Nov. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1163

Declaration for ad valorem Goods.

IN pursuance of the provisions of “The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882,” I, Harry Albert Atkinson, a Member of the Executive Council of the colony, and a Responsible Minister of the Crown, acting for and in the absence of the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do hereby revoke the Commissioner’s Order No. 116, made on the 8th day of November, 1878, and do, by this order, direct and prescribe that every entry for goods chargeable with ad valorem duty shall have indorsed thereon, or shall be accompanied by, a declaration in the form prescribed in the Schedule hereto, and that such declaration shall be signed by the person making the same in the presence of one of the persons under mentioned, that is to say, a Collector or proper officer of Customs acting for such Collector, a Justice of the Peace for the colony, a Postmaster, or a Customhouse agent.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Commissioner’s Order No. 311.]

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SCHEDULE.

I, (1) of (2), do hereby declare that (3) the (4) of the under-mentioned goods chargeable with ad valorem duty by the ship (5), from (6), viz., (7), and that the fair market-value of the said goods, as defined by the Customs Acts, is (8). I do also declare that the (9) invoice marked (10) and numbered (11), now produced in verification of such value, (12) the genuine and original invoice from the manufacturer, merchant, or person from whom the said goods were purchased by the said importer at (13), in the country whence they were shipped to this colony, and that the said invoice contain a true statement of the description and quantity of, and of the prices charged for, and of the total amount paid or to be paid in respect of the said goods by the said importer; and I do further declare that no invoice, letter, statement, or other document, nor any intimation relating to the said goods, indicating any addition to the said prices or total amount, or showing descriptions or quantities differing from those in the said invoice, has been received by the said (14), or by myself, or, so far as I know, by any person in this colony.

Importer.
Authorised Agent.

Declared before me, at, the day of, 18.

Collector of Customs.
Acting for the Collector of Customs.
Justice of the Peace.
Postmaster.
Customhouse Agent.

(15) This declaration is made for the ad valorem goods on (16) entry No.

Importer.
Authorised Agent.

NOTE.—The foregoing form of declaration is to be filled up as directed in the notes hereunder by or for the importer of the goods. No declaration will be deemed sufficient to enable an entry to be passed at the Customs until so filled up, and until every alteration or correction therein has been initialled by the declarant, and by the person before whom the declaration is made.

(1) Name in full.
(2) Name of firm, and place of business and occupation.
(3) “I am” or “we are.”
(4) “Importer” or “duly-authorised agent of the importer.”
(5) Name in full.
(6) Name of place whence goods shipped on board.
(7) Marks, numbers, and description of packages and of goods, or, if the declaration be indorsed on the entry for the goods, say “as described in the within entry.”
(8) Total value in sterling to be stated in words at length.
(9) Number of invoices in words at length.
(10) Signature, initials, or stamp.
(11) The sequent numbers allotted in figures, thus: “1 to 10.”
(12) “Is” or “are.”
(13) Name of place.
(14) Name of importer or his firm (if any).
(15) To be filled up and signed when not indorsed on an entry.
(16) “Prime” or “warehousing.”

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Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 1st November, 1888.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that the Hon. Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided to interpret “The Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1888,” in relation to the under-mentioned articles as follow:—

NOTE.—“Not otherwise enumerated” appears as n.o.e.; “other kinds” as o.k.

By Commissioner’s Order No. 312.

H. S. McKELLAR,
Secretary and Inspector.

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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.

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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.