, 1st May, 1888.

THE unclaimed property described hereunder, and now in possession of the police, at the stations named, will, unless previously claimed, be sold by public auction, at the respective Police Offices, on Saturday, the 26th instant, at noon, in accordance with the Police Regulations.

Auckland : Two revolvers and cartridges, one double- and one single-barrelled gun, piccolo, tweed coat, two dresses, and sundries.

Napier : Silver lever hunting watch, No. 3238 ; two gold rings, gold brooch, gold-plated locket, silver bracelet, nickel-silver revolver, saddle, and sundries.

Gisborne : Two gold keeper-rings, black-silk bag, pair reins, double-barrelled gun, and sundries.

Wanganui : Silver Geneva watch, No. 74912 ; jet brooch, silver bracelet, gold and cornelian brooch, two gold rings, and sundries.

Wellington : Two umbrellas, parcel of dress material, and sundries.

Nelson : Silver Geneva watch, three rings, bridle, and sundries.

Blenheim : Pair of blankets and sundry articles of clothing.

Invercargill : Greenstone pendant, shawl, spade, and sundries.

Dunedin : Metal watch, No. 28194, and steel chain ; silver snuff-box, earring, breast-pin, four umbrellas, parcel of calico, and sundries.

Clyde : Silver lever open-faced watch with silver dial and gilt numerals, No. 6553.

W. E. GUDGEON,
Commissioner of Police.

Notice of Hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 3rd May, 1888.

NO. 2960.—JAMES ROCHFORT, of Napier, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for Rochfort’s waste water preventer.

No. 2961.—ROBERT LAUCHLAN, of Austin Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Plumber and Tinsmith, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for flushing water-closets, to be called “The Improved Simplex Pneumatic Water-cistern.”

No. 2962.—STEPHEN STEPHENSON CHAPMAN, of Willowby, Canterbury, New Zealand, Farmer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for Chapman’s straw-agitator.

No. 2963.—HOWARD MATRAVERS ASHLEY, of Ferrybridge, in the County of York, England, Machinist, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in the manufacture of bottles and other holloware in glass, and in the machinery for the same.

No. 2964.—CHARLES SHAW, of 21, Waterloo Road South, Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, England, Architect, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in or relating to wire-netting and in the construction of such netting, such improvements comprising also appliances to be used in catching rabbits and other small animals.