“Encre de,” and on the right of the nam are the words
“la maison,” the translation of these French words being
“Ink of the house,” meaning, with the name Stephens,
Stephens’ Ink. Towards the ends of the labels, on either
side respectively, and twined round the key-portion of the
border at top and bottom, is a ribband. Twined round the
key-portion of the border at top is another ribband, the ends
of which twining round the ribband before described on the
right and left of the label. The lastly-described ribband at
top bears in the middle the words “Fabriquée par Henry
Charles Stephens,” the translation of the French words
being “Manufactured by,” and on the left the words “Pro-
prietaire des Etiquettes et Marques,” and on the right the
words “de Fabrique de Stephens et H. C. Stephens,” the
translation of which French words being “Proprietor of the
Labels and Trade Marks of Stephens and H. C. Stephens.”
At the bottom of the label, twined round the key-portion of
the border and ribbands on the left and right, is a ribband
similar to the ribband at top, and bears printed matter in
the French language, being words descriptive of the goods
sold and mode of manipulation of same under certain cir-
cumstances. The above label as described is printed in
black, white, red, green, and violet, but applicant claims the
right to use it in any other colour or combination of colours.
Nature of the Article to which it is intended such Trade
Mark shall apply.
Ink of all descriptions.
P. A. BUCKLEY,
Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Trade Marks
Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th February, 1885.
NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN ALEXANDER BARR,
of Steinhoff’s Buildings, Dunedin, in the Colony of
New Zealand, Solicitor, has applied, on behalf of ISAAC
JACOBS AND ALFRED DAVID HART, trading as “Jacobs, Hart,
& Co.,” at 72, Queen Street, Melbourne, in the Colony of
Victoria, to register, under “The Trade Marks Act, 1866,”
the trade mark of which the following is a description, viz.:-
Description of Trade Mark.
The word “Rheingold,” intended to be applied to cigars,
cigarettes, and tobaccos, and boxes or packages containing
the same, and which may be used in any size or description
of letters and characters, and in connection with any form of
label. When used for wooden boxes may be branded thereon
by firebrand, and for cigars, cigarettes, or tobaccos may be
marked or stencilled on each cigar, cigarette, or piece of
tobacco, and represented by the capital letters “RGD”
placed lengthwise in an oval.
Nature of the Articles to which it is intended such Trade
Mark shall apply.
Cigars, cigarettes, and tobacco.
P. A. BUCKLEY,
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.
7. 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.
8. The claim must be made before the 31st December,
10. 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.
11. 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 pro-
    duced in New Zealand.
    Conditions.
12. The bonus not to be given for any quantity less than
    100 tons.
13. Notice of the intention to erect ironworks and claim the
    bonus must be given to the Colonial Secretary before the 30th
    June, 1885.
14. The bonus must be claimed before the 31st December,
16. 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.
17. 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.
    Further information and particulars may be obtained by
    application at the Colonial Secretary’s Office.
    P. A. BUCKLEY.
    Rewards offered for the Discovery of New Gold Fields.
    Mines Department,
    Wellington, 22nd December, 1884.
    REWARDS are offered for the discovery of new gold
    fields, upon the conditions set forth hereunder, payable
    out of the parliamentary vote of £2,500.
    J. BALLANCE,
    Minister of Mines.
    CONDITIONS.
18. The maximum sum offered as a reward for any proved
    discovery of a new gold field in accordance with these condi-
    tions is £500; but, if the total sum claimed as rewards in
    any one year exceeds the parliamentary vote, the amount
    available only will be divided equally.
19. The newly-discovered gold field, if in alluvial ground,
    must be situated not less than fifteen miles from the nearest
    alluvial gold workings, or, if in quartz, not less than ten miles
    from the nearest existing quartz mines.
20. No grant will be paid upon any application until it
    shall have been proved that not less than 20,000 ounces of
    gold have been extracted from the new gold field within two
    years from the registration of the discovery, if in alluvial
    workings, and, if in quartz workings, proof of a similar yield
    from this source within three years from such registration
    will be required.
21. Any person discovering new gold-workings, and being
    desirous of obtaining a reward, shall immediately forward a
    written report of such discovery, with full particulars, to the
    Warden or Resident Magistrate of the district within which
    such discovery shall be situated, and the Warden or Resident
    Magistrate shall forthwith register the report as an applica-
    tion for reward.
22. No prospecting is allowed upon Native land without the
    approval in writing of the Native Minister, or of some one
    appointed by him in that behalf.
    Prospectors going upon Native land without the consent
    of the owners are liable to the penalties imposed by the Acts
    relating to gold fields, and will forfeit all claim to reward.