FEB. 17.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 227

ON SUGAR.
A bonus of one thousand pounds (£1,000) will be
given for the production of the first 125 tons of sugar,
manufactured in New Zealand, from beet grown in
the colony.

ON LINSEED OIL.
A bonus of five hundred pounds (£500) will be
given for the production, by machinery permanently
established in New Zealand, of the first ten thousand
(10,000) gallons of oil, of good marketable quality,
from linseed grown in the colony.

ON OIL CAKE.
A bonus of one hundred pounds (£100) will be
given for the production of the first fifty tons of oil
cake, of good marketable quality, from linseed grown
in the colony.

ON STARCH.
A bonus of three hundred pounds (£300) will be
given on the first fifty tons of starch, manufactured
in the colony, which shall be shipped to an English
market, and for which a satisfactory certificate shall
be given by dealers or brokers in England that the
starch is of good marketable quality.

ON 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.

ON 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.

ON EARTHENWARE.
A bonus of two hundred and fifty pounds (£250)
will be given on the first £1,000 worth of household
earthenware manufactured in the colony, on proof
that it has been sold at such prices as to show that it
is of good marketable quality.

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.

Colonial Industries.

TENDERS FOR MANUFACTURE OF PORTLAND
CEMENT.
Public Works Office,
Wellington, 10th November, 1880.
WRITTEN tenders will be received at this office
up to noon on the 31st March, 1881, from per-
sons who are willing to contract for the supply and
delivery of One Hundred Tons of Portland Cement.

The cement to be manufactured in the Colony of
New Zealand, and to be delivered at any of the
under-mentioned places, viz., Auckland, Wellington,
Christchurch, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Port Chalmers,
or Invercargill. Tenders to be addressed to the
Minister for Public Works, and to be marked outside
"Tender for Supply of 100 Tons of Portland Cement."
Specifications and conditions may be seen at the
Public Works Offices, Auckland, Wellington, Christ-
church, Dunedin, and Invercargill. The lowest or
any tender will not necessarily be accepted.
R. OLIVER,
Minister for Public Works.

Promotion and Appointments of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th February, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned promotion and ap-
pointments :--

Southland Hussars.
John Chute Ellis to be Honorary Colonel.

A Troop.
Lieutenant Frederick William Burwell to be Captain.
Alfred Tapper to be Lieutenant.

B Troop.
James Stewart Shanks to be Captain.
Miles Reginald Bree to be Lieutenant.
William Grant Forbes to be Sub-Lieutenant.

C Troop.
Frank Woodward to be Lieutenant.
William Laidlaw to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 22nd December, 1880.

H Battery of Artillery.
Philip Topliss to be Second Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 13th January, 1881.
JOHN HALL.

Resignation of Volunteer Officer.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th February, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept resignation of the commission held
by the under-mentioned officer :--

H Battery of Artillery.
Second Lieutenant George Henry Ashcroft, from
13th January, 1881.
WM. ROLLESTON.

Volunteer Corps Disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 16th February, 1881.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
disband the
No. 3 Taranaki Rifle Volunteers.
The under-mentioned gentlemen therefore cease
to be officers in the Volunteer Force, their commis-
sions having lapsed under the provisions of "The
Volunteer Act, 1865:"-
John Thomas Vaughan Kirkby, late Captain.
Charles Gordon Ralf Gore, late Lieutenant,
Robert Clinton Hughes, late Sub-Lieutenant.
JOHN HALL.

Notice to Mariners. - No. 4 of 1881.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 14th February, 1881.
THE following Notices to Mariners, received from
the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, South