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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

A bonus of £500 will also 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.
For general conditions as to notice of intention to
claim, &c., see notice dated the 11th instant, and pub-
lished in another column.

THOMAS DICK.

Bonuses on Colonial Industries.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 11th April, 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.

ON 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

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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.

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.

Resignation of Constabulary Officer.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission held
by the under-mentioned officer :-
New Zealand Armed Constabulary Force.
Surgeon Langer Carey.

WM. ROLLESTON.

Accepting Resignation of Member of Land Board.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of
JOHN BARLEYMAN, Esq.,
as a Member of the Land Board of the Land District
of Taranaki.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Alteration in the Name of the Township of Carlyle.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1881.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the
name of the town, in the County of Patea, for-
merly called Carlyle, has been altered to, and is now
officially known by the name of, Patea.

H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

Native Land Court transferred to Native Office.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 26th April, 1881.

IT is hereby notified that the Native Land Court
has been placed under the administration of the
Hon. the Native Minister.

THOMAS DICK.