710
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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.

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.

Additional Bonuses on Colonial Industries.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th April, 1882.
NOTICE is hereby given that the following bonuses
will be paid on articles in the Colony of New
Zealand, as under:-

OSTRICHES.
A bonus of five pounds (£5) per head will be given
for healthy ostrich chicks landed in New Zealand for
the purpose of being reared and maintained in the
colony; the number of any importation to be not
less than ten nor more than fifty.

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.

Conditions.

1. Notice of intention to claim either of the above
   bonuses must be given in writing to the Colonial
   Secretary not later than the 31st December, 1882.
2. The claim must be made before the 30th June,

THOMAS DICK.

[No. 46

Election of Licensing Committee.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th May, 1882.
NOTICE has been received at this office, under the
hand of the Returning Officer, that

GEORGE TALBOT,
JOSEPH GEORGE HARKNESS,
JOHN MARTIN CROUCHER,
RODERICK MCRAE, and
THOMAS HALL LAMMAS

have been duly elected to be the Licensing Committee
for the District of Stoke.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
(for the Under-Secretary.)

Assessor under "Licensing Act, 1881," elected.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th May, 1882.
NOTICE has been received at this office, under the
hand of the Returning Officer, that

HIRA TE POPO

has been duly elected to be Assessor for the Native
Licensing District of Opotiki, and to sit within the
ordinary Licensing District of Waioeka.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
(for the Under-Secretary.)

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 Auckland.
The cellar of a stone building, roofed with slate,
26, Queen Street, situate on portion of Lot 2, Section
2, City of Auckland, to be known as

REID AND CO.'S BOND,
-to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under
bond.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
sixteenth day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-two.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Commissioner of Customs.
Commissioner's Order No. 163.]

Notice to Mariners.—No. 17 of 1882.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 11th May, 1882.
THE following Notices to Mariners are published
for general information.

H. A. ATKINSON.

INDIA, BAY OF BENGAL-RIVER HOOGHLY
APPROACHES.

Position of Pilot's Ridge Light-Vessel.
NAVIGATING Lieutenant E. W. Petley, R.N., Deputy-
Conservator of the Hooghly Approaches, has notified,
through the Port Commissioners of Calcutta, that
he has placed the pilot's ridge light-vessel in her
position for the approaching monsoon, and that the
light was exhibited therefrom on the 15th instant, in
accordance with established rule.

The light-vessel has been placed about three and
a half miles south of the position at present assigned
to it on the latest charts, and now lies in lat. 20° 46'
N., and long. 87° 39′ 30″ E.