1784
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 133

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.

Colonial Industries.—Portland Cement.

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

W RITTEN 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.

Notice of Road Construction.

N OTICE 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 lying in the Parish of Pepepe, in the County of Raglan,
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 the plans of the said road from Waikato
River to Block XVI., Awaroa, and of the lands so required to
be taken, are deposited in the Survey Office, Auckland, and
are 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.
A PIECE of land 100 links wide and about 558 chains in
length, and being portions of Sections Nos. 9, 56, 55, 59, 60,
66, 67, 68, 72, 71, 69, 74, 79, 149, 80, and 87, all in the Parish
of Pepepe.

12th December, 1883.
WM. ROLLESTON,
(for the Minister for Public Works.)

Tenders.
Public Works Office,
Wellington, 19th December, 1883.
T HE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders
is published for general information.

E. MITCHELSON,
Minister for Public Works.

TANGAHOE CONTRACT (FORMATION AND PER-
MANENT WAY), FOXTON - NEW PLYMOUTH
RAILWAY.

Accepted.
W. G. Bassett, Auckland .. £ s. d.
27,825 0 0

Declined.
G. H. Dickson, Patea .. .. 29,437 12 0
Gallagher and Kirkpatrick, Hawera.. .. 29,500 0 0
G. Mackie, Dunedin .. .. 34,421 0 4
F. McGovern, Hawera .. .. 34,631 2 0
J. A. Johnston, Wanganui .. .. 35,438 0 0

Tenders.
Public Works Office,
Wellington, 20th December, 1883.
T HE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders
is published for general information.

E. MITCHELSON,
Minister for Public Works.

EUREKA CONTRACT, WAIKATO-THAMES RAILWAY.

Accepted.
Mullingar and Brett, Auckland .. £ s. d.
11,943 0 0

Declined.
J. J. O'Brien, Auckland .. .. 12,869 0 0
Larkin and O'Brien, Auckland .. .. 13,333 2 7
Cameron and Britain, Auckland .. .. 13,855 0 0
A. Wilkie and J. Wilson, Waitotara .. .. 13,987 0 9
Hunt and White, Te Aroha .. .. 16,654 12 8
William Foughey, Auckland .. .. *9,887 6 2

• This tender was withdrawn and deposit forfeited.

Extension of Commission to the Hon. Sir William Fox,
K.C.M.G.

Native Office,
Wellington, 18th December, 1883.
T is hereby notified for public information that His Excel-
lency the Governor in Council has been pleased to
further extend, to the 1st July, 1884, the Commission issued
to the Hon. Sir William Fox, bearing date the 23rd December,
1880, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 118, of
the same date, page 1767.

WM. ROLLESTON,
(in the absence of the Native Minister.)

Authority to frank.
General Post Office,
Wellington, 18th December, 1883.
H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize

The CHIEF CLERKS of the SURVEY and EDUCATION
DEPARTMENTS, Wellington,
to frank, free from the prepayment of postage, letters and
parcels posted on the public service.

RICHARD OLIVER,
Postmaster-General.

Authority to frank and to receive free.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 19th December, 1883.
H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to au-
thorize

The SUPERINTENDENT COLLECTORS OF AGRICULTURAL
STATISTICS
to frank and to receive, for a period of four months, free
from the prepayment of postage, letters and parcels posted
on the public service.

RICHARD OLIVER,
Postmaster-General.