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public of the Uruguay and to the said treaty, and so long as
the provisions of the Canadian Acts aforesaid continue in
force, and no longer.

C. L. PEEL.

Bonus for Kerosene.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th February, 1885.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus will be paid for
the production of kerosene under the following con-
ditions:—

A bonus of sixpence per gallon will be paid on kerosene
produced within the colony to an extent not exceeding
50,000 gallons, in quantities of not less than 10,000 gallons
at a time; the kerosene to be of a quality approved of by
Government, and to be sold at a fair average market price.

Conditions.

1. Notice of intention to claim the above bonus must be
   given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not later than the
   31st December, 1885.

2. The claim must be made before the 30th June, 1886.

3. The first claimant 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.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

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 satis-
   faction of the Government that he has fulfilled all the con-
   ditions 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 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 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 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.—
Amended Conditions.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 16th March, 1885.

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.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

AMENDED CONDITIONS.

1. 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.

2. The newly-discovered gold field, if in alluvial ground,
   must be situated not less than ten miles from the nearest
   alluvial gold workings, or, if in quartz, not less than five miles
   from the nearest existing quartz mines.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

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 con-
taining 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 informa-
tion which the Exhibition itself will supply.