REWARDS FOR THE DISCOVERY OF NEW GOLDFIELDS.

Kumara Times, Issue 2597, 2 January 1885, Page 2

REWARDS FOR THE DISCOVERY OF NEW GOLDFIELDS.

Rewards are offered by the Mines Department for the discovery of new goldfields, upon the conditions set forth hereunder, payable out of the parliamentary vote of .£2500. 1. The maximum sum offered ;is a reward for ;my prove:! discovery of n new goldlicM in .•Kvnrd.r; -e with these oouditious is ju. 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 not less than fifteen miles from the nearest alluvial gold workings, or, if in quartz, not less than ten miles from the nearest existing quartz mines. 3. No grant will be paid upon any application until it shall have been . proved that no less (Inn 20,000 ounces of gold have been extracted from the new goldfield within two years from the registration of the discovery, if in alluvial workings, and, if in quartz workings, proof of a similar yield from this source within three yenvs from such registration will be required. L Any person discovering new goldworkings, and being desirous of obaining a reward, shall immediately forward a written report of such discovery, with full particulars, to the Warden or Eeaident 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 is allowed upon Native land without the approval in writing of the Native Minister, or of some one appointed bv him in that behalf. Prospectors going upon Native land without the consent of the owners arf liable to penalties imposed by the Acts relating to goldfields, are will forfeit all claim to reward.