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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume IV, Issue 99, 7 October 1852, Page 1

ALL Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any official signa-' ture thereunto annexed, .ire io be considered as official communications made to (hose persons to whom tbey may relate. By His Excellency's command. C. L. Ncce.xt, Native Secretary NOTICE. THE Owners of the Native Vessels will be supplied with Custom House Forms free of expense on application at the Native Secretary's Ollice. C. L. Nuuknt, Native Soerelnrv. NATIVES are requested to lake notice - 1 -* that for the future they should apply through the Native Secretary, when requring legal advice or assistance in any cases which they may wish to bring before the courts. C. L. NuoKvr, Native Secretary. July 29th, lS;i2. COAL,

TO FnF.DEMCk WHITAKER, JoilN S.II.JION-, AND W. S. Giuiiasik, Esquires. G< ENTLEMEN, The Cropping out of f Coal in several places, both to the North and South of Auckland, seems to indicate, the existence of extensive Coal-fields in the Northern District of New Zealand. Seeing the probability of Steam Communication being established by u-tuj of Panama, between England and the Australasian Colonics, I kifow of nothing which would more certainly contribute to the advantage of the Port of Auckland and its neighbourhood, than the discovery, within a convenient distance, of Coal suitable for purposes of Steam navigation. I In the hope of promoting this object, 11 shall have much pleasure in placing at your disposal the sum of One Hundred Pounds, to be paid to the person who, within Six Months from (his date, shall discover a Seam of Coal, which, in point of quality and locality, (as to distance and accessibility) shall, in your opinion, he of practical value to the Port of Auckland for the purposes of Steam Navigation. 1 shall be glad to leave it to yourselves to make any further explanations which you may think it desirable to add, with a view to the. attainment of the desired object. I have the honour to be, &c. <kc., Sc. September 13th, 1832. The Undersigned, to whom the above Letter was addressed, arc prepared to pay the Sum of ONE HUNDRED POUNDS to the first person who shall discover and make known to them, within the time limited, a Scam of Coal equivalent, in their opinion, to the above description. They also pledge themselves to use their best endeavours to secure to the Discoverer the right of working the Seam, if he should desire it. FitF.n. Wiiitaker, John Salmon, W. S. Graiiahe. Auckland, Sept. ICtli, 1852.