Sept. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1859

Resignation of Volunteer Officer.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th September, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the under-mentioned officer:—

Cromwell Rifle Volunteers.
Honorary Surgeon Charles Aitken Stacpoole.

JOHN BRYCE.

Disbandment of Cadet Volunteer Corps.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th September, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to disband, at their own request, the under-mentioned corps:—
The Auckland Grammar School Artillery Cadet Volunteers.
The Invercargill Central School Artillery Cadet Volunteers.

The under-mentioned gentleman therefore ceases to be an officer in the Volunteer Force, his commission having lapsed under “The Volunteer Act, 1881”;—
John Gurr, late Captain, Invercargill Central School Artillery Cadet Volunteers.

JOHN BRYCE.

Appointments of Trust Commissioners cancelled.

Native Office,
Wellington, 27th September, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to cancel the appointments held by
Alexander Mackay, Esq.,
The Honourable Theodore Minet Haultain,
James Booth, Esq.,
George Augustus Preece, Esq.,
Charles Edward Rawson, Esq.,
Lowther Broad, Esq.,
William Horton Revell, Esq.,
Caleb Whitefoord, Esq.,
Joseph Beswick, Esq.,
Justin Aylmer, Esq.,
Henry Aldborough Stratford, Esq.,
Joseph Giles, Esq.,
Frank Bird, Esq.,
John Nugent Wood, Esq.,
Richmond Beetham, Esq.,
Jackson Keddell, Esq.,
Edgar Hall Carew, Esq.,
Henry McCulloch, Esq.,
John Ollivier, Esq.,
William Gibbs, Esq.,
James John Turnbull, Esq.,
Henry Wirgman Robinson, Esq.,
Francis Dart Fenton, Esq.,
William Gilbert Mair, Esq.,
Frederick Morris Preston Brookfield, Esq.,
Edward Marsh Williams, Esq.,
Edward Walter Puckey, Esq.,
Laughlin O’Brien, Esq.,
Samuel Deighton, Esq.,
John Edwin Macdonald, Esq., and
Harry Kenrick, Esq.,

as Trust Commissioners under “The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act, 1881,” as from the 29th day of September, 1883.

JOHN BRYCE.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 25th September, 1883.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Manager of KEMP-THORNE, PROSSER, AND Co’s New Zealand Drug Company (Limited), at Wellington, in the Colony of New Zealand, has applied on behalf of HENRI PAIN, of Westport, in the said colony, Cordial Maker, to register under “The Trade Marks Act, 1866,” the trade mark of which the following is a description, viz.:—

Description of Trade Mark.
The figure of a knight in armour, with a battle-axe uplifted, and mounted on a horse.

Nature of the Articles to which it is intended such Trade Mark shall apply.
Cordials.

THOMAS DICK,
Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Trade Marks.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th September, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons, namely:—

THOMAS DICK.

Bonuses on Colonial Industries.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd February, 1883.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following bonuses will be paid on articles produced in the Colony of New Zealand, as under:—

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.

MANGANEISEN AND MANGANESE-BRONZE.
A bonus of five hundred pounds (£500) will be given for the first two thousand five hundred pounds’ (£2,500) worth of manganese, and a similar bonus for a like amount of manganese-bronze, produced in the colony from New Zealand ores, and sold at a fair market price in a foreign market.

MARBLE.
A bonus of three hundred pounds (£300) will be given for the first fifteen hundred pounds (£1,500) worth of New Zealand marble exported from the colony, and sold in a foreign market at a price of not less than 9s. per cubic foot.

ANTIMONY.
A bonus of five hundred pounds (£500) will be given for the first 250 tons of antimony regulus produced in the colony from New Zealand ores, and sold at a fair market price in a foreign market.

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, 1883
2. The claim must be made before the 30th June, 1884.
3. The first claimant of any bonus who proves to the satisfaction of the Government that he has fulfilled all the conditions to be the recipient of the bonus.
4. The other conditions as to quantity, priority, quality, and value to be fulfilled to the satisfaction of an officer appointed for the purpose by the Government.
   Further information and particulars may be obtained by application at the Colonial Secretary’s Office.

WROUGHT-IRON.
A bonus of one thousand pounds (£1,000) will be given for the production in New Zealand, by a direct process, of 200 tons of “iron blooms,” 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, 1883.
3. The bonus must be claimed before the 31st December, 1884.
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.