THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 489

£10,000 Bonus.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1878.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in terms of a reso-
lution of the House of Representatives, the
Government of New Zealand will pay, by way of
bonus, the sum of five thousand pounds (£5,000) to
any individual or company who shall first produce
not less than five hundred (500) tons of marketable
sugar from beet grown and manufactured in the
North Island. Also, that a like sum of five thousand
pounds (£5,000) will be paid to any individual or
company who shall first produce not less than five
hundred (500) tons of marketable sugar from beet
grown and manufactured in the Middle Island. Such
bonus to be paid upon its being duly certified by the
Commissioner of Crown Lands of the district within
which the sugar shall have been produced, and by
the Chairman of the nearest Chamber of Commerce,
that the minimum quantity hereinbefore mentioned
has been so produced, and is of marketable quality:
Provided further that such certificates shall have
been presented at the Colonial Treasury within three
years of the date above written.

J. MACANDREW,
Minister of Lands.

Gold-Mining Leases in the Westland Gold-Mining
District withdrawn.

General Crown Lands Office,
(Gold Fields Branch,)
Wellington, 18th April, 1878.

IN conformity with Regulation 24 of Appendix A
to "The Mines Act, 1877," it is hereby notified
that the following applications for gold-mining
leases in the Westland Mining District have been
withdrawn, and that the ground is open for applica-
tion as if no lease of the said ground had ever been
applied for :-

C. MALFROY, for Totara Quartz-Mining Company;
400 by 200 yards, left-hand branch of Donelly's
Creek.
JAMES BYRNE, for the Hopeful Gold-Mining Com-
pany; 400 by 200 yards, left-hand branch of
Donelly's Creek.

J. MACANDREW,
Minister for Lands.

Inspector-General of Schools appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 24th April, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has been
pleased to appoint
The Rev. WILLIAM JAMES HABENS, B.A.,
to be Inspector-General of Schools under "The
Education Act, 1877." The appointment to date
from 1st April, instant.

J. BALLANCE.

Commissioners under "The Otago High Schools Act,
1877," appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 24th April, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JAMES PILLANS MAITLAND, Esq., and
JAMES GREEN, Esq.,
to be Commissioners for the apportionment of re-
serves under section 17 of "The Otago Boys' and
Girls' High Schools Act, 1877."

J. BALLANCE.

Revocation of Appointment of William Seed, Esq.,
and Appointment of Robert Johnson, Esq., to be the
person to sign Pilotage Exemption Certificates.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1878.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the
Governor has been pleased to revoke the appoint-
ment of William Seed, Esq., to be the person to sign
Pilotage Exemption Certificates, and has appointed
ROBERT JOHNSON, Esq.,
Officer in Charge of the Marine Department, to be
the person to sign such certificates.

J. BALLANCE.

Auditor for Otago and Oamaru Harbour Boards
appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1878.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the
Governor has been pleased to appoint
HENRY LIVINGSTON, Esq.,
to be Auditor for the accounts of the Otago and
Oamaru Harbour Boards.

J. BALLANCE.

Interpreters under "The Native Land Act, 1873,"
appointed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JAMES GRINDELL,
of Gisborne, and
GEORGE DE THIERRY,
of Auckland, to be Interpreters under the twelfth
section of "The Native Land Act, 1873."

J. BALLANCE,
(for the Native Minister.)

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

NOTICE is hereby given that Mr. GEORGE TURN-
BULL, of Dunedin, Merchant (carrying on business
there under the firm or style of W. and G. Turnbull
and Co.), has applied, on behalf of Messrs. BACH AND
NOSTRAND, of 41, Fulton Street, New York, United
States of America, to register, under "The Trade
Marks Act, 1866," the Trade Mark of which the
following is a description, viz. :-

Description of Trade Mark.

Glass bottles of dark greenish colour and flattened
sides and ends and rounded neck. On one of the
sides of the bottle is impressed-ingrained or
moulded in the glass-the words "Dr. Townsend's,"
on another side the word "Sarsaparilla," and on
another side the words "Albany, N.Y."; and on
the fourth side there is a white label on which is
imprinted in black lettering the words "Dr. Towns-
end's Compound Extract of Sarsaparilla," for the
removal and permanent cure of all diseases arising
from an impure state of the blood or habit of the
system. And there are also, on the said label, direc-
tions given for the use of the preparation. The said
bottles are wrapped in paper wrappers containing
cautions and directions, and are enclosed in a stiff
paper covering, upon which is engraved in bold
character the words "Dr. Townsend's Compound
Extract of Sarsaparilla."