Nov. 3.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1427

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.

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.

Authority to Frank.

Post Office and Telegraph Department,
Wellington, 27th October, 1881.
to frank, free from payment, letters and telegrams
forwarded on the public service.

WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
Postmaster-General.

Designation of Telegraph Office changed.

Post Office and Telegraph Department,
Wellington, 29th October, 1881.
IT is hereby notified for general information that
the designation of the Telegraph Office in the
County of Southland, known as Oreti, has been
changed to

DIPTON.

By order of the Postmaster-General.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Approving and Appointing a Bonded Warehouse.

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

Port of Lyttelton.
A brick building, with a cellar, situate on part of
Sections Nos. 904 and 906, Lichfield Street, Christ-
church, to be known as

BENNETT'S BOND,
to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under
bond.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
twenty-seventh day of October, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-one.
JOHN HALL,
Commissioner of Customs.
Commissioner's Order No. 151.]

Revocation of Appointment of Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS. -In exercise of the authority in me
for this purpose vested, I, the Commissioner of
Customs, do, by this order under my hand, revoke
and anuul the appointment of the under-mentioned
building as a warehouse for the reception and se-
curity of goods entered to be warehoused without
payment of duty upon the first entry thereof, viz. :--

Port of Napier.
A wooden building, with iron roof, situate on
Section No. 516, Waghorn Street, Spit, and known
as

WARDROP'S BOND.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
second day of November, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-one.
JOHN HALL,
Commissioner of Customs.
Commissioner's Order No. 152.]

Notice to Mariners.—No. 34 of 1881.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 24th October, 1881.
THE following Notices to Mariners, received from
the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, are published
for general information.
H. A. ATKINSON.

DREDGERS SIGNALS.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to It having been considered expedient to alter the
signals exhibited from the dredgers at work in the
The PRIVATE SECRETARY to the Hon. the PREMIER colony, notice is hereby given that, on and after the