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.

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, 1886.
4. 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.
5. 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.

New Zealand Industrial Exhibition, 1885.
DESIGNS FOR MEDAL AND CERTIFICATE.
Wellington, 2nd January, 1885.
A PRIZE of five pounds each is hereby offered for the best design for the medal and for the ornamental certificate which are to be awarded to successful competitors at the above Exhibition.
The size of the medal is to be 2 inches in diameter.
The size of the certificate is to be 18 inches by 12 inches.
Designs for competition to be sent to the Secretary of the Exhibition, Wellington, on or before the 14th February, 1885, signed with a motto, and accompanied by a sealed envelope containing the competitor's name, and bearing the same motto on the outside.

JULIUS VOGEL.

New Zealand Industrial Exhibition, 1885.
PRIZE ESSAYS.
Wellington, 29th December, 1884.
ONE gold medal and twenty guineas, one silver medal and ten guineas, and one bronze medal and five guineas will be awarded for essays on the present condition and future prospects of the industrial resources of New Zealand, and the best means for fostering their development.
In judging of the merits of the essays preference will be given to those which are of a practical character, rather than to mere abstract or theoretical disquisitions. The essays must be sent in to the Secretary of the Exhibition, signed with a motto and accompanied by a sealed envelope containing the author's name and address, on or before the 1st day of December, 1885. This late date is fixed to enable the essayists, if they desire to do so, to utilize the information which the Exhibition itself will supply.
The essays will be submitted to a Board of three persons, to be hereafter appointed, on whose decision respecting the merits of the essays the above prizes will be awarded; provided the essays reach a sufficiently-deserving standard of excellence.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Notice under "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883."
WHEREAS the estate and interest of Hami Wheraro, aboriginal native of New Zealand, in the land described in the Schedule hereto, is vested in Pera Wheraro, as trustee under the provisions of "The Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1867," and the several amendments thereof, subject to certain restrictions on the alienation of such land, and application has been made for the removal of such restrictions:
It is hereby notified that it is intended, immediately after the expiration of sixty days from the publication of this notice in the Gazette and in the Kahiti, to remove the said restrictions on the alienation of the said land in respect of the interest aforesaid, in order that the said land may be leased by the said trustee for a term of fourteen years from the 1st July, 1884.
Dated at Wellington, this 24th day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.

SCHEDULE.
All that piece or parcel of land situate at Te Aute, in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, containing by admeasurement 423 acres, more or less, and called or known by the name of Waikareao.

Notice under "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883."
WHEREAS the estate and interest of Hoani Meke and Kingita Ngahoro, aboriginal natives of New Zealand, in the land described in the Schedule hereto, is vested in Anaru Kune, as Trustee under the provisions of "The Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1867," and the several amendments thereof, subject to certain restrictions on the alienation of such land, and application has been made for the removal of such restrictions:
It is hereby notified that it is intended, immediately after the expiration of sixty days from the publication of this notice in the Gazette and in the Kahiti, to remove the said restrictions on the alienation of the said land in respect of the interests aforesaid, in order that the said lands may be leased by the said Trustee for a term of twenty-one years from the twelfth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.
Dated at Wellington, this twenty-second day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.

SCHEDULE.
All that piece or parcel of land in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, containing by admeasurement 26,300 acres, more or less, being called or known by the name of the Purahotangihia Block, on the plan deposited in the Survey Office at Napier. Bounded on the North and North-east by the Maungaharuru Block, the Waikoau Stream, and the Arapawanui and Tongoio Blocks; on the South by Morris Block, and the Petane and the Pakuratahi Blocks; and on the West by the Waiohinganga or Esk River: excepting and reserving thereout as a reserve for the lessors all that parcel of land, portion of the said block, containing by estimation 400 acres, and contained in a straight line drawn from the north-east portion of the Pakuratahi Block, at a gate in the track between the lands hereby demised and the Pakuratahi Block, and thence running northerly till it meets the creek, running at right angles from the waterfall in the creek forming the boundary between the lands hereby demised and the Tongoio Block.