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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 39

Number of ratepayers on roll entitled to vote, 68; number of votes exercisable on roll, 91; number of ratepayers who voted in favour of loan, 41; number of votes exercised in favour of loan, 62; number of votes not recorded, 29; number of ratepayers who did not vote, 27; majority of ratepayers in favour, 7; majority of votes in favour, 12.

I therefore declare the proposal has been carried by a majority of votes and voters entitled to poll.

JNO. DAVIES,
Chairman, Wirokino Road Board.

Tenders.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 1st July, 1888.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenderers is published for general information.

THOS. FERGUS,
Minister of Defence.

BARRACKS CONTRACT, OCEAN BEACH BATTERY, DUNEDIN.
(TENDERS FOR ERECTION IN BRICK.)

Accepted.
£ s. d.
Clark and Lunn, Dunedin .. .. .. 179 0 0

Declined.
W. Ahern, Dunedin .. .. .. 199 0 0
Millar and Gaenge, Port Chalmers .. .. 202 11 0
George Morrison, Dunedin .. .. .. 204 12 0
Robert Martin, Dunedin .. .. .. 208 0 0
McMillan and Moffat, Dunedin .. .. 218 13 0
Crawford and Watson, Dunedin .. .. 229 0 0

Informal.
W. Baskett, Dunedin .. .. .. 181 0 0

Tenders received for Ironwork Contract, Cuvier Island Lighthouse.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 9th July, 1888.

THE following tenders have been received for the Ironwork Contract, Cuvier Island Lighthouse.

Accepted.
£ s. d.
A. Beaney, Arch Hill, Auckland .. .. 704 3 0

Declined.
R. S. Sparrow and Co., Dunedin .. .. 758 8 0
W. Cable and Co., Wellington .. .. 812 0 0
S. Luke and Sons, Wellington .. .. 869 0 0
Morgan, Cable, and Co., Port Chalmers .. 1,027 0 0
J. Anderson, Christchurch .. .. .. 1,120 0 0

GEO. FISHER,
(For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.)

Notice to Mariners, No. 15 of 1888.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 5th July, 1888.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Portmaster, Brisbane, Queensland, is published for general information.

GEO. FISHER,
(For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.)

ROCKY PATCH OFF THE EASTERN SHORE OF MORETON ISLAND.

NOTICE is hereby given that a small rocky patch, with not more than 5 fathoms on it at low water, lies E. by N. ¼ N. northerly, 4 miles and 1 cable from Mount Tempest.

The patch is close to the edge of the 20-fathom line of soundings shown upon the chart.

G. P. HEATH, Commander, R.N.,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 15th June, 1888.

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 condi-
   tions 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.

Money Order Office opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1888.

IT is hereby notified for general information that a Money Order Office will be opened at

BLACKSTONE HILL (Chief Office, Dunedin),
from the 24th instant.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Money Order and Savings Bank Office opened.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1888.

IT is hereby notified for general information that a Money Order and Savings Bank Office will be opened at

NGAHAURANGA (Chief Office, Wellington),
from the 16th instant.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Trade Union registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 11th July, 1888.

THE New Zealand Federated Bootmakers’ Union, situated at Wellington, is registered as a trade union, under “The Trade Union Act, 1878,” this 11th day of July, 1888.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar.

Notice of Hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 6th July, 1888.

NO. 3093.—THOMAS MOORE BRYANT, of Auckland, New Zealand, Salesman, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for an export butter-package, to be called “Bryant’s Registered Butter-safe.”

No. 3094.—ALFRED ANDREW LOCKWOOD and JAMES McGUIRE, of Ohinemuri, Auckland, New Zealand, Miners, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention for saving gold and silver, to be called “The Lockwood McGuire Combination Process for the Extraction of Gold and Silver from Refractory or other Ores.”

No. 3095.—JAMES RANDALL GASCOIGNE, of Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand, Gentleman, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for a draught check-valve for register-grates, to be named “Gascoigne’s Economic Grate-valve Patent.”

No. 3096.—DAVID HYANIASON, of Auckland, New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for discharging or sifting the contents of grates, &c., to be called “Hyaniason’s Patent Tip-bottom Grates.”

No. 3097.—JOHN SWINNERTON DUKE, of Auckland, New Zealand, Agent, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for preventing sparks or smut from escaping from locomotives, steamboats, &c., to be called “Duke’s Patent Spark-catcher.”

No. 3098.—CLEMENT KIND, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, Die-sinker and Toolmaker, and HENRY SELWOOD AUSTIN, of the same place, Solicitor, have deposited at this office a specification of an invention for making the spouts of tea-kettles, teapots, or other vessels of a similar