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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No.39

Notice is hereby given to you and each and every of you
that rolls of Native lands are now deposited at the offices of
the said several local bodies, which said rolls are in the
Maori language, and show the rateable value of the Native
lands therein mentioned or described.

And you and each and every of you, the owners of the said
lands, are hereby required and directed to pay the said rates
on or before the 2nd July, 1889, such payment to be
made by you at the office of the local body in whose district
the lands affected are respectively comprised, and as noted
in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Name of Local Body. Office of Local Body where
Henui Road Board .. New Plymouth.
Kumeroa Road Board .. Kumeroa.
Parua Bay Road Board .. Parua, Whangarei.
Patangata Road Board .. Kaikora North.
Warehine Road Board .. Wharehine.

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

H. A. ATKINSON,
Colonial Treasurer.

Officiating Ministers for 1889.-Notice No. 13.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 19th June, 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 in-
tituled "The Marriage Act, 1880," the following names of
Officiating 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 Charles Stuart Bowden, B.A.
The Reverend George Cockayne Small.

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Reverend William James Comrie.

Roman Catholic Church.
The Reverend Augustine Aubrey.
The Reverend Timothy Doyle.
The Reverend William B. Purton.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Will accepted by the Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 14th June, 1889.

In the matter of the will of George Eldridge Leatherdale,
late of Christchurch, 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 of Hearing of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 19th June, 1889.

NO. 3737.-JOHN JESSE SWINNERTON, of Auckland, New
Zealand, Wood-turner, has deposited at this office a
specification of an invention for a game to be called "Sheep
in Clover."

No. 3738.-CHARLES ARTHUR LEES, of No. 27, Antigua
Street, Christchurch, New Zealand, Clerk, and STEPHEN
WILLIAM LESTER, of Lytton Street, Sydenham, New Zea-
land, Carpenter, have deposited at this office a specification
of an invention for an improvement on Lee's Yorkshire-fog-,
trefoil-, and clover-seed sheller. New Zealand Letters
Patent, No. 3479.

No. 3739.-WILLIAM HOWLEY WELLS, of Evershot, Dorset,
England, Estate Agent, has deposited at this office a speci-
fication of an invention for improvement in churns.

No. 3741.-HERMAN AUGUST, of Invercargill, New Zea-
land, Cabinetmaker, has deposited at this office a specifica-
tion of an invention for an improved chest of drawers, to be
called "August's Patent Looking-glass Drawers."

No. 3742.-CHARLES INGREY, of London, England, Civil
Engineer, has deposited at this office a specification of an
invention for improvements in automatic machines for
delivery of articles in exchange for coin.

No. 3743.-WILLIAM THORNE, of Newton, Auckland, New
Zealand, Settler, has deposited at this office a specification
of an invention for an improvement in the manufacture of
audiphones for extreme deafness, such audiphones to be
known as "The Jubilee Vibrating Audiphone."

And I have appointed Thursday, the 22nd day of August
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 7th day
of August next, at this office, particulars in writing of their
objections to any of the said applications, otherwise they
will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Goldfields Notices.

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.

Crown Lands Notices.

Tenders for Grazing, Canterbury Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 22nd May, 1889.

NOTICE is hereby given that tenders for the occupation,
for grazing purposes only, under section 25 of "The
Public Reserves Act, 1881," of the under-mentioned reserves,
will be received at this office up to 5 p.m. on Friday, the 28th
June, 1889. Every tender must be accompanied by marked
cheque or post-office order for nine months' rent, up to the
1st April, 1890, at the rate tendered. The licenses will be
annually renewed by the Land Board for a period of seven
years, unless the land is specially required by the Government
for other purposes. Plans may be seen at the Land Offices,
Christchurch and Timaru:--

Reserve 2833, 120 acres; upset annual rental, £10; on the
west Bank of Orari River, three miles and a half north-east
of Geraldine.

Reserve 2834, 105 acres; upset annual rental, £7 17s. 6d.;
on the west bank of Hae-hae-te-moana River, two miles
west of Geraldine.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,