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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 22

Auditor of Accounts of New Plymouth Harbour Board
appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 7th March, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of the pro-
visions of section 184 of "The Harbours Act, 1878," been
pleased to appoint

JAMES CADDY DAVIES

to be Auditor of the accounts of the New Plymouth Harbour
Board.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th March, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the
under-mentioned appointment:—

Victoria (Auckland) Rifle Volunteers.
Frederick William Edmund Dawson to be Honorary Surgeon.
Date of commission, 24th January, 1883.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Officer Commanding Thames Volunteer District resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th March, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the
resignation of

Major Thomas Leitch Murray, N.Z. Volunteers, as officer in
command of the Thames Volunteer District, from the 24th
February, 1883.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 7th March, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the
resignation of the commissions held by the under-
mentioned officers:—

Auckland Engineer Volunteers.
Honorary Assistant-Surgeon Frederick William Edmund
Dawson. Date of resignation, 16th January, 1883.

City Guards (Dunedin) Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant Robert Hamilton Scott. Date of resignation,
8th January, 1883.

Napier Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Walter Cato. Date of resignation, 25th January,
1883.

Kaiwarrawarra Rifle Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant James Henry Overend. Date of resignation,
19th February, 1883.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Special Order made by the Board of the Tuturau Road
District, County of Southland.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th March, 1883.

THE following special order, made by the Tuturau Road
Board, is published in accordance with "The Road Boards
Act, 1882."

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

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT the Tuturau Road Board hereby resolve, by special order,
that elections of the Board shall be held in manner provided by
clause 49 of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."

I hereby certify that the above is a correct copy of a resolution
passed by the Tuturau Road Board on the 10th February, 1883.

J. H. PERKINS,
Clerk, Tuturau Road Board.

Notice of proposed Loan, Borough of Marton.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th March, 1883.

THE following notice, received from his Worship the Mayor
of Marton, is published in accordance with section 145 of
"The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876."

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

Borough Council Office,
Marton, 1st March, 1883.

SIR,—I have the honour to inform you that a poll of the
burgesses of Marton was taken on Saturday, the 24th February
last, on a proposal to raise a loan of £3,500 for the purpose of

carrying out a scheme of water-supply for the town, and that
the votes recorded for and against the proposal are as
follow :—

In favour of the proposal ... 112
Against ... 42
Informal ... 1

The number of votes for the proposal being more than one-
half the total number of burgesses (199), I have declared the
resolution in favour of the loan carried.

I have, &c.,
R. E. BECKETT,
The Hon. the Colonial Secretary. Mayor.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th March, 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.,—

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

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' egge, 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.

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 man-
ganeisen, and a similar bonus for a like amount of manganese-
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 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.