JUNE 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 793

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
   bond 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.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 31st May, 1882.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful
tenders is published for general information.
WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
Minister for Public Works.

WAITAKI-BLUFF (WITH BRANCHES) RAILWAY.-
PALMERSTON-WAIHEMO BRANCH. - DUNBACK
CONTRACT No. 1.

Accepted.
Jesse Coates, Palmerston ... ... ... £ 3,645 0 0
s. d.

Declined.
J. McCombe, Oamaru ... ... 3,749 5 11
J. McCormick, Dunedin ... ... 3,996 6 5
D. McIntyre, Dunedin ... ... 4,373 4 9
George Bain, Balclutha ... ... 4,442 19 0
H. Whitaker, Dunedin ... ... 4,469 13 9
Matheson Brothers, Dunedin ... 4,568 15 7
John Isbester, Invercargill ... 5,628 13 6

Notice to Mariners. -No. 19 of 1882.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 29th May, 1882.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from
the Secretary for Harbours and Navigation,
Melbourne, are published for general information.
H. A. ATKINSON.

PORT PHILLIP BAY. -JETTY LIGHT, QUARANTINE
STATION, POINT NEPEAN.
REFERRING to Notices to Mariners, dated the 5th and
20th January, 1882, pilots, masters of vessels, and
others are now hereby informed that, on and after the
22nd May next, a green light will be exhibited from
the end of the Sanatory Station Jetty, Point Nepean,
visible in clear weather at a distance of two or three
miles.

ALEXR. WILSON,
Secretary for Harbours and Navigation.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 21st April, 1882.

PORT PHILLIP BAY. -REMOVAL OF SILT BUOY.
REFERRING to Notice to Mariners, dated the 5th
January, 1882, masters of vessels and others are
hereby informed that the chequered buoy therein
mentioned will be removed to-day.

ALEXR. WILSON,
Secretary for Harbours and Navigation.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 1st May, 1882.

Friendly Society registered.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1882.

THE Oxford Lodge No. 141 of the United Ancient
Order of Druids Society, at West Oxford, is
registered as a friendly society, under "The Friendly
Societies Act, 1877," this 23rd day of May, 1882.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branch of specially-authorized Society registered
under "The Friendly Societies Act, 1877."

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 30th May, 1882.

THE Safe Retreat Lodge, No. 240, situated at
Ashburton, is registered as a branch of the
Grand Lodge of New Zealand of the Independent
Order of Good Templars, under "The Friendly
Societies Act, 1877," this 30th day of May, 1882.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Officiating Ministers for 1882.-Notice No. 10.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 31st May, 1882.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in
the forty-fourth year of the reign of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act,
1880," the following name of an Officiating Minister
within the meaning of the said Act is published for
general information :--

Wesleyan Methodist Society.
The Reverend Benjamin Thomas.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.