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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 32

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-
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.

Approving and Appointing Bonding Warehouse.

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 Invercargill.

Portion of the cellar of a brick building, situate on Section 8,
Block LXXVI., Crescent, Invercargill, with entrance from Wood
Street, to be known as

MACPHERSON'S BOND,

-to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under bond.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this third day of
April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
three.

THOMAS DICK,
(for the Commissioner of Trade and Customs.)
[Commissioner's Order No. 185.]

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 fix the following rates and regulations for
the purposes specified below, and such rates and regulations
shall come into force from and after the 23rd April, 1883:---

PART II.-PARCEL RATES.

All parcels consigned to Auckland will be charged 7d. each
in addition to the ordinary parcel rates.

PART IV.-LOCAL RATES.
AUCKLAND SECTION.

When goods of Classes A, B, C, D, E are consigned to Auck-
land, excepting such as are consigned to the Auckland Railway
Wharf for shipment there, both the classified and local rates
now in force will be increased by 1s. 8d. per ton; the minimum
charge for small lots will be 1s. 6d.

As witness my hand this 4th day of April, 1883.

WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
Minister for Public Works.

Member of House of Representatives for Selwyn elected.

Clerk of the Writs' Office,
Wellington, 12th April, 1883.

THE Clerk of the Writs has received a return to the writ
issued by him on the 8th day of March last for the election
of a member to serve in the House of Representatives for the
electoral district hereinafter specified; and by the indorsement
on such writ it appears that the under-mentioned gentleman
has been duly elected member for the said district, viz.:---

For the District of Selwyn.
EDWARD JAMES LEE.

G. S. COOPER,
Clerk of the Writs.

Name removed from List of Officiating Ministers.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 11th April, 1883.

IT is hereby notified that the name of
The Reverend ROWE FENNELL
has been removed from the list of Officiating Ministers for the
year 1883, under "The Marriage Act, 1880," belonging to the
Wesleyan Methodist Society, at his own request.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Branches of Friendly Society registered.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 7th April, 1883.

THE under-mentioned Tents are registered as branches of
the New Zealand Central District Independent Order of
Rechabites Friendly Society, under "The Friendly Societies
Act, 1882," this 7th day of April, 1883.

Name.
Rose of Sharon Tent
Hope of Napier Tent
Hope of Feilding Tent
Sir Wilfred Lawson Tent
Southern Cross Tent
Excelsior Tent
Haste to the Rescue Tent (Female
Branch)
Bon Accord Tent
Ray of Hope Tent
Ocean Pride Tent
Helpmeet Tent (Female Branch)

Where situated.
Waipawa.
Napier.
Feilding.
Sanson.
Palmerston North.
Wellington.
Wellington.
Blenheim.
Kaikoura.
Shag Point, Otago.
Dunedin.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Friendly Society registered.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1883.

THE Dunstan Lodge, No. 149, of the United Ancient Order of
Druids Society, situated at Christchurch, is registered as a
Friendly Society, under "The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,"
this 10th day of April, 1883.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.