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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 35

sealed with the seal of the County Council, and be forthwith gazetted :

Now it is by this order declared that, on the day of their being gazetted, the said By-laws Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the Waihemo County Council shall come into operation, and so remain until otherwise amended.

Given under my hand, and issued under the seal of the county, this eighteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.

JOHN MCKENZIE, Chairman.

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 quantities 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 manganese, 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 Zealand 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 satisfaction of the Government that he has fulfilled all the conditions 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, 1884.

4. 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.

5. 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.

Notice to Mariners, No. 6 of 1883.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1883.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Hydrographer to the Admiralty, is published for general information.

H. A. ATKINSON.

NORTH COAST, TORRES STRAIT.

Temporary Light on Goode Island.

The Queensland Government has given notice that on and after the 13th October, 1882, a light would be exhibited from the Signalman’s cottage on Goode Island, between Prince of Wales Channel and Normanby Sound. The light is stated in the notice to be temporary.

The light is a fixed white light, elevated 250 feet above the sea; it should be visible in clear weather from a distance of about seven miles when clear of the north end of Hammond Island, and through south to the bearing of E.N.E.; also in Normanby Sound, between the bearings of N. by E. and N.W. by N. Position: Lat. 10° 33′ 20″ S., long. 142° 10′ E. The bearings are magnetic. Variation, 4½° easterly in 1883.

By command of their Lordships.

FREDK. J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty,
London, 5th January, 1883.

Designation of Cadet Volunteer Corps altered.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to change the designation of the Queenstown Rifle Cadet Volunteers to the Queenstown School Rifle Cadet Volunteers.

WM. ROLLESTON.

Cadet Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to disband the under-mentioned Cadet Volunteer Corps :—

The Wanganui Rifle Cadet Volunteers.

The Masterton Rifle Cadet Volunteers.

WM. ROLLESTON.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1883.

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

Thames Naval Artillery Volunteers.

Lieutenant James Alexander Gordon. Date of resignation, 13th March, 1883.

Wellington Naval Artillery Volunteers.

Sub-Lieutenant Rowland Shipney Waterhouse. Date of resignation, 15th March, 1883.

Sub-Lieutenant Edwin Davey. Date of resignation, 17th January, 1883.

WM. ROLLESTON.

Making By-laws on New Zealand Railways (Auckland Section, Onehunga Branch).

I, WALTER WOODS JOHNSTON, the Minister for Public Works, appointed under “The Public Works Act, 1882,” in pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by the 144th section of the said Act, and of all other powers in anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby make the following by-law for the management of the Onehunga Branch Railway, being one of the railways open for traffic in the Colony of New Zealand, in addition to the by-laws dated the 25th October, 1882, that is to say,—

“No horse or vehicle will be allowed on the Railway Wharf at Onehunga during the time passenger trains are using it; the owners or drivers of horses or vehicles must draw off when directed by the wharfinger or other authorized railway servant.”

As witness my hand, this 20th day of April, 1883.

WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
Minister for Public Works.

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 additions to the scale of charges for the purposes specified below, such additions to come into force from and after the 30th day of April, 1883 :—

GREYMOUTH SECTION.

Coke, for shipment to foreign ports, will be charged 14s. per truck, including weighing and discharging into ships at Greymouth.