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REGULATIONS RESPECTING NAVAL CADETS. FOR THE IN-
FORMATION OF CANDIDATES.

5. The examinations will be held in London and at Ports-
   mouth, and will commence on the second Tuesday in June
   and the last Tuesday in November in each year, and the
   appointments will date from the 15th July and 15th January
   following respectively.
   By command of their Lordships.
   Admiralty, December, 1888.
   EVAN MACGREGOR.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th March, 1889.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue
Letters of Naturalisation, under " The Aliens Act,
1880," in favour of the under-mentioned persons: —

T. W. HISLOP.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loans, Manawatu Road Dis-
trict, County of Oroua.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th March, 1889.
THE following notices, received from the Chairman of
the Manawatu Road Board, are published in accord-
ance with "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."
T. W. HISLOP.

MANAWATU ROAD BOARD.—RESULT OF POLLS.
A POLL taken on the 6th day of March, 1889, on a proposal
to borrow £400 for formation, culverting, and bridging on
Andrewartha's Road : —
Number of ratepayers entitled to vote, 12; voters for the
proposal, 8; voters against the proposal, 0; ratepayers not
voting, 4; majority in favour, 4. Number of votes that could
be exercised, 15; votes for the proposal, 10; votes against
the proposal, 0; informal vote, 1; votes not recorded, 4;
majority in favour, 5.

A poll taken on the 6th day of March, 1889, on a proposal
to borrow £200 for widening and metalling a portion of Fitz-
herbert Road East: —
Number of ratepayers entitled to vote, 9; voters for the
proposal, 6; voters against the proposal, 0; ratepayers not
voting, 3; majority in favour, 3. Number of votes that could
be exercised, 24; votes for the proposal, 16; votes against
the proposal, 0; informal vote, 1; votes not recorded, 7;
majority in favour, 8.

A poll taken on the 8th day of March, 1889, on a proposal
to borrow £250 for the construction of a portion of No. 4 Line,
and making side cuttings, and placing bush-log culverts or
bridges on the Teriteu Road, Fitzherbert West: —
Number of ratepayers entitled to vote, 7; voters for the
proposal, 5; voters against the proposal, 0; ratepayers not
voting, 2; majority in favour, 3. Number of votes that could
be exercised, 7; votes for the proposal, 5; votes against the
proposal, 0; ratepayers not voting, 2; majority in favour, 3.

As at each of the above polls a majority in number of the
ratepayers recorded a majority in number of the votes that
could be exercised, I hereby declare each and all of the pro-
posals carried.
D. BUICK,
Chairman.

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.

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.

Officiating Ministers for 1889.—Notice No. 7.
Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 20th March, 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 name of an Offi-
ciating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is
published for general information: —
Roman Catholic Church.
The Reverend John Joseph Hayes.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Native Assessor elected.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 19th March, 1889.
NOTICE has been received at this office, under the hand
of the Substitute Returning Officer, that
RAWIRI KAHIA
has been duly elected to be Native Assessor for the Native
Licensing District of Taupo.
C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Under-Secretary.

Notice of Hearing of Applications for Patents.
Patent Office,
Wellington, 16th March, 1889.
NO. 3589.—CHARLES BLOMEFIELD DOUGLAS, of New
Plymouth, New Zealand, Surveyor, has deposited at
this office a specification of an invention for improvements
in pipes and other similar articles, to be called "The
Smokers' Nicotine Collector."
No. 3590.—THOMAS MOORE BRYANT, of Auckland, New
Zealand, Agent, has deposited at this office a specification
of an invention for barbed-metal case-hooping, to be called
"The Universal Barbed Hooping."
No. 3592.—WILLIAM JOHN BLAKEY, of Auckland, New
Zealand, Blockmaker, has deposited at this office a specifi-
cation of an invention for a wire clothes-peg, to be called
"Blakey's Improved Spring Clothes-peg."
No. 3593.—ROBERT MARTIN CROSBIE, of Nelson, New
Zealand, Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification
of an invention for improved feed-rollers and chairs for flax-
stripping machine.
No. 3594.—FREDERICK BARKER HILL, of London, England,
Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of an
invention for improvements in ice-making, cooling, and
refrigerating apparatus.
No. 3595.—FRANCES EDWARD WILSON, of Birmingham,
England, Safe Manufacturer, and CHARLES CURWEN WALKER,
of Acocks Green, Warwick, England, Surveyor, have de-
posited at this office a specification of an invention for
improvements in fastening- or locking-mechanism for safes
and strong-rooms.