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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 3

Quarterly Returns under Section 19 of "The Sheep Act,
1878." -Notice No. 268.

The Minister's Office, Live Stock Branch,
Wellington, 7th January, 1889.

THE following quarterly returns of runs or farms on
which there were infected sheep on the 31st December,
1888, are published in accordance with section 19 of "The
Sheep Act, 1878."

GEO. FISHER,
(For the Minister of Lands.)

| Name of Owner and Run or
Farm. | Class. | No. | Date of Order
to clean. |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAIKAWAU SHEEP DISTRICT. | | | |
| Steedman, J. B., Waikawau | Cross- | 112 | 22 June, 1888. |
| bred | | | |
| B. P. BAYLY. | | | |
| MARLBOROUGH SHEEP DISTRICT. | | | |
| Blenheim Subdivision. | | | |
| New Zealand Loan and | Merino | 2,504 | 27 Nov., 1888. |
| Mercantile Agency Com- | | | |
| pany (Limited), Mount | | | |
| Patriarch | | | |
| T. G. RICHARDSON. | | | |

Authority to construct Electric Line.

IN exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me
by "The Electric Lines Act, 1884," I, Sir Harry A.
Atkinson, K.C.M.G., the Electric Telegraph Commissioner
appointed under the said Act, do hereby authorise and license
Messrs. Miles and Co., agents for the Gulcher Electric
Light and Power Company (Limited), of London, to erect,
construct, and maintain an electric line through the several
streets in the City of Wellington, as set forth in the plan
hereto attached, marked A, and signed by me as such Com-
missioner as aforesaid.

The said electric-lighting lines to be placed on the opposite
side of the streets where any telegraph or telephone lines now
exist, and, where such telegraph or telephone lines are crossed
either over or under by the electric-light wires, the said
electric-light wires must be insulated in their entire length
for at least sixty feet, that is to say, for a distance of at
least thirty feet on each side of such over or under crossing.

This proviso also to apply hereafter, upon due notice being
given, to any future telegraph or telephone lines that the
Commissioner may construct for the purposes of electric
lighting.

And I do hereby declare that this license shall come into
force on and after the date of publication thereof in the
New Zealand Gazette.

As witness my hand, this ninth day of January, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Electric Telegraph Commissioner.

Notice of Intention to take Land for a Road to Hikutaia
Station, on the Grahamstown-Te Aroha Railway.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the
provisions of "The Public Works Act, 1882," to exe-
cute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of
a road to Hikutaia Station, on the Grahamstown-Te Aroha
Railway, and for the purposes of such public work the
land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be
taken; and notice is further given that the plan of the
said road and of the land so required to be taken is de-
posited in the Post Office at Hikutaia, and is 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 land shall, if they have any well-grounded
objections to the execution of the said public work or to the
taking of such land, 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 parcel of land mentioned hereunder :-

| Approximate Area
of the Parcel of
Land required to be
taken. | — | Situated in
Block No. | Situated
in the Survey
District of |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. R. P. | Township of | | |
| 1 1 37 | Stirlingworth | VIII. | Waihou. |

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 :-

| Approximate
Area of each of
the Parcels of
Land required
to be taken. | Being
Portion of
Section
No. | Situated in Block
No. | Situated
in the Survey
District of |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. R. P. | | | |
| 9 3 12.5 | 29 | IV. | Mount Hyde. |
| 11 0 33 | 30 | IV. | Mount Hyde. |
| 9 3 11 | 32 | IV. | Mount Hyde. |

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.