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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 52

cause poisoning of a more or less grave nature. The Committee has, in consequence, expressed its opinion that there is sufficient ground for prohibiting manufacturers of preserved-food tins from soldering them inside, and from employing in their fabrication any metals which have not been lined with pure tin. The Committee added that, if manufacturers still persisted in having recourse to soldering the lids from the inside, they ought to be restricted to the use of pure tin only. This opinion has been adopted by the Minister of Commerce, and instructions have been issued to Prefects of departments accordingly.

Similar action appeared necessary as regards provision tins from foreign sources, as much for sanitary reasons as not to place French manufacturers in a position less favourable than that of their foreign rivals. The Minister of Finance has consequently decided, under date the 2nd April last, that there was room for requiring that imported tins should be made in accordance with the conditions above mentioned. Those which are found not to comply with the regulations shall be provisionally retained by the authorities, whose duty it will be to immediately inform the Attorney of the Republic for the district. In order to permit French manufacturers to dispose of the tins which they may have on stock, it has been determined that the new regulations shall come into force only on the 1st August, 1881, at which date they will also rigidly apply to foreign importations.

The Directors are requested to make these regulations known both to the authorities and the public interested.

AMBAUD,
Councillor of State, Director-General.

Abstract of Accounts of the Portobello Cemetery, County of Peninsula.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1882.

THE following abstract of the accounts of the Portobello Cemetery is published in accordance with “The Otago Cemetery Reserves Management Ordinance, 1864.”

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

ABSTRACT ACCOUNT of the Portobello Cemetery from 1st April, 1880, to 31st December, 1881.

1880. RECEIPTS.
      £ s. d.
      April 1. Cash in Treasurer’s hand ... ... 4 11 8
      Sept. 25. Portobello Road Board, office rent ... 0 10 0
      ” insurance ... 0 7 0
      Dec. 2.

1881. Mar. 31.
      } Ground sold ... ... ... 4 11 6
      ” 11. Interest on £25 ... ... ... 1 10 0
      April 1. Ground sold ... ... ... 0 15 0
      Dec. 1. Portobello Road Board, office rent ... 0 10 0
      ” insurance ... 0 6 0
      Due Treasurer ... ... ... 4 11 5
      £17 12 7

1882. PAYMENTS.
      £ s. d.
      Aug. 19. Insurance ... ... ... 0 7 0
      ” 30. Thomas Bates, day labour ... ... 1 12 0

1883. Mar. 3. Thomas Bates, day labour ... ... 1 8 0
      ” 11. Bank cheque ... ... ... 0 0 1
      Aug. 16. Set of stamping figures ... ... 1 16 0
      ” 19. Insurance ... ... ... 0 6 0
      Sept. 28. Thomas Bates, labour ... ... 1 11 6
      Oct. 8. Iron pegs, H. Duckmanton ... ... 9 4 6
      Nov. 5. Thomas Bates, labour ... ... 1 4 6
      Dec. 31. Two cast-steel stamps ... ... 0 3 0
      £17 12 7

1884. ASSETS.
      £ s. d.
      Dec. 31. Bank of New Zealand ... ... 25 0 0

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Due Treasurer ... ... ... 4 11 5

JOSEPH YOUNG,
Treasurer.

We hereby certify that the above is a correct statement of receipts and expenditure in connection with the affairs of the Portobello Cemetery.

JOHN JAMES MCAULEY,
GEORGE MCCARTNEY,
} Auditors.

Signed and declared before me, this 8th day of May, 1882—James Seaton, J.P.

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, produced 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 Zealand, 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 December, 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 produced in New Zealand,