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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 42]

Deputy-Sheriff appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st April, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

CHARLES HUGH WEBB BOWEN, Esq.,
to be Deputy-Sheriff for the District of Westland
North.

THOMAS DICK.

Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th April, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

ALFRED DILLON BELL,
ARTHUR BUCKE KITCHENER,
JAMES MASSEY,
THOMAS DENT, and
ALEXANDER FRAZER
to be the Licensing Committee for the District of
Dunback; and

NATHANIEL BRAGG
to be a Member of the Licensing Committee for the
District of Picton, vice Charles Nicoll, resigned.

THOMAS DICK.

Clerks of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th April, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the under-mentioned persons to be
Clerks of the Licensing Committees for the districts
set opposite their names respectively :-

EVAN HENRY LEWIS ... Cobden.
HENRY MCLEAN ... Borough of South Inver-
cargill.
ANDREW RANKIN ... South Dunedin North.

THOMAS DICK.

Appointment of a Commissioner, Invercargill Drill-
shed Site.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1882.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

FREDERICK WILLIAM BURWELL,
Major, Southland Hussars, a Commissioner under
"The Invercargill Drill-shed Site Act, 1880," in place
of Patrick Kinney McCaughan, late Captain, South-
land Hussars, whose appointment as a Commissioner
has lapsed under section 3 of the said Act.

JOHN BRYCE.

Notice of proposed Loan, Borough of West Harbour.

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

THE following notice, received from his Worship
the Mayor of West Harbour, is published in
accordance with section 145 of "The Municipal
Corporations Act, 1876."

THOMAS DICK.

Borough Office,
West Harbour, 16th April, 1882.

SIR, I have the honor, in accordance with section
145 of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876," to
forward you a result of the poll of the burgesses of
West Harbour, taken at West Harbour, upon the
Council's proposal to borrow the sum of £2,000 for
the construction of new works in Montague Street
and Main Road.

Votes recorded for the proposal ... 195
Against ... 6

The number of the voters on the roll is 348; the
proposal is therefore carried by a majority of 21
votes, in accordance with section 10 of "The Muni-
cipal Corporations Act Amendment Act, 1880."

I have, &c.,
JOHN MCNEILL,
Mayor.

The Hon. the Colonial Secretary,
Wellington.

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.

1. 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.
2. The claim must be made before the 31st Decem-
   ber, 1882.
3. 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.
4. 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.