1814
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 84

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.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th October, 1881.

H IS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to accept the resignation
by
JOHN DAVIS CANNING, Esq.,
of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the
Colony of New Zealand.

THOMAS DICK.

Approving and appointing Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS. In exercise of the powers in me for
this purpose vested by "The Customs Regula-
tion Act, 1858," I, the Commissioner of Customs, do
hereby approve and appoint the under-mentioned
warehouse, viz. :-

Port of Napier.

Portion of a wood and iron building situate on
Sections Nos. 357, Station Street, and 357A, Thackeray
Street, in the Town of Napier, to be known as
WARDROP'S BOND,

-to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under
bond.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
tenth day of October, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-one.

H. A. ATKINSON.
Commissioner of Customs.

[Commissioner's Order No. 150.]

Authority to Frank and Receive.

Post Office and Telegraph Department,
Wellington, 14th October, 1881.

H IS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to authorize

The COMMISSIONERS of CROWN LANDS and CHIEF
SURVEYORS

to receive, free from the prepayment of postage,
letters and parcels posted on the public service.

WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
Postmaster-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1881.—Notice No. 27.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 18th October, 1881.

P URSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in
the forty-fourth year of the reign of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act,
1880," the following name of an Officiating Minister
within the meaning of the said Act is published for
general information:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly
called the Church of England.

The Reverend William Thomas Western, B.A.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Notice under Property Assessment Acts.

"THE Property Assessment Act, 1879," and its
amendments. In accordance with the pro-
visions of the above-mentioned Acts, I hereby give
public notice that the 25th day of November, 1881,
is the time, and my office, Government Buildings,
Wellington, is the place, at which the Public Officers
of all companies are required to furnished statements
of property belonging to such companies, in accord-
ance with the said Acts.

Dated this 19th day of October, 1881.

J. SPERREY,
Property-tax Commissioner.

N.B.-Forms of statements will be forwarded to