DEC. 1.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

1597

be given by dealers or brokers in England that the
starch is of good marketable quality.

SILK.
A bonus of fifty per cent. on the value realized
for the first thousand pounds' (£1,000) worth of
cocoons of the silkworm, or silkworms' eggs, pro-
duced in the colony, to be paid on quantities of not
less value than fifty pounds (£50) nor more than
one hundred pounds (£100) produced by any one
person.

SULPHURIC ACID.
A bonus of five hundred pounds (£500) per
annum will be given for three years in succession
for the production each year, by machinery esta-
blished in New Zealand, of not less than fifty tons
of sulphuric acid, of good marketable quality. The
producer to the satisfaction of the Colonial Secretary
of the first fifty tons shall be also entitled to the
payments of the two following years if he fulfils the
conditions.

SUGAR-REFINING.
A bonus of five hundred pounds (£500) will be
given for three years in succession for the refining
each year, by machinery established in New Zealand,
of not less than one hundred tons of cane sugar.
The establishment by which such refining is effected
must be what is ordinarily known as a sugar-refinery.
The firm refining the first one hundred tons of sugar,
and receiving the bonus, shall be also entitled to the
bonus of the two following years upon fulfilling the
conditions above named.

GUNPOWDER.
The Government are prepared to receive pro-
posals from any person willing to establish a factory
for the manufacture of blasting and sporting powder.
The proposer to state what amount of bonus he would
require to induce him to undertake the manufacture.
The place where the factory is to be erected to be
subject to the approval of the Government, the
plans and specifications of the building to be also
approved by Government.

All the internal fittings and the arrangements for
carrying on the manufacture of the gunpowder to
be subject to the inspection of an officer appointed
by the Government.

BUTTER OR CHEESE.
A bonus of five hundred pounds (£500) will be
given for the first 25 tons of butter or the first 50
tons of cheese (produced in a factory worked on the
American principle, and to which factory any farmer,
subject to certain conditions, may send his milk),
which shall be exported from New Zealand, and sold
at such prices in a foreign market as shall show that
the articles are of fair quality.

MEAT.
A bonus of five hundred pounds (£500) will be
given on the first 100 tons of fresh meat exported
from New Zealand in vessels fitted with refrigerating
machinery. Such meat must have been collected in
a refrigerating chamber in this colony, and must
have been landed in Europe in sound marketable
condition.

CONDITIONS.
NOTICE of intention to claim any of the above
bonuses must be given in writing to the Colonial
Secretary not later than the 31st December, 1881.
The claim must be made before the 30th June, 1882.
The other conditions as to quantity, quality, and
value to be fulfilled to the satisfaction of an officer
appointed for the purpose by the Government.

Further information and particulars may be
obtained by application at the Colonial Secretary's
Office.

THOMAS DICK.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 25th November, 1881.
THE following list of successful and unsuccessful
tenderers is published for general information.

RICHARD OLIVER,
Acting for Minister for Public Works.

MAIN LINE TO UPPER ASHBURTON.—PERMANENT
WAY EXTENSION CONTRACT, No. 2.

Accepted.
James Cranston, Dunedin ... 3,667 11 7

Declined.
Jesse Coates, Palmerston South ... 3,949 11 0
Stuart and Lamb, Christchurch ... 3,976 9 10
McGrath and Co., Christchurch ... 4,369 17 2
John Stenson, Lyttelton ... 4,427 17 4

Tender for Inland Mail Service.

Post Office and Telegraph Department,
Wellington, 25th November, 1881.
ALTERNATIVE tenders will be received at the
Chief Post Office, Nelson, until Saturday, the
17th December proximo, for the conveyance of mails
between the Post Offices at Belgrove and Lyell, for a
period of two or three years, as under :-

1. By four-horse coach, weekly.
2. By four-horse coach, twice weekly.
   The successful tenderer must be prepared to carry
   out the service according to the time-table framed
   by the department.
   Forms of tender, with the terms and conditions of
   contract, may be procured at any post office
   No tender will be considered unless made on the
   printed form.
   Tenders, indorsed "Tender for Mail Service, Bel-
   grove and Lyell," to be addressed to the Postmaster-
   General, Wellington, and enclosed to the Chief
   Postmaster, Nelson.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Gold-Mining Lease cancelled.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned
gold-mining lease has been declared cancelled,
and that the land is now open for occupation by
holders of miners' rights and others as if no lease of
the same had ever been applied for :-
30c. John Thompson; Section 8, Block IV.,
Waipori, containing 2 acres and 32 perches.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this
twenty-fourth day of November, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-one.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Crown Lands Notices.

Sale of Rural Lands, West Coast (North Island)
Land District.

Principal Land Office,
Patea, 16th November, 1881.
TO be sold at Hawera, for cash, on Thursday, the
22nd December, 1881. The following allotments
of land will be sold by public auction on immediate
payment, at the upset price noted against each.