Jan. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 9

to be Deputy Commissioner of Stamps and Assistant Registrar
of Joint-Stock Companies, at Wellington, vice D. M. Luckie,
Esq., resigned.

JULIUS VOGEL.

West Coast Settlement Reserves Trustee appointed.

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 29th December, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILFRED RENNELL, Esq.,

to be a West Coast Settlement Reserves Trustee, under “The
West Coast Settlement Reserves Act, 1881.” Appointment
to date from the 1st January, 1885.

J. BALLANCE,

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 31st December, 1884.

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

The Featherston Rifle Volunteers,

from the 1st January, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 27th December, 1884.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue
Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act,
1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1884.

NOTICE is hereby given that Messrs. WILLIAM WHYTE
AND COMPANY, of 104, George Street, Dunedin, in the
Colony of New Zealand, Wine Merchants, &c., have applied
to register, under “The Trade Marks Act, 1866,” a trade
mark of which the following is a description:—

Description of Trade Mark.

A representation of a Maori chief with earring in right
tear, holding a mere in his right hand, with a blanket thrown
over from left shoulder to armpit of right arm. On the left
hand of the Maori are the representations of a nikau and a
moa standing beside it, together with two kiwis feeding
near a cluster of ground ferns and flax. In the distant
background is a swamp, a hill, and a mountain. The whole
is enclosed in a square frame, and on a bar extending from
the chief’s right arm at an angle are printed the words
“Maori Chief,” and underneath these words is printed
horizontally the word “Coffee.” To the left of the square
described is another square figure showing W. Whyte and
Co.’s registered coffee brands. To the right are two other
squares, one a scroll of “W. Whyte and Co., Zealandia Coffee
and Spice Works,” the other a representation of a Maori
whare, with two Natives in front and a creek rippling past
near where they are seated.

Nature of the Article to which it is intended such Trade
Mark shall apply.

Coffee.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(for the Colonial Secretary and Registrar of
Trade Marks.)

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,

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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,

4. 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.

5. 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.

IRON.

A bonus of one thousand pounds (£1,000) will be given for
the production in New Zealand of 300 tons of pig-iron, of
marketable quality, from ore produced in New Zealand.

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 30th
   June, 1885.

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 quantities not less than 100 tons weight, showing that such iron
   has been sold at a fair market price as wrought-iron.

Further information and particulars may be obtained by
application at the Colonial Secretary’s Office.

P. A. BUCKLEY.