May 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 637

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 30th May, 1888.

NOTICE is hereby given that MANSFIELD NEWTON, of 115, York Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Civil Engineer, has applied, on behalf of CARL ALBERT FALSTEDT, of Phillip Street, Sydney, aforesaid, Gentleman, to register, under “The Trade Marks Act, 1866,” the trade mark of which the following is a description:—

Description of Trade Mark.

The trade mark consists of the word “Bellit,” together with the representation of a miner standing upon broken rocks. His right hand is raised holding a mining-hammer with which he is prepared to strike a mining-tool, which he holds in his left hand, against the face of a wall of rock. A miner’s light is fixed on the face of the rock to the rear right-hand side of the miner.

The representation is enclosed by a line in the form of an oval.

Nature of the Articles to which it is intended such Trade Mark shall apply.

Explosive compounds.

T. W. HISLOP,
Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Trade Marks.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Manchester Road Board, County of Oroua.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 30th May, 1888.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Manchester Road Board, is published in accordance with “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

T. W. HISLOP.

MANCHESTER ROAD BOARD.—RESULT OF POLL.—NO. 6 SUB-DIVISION.

THE following is the result of the poll taken at T. Nelson’s Hall, Ashurst, on Tuesday, the 22nd May, 1888, on the proposals to borrow £3,350 for road-making in No. 6 Sub-division:—

The number of ratepayers on the roll is 209, representing 236 votes. Ratepayers recording their votes in favour of the proposals, 117; against, 7. Votes recorded in favour of the proposals, 128; against the proposals, 7.

As the number of ratepayers voting for the proposals and the number of votes recorded are more than the half, as required by the Act, I hereby declare the proposals carried.

FRANK Y. LETHBRIDGE,
Chairman.

Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 30th May, 1888.

THE following notices of elections of Members of Road Boards have been received at this office, and are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

Manaiā Road District, County of Whangarei:
Donald McGregor.

Tamaki West Road District, County of Eden:
William Innes Taylor.
Henry Pilkington.
Thomas Atkinson.

East Tamaki Road District, County of Manukau:
John McGechie.
Alfred R. Harris.
Robert Stimpson.

Matamata Road District, County of Piako:
William Henry Robinson.
John Latimer.
Daniel Scelly.

Hamilton Road District, County of Waipa:
John Atkinson.
William Jones.
Thomas Maunder.

Patangata Road District, County of Patangata:
James Collins.
Thomas Howard.
Patrick McGreevy.

Norsewood Road District, County of Waipawa:
O. O. Nordbye.
A. Y. Andersen.
M. Muller.

Carrington Road District, County of Taranaki:
John Earp.
Reuben Alphonso Wood.

Riwaka Road District, County of Waimea:
Daniel Bate.
Richard Fry.
Thomas Inglis.

Motueka Road District, County of Waimea:
A. R. Edwards.
A. P. Rawson.
R. J. Trewavas.
William Boyce.

Ellesmere Road District, County of Selwyn:
Milson Jones.
John Rennie.
George Chester Waby.

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.

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 ½d. 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