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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 18

Alterations and Additions to the Rates for the Con-
veyance, Delivery, and Storage of Goods, Parcels,
&c., on the New Zealand Railways.

IN accordance with the By-laws for the New Zea-
land Railways, fixed by Order in Council dated
the 6th January, 1881, the following alterations
and additions to the rates for the conveyance,
delivery, and storage of goods, parcels, &c., on all the
New Zealand Railways, are hereby declared to be
fixed and to come into force from the 10th March,
1881:-

PART IV.—LOCAL RATES.
WANGANUI SECTION.

Through Rate for Sheep.—Sheep in lots of 5,000
and over, for distances not under 63 miles or exceed-
ing 78 miles, will be charged 30s. per truck for single-
floored trucks.

WESTPORT SECTION.

Coke conveyed from the Waimangaroa Branch
Line to port for shipment will be charged 16s. 8d. per
truck, including weighing and discharging from the
coal staiths. Small lots will be charged as Class D.

PART V.—THROUGH RATES.
AUCKLAND SECTION.

River Traffic.

The through rates for Class E are hereby cancelled,
and the following substituted, viz. :-

And the following alterations and additions to the
rates for the conveyance, delivery, and storage of
goods, parcels, &c., on all the New Zealand Rail-
ways, are hereby declared to be fixed and to come
into force from the 21st March, 1881 :-

PART III—GOODS.

Bone-dust, packed, will be charged as Class N, rate
and a quarter.

Dated this 9th day of March, 1881.
JOHN HALL,
(Acting for Minister for Public Works.)

Bonuses on Colonial Industries.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th February, 1881.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following bonuses
will be paid on articles produced in the Colony
of New Zealand, as under :--

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.

New Postal District to be established.

Post Office and Telegraph Department,
Wellington, 12th February, 1881.

IT is hereby notified for general information that,
from and after the 1st April next, the Post
Office at Gisborne will be constituted a "Chief
Post Office" within the meaning of clause 1 of the
Postal Regulations of the 29th December, 1874.