1384
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 83

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.

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.

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 any 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, 1883.
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 to 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.

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 Secretary before the 31st December, 1882.

3. The bonus must be claimed before the 31st December, 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.

Revoking Paragraphs 4 and 5 of Regulations for Examination of Masters and Mates.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 26th September, 1882.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in me by section 24 of “The Shipping and Seamen’s Act, 1877,” I do hereby revoke paragraphs 4 and 5 of the regulations for the examination of masters and mates, made on the 27th May last, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 8th June last, and do order that this revocation shall take place from the date hereof.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Native School Site at Whakarapa.

Education Department,
Wellington, 4th October, 1882.

THE following report of the person appointed by the Governor, under the provisions of “The Native Schools Sites Act, 1880,” to ascertain the title of certain Natives to land at Whakarapa, in the County of Hokianga, appropriated by them for the site of a school, having been adopted by the Administrator of the Government, is published in accordance with the said Act.

H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Minister of Education.)

REPORT UNDER “THE NATIVE SCHOOLS SITES ACT, 1880.”

His Excellency the Governor having been pleased, in pursuance of the above-recited Act, to appoint me to ascertain the title of certain Natives to land at Whakarapa, Lower Waihou, in the County of Hokianga, appropriated by them as a school site, I beg leave respectfully to report:—

1. I gave notice in the Northern Luminary newspaper that I would hold an inquiry at the Native Schoolhouse, Lower Waihou, on Tuesday, the 15th day of August, 1882. I also caused copies of the same notice to be forwarded to the leading chiefs, and also to be circulated through the districts of Hokianga, Mongonui, and the Bay of Islands.
2. On Tuesday, the said 15th day of August, I held an inquiry at Lower Waihou, Hokianga, the leading chiefs and a large number of the members of the Kaitutae Hapu (a section of the Rarawa Tribe) were present. I produced the plan of the proposed site, and read and explained to the Natives present the provisions of the above-recited Act.
3. The meeting, after having been addressed by Wi Tana Papahia, Remi te Tai, Te Whiu Hautapu, Hori Harimana, Tiapakeke, and other chiefs, was unanimous in agreeing that the land known as Te Kura, the boundaries of which are set forth hereunder, was the property of the Kaitutae Hapu, and that it should be set apart for a school site; and I certify that after due investigation I am satisfied as to the ownership of the land, and that the owners assent to set it apart for a school site in accordance with the above-recited Act.

Description of Land.
All that area in the Provincial District of Auckland, situated in the Hokianga Survey District, con-