MAR. 2.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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BY-LAW of the COUNCIL Of the CITY OF WELLINGTON,
made under "The Wellington Waterworks Act,
1871."

In pursuance of the powers vested in them in this
behalf, the Council of the City of Wellington ordain
as follows:-

That, in all cases where any business requiring a
supply of water for the purposes of the said business
is carried on in premises which are also used for the
purposes of a dwelling-house, the whole of the water
supplied to such premises shall only be supplied
through a meter. That, in consideration of such
water-supply, the party liable for the same shall pay
for the whole of such supply at such price per
gallon as shall be fixed by the Council from time to
time for water supplied by meter, and in addition a
further rate per centum of £2 10s. on the assessed
annual value of the whole of the said premises.

GEORGE FISHER,
Mayor.

Passed by the Council of the City of Wellington
on the 17th day of February, 1882.
CHARLES C. GRAHAM,
Town Clerk.

Arrangements for First Elections, &c., Mataura Town
District, County of Southland.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th February, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ALEXANDER WYLLIE WHITE

to be the Returning Officer to conduct the first
elections of five Commissioners for the Mataura
Town District, as constituted under "The Town
Districts Act, 1881;" also to appoint Saturday, the
25th March, 1882, to be the time, and the Court-
house, Mataura, to be the place, at which such first
elections shall be held; also to appoint Wednesday,
the 29th March, 1882, at 7 o'clock in the evening, at
Cameron's Mataura Hotel, Mataura, to be the time
and place for the first meeting of the Commissioners.

THOMAS DICK.

Warden for Masterton Highway District, County of
Wairarapa West, elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th February, 1882.

NOTICE has been received at this office, under the
hand of the Returning Officer, that

ROBERT DAVID DAGG

has been elected Warden for No. 2 Ward of the
Masterton Highway District, vice J. Bennett, re-
signed.

HUGH POLLEN,
(for the Under-Secretary.)

Bonuses on Colonial Industries.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 1st February, 1882.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following bonuses
will be paid on articles produced in the Colony
of New Zealand, as under :--

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 or any
other root or plant grown in the colony.

STARCH.

A bonus of three hundred pounds (£300) will be
given on the first 50 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.

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.

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 Zea-
land, of not less than 100 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 100 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.

Conditions.

Notice of intention to claim any of the above
bonuses must be given in writing to the Colonial
Secretary not later than the 30th June, 1882.

The claim must be made before the 31st Decem-
ber, 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.

IRON.

A bonus of one thousand pounds (£1,000) will be
given for the production, in New Zealand, of 300
tons of pig-iron, of marketable quality, from ore pro-
duced in New Zealand.

Conditions.

1. The bonus not to be given for any quantity less
   than 100 tons.

2. Notice of the intention to erect ironworks and
   claim the bonus must be given to the Colonial Secre-
   tary before the 31st December, 1882.

3. The bonus must be claimed before the 31st De-
   cember, 1883.

4. In the event of more than one claimant giving
   such notice, not more than seven-tenths of the bonus
   may be claimed by the first producer, and not more
   than three-tenths by the second producer; but if
   only one claimant becomes a producer on the above
   conditions, he may claim the whole of the bonus.

5. The iron in respect of which any bonus is
   claimed, and the ore from which it is manufactured,
   will be examined by an officer to be appointed by the
   Government, who may require the production of
   bonâ fide account sales of quantities not less than
   100 tons weight, showing that such iron has been
   sold at a fair market price as pig-iron.

THOMAS DICK.

Election of Licensing Committees.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th February, 1882.

NOTICE has been received at this office, under
the hands of the several Returning Officers,
that the following persons have been duly elected to
be the Licensing Committees for the districts set
opposite their names respectively:--