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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 13th February, 1889.
THE following lists of successful and unsuccessful tenders
is published for general information.
EDWIN MITCHELSON,
Minister for Public Works.

NAPIER-PALMERSTON RAILWAY.--WOODVILLE-GORGE
SECTION.-15,000 SLEEPERS CONTRACT.

Accepted.
Henry Carlson, Danevirke .. 5,000 at 2 s. d.
Norman Campbell, Woodville .. 10,000 ,, 2 5

Declined.
Messrs. Lycett and Cross, Makatoku .. 15,000 at 2 6
Hawke's Bay Timber Company, Napier .. 15,000 ,, 2 9

NAPIER-PALMERSTON RAILWAY. - PALMERSTON-GORGE
SECTION.-15,000 SLEEPERS CONTRACT.

Accepted.
Managh and Co., Halcombe .. 1,000 at 1 11
Alexander Bell, Halcombe .. 12,000 ,, 2 0
H. Holland, Bunnythorpe .. 2,000 ,, 2 1½

Declined.
H. Crabb, Halcombe .. 500 at 2 5½
J. G. Paulsen, Ashurst .. 2,000 ,, 2 6
Lycett and Cross, Makatoku .. 15,000 ,, 2 6
Hawke's Bay Timber Company, Napier .. 15,000 ,, 2 6
C. Warne, Ashurst .. 4,000 ,, 2 7
C. Warne, Ashurst .. 4,000 ,, 2 9
Stewart and Co., Wellington .. 15,000 ,, 3 1½

Tenders received for Upholstery Contract, s.s. "Hinemoa."

Marine Department,
Wellington, 14th February, 1889.
THE following are the tenders received for upholstery
work for the s.s. "Hinemoa."
GEO. FISHER,
(For the Minister having charge of the
Marine Department.)

UPHOLSTERY CONTRACT, S.S. "HINEMOA."

Accepted.
Scoullar and Chisholm, Wellington .. 148 10 0

Declined,
Henry Fielder, Wellington .. 152 12 6
M. Eller and Co., Wellington .. 175 0 0
Henry Flockton, Wellington .. 245 10 4
Kirkcaldie and Stains .. 255 0 0

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,

[No. 11

Notification of Vacancy of Seat in the House of Repre-
sentatives for the Electoral District of Nelson.

IN compliance with the provisions of the sixty-first section
of "The Regulation of Elections Act, 1881," I hereby
notify that the seat in the House of Representatives for the
Electoral District of Nelson became vacant by reason of the
death, on the 11th instant, of
HENRY AUGUSTUS LEVESTAM, Esq.,
late Member for the said district, and that the said seat is
now vacant by reason of such death.
Dated at Auckland, the 20th day of February, 1889.
G. MAURICE O'RORKE, Kt.,
Speaker.

Officiating Ministers for 1889.-Notice No. 4.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 18th February, 1889.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, passed in the forty-fourth
year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled
"The Marriage Act, 1880," the following names of Offi-
ciating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are
published for general information:-

Hebrew Congregations.
The Reverend Samuel Aaron Goldstein.
Mr. Arthur Hyam Nathan.
Mr. Louis Cohen.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Money Order Office closed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 15th February, 1889.

IT is hereby notified for general information that the
MAUNGAKARAMEA (Chief Office, Auckland)
will be closed from the 1st proximo.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Designation of Post Office changed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 19th February, 1889.

IT is hereby notified for general information that the
designation of the Post Office in the Napier Postal
District, known as Mataiwi, will, from the 1st proximo, be
changed to
MAHARAHARA.
By order of the Postmaster-General.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Notice of Hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 15th February, 1889.

NO. 3545.-JOB OSBORNE, of Doyleston, Canterbury,
New Zealand, Farmer, has deposited at this office
a specification of an invention for a cam to be attached to
well-driving apparatus for shallow or deep wells, for the
purpose of raising and releasing the monkey or rods.

No. 3546.-WILLIAM SYDNEY SMITH, Of Wellington, New
Zealand, Clerk, has deposited at this office a specification
of an invention for a grating, to be called "Smith's Patent
Grating."

No. 3547.-DAVID ROBERTSON, of Wellington, New Zea-
land, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of
an invention to be called "Robertson's Improved Flax-
stripper."

No. 3548.-THOMAS MOORE BRYANT, of Auckland, New
Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of an
invention for a metal holdfast clip or staple, to be called
"The Universal Barbed-metal Clip."

No. 3549.-AMOS JAMES DAVIDSON and ROBERT CRISPIN
HOOPER, of Auckland, New Zealand, have deposited at this
office a specification of an invention for cleansing iron-sand
by magnetism, to be called "Davidson and Hooper's Mag-
netic-cleanser of Iron-sand."

No. 3550.-JOHN CRAIG MCKERROW, of Hawkestone
Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Land Agent, has deposited
at this office a specification of an invention to be called
"McKerrow's Deodoriser."

And I have appointed Thursday, the 30th day of May next,
at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said
applications and all objections thereto; and I require all
persons having an interest in opposing the grant of any such
Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 15th day of May
next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections