MAR. 22.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 355

SPECIAL ORDER.

"THAT pursuant to section 27 of 'The Road Boards Act, 1882,'
this Board hereby, by special order, reduces the number of its
members to nine; assigned three each to the Subdivisions of
Teaneraki and Windsor, two to the Subdivision of Enfield, and
one to the Subdivision of Tapui."
I hereby certify that the foregoing special order has been
duly made in accordance with section 75 of "The Road Boards
Act, 1882."

Road Board Office,
Oamaru, 13th March, 1883.

JOHN REID,
Chairman, Waiareka Road Board.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 20th 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.,-

THOMAS DICK.

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.

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.

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 bond 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.

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

IN accordance with section 144 of "The Public Works Act,
1882," I, Walter Woods Johnston, the Minister for Public
Works, do hereby make the following alterations in the scale
of fares and charges for the New Zealand railways, such altera-
tions to come into force on and after the 2nd April, 1883.

The following rates and regulations are hereby cancelled,
viz.:-

IN PART III.—GOODS.
Classified Rates for E. Agricultural Produce.

AND IN PART IV.—LOCAL RATES.
The regulation and rates regarding Class E. carried between
Auckland or Onehunga and Ohinewai, Huntly, Taupiri, Ngarua-
wahia, Pukete, Te Rapa, Hamilton, Hamilton Junction, Rukuhia,
Ohaupo, Lake Road, Ngaroto, Te Awamutu, Stations.
Also the regulation and rate regarding Class E. conveyed
between Auckland and Helensville Stations.

And the following rates and regulations are substituted in
lieu of those cancelled, viz:-

IN PART III.—GOODS.
THE CLASSIFIED RATES FOR E., WHEAT, BARLEY, AND OATS.
And the regulations under Part III.

As witness my hand, this twenty-first day of March, 1883.

WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
Minister for Public Works.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 21st March, 1883.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is
published for general information.

WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
Minister for Public Works.

OPAKI CONTRACT (FORMATION AND PERMANENT-WAY),
WELLINGTON-NAPIER RAILWAY.

Accepted.
O'Malley and Pepperel, Christchurch ... 14,793 18 2

Declined.
Jay and Haynes, Hawera ... 16,651 12 11
Shields and Cleary, Wellington ... 18,987 10 8
Martin Danaher, Auckland ... 19,750 0 0
Reese and Dawson, Masterton ... 20,642 0 0
Parker and Burke, Masterton ... 22,461 0 0
T. Price Girdwood, Masterton ... 26,448 18 7

Resignation of Member of Port Chalmers Dock Trust
accepted.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 20th March, 1883.

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

JAMES MACANDREW, Esq., M.H.R.,
of his position as Member of the Port Chalmers Dock Trust.

THOMAS DICK,
(Acting for the Minister in charge of the
Marine Department.)