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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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
payments of the two following years if he fulfils the
conditions.

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.

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.

[No. 88.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 16 of 1881.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 12th May, 1881.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from
the Marine Board, Sydney, is published for
general information.

H. A. ATKINSON.

WRECK OF THE STEAMSHIP "LADY DARLING."

REFERRING to the notice* issued from this office on
the 16th November last, it is hereby notified for
general information that the Marine Board visited
the locality of the wreck in the steamer "Hunter"
lately, and could not find the masts showing above
water as reported. Great caution is therefore neces-
sary whilst navigating near the vicinity of the wreck.

FRANCIS HIXSON,
President.

Office of Marine Board of New South Wales,
Sydney, 26th April, 1881.

• Gazette, 1880, page 1727.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 17 of 1881.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 13th May, 1881.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from
the Secretary for Harbours and Navigation,
Melbourne, and the Portmaster, Brisbane, are pub-
lished for general information.

H. A. ATKINSON.

SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR VESSELS OF HEAVY
DRAUGHT ENTERING PORT PHILLIP HEADS.

Present Entrance.—The present entrance to Port
Phillip having shoal patches of 27, 28, and 29 feet
of water, which are considered dangerous to vessels
of heavy draught now entering the port, it has been
deemed advisable to define another fairway.

Beacons.—Two beacons (the outer red and the
inner white) have therefore been erected in Lonsdale
Bight (1 mile 14 cables from Point Lonsdale, and
1 mile 6 cables from Queenscliffe low light), and
these kept in line will lead about midway between
the Lightning and Corsair Rocks, on a bearing
N.N.W. W. (magnetic), with not less than 42 feet
of water at low-water springs.

Caution.—Vessels approaching the entrance from
the westward, before bringing the beacons in Lons-
dale Bight in line, should keep the lighthouse well
open to the left of the flagstaff on Point Lonsdale, to
insure clearing the Lightning Rocks.

Vessels approaching the entrance from the east-
ward will know, when the beacons in Lonsdale Bight
are in line, that they are to the eastward of the
Lightning Rocks.

ALEXR. WILSON,
Acting Secretary for Harbours
and Navigation.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 17th March, 1881.

SOUTH ENTRANCE TO MORETON BAY.

THE extremity of the North Spit having grown
further to the south-eastward, the bar should now be
crossed with the beacons open to the northward twice
their own width. When the outer edge of the bar is
crossed, Amity Point should be steered for until the
beacons are open to the southward about six times
their own width, when a course may be steered
between the north and south break as usual.
By following these directions the bar will be
crossed with not less than 14 feet at low-water
springs.