SEPT. 20.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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 satis-
   faction of the Government that he has fulfilled all the con-
   ditions 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 pro-
duced 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 bonâ fide account-sales of quan-
   tities not less than 100 tons weight, showing that such iron
   has been sold at a fair market price as wrought-iron.

THOMAS DICK.

Public Libraries.

Education Department,
Wellington, 20th September, 1883.
NOTICE is hereby given that the sum of £6,000 has
been voted by Parliament for distribution to public
libraries.
The distribution will take place on the 31st January, 1884,
and no claim will be considered that shall not have been sent
in in due form and received by the Secretary for Education,
Wellington, before the 22nd January, 1884.
Every public library maintained by rates will be entitled
to share in the distribution according to its income from
rates; and every library maintained by subscriptions and
voluntary contributions will be entitled to share according to
its income from subscriptions and voluntary contributions:
Provided in either case that the income for the year has not
been less than £2; and that admission to the library, if within
a borough, is open to the public free of charge.
The income of each library may be stated either for the
year ending 31st December, 1883, or for the year ending with
that day in the year 1883 on which the annual accounts of
the library were made up.
The distribution will not be in proportion to the several
incomes of the libraries; but a nominal addition of £25 will
be made to the amount of each income, and the vote of
£6,000 will be divided in proportion to the amounts as thus
augmented, but so as that no institution shall receive more
than £50, and that no payment shall be made in respect of
income derived from endowments or grants from Borough or
County Councils, or of moneys received for building purposes
and not simply for the library itself.
Application to share in the distribution must be made in
the form of a statutory declaration by the Chairman, or
Secretary, or Treasurer of the institution on behalf of which
it is made; and such declaration shall be in the following
form:—

DECLARATION.
I [Name], of [Place of abode], [Occupation], do solemnly
and sincerely declare that I am Chairman [or Secretary, or]

1331
Treasurer] of the [Name of institution]; that during the year
ending the
day of
, 1883, the income of the
aforesaid institution for the purposes of a library only was as
follows: From rates,
pounds
shillings and
pence; and from the subscriptions of members,
pounds
shillings and
pence; and
from voluntary contributions other than members' subscrip-
tions, pounds
shillings and
pence;
and that the attached statement is a true copy of the audited
statement of the accounts of the institution for the year
herein specified; and that by the rules of the institution
admission to the reading-room is open to the public free of
charge.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously be-
lieving the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand intituled "The Justices
of the Peace Act, 1882."

[Here affix and
cancel a stamp
at 2s. 6d.*]

Signature:
Declared at
day of
me—

, this
188
, before

Justice of the Peace
[or Solicitor, or Notary Public].

[NOTE.—The words relating to free admission may be
struck out if the library is not in a borough. The words in
brackets are not part of the form, but indicate matter to be
inserted or substituted.]
Copies of the form of statutory declaration may be
obtained on application to the Secretary for Education,
Wellington, or to the Secretary of any Education Board.

THOMAS DICK.

Notice to Mariners, No. 31 of 1883.

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PORT OF HOKITIKA.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 18th September, 1883.
NOTICE is hereby given that the time of high water at
full and change at Hokitika bar is, as ascertained by
the Harbourmaster at that port, 10h. 14min. The rise at
springs is 8 feet 6 inches, and at neaps, 4 feet 6 inches.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 13th September, 1883.
THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders
is published for general information.

WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
Minister for Public Works.

SUPERSTRUCTURE AND IRON PIERS CONTRACT, DUNEDIN
RAILWAY STATION, OVER BRIDGE.

WAIMATUA CONTRACT, SEAWARD BUSH BRANCH, WAITAKI-
BLUFF (WITH BRANCHES) RAILWAY.

Making By-laws on New Zealand Railways (Greymouth
Section).

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 one hundred and forty-fourth section of the said Act,
and of all other powers in anywise enabling me in that
behalf, do hereby make the following by-laws for the manage-
ment of the Greymouth to Brunner Railway, being one of
the railways open for traffic in the Colony of New Zealand,
in addition to the by-laws dated 25th October, 1882; that is
to say—

1. No person shall cross, or attempt or commence to cross,
   the Brunner Railway Bridge at Brunnerton, now used for
   ordinary and railway traffic, when a truck or carriage is
   crossing or is commencing to cross such bridge, or after re-
   ceiving a notice from the stationmaster or other officer in
   charge of the bridge that such truck or carriage is about to