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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 117

Commission of Volunteer Officer cancelled.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th November, 1883.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
cancel the commission of
Honorary Surgeon Horace Gooch Button, of the G Bat-
tery of Artillery, for absence from the colony without
leave.

JOHN BRYCE.

Places of Deposit of Standard Weights and Measures,
Otago.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1883.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to direct
that the authorized copies of the standard weights
and measures under "The Weights and Measures Act, 1868,"
on and after the 1st December, 1883, be deposited at the
under-mentioned places in the Dunedin, Oamaru, Milton,
and Lawrence Districts:—
In the Dunedin District—
At the Police Station, Maclaggan Street, Dunedin.
In the Oamaru District—
At the Police Station, Oamaru.
In the Milton District—
At the Police Station, Milton.
In the Lawrence District—
At the Police Station, Lawrence.

THOMAS DICK.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 31st October, 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, viz. :—

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
manganeisen, and a similar bonus for a like amount of man-
ganese-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 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.

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.