May 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 719

Regulations as to Vessels trading within Limits of Protectorate of German New Guinea Company.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 27th April, 1894.

THE following despatch and its enclosures, received from His Excellency the High Commissioner of the Western Pacific, are published for general information.

J. G. WARD.

High Commissioner's Office, Western Pacific,
Suva, Fiji, 2nd April, 1894.

MY LORD,—I have the honour to enclose translation of a letter which I have received from Herr Pelldram, Imperial German Consul-General for Australia, with regard to trading within the limits of the Protectorate of the German New Guinea Company, together with copy of a notice which he is desirous of having published in the various Government Gazettes of the Australian Colonies.

I shall be obliged if your Excellency will give directions for the publication of the enclosed notice as desired by Herr Pelldram.

I have, &c.,
JOHN B. THURSTON.

His Excellency
the Right Hon. the Earl of Glasgow, G.C.M.G.,
Governor of New Zealand.

[TRANSLATION.]

Kaiserlich Deutsches General-Konsulat für Australien,
Sydney, 13th March, 1894.

MONSIEUR LE GOUVERNEUR,—Referring to previous correspondence respecting the recruiting of native labourers within the limits of Imperial German protectorates, I have the honour to inform your Excellency that I have been directed by my Government to obtain your kind assistance with a view to having published with authority in the Government Gazettes of the Australian Colonies warning cautions, in order to prevent the captains of Australian vessels from violating the laws existing for the said protectorates with regard to recruiting, Customhouse supervision, and trading without license.

Enclosing herewith a draft for such notification, I have the honour to address to your Excellency the request that you may have the goodness to inform the Governments of the Australian Colonies accordingly, and to advise me of the arrangements in the matter.

I have the honour to transmit herewith annexed translation of the present despatch, and I avail myself of this opportunity to offer to your Excellency again the assurance of my very high consideration.

A. L. R. PELLLDRAM,
His Imperial German Majesty's Consul-General.
His Excellency Sir John Thurston, K.C.M.G.

Notification.

By the ordinances and regulations issued for the protectorate of the German New Guinea Company the only ports of entry and clearance within the limits of the said protectorate are the following:—

The port of Friedrichwilhelmshafen, for Kaiserwilhelmsland, and the roadstead of Herbertshooh, for the Bismarck Archipelago, including New Mecklenburg (formerly called New Ireland) and New Pomerania (formerly called New Britain), and for northern part of the Solomon Islands and adjacent islands and groups.

Trading, recruiting of Pacific Islanders, and fishing of pearl-shells, pearls, and bêche de mer within the limits of the said protectorate are permitted only after obtaining a special license for such purpose through the competent German colonial authority.

These ordinances, as well as the Customhouse regulations, have to be observed by the captains and the crews of ships of all nations visiting the said protectorate.

A. L. R. PELLLDRAM,
His German Majesty's Consul-General.

Amended Regulation for Examination of Masters and Mates.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 4th May, 1894.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in me by the 24th section of "The Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877," I do hereby revoke paragraph 60 of the regulations for the conduct of examinations of masters and mates, made on the 23rd November, 1891, and published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 87, of the 24th November, 1891, and do make the following regulation in lieu thereof. This regulation shall come into force on and after the date of the publication of the same in the New Zealand Gazette.

J. G. WARD.

60. An Only and First Mate.—An Only Mate and a First Mate must be not less than nineteen years of age, and must have served five years at sea, of which, in the case of a First Mate, one year must have been as Second or Only Mate. An Only Mate must prove that he has served at least one year in a square-rigged sailing-vessel. See also pars. 13, 18, and 33.

Awards for Collections of Noxious Weeds and for Collections of Grasses and Forage-plants.—Notice No. 391.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 9th May, 1894.

THE following awards have been made by Mr. T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S., Curator of the Museum, Auckland, in respect of collections of noxious weeds and of collections of grasses and forage-plants, referred to in the New Zealand Gazette of 13th April and 11th May, 1893. These collections now become the property of the Government:—

Weeds—
First prize, £10: J. B. Armstrong, Springfield Road, Christchurch. ("Search and observe.")
Second prize, £5: W. M. and J. A. Thomson, Newington, Dunedin. ("Recti cultus pectora roborant.")

Grasses and Forage-plants—
First prize, £25: Miss L. M. Kirk, Brougham Street, Wellington. ("Ed.")
Second prize, £15: J. B. Armstrong, Springfield Road, Christchurch. ("Decipit frons prima multos.")

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture.

Bonus on Starch manufactured in New Zealand.—Amended Notice.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th November, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of two pounds (£2) a ton will be paid on 100 tons of starch manufactured in the Colony of New Zealand in each of the years 1893 and 1894.

CONDITIONS.

1. Notice of intention to claim the bonus for 100 tons in 1893 must be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not later than the 31st December, 1893. Notice of intention to claim the bonus for 100 tons in 1894 must be given in the same manner not later than the 31st December, 1894.
2. The claims must be made respectively before the 31st December, 1893 and 1894.
3. The first claimant who proves to the satisfaction of the Government that he has fulfilled all the conditions is to be the recipient of the bonus.
4. Evidence to be produced of such a nature as will enable an officer appointed by the Government to certify that the above-stated quantity in each year has been actually made, sold, and delivered.
5. The bonus to be paid only on the certificate of such officer.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

[Note.—The above notice is in lieu of notice dated 10th October, 1893, published in Gazette of 12th October, 1893.]

Bonus on Mineral Oil manufactured from Orepuki Shale.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th June, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus will be paid for the production of mineral oil under the following conditions:—

1. A bonus of 1s. per gallon (£5,000) will be paid on the first 100,000 gallons of mineral oil produced from shale obtained in the Orepuki district, Otago; the oil to be of a quality approved of by Government, and to be sold at a fair average market price.
2. Notice of intention to claim the aforesaid bonus must be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not later than the 31st December, 1894.
3. The claim must be made before the 30th June, 1895.
4. The first claimant who proves to the satisfaction of the Government that he has fulfilled all the conditions to be the recipient of the bonus.
5. The other conditions, as to quantity, priority, quality, and value, to be fulfilled to the satisfaction of an officer appointed for the purpose by the Government.

P. A. BUCKLEY,