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duced in the colony, to be paid on quantities of not | American principle, and to which factory any farmer,
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.

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
   bona 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
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.

Licensing Committees elected.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1882.

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

Committee. District.
William Henry Wallis
Thomas Wilson, sen.
Charles Gilmour
William Duncan
William Powell
John Gibson
William McGregor Murray
John McCulloch
James Scott
David Wallace
Joseph A. Anderson
John Watt
Walter Robson
William Dallas
William Moffat, jun.

} Raglan.
} Wairuna.
} Pomahaka.

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

Regulations for the Examination of Masters and
Mates.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 27th May, 1882.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in me by the
twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth sections of "The
Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877," I do hereby
make the following regulations for the conduct of
examination of masters and mates, and as to the
qualifications of applicants, and direct that the fees
specified therein shall be paid to the Collectors of
Customs at the ports where the applications are
made. These regulations shall come into force on
the first day of July next, and shall then supersede
any rules or regulations heretofore existing, and
affecting such examinations, qualifications, and fees.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Minister having charge of the Marine
Department.

REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE EXAMINATIONS
OF MASTERS AND MATES IN THE MERCANTILE
MARINE.

PRELIMINARY.

1. Under the provisions of "The Shipping and
   Seamen's Act, 1877," no foreign-going ship or
   home-trade passenger ship can legally proceed to

• By a home-trade passenger ship is meant one which is
  employed in carrying passengers on the coasts of New Zealand,
  to or from the Chatham Islands, the Auckland Islands,
  or Campbell Island. By a foreign-going ship is meant every
  ship not included in the term home-trade ship.