1746
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 130

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 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.

THOMAS DICK.

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.

Colonial Industries.—Portland Cement.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 28th November, 1883.

WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at this office up
to noon on 31st March, 1884, from persons who are
willing to contract for the supply and delivery of one hundred
tons of Portland Cement. The cement to be manufactured
in the Colony of New Zealand, and to be delivered at any of
the under-mentioned places, viz., Auckland, Wellington,
Christchurch, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Port Chalmers, or Inver-
cargill. Tenders to be addressed to the Minister for Public
Works, and to be marked outside "Tender for Supply of 100
tons of Portland Cement." Specifications and conditions
may be seen at the Public Works Offices, Auckland, Welling-
ton, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill. The lowest or
any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

E. MITCHELSON,
Minister for Public Works.

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

IN accordance with section 144 of "The Public Works
Act, 1882," I, Edwin Mitchelson, the Minister for
Public Works, do hereby make the following alterations and
additions to the scale of charges for the purpose specified
below, to come into force from and after the 6th day of
December, 1883.

PART IV. - LOCAL RATES.
HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION.
Rates for Ships' Goods, Classes A, B, C, D.
Ships' goods of Classes A, B, C, and D will be charged as
follows by weight or measurement, according to the ship's
bill of lading, or at the option of the department; minimum
quantity, ten tons:-

Between Lyttelton and Timaru .. 18s. per ton.
" Lyttelton and Oamaru.. 24s. "
" Lyttelton and Dunedin 34s. "
Port Chalmers and Christchurch 34s. "
" Port Chalmers and Timaru 21s. "
" Port Chalmers and Oamaru 15s. "
" Port Chalmers and Invercargill.. 22s. "

These rates will not be used for computing the charges on
small lots of goods.

As witness my hand this 7th day of December, 1883.

E. MITCHELSON,
Minister for Public Works.

Notice of Intention to take Land for a Road.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the
provisions of "The Public Works Act, 1882," to
execute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of a
road in the Parish of Hikurangi, County of Whangarei, and
for the purposes of such public work the lands described in
the Schedule hereto are required to be taken; and notice is
further given that copy of a plan of the said road, and of the
lands so required to be taken, is deposited in the Post Office
at Hikurangi, in the Provincial District of Auckland, and is
there open for inspection. And notice is hereby given that
all persons affected by the execution of the said public work
or by the taking of the said lands shall, if they have any
well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public
work or to the taking of such lands, set forth the same in
writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the
first publication of this notice, to the Minister for Public
Works, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land containing by admeasurement 3 acres
2 roods 6 perches, being a road-line 100 links wide traversing
the southern portion of Allotment No. 42, commencing at
a point on the north-western boundary of the southern
portion of Allotment No. 42 at a distance of 2015 links from
its south-western angle. Bounded-North-westerly by a
line, 113 links; generally Easterly by lincs, 935, 324, 414,