THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
JUNE 21.]

Daniel Johnston, Manchester Rifle Volunteers.
Horace Gooch Button, G Battery of Artillery.
Thomas Bowen, Otepopo Rifle Volunteers.
James Douglas, M Battery Artillery Volunteers.
Robert Stuart Reid, Bruce Rifle Volunteers.
Charles Aitken Stacpoole, Cromwell Rifle Volunteers.
James Galbraith, Invercargill Rifle Volunteers.
James Young, Riverton Rifle Volunteers.
William Rogers, H Battery of Artillery.
William Edward Collins, D Battery of Artillery.
George William Cole, Wellington City Rifle Volunteers.
Spencer Francis Beard, Masterton Rifle Volunteers.
Patrick Connolly, Wanganui Naval Artillery Volunteers.
William Bey, Greytown Rifle Volunteers.
Henry William Campbell, Temuka Rifle Volunteers.

JOHN BRYCE.

Designation of Volunteer Corps altered.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th June, 1883.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to alter
the designation of No. 3 Company, Auckland Rifle
Volunteers, to
The Auckland City Guards Rifle Volunteers.

JOHN BRYCE.

Services of Cadet Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th June, 1883.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the
services of the under-mentioned cadet corps from the
date specified:-
The Featherston School Rifle Cadet Volunteers. Date of
acceptance, 2nd June, 1883.

JOHN BRYCE.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th June, 1883.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to disband
the under-mentioned Volunteer Corps :-
The New Zealand Engineer Corps of Sub-Marine Miners.
The under-mentioned gentlemen therefore cease to be officers
in the Volunteer Force, their commissions having lapsed under
the provisions of "The Volunteer Act, 1881:"-
Richard Middleton Simpson, late Captain.
John Gell, late Lieutenant.
James Tait, late Sub-Lieutenant.
William George Kemp, late Honorary Surgeon.
Rev. Bache Wright Harvey, late Honorary Chaplain.

JOHN BRYCE.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th June, 1883.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the
resignation of the commission held by the under-men-
tioned officer :-
Port Chalmers Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Sub-Lieutenant James Kermode. Date of resignation, 17th
May, 1883.

JOHN BRYCE.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 19th June, 1883.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignation by
JAMES LAWRENCE, Esq.,
of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the colony.

EDWD. T. CONOLLY.

Alteration in Office at which Hawke's Bay, Napier, and
Waipawa Rolls can be inspected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th June, 1883.
IN accordance with the provisions of "The Registration of
Electors Act, 1879," I hereby appoint
The CROWN LANDS OFFICE, NAPIER,
to be an office at which the Hawke's Bay, Napier, and Waipawa
Electoral Rolls can be inspected, in lieu of the office in the Old
Provincial Buildings, Napier.

THOMAS DICK.

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Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 21st June, 1883.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue
Letters of Naturalisation, under "The Aliens Act, 1880,"
in favour of the under-mentioned person, 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 bona 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.