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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.

Tenders for a Direct Mail Steam Service between New
Zealand and Plymouth.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 23rd January, 1889.

SEALED tenders will be received at the General Post
Office, Wellington, until FRIDAY, the 31st May next,
for the performance of a direct mail steam service between
New Zealand and Plymouth, England, for a period of three
years, commencing in December next, in accordance with
the terms and conditions to be seen at the General Post
Office, Wellington; the Chief Post Offices, Auckland, Christ-
church, and Dunedin; and at the office of the Agent-General
for New Zealand, 7, Westminster Chambers, London, S.W.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Postmaster-General.

Tenders for an Alternative Fortnightly and Four-weekly
Direct Mail Service between New Zealand and Ply-
mouth.

PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 23rd January, 1889.

THE Postmaster-General of New Zealand is prepared to
receive separate tenders for a fortnightly, and also for
a four-weekly, steam service, for the conveyance of mails
between Plymouth, England, and a port or ports in New
Zealand, for three years, commencing in December, 1889, on
the following conditions:--

1. The New Zealand ports to be either of the following:
   Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, or Bluff.
2. Tenderers to state (1) the rate per pound for which the
   letters, books and packets, and newspapers, and packets
   under the parcel post, will be conveyed, in lieu of a fixed
   annual payment; and (2) the fixed subsidy, per annum, re-
   quired for the performance of the service.
3. Tenders to be sent in for performing the service---(1) in
   40 days (960 hours) from New Zealand to Plymouth via Cape
   Horn, and 43 days (1,032 hours) from Plymouth to New
   Zealand via Cape of Good Hope; and (2) in 42 days (1,008
   hours) homeward, and 45 days (1,080 hours) outward. In the
   event of the contractors availing themselves of any route
   across the Isthmus of Darien, near Panama, then the re-
   spective times to be revised, and such shorter times substi-
   tuted as may be agreed upon by the Postmaster-General and
   the contractors.
4. The contractors to be at liberty to call at such ports,
   en route, as the Postmaster-General may approve of.
5. The service to be performed by first-class screw steam-
   vessels, fully equal to Class 100 A1, Lloyd's Register, and of
   not less than 4,000 gross registered tonnage, having spar
   decks, and large capacity for passengers and cargo, and
   ample ventilation for passing through tropical latitudes.
6. The vessels to be fitted with refrigerating chambers for
   frozen meat, and also approved chilled chambers for fruit,
   dairy produce, &c.
7. The Postmaster-General to have full power to inspect
   the vessels employed, their officers and crew, and to suspend
   the use of any vessel which may not be considered satisfac-
   tory, or to prevent the employment of any officer, engineer,
   or crew appearing to him to be ineligible.
8. The mails to be conveyed will be all such mails as the
   Postmaster-General may from time to time require the con-

tractors to carry to and from New Zealand and Plymouth
and other approved ports of call.
9. If any vessel shall not be at the port of departure from
time to time in due time, and ready to perform the service, a
sum of £250, and a further sum of £50 per day, is to be paid
by the contractors to, or may be deducted by, the Post-
master-General as liquidated and ascertained damages.
But the Postmaster-General may remit or reduce these sums
if satisfied that the default shall have arisen from causes
over which the contractors had no control.
10. No bonus will be paid for the delivery of the mails
within the times stated in clause 3. A penalty of £4 an
hour will be deducted for late delivery at New Zealand and
Plymouth.
11. The Postmaster-General to have the power to detain
the vessels at the port of despatch in New Zealand and at
Plymouth for twenty-four hours free of charge. For any
further detention, demurrage at the rate of £5 an hour to be
paid the contractors.
12. The vessels must be provided with safe and convenient
places of deposit for the mails, rendered vermin-proof, and
with locks, keys, and secure fastenings.
13. The contractors, if required, to provide the necessary
lights and accommodation for sorting and making up mails
on board the vessels, with a separate and convenient room
on the spar-deck for the purpose, and to render any assist-
ance which may be needed for conveying the mails between
the mail-room and the sorting-room, &c.
14. Suitable first-class accommodation for a Mail Officer
or Agent, with a properly fitted state-room or cabin for his
exclusive use, to be provided on board the vessels, and such
officers or agents to be victualled by the contractors as chief-
cabin passengers, without charge; and during the time a
vessel may stay at any port en route, but not at the terminal
ports, are to be allowed to remain on board, and are to be
victualled by the contractors.
15. The contractors will not be required to pay any light,
pilotage, tonnage, or harbour dues in respect of the first port
of arrival in New Zealand.
16. The contractors to bind themselves to pay to the Post-
master-General the sum of £20,000 by way of liquidated
damages in case they shall fail to commence the service, or,
having commenced it, shall refuse or neglect to carry on the
same.
17. The contractors shall, within thirty days after notifi-
cation in writing of the acceptance of the tender, execute a
contract under seal with the Postmaster-General, embodying
the tender and these conditions, and such other terms, con-
ditions, and stipulations as may be necessary to secure the
due performance of the contract; and, if required, enter,
with two sureties, to be approved by the Postmaster-General,
into a joint and several bond in the sum of £20,000.
18. Tenders are to be made only on the accompanying
printed form, and attached to these particulars and condi-
tions, and are to be delivered at the General Post Office,
Wellington, on or before Friday, the 31st May, 1889, and
indorsed, "Tender for Direct Mail Service, New Zealand and
Plymouth," and addressed to the Postmaster-General, New
Zealand.

For the guidance of tenderers only, but not by way of
guarantee, the following particulars are given for 1887 of the
correspondence received and despatched by-
Direct steamers,-- Letters. Books & Pkts. Newspapers.
Despatched 4,138lb. 3,791lb. 22,836lb.
Received 8,102lb. 35,677lb. 147,834lb.
San Francisco, -
Despatched 10,953lb. 14,819lb. 91,2761b.
Received 7,9651b. 41,692lb. 139,184lb.
Shaw-Savill,-
Despatched 3501b. 2131b. 8761b.
Received 219lb. 1,801lb. 3,001lb.
31,727lb. 97,9931b. 405,0071b.
H. A. ATKINSON,
Postmaster-General.

Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 24th January, 1889.

THE Palmerston North Co-operative Money Club, situ
ated at Palmerston North, is registered as a specially-
authorised society, under "The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,"
this 24th day of January, 1889.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.