May 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 621

Spring Creek Road District, County of Marlborough :
William Murray.
Thomas Pilcher Ransom.
Rowden Soper.
Cust Road District, County of Ashley :
George Biddle.
George Palmer Chapman.
Joseph Daniel Dickenson.
South Malvern Road District, County of Selwyn :
James Purvis Jameson.
James Langdale.
Patrick Doyle.
Wyndham Road District, County of Southland :
Redan Subdivision—John Laidlaw.
Oware Subdivision—William Carpenter.
Knapdale Road District, County of Southland :
William Key.
Robert H. Kennedy.
Alexander Symes.
Duncan Gilchrist.
George R. Elder.

Reward of £10,000 offered for the Discovery of New Gold-fields.—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.

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 ¾d. and ¼d. 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.

Notice of Hearing of Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 17th May, 1888.

PATENT for an invention for improvements in mining and other pumps, and in apparatus for operating the same.

GEORGE LANSELL, of Fortuna Crushing Works, Sandhurst, Victoria, Quartz-miner, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention ; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 18th day of December 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 3rd day of December 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. 2986.

Notice of Hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 19th May, 1888.

NO. 2987.—ROBERT ASHTON LISTER and GEORGE SHAW RICHMOND, both of Dursley, England, Agricultural Engineers, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention for improvements in grinding-mills.

No. 2988.—JAMES SEED, of Southbrook, in the County of Ashley, Canterbury, New Zealand, Rope Manufacturer, and HENRY ABEL FLATMAN, of the same place, Engineer, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention for separating cinders from ashes, to be called “The Automatic Cinder- and Ash-separating Attachment for Stoves and Ranges and other Grates.”

No. 2989.—CHARLES DAVIS LIGHTBAND, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for giving ease and preventing the foot from slipping in the sole of skates, to be termed “Lightband’s Paragon Skate.”

No. 2990.—CHARLES DAVIS LIGHTBAND, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an improved heel-support to roller-skates, to be termed “Lightband’s Improved Heel-support.”

No. 2991.—ALEXANDER PRINCE and FREDERICK JAMES, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, Coach-builders, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention for a sectional hoop or rib to be used in the hoods of drags and other vehicles.

No. 2992.—WILLIAM HEBER BRIGHTWELL, of Okaiawa, Taranaki, New Zealand, Farmer, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for a butter-package for general commerce and export.

And I have appointed Tuesday, the 25th day of September next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said applications and all objections thereto ; and I require