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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 53

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.

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.

Schedule of Land in Tauranga District reserved for
Natives.

Native Office,
Wellington, 21st June, 1881.

THE following schedule of land, reserved for
Natives of Ngaiterangi tribe, Te Urungawera
hapu, is published for general information.

WM. ROLLESTON.

SCHEDULE.
TAURANGA DISTRICT.

NAMES of Natives of Ngaiterangi tribe, Te Urunga-
wera hapu, for whose use Lot 97, Parish of Kati-
kati, containing 164 acres, is reserved.

J. A. WILSON,
Commissioner, Tauranga District Lands.
13th November, 1880.

Authority to Frank.

Post Office and Telegraph Department,
Wellington, 27th June, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize

The CLERKS to the RESIDENT MAGISTRATES'
COURTS

at Thames, Auckland, Gisborne, New Plymouth,
Napier, Wanganui, Wellington, Blenheim, Nelson,
Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika, Christchurch,
Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin, and Invercargill, respeс-
tively, to frank, free from prepayment of postage,
letters and parcels posted on the public service.

W. W. JOHNSTON,
Postmaster-General.