JAN. 3.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 9

SCHEDULE.
THE parcel of land mentioned hereunder:-

In the Provincial District of Auckland; as the said parcel
of land is more particularly delineated on the plan marked
P.W.D. 16031, deposited in the office of the Minister for
Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of
Wellington, and thereon coloured burnt sienna.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-
seventh day of December, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-eight.

EDWIN MITCHELSON,
Minister for Public Works.

Notice of Intention to take Land for a Road to Hindon
Station, Otago Central Railway.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the pro-
visions of "The Public Works Act, 1882," to execute a
certain public work, to wit, the construction of a road in the
County of Taieri, and for the purposes of such public work
the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are required to
be taken; and notice is further given that the plans of the
said road and of the lands so required to be taken are
deposited in the Post Office, Hindon, and are there open for
inspection. And notice is hereby given that all persons
affected by the execution of the said public work or by the
taking of the said lands shall, if they have any well-
grounded objections to the execution of the said public
work or to the taking of such lands, set forth the same in
writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the
first publication of this notice, to the Minister for Public
Works, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.
THE several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder :--

All in the Provincial District of Otago; as the said parcels of
land are more particularly delineated on the plan marked
P.W.D. 15897, deposited in the office of the Minister for
Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of
Wellington, and thereon coloured red, blue, and yellow.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this twentieth
day of December, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-eight.

T. W. HISLOP,
(For the Minister for Public Works.)

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 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 with-
   out 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.

Commissioner's Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 2nd January, 1889.

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. Articles marked thus * are revised decisions.

be used solely in, the fabrication of goods
in the colony, to include Paris net for
making bonnets and hats; lithographic
varnish for reducing litho-inks | Free. |
| Articles made up from textile piece-goods to
include belting of textile covered or mixed
with india-rubber | 25 per cent. |
| Dimity, cotton, as cotton piece-goods n.o.e. | 10 |
| Enamel, oxidised, as varnish | 1s. 6d. p. gal. |
| Gas, nitrous-oxide, or compressed, as n.o.e... | Free. |
| Ligatures, carbolised catgut, as n.o.e. | " |
| Machinery, electric, and appliances, to in-
clude brackets, electroliers, globes, and
other fittings for distribution of electric
light | 15 per cent. |
| Overmantels fitted with mirrors, as looking-
glasses | Free. |
| Prophylactine, as n.o.e. | 25 per cent. |
| Rollers, wooden, for window-blinds, as furni-
ture | Free. |
| Scythes, to include a set of handles for each
blade | 25 per cent. |
| Smocking-machine, as sewing-machine | " |
| Tins for butter-packing, as tinware | |

By Commissioner's Order No. 318.

H. S. McKELLAR,
Secretary and Inspector.

Notice of Intention to dissolve a Company.

In the matter of "The Companies Act, 1882."

I, ANDREW ROBY BLOXAM, Registrar of the Supreme
Court for the District of Christchurch, do hereby
notify that an affidavit, a copy of which is hereunder given,
by John Edwin Fountain and Thomas Napier, of the Horo-
rata Steam Threshing Company (Limited), has been lodged
in the Resident Magistrate's Court at Sheffield, and for-
warded to me, and that, unless notice of objection be lodged
with me within sixty days of this date, I shall proceed to
declare the said company to be dissolved in manner provided
by "The Companies Act, 1882."

A. R. BLOXAM,
Signed this 21st day of December, 1888.
[COPY.]
Registrar.

WE, John Edwin Fountain and Thomas Napier, of Horo-
rata, two of the Board of Directors of the Hororata Steam
Threshing Company (Limited), incorporated under the Act
of 1868, do hereby make oath and say that the nominal
capital of the company is £400, or twenty shares of £20
each; that the shares have been fully paid up; that the
company has no assets, and has ceased to carry on its
operations: and we do hereby apply for a declaration of dis-
solution of such company.

J. E. FOUNTAIN.
THOMAS NAPIER.

Sworn before me, this 5th day of December, 1888-Caleb
Whitefoord, Resident Magistrate.