REWARDS FOR GOLD DISCOVERIES.
Wellington, March 19. The following amended conditions are announced respecting rewards offered for the discovery of new goldfields : —l. The maximum sum offered as a reward for any proved discovery of a new goldfield in accordance with these conditions is £SOO, but if the total sum claimed as rewards in any year exceeds the Parliamentary vote (£2500), the amount available only will be divided equally. 2. Newly-discovered goldfields, if alluvial ground, must be situated not less than ten miles from the nearest alluvial gold workings, or if in quartz, not less than five miles 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 20,000 ounces of gold has been" extracted from tlie new goldfield within two years from the registration of the discovery if of alluvial workings, and if in quartz workings,, proof pf similar yield from these sources within three years from such registration will be required. 4. Any person discovering new gold workings, and being desirous of obtaining a 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. ■
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XVII, Issue 832, 24 March 1885, Page 3
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209REWARDS FOR GOLD DISCOVERIES. Cromwell Argus, Volume XVII, Issue 832, 24 March 1885, Page 3
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