MAY 31.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

705

Clerks of Resident Magistrates' Courts, &c., appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th May, 1883.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
MICHAEL LYNSKEY
to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court at Kaiapoi, from
the 1st proximo, vice G. F. Hewlings; and
Constable THOMAS KING
to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court at Tapanui, and
Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Tapanui
and Borough of Tapanui, vice Constable Colborne, transferred.
EDWD. T. CONOLLY.

Clerk of Resident Magistrate's Court, appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 30th May, 1883.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
EDWARD RAWSON
to be a Clerk in the Resident Magistrate's Court at Wanganui,
from the 1st proximo, vice A. D. Thomson, transferred.
EDWD. T. CONOLLY.

Prison Officers appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 29th May, 1883.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the
following appointments :-
Warder JAMES BEATTY
to be Keeper of the Police Gaol, Gisborne, vice Sergeant
Donnelly;
Warder MICHAEL DENNEHY
to be Keeper of the Police Gaol, Lawrence, vice Constable
McKinstrey; and
DANIEL DALY,
DANIEL MALONEY,
JAMES TREACY, and
W. R. McKINSTREY
to be Assistant-Warders.
EDWD. T. CONOLLY.

Native Interpreter licensed.

Native Office,
Wellington, 28th May, 1883.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to license
JAMES H. PHILLIPS,
of Aotea, to act as an Interpreter under "The Native Land
Court Act, 1880."
JOHN BRYCE.

Commissioner of Dunedin Drill-shed appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th May, 1883.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
Captain WILLIAM LAMBERT,
B Battery New Zealand Regiment of Artillery Volunteers, a
Commissioner under "The Dunedin Drill-shed Reserves Act,
1876," vice George Wilson, late Captain, Dunedin City Guards
Rifle Volunteers, who has left the colony.
JOHN BRYCE.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th May, 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 boná 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.

Certain Articles exempted from Duty.
CUSTOMS.-In exercise of the power in me for this purpose
vested by "The Customs Duties Consolidation Act, 1882,"
I, Harry Albert Atkinson, Commissioner of Trade and Customs,
do hereby order that the goods hereunder specified, being
materials which are suited only for, and are to be used and
applied solely in, the fabrication of goods within the colony,
viz.,-
Cotton yarn,
Linen yarn,
Jute yarn,
Woollen yarn,
Coat-hangers, for use in the manufacture of coats,
for use in the manufacture of carpets;
shall be exempt from duty upon importation thereof into the
colony.
Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth
day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
three.
H. A. ATKINSON,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
[Commissioner's Order No. 186.]