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PORT ADELAIDE RIVER.
NOTICE is hereby given that the black buoy at the entrance
to the cutting in Light's Passage will be removed at once,
and will not be replaced; also that a black buoy will, at the
same time, be placed on the edge of the cutting opposite
No. 7 Light Beacon.
THOS. N. STEPHENS,
Secretary, Marine Board.
Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide,
13th September, 1888.

TABLE CAPE LIGHT, NORTH-WEST COAST OF TASMANIA.
WITH reference to the Notice No. 327, of the 15th October
last, it is hereby notified, in order to define the difference
between the true and faint light, that, on and after the 18th
instant, a red ray will be exhibited at either extremity of the
bright arc. Mariners are warned not to pass inshore of these,
which are intended to clear the Blackman's Reef to the east-
ward and the reef off Rocky Cape to the westward.
A. G. WEBSTER,
Master Warden.
Marine Board Office,
Hobart, 6th February, 1889.

Civil Service Senior Examination.
Education Department,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1888.
IN pursuance of regulations under "The Civil Service
Reform Act, 1886," notice is hereby given that for the
Senior Examination of January, 1890, the period of litera-
ture will be the latter half of the Eighteenth Century, and
the special books will be Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice,
and Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield.
GEO. FISHER.

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.

Notice to Imprestees under "The Public Revenues Act, 1878."
The Treasury,
Wellington, 20th February, 1889.
EVERY officer holding advances of public money is hereby
required to pay to the Public Account at the nearest
branch of the Bank of New Zealand, the unexpended balance
in his hand on or before Saturday, the 30th March proximo,
and forthwith to transmit to the Treasury at Wellington the
bank receipt for such repayment, together with an account of
his expenditure to the same date, as required by clause 4 of
the Treasury Regulations.
As respects disbursements which officers may require to
make during the week following the close of the financial
year, requisitions for the amount required are to be made in
such time as to enable them to reach Wellington not later
than the 20th March, so that the requisite funds may be
placed at the disposal of the officer on the 1st April.
H. A. ATKINSON,
Colonial Treasurer.

Officiating Ministers for 1889.—Notice No. 4.
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 25th February, 1889.
PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General
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 :—
Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called
the Church of England.
The Reverend C. J. R. Richardson.
Congregational Independents.
The Reverend John Foster.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Will accepted by the Public Trustee.
Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 26th February, 1889.
In the matter of the will of William Bassett, late of Petone,
Settler, deceased.
IT is hereby notified that the above will has been finally
accepted, in accordance with the provisions of "The
Public Trust Office Act, 1872," and that the Public Trustee
is the Executor appointed under the said will.
R. C. HAMERTON,
Public Trustee.

Notice under "The Property Assessment Act, 1885," and
"The Rating Act, 1882," Section 3.
Property-tax Department,
Wellington, 27th February, 1889.
IT is hereby notified that the statements of values for the
Boroughs of
TAURANGA,
CARTERTON,
MELROSE,
PALMERSTON NORTH,
PICTON,
AKAROA,
RANGIORA,
ST. ALBANS,
SYDENHAM,
HAMPDEN, and
PALMERSTON
have been deposited for public inspection at the offices of
the respective Borough Councils.
J. SPERREY,
Property-tax Commissioner.

Notice under "The Property Assessment Act, 1885," and
"The Rating Act, 1882," Section 3.
Property-tax Department,
Wellington, 27th February, 1889.
IT is hereby notified that the statements of values for all
districts in the
PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF AUCKLAND
have been deposited for public inspection at the offices of
the respective local bodies.
J. SPERREY,
Property-tax Commissioner.

Notice under "The Property Assessment Act, 1885," and
"The Rating Act, 1882," Section 3.
Property-tax Department,
Wellington, 27th February, 1889.
IT is hereby notified that the statements of values for all
districts in the
PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF TARANAKI
have been deposited for public inspection at the offices of
the respective local bodies.
J. SPERREY,
Property-tax Commissioner.

Notice under "The Property Assessment Act, 1885," and
"The Rating Act, 1882," Section 3.
Property-tax Department,
Wellington, 27th February, 1889.
IT is hereby notified that the statements of values for all
districts in the
PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF WELLINGTON
have been deposited for public inspection at the offices of
the respective local bodies.
J. SPERREY.
Property-tax Commissioner.