1724
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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.

N OTICE 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.

Officer dismissed the Service.

Government Insurance Office,
Wellington, 29th November, 1883.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to dis-
miss from the public service of the colony

WILLIAM ARGENT ARCHER,
a Clerk in the Government Insurance Department.

EDWD. T. CONOLLY,
(for the Colonial Treasurer.)

[No. 127

Approving and appointing Bonding Warehouse.

C USTOMS.—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 approve and appoint the under-mentioned warehouse
to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under bond,
namely, -

Port of Wellington.
Part of the first and second floors and the whole of the
third floor of a brick building roofed with iron, situated on
Section 78 in Panama Street, City of Wellington, to be known
as-

JOHNSTON'S BOND.
Given under my hand at Wellington, this fifth day
of December, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-three.

R. OLIVER,
(for the Commissioner of Trade and Customs.)
Commissioner's Order No. 192.]

Public Libraries.

Education Department,
Wellington, 20th September, 1883.

N OTICE is hereby given that the sum of £6,000 has
been voted by Parliament for distribution to public
libraries.

The distribution will take place on the 31st January, 1884,
and no claim will be considered that shall not have been sent
in in due form and received by the Secretary for Education,
Wellington, before the 22nd January, 1884.

Every public library maintained by rates will be entitled
to share in the distribution according to its income from
rates; and every library maintained by subscriptions and
voluntary contributions will be entitled to share according to
its income from subscriptions and voluntary contributions:
Provided in either case that the income for the year has not
been less than £2; and that admission to the library, if within
a borough, is open to the public free of charge.

The income of each library may be stated either for the
year ending 31st December, 1883, or for the year ending with
that day in the year 1883 on which the annual accounts of
the library were made up.

The distribution will not be in proportion to the several
incomes of the libraries; but a nominal addition of £25 will
be made to the amount of each income, and the vote of
£6,000 will be divided in proportion to the amounts as thus
augmented, but so as that no institution shall receive more
than £50, and that no payment shall be made in respect of
income derived from endowments or grants from Borough or
County Councils, or of moneys received for building purposes
and not simply for the library itself.

Application to share in the distribution must be made in
the form of a statutory declaration by the Chairman, or
Secretary, or Treasurer of the institution on behalf of which
it is made; and such declaration shall be in the following
form:-

DECLARATION.
I [Name], of [Place of abode], [Occupation], do solemnly
and sincerely declare that I am Chairman [or Secretary, or
Treasurer] of the [Name of institution]; that during the year
ending the day of , 1883, the income of the
aforesaid institution for the purposes of a library only was as
follows: From rates levied by a local governing body under
"The Public Libraries Act, 1869," pounds
shillings and pence; and from the subscriptions of
members, pounds shillings and pence; and from voluntary contributions other than mem-
bers' subscriptions, pounds shillings and pence; and that the attached statement is a true
copy of the audited statement of the accounts of the insti-
tution for the year herein specified; and that by the rules of
the institution admission to the reading-room is open to the
public free of charge.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously be-
lieving the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand intituled "The Justices
of the Peace Act, 1882."

[Here affix and
cancel a stamp
at 2s. 6d.]

Signature:
Declared at , this
day of , 188 , before
me—
Justice of the Peace
[or Solicitor, or Notary Public].

[NOTE.—The words relating to free admission may be
struck out if the library is not in a borough. The words in
brackets are not part of the form, but indicate matter to be
inserted or substituted.]

Copies of the form of statutory declaration may be
obtained on application to the Secretary for Education,
Wellington, or to the Secretary of any Education Board.

THOMAS DICK.