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to be the time and place for holding the first meeting of the
Commissioners.
THOMAS DICK.

Special Order passed by Waipawa County Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1883.
THE following special order, passed by the Council of the
County of Waipawa, is published in accordance with "The
Counties Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1882."
THOMAS DICK.

SPECIAL ORDER.
MOVED by Councillor Fountaine, seconded by Councillor Hunter,
"That the road known as Harding Road, from Woodville to
Kumeron, be proclaimed a county road."—Carried.
I hereby certify that the above is a correct copy of a resolu-
tion passed by the Waipawa County Council on the 1st February,
1883.
ALEX. S. C. INGLIS,
County Clerk.

Special Order made by the Board of the Kakanui Road
District, County of Waitaki.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th February, 1883.
THE following special order, made by the Kakanui Road
Board, is published in accordance with "The Road Boards
Act, 1882."
THOMAS DICK.

SPECIAL ORDER.
THAT, pursuant to section 27 of "The Road Boards Act, 1882,"
this Board hereby, by special order, reduce the number of its
members to nine: assigned two each to the subdivisions of
Awa-Moa, Totara, Lambourne, and Inchohme, and one to the
subdivision of Lambton.
I hereby certify that the foregoing special order has been
duly made in accordance with section 75 of "The Road Boards
Act, 1882."
J. C. GILCHRIST,
Chairman, Kakanui Road Board.
Road Board Office,
Oamaru, 7th February, 1883.

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 quan-
tities of not less value than fifty pounds (£50) nor more than
one hundred pounds (£100) produced by any one person.

MANGANESE 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 man-
ganese, 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 Zea-
land 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 condi-
   tions 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 produced
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
   production of bona fide account-sales of quantities not less
   than 100 tons weight, showing that such iron has been sold at
   a fair market price as wrought-iron.
   THOMAS DICK.

Approving and appointing Bonding Warehouse for Manu-
facture of Perfumery.

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 approve
and appoint the under-mentioned warehouse, viz.—
Port of Dunedin.
Portion of a stone building, situate on Section No. 25, Block
VI., in Stafford Street, Dunedin, known as "The Drug Com-
pany's Bond," to be known as
THE DRUG COMPANY'S PERFUMERY BOND,
—to be a warehouse or place of security for the manufacture
therein of perfumery and other articles in which spirit is a
necessary ingredient.
Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-
third day of January, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-three.
H. A. ATKINSON,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
[Commissioner's Order No. 179.]

Notice to Mariners.—No. 1 of 1883.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 10th February, 1883.
THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Hydro-
grapher to the Admiralty, and the Marine Board, Port
Adelaide, are published for general information.
H. A. ATKINSON.

PORT PHILLIP ENTRANCE.
Removal of Lightning Rocks.
INFORMATION has been received from the Government of
Victoria, dated the 11th September, 1882, that Lightning Rocks,
in the entrance to Port Phillip, have been removed, and there is
now a least depth of 32 feet over and around their positions.
Also that the depths over the patches of 25-28 feet, 28-29
feet, which existed about 3½ cables north-west of the position of
Lightning Rocks, and over that of 29 feet, about 2 cables south-
east of that position, have been increased to 30 feet.
By command of their Lordships.
FREDK. J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty,
London, 2nd November, 1882.

GULF OF ST. VINCENT.—ENTRANCE TO PORT ADELAIDE.
Dredging Operations.
NOTICE is hereby given that 18 feet of water at low-water
springs will be found in the recently-deepened channel through
the Inner Bar, Port Adelaide River, and that there is now not
less than that depth between the lighthouse and the False Arm.
Rise and fall, spring tides ... 8 to 9 feet.
" neap tides ... 4 to 5 feet.
The depth of water signalled from the semaphore is that which
exists between the False Arm and the harbour.
R. H. FERGUSON,
President.
Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 11th January, 1883.