Dec. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1719

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th December, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts respectively set opposite their names:—

Name. District.
GEORGE ROBSON Te Aroha.
ROBERT MILLER Catlin’s.
P. A. BUCKLEY.

Clerk of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th December, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ELIAB BAIGENT

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committees for the Districts of Wai-iti and Stoke, vice M. J. Hunt, resigned.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Authority to frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 16th December, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorize

The RESIDENT ENGINEER for RAILWAYS, NEW PLYMOUTH,

to frank letters, telegrams, and parcels on the public service.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Postmaster-General.

Authority to frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 16th December, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorize

The LAND PURCHASE OFFICERS, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT,

to frank, free from the prepayment of postage, letters and parcels on the public service.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Postmaster-General.

Assistant Warders appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 12th December, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS HARRON and
FRANCIS STEWART IGOE

Assistant Warders in the Prison Service of the colony.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Prison Visitor appointed.

Prisons Department,
Wellington, 12th December, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Mr. FREDERICK JONES,

of Tuam Street East, Christchurch, to be a Visitor of Her Majesty’s Prison at Lyttelton.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

Volunteer Officers promoted and appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th December, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the under-mentioned promotions and appointments:—

Devonport Naval Artillery Volunteers.

Richard Colville Parkinson to be Honorary Surgeon. Date of commission, 13th November, 1884.

Rev. Joseph Bates to be Honorary Chaplain. Date of commission, 13th November, 1884.

City Guards (Dunedin) Rifle Volunteers.

Daniel Colquhoun to be Honorary Surgeon. Date of commission, 5th November, 1884.

Palmerston North Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant James Carroll to be Captain. Date of commission, 28th November, 1884.

J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th December, 1884.

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

Lyttelton Naval Artillery Volunteers.

Lieutenant Frank Dransfield. Date of resignation, 1st December, 1884.

Christ’s College Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Henry Cotterill. Date of resignation, 9th June, 1884.

Wairoa Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant William Kerr. Date of resignation, 6th November, 1884.

J. BALLANCE.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th December, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the services of

The Waitahuna Rifle Volunteers.

Date of acceptance, 28th November, 1884.

J. BALLANCE.

Armed Constabulary Officer dispensed with.

Constabulary Office,
Wellington, 16th December, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to dispense with the services of

Acting Sub-Inspector CHARLES GORING MINNITT,

of the Armed Constabulary, from the 30th November, 1884, on reduction of the force.

J. BALLANCE.

Bonuses on Colonial Industries.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th December, 1884.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following bonuses will be paid on articles produced in the Colony of New Zealand, as under:—

STARCH.

A bonus of three hundred pounds (£300) will be given on the first 50 tons of good marketable starch manufactured in the Colony of New Zealand.

Conditions.

1. Notice of intention to claim the bonus must be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not later than the 30th June, 1885.

2. The claim must be made before the 31st December, 1885.

3. The first claimant who proves, to the satisfaction of the Government, that he has fulfilled all the conditions is to be the recipient of the bonus.

4. Evidence to be produced of such a nature as will enable an officer appointed by the Government to certify that the above-stated quantity has been actually made, sold, and delivered.

5. The bonus to be paid only on the certificate of such officer.

PRINTING-PAPER.

A bonus of five hundred pounds (£500) will be given for the production of the first 50 tons of printing-paper made by machinery permanently established and working in the colony. The bonus will be paid to the producer who effects the first bonâ fide sale of the amount of printing-paper specified.

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.

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 30th June, 1885.

2. The claim must be made before the 31st December, 1885.

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,