Oct. 25.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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 satis-
   faction of the Government that he has fulfilled all the con-
   ditions 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 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 Secretary before the 31st
   December, 1883.
3. The bonus must be claimed before the 31st December,
5. 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.
6. 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 quan-
   tities not less than 100 tons weight, showing that such iron
   has been sold at a fair market price as wrought-iron.

THOMAS DICK.

Additional Bonuses on Colonial Industries.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th September, 1883.

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

LINSEED OIL.
A bonus of five hundred pounds (£500) will be given for the
production, by machinery permanently established in New
Zealand, of the first 10,000 gallons of oil, of good marketable
quality, from linseed grown in the colony.

OIL-CAKE.
A bonus of one hundred pounds (£100) will be given for the
production of the first 50 tons of oil-cake, of good marketable
quality, from linseed grown in the colony.

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 one factory) 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.

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.

PRINTING-PAPER.
A bonus of five hundred pounds (£500) will be given for the
production of the first 50 tons of printing-paper made by
machinery permanently established and working in the
colony. The bonus will be paid to the producer who effects
the first bonâ fide sale of the amount of printing-paper
specified.

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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 satis-
   faction of the Government that he has fulfilled all the con-
   ditions 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 on
   application at the Colonial Secretary's Office.

THOMAS DICK.

Alterations and Additions to the Scale of Fares and Charges
in force on the New Zealand Railways.

IN accordance with section 144 of "The Public Works
Act, 1882," I, Walter Woods Johnston, the Minister for
Public Works, do hereby make the following additions to
the scale of charges for the purpose specified below, such
additions to come into force on and after the 8th October,
1883.

PART IV.-LOCAL RATES.

AUCKLAND SECTION.

The following rates will be charged at per ton on goods,
Classes A, B, C, D, carried between Auckland or Onehunga,
and the stations stated below :--

Dated this 22nd day of October, 1883.

WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
Minister for Public Works.

Notice to Mariners, No. 43 of 1883.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 19th October, 1883.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the
Portmaster, Brisbane, is published for general infor-
mation.

H. A. ATKINSON.

SUNKEN ROCK OFF PINE ISLETS, NORTHUMBERLAND GROUP.

NOTICE is hereby given that a sunken danger (Edith Rock)
has been reported by Mr. Till—who lives on No. 2 Percy
Island—to lie about one mile N.W. ¼ N. from the extreme
north-east point of the Pine Islets, and with that point in
line with the first high hill north of Hixson Point.
At low-water springs the rock has only 2 feet of water over
it, with 10 fathoms alongside to the northward. It is about
60 feet across the top, and slopes away to the southward.
This danger is in the track of vessels from the northward
beating up to the anchorage under No. 2 Percy Island, and
there are indications of more foul ground farther to the
northward.

G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N.,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 28th September, 1883.

Appointment of Examination Shed.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this
purpose vested by "The Customs Laws Consolidation
Act, 1882," I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do
hereby appoint the under-mentioned building to be a place
where goods may be deposited for examination on the landing
thereof, viz.,—