JULY 12.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Resignation of Volunteer Officer accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th July, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignation of the commission held by the
under-mentioned officer :--

F Battery of Artillery.
Lieutenant Frank Pell. Date of resignation, 12th June,
1883.

JOHN BRYCE.

Commission of Volunteer Officer cancelled.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th July, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to cancel
the commission held by Sub-Lieutenant Robert
Johnston in the Royal (Marton) Rifle Volunteers.

JOHN BRYCE.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th July, 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. :--

Name.

Occupation.

Residence.

Louis Hoy

Simon Glogoski

Hyde.

Piano-tuner.. St. Albans.

Miner

THOMAS DICK.

Change of Address of Analyst appointed under "The
Adulteration Prevention Act, 1880."

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th July, 1883.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Address of
ALEXANDER WILLIAM BICKERTON, Esq.,
an Analyst appointed under "The Adulteration Prevention
Act, 1880," is now the New Brighton Bridge Road, near
Christchurch.

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.

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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.

Despatch.-Order in Council exempting Vessels belonging to
United States of America from Re-measurement.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 6th July, 1883.
THE following despatch, with its enclosure, from Her
is published for general information.
H. A. ATKINSON,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

[CIRCULAR.]
Downing Street, 10th April, 1883.
SIR, -I have the honour to transmit to you, for information
and publication in the colony under your Government, copies
of an Order of the Queen in Council of the 19th March,
1883, exempting from re-measurement in this country sailing
and steam ships belonging to the United States of America.
I have, &c.,
DERBY.
The Officer Administering the Government
of New Zealand.
At the Court, at Windsor, the 19th day of March, 1883.
Present:
THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by "The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act,
1862," it is enacted that, whenever it is made to appear to
Her Majesty that the rules concerning the measurement of
tonnage of merchant ships for the time being in force under
the principal Act have been adopted by the Government of
any foreign country, and are in force in that country, it
shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by Order in Council, to
direct that the ships of such foreign country shall be deemed
to be of the tonnage denoted in their certificates of registry
or other national papers; and thereupon it shall no longer
be necessary for such ships to be re-measured in any port or
place in Her Majesty's dominions, but such ships shall be
deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in their certificates of
registry or other papers in the same manner, to the same
extent, and for the same purposes in, to, and for which the
tonnage denoted in the certificates of registry of British ships
is to be deemed the tonnage of such ships:
And whereas it was made to appear to Her Majesty
that the rules concerning the measurement of tonnage
of merchant ships for the time being in force under the
principal Act had been, with certain exceptions, adopted
by the Government of the United States of America, and
Her Majesty, by Order in Council dated the 30th day of
July, 1868, was pleased to direct that the merchant ships of
the said United States of America the measurement whereof
should, after the 1st of January, 1865, have been ascertained
and denoted on the registers and other national papers of
such ships, testified by the dates thereof, should be deemed
to be of the tonnage denoted in such registers or other
national papers, in the same manner, and to the same
extent, and for the same purpose, in, to, and for which the
tonnage denoted in the certificates of registry of British
ships is deemed to be the tonnage of such ships, after making