REWARDS FOR GOLD DISCOVERY

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1418, 31 December 1884, Page 2

REWARDS FOR GOLD DISCOVERY

The following are the conditions'under which rewards are offered for the discovery of new goldfields

1. The maximum sum offered as a reward for any proved discovery of a new gold field in accordance with these conditions is L6OO ; but if the total sum claimed as rewards in any one year exceeds the parliamentary vote, the amount available only will be divided equally. 2. The newly discovered gold field, if

in alluvial ground, must be situated noi

less than fifteen miles from the nearest alluvial gold workings, or, if in quartz, not IbjS than ten mites from the nearest existing quartz mines. 3. No grant will be paid upon any application until it shall have been proved that not less than 20,009 ounces of gold have been extracted from the new gold field within two years from tha registration of the discovery, if in alluvial workings, and, it in quartz workings, proof of a similar yield from this source within three years from such registration will be required. 4. Any person discovering new goldworkings, and “eing desirous of obtaining a reward, shall immediately forward a written report of su :h discovery, with full particulars, to the Warden or Resident Magistrate of the district within which such discovery shall be situated, and the Warden or iteddent Magistrate shall forthwith register tha report as an application for reward. b. No prospecting is allowed upon Native land without the approval in waiting of the Native Minister, or of pome one appointed by him in that behalf. 1 ' Prospectors going’ upon Native land without tfie of the owners arc liable to the penalties imposed hy the Acts relating to goldfields, and will forfeit I all claim to reward. (