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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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possession of any such cattle so found as aforesaid, and place
the same in the nearest public pound until the owner can, if
possible, be found and prosecuted to judgment as an offender
against this by-law.

The word “cattle” in this by-law means and includes any
horse, mare, gelding, colt, filly, bull, cow, ox, heifer, steer,
calf, goat, sheep, or pig of any kind.

I certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of by-law
No. 6 of the Waikouaiti County Council.

J. GREEN,
Chairman.

The seal of the Waikouaiti County Council was affixed
hereto in the presence of—

J. GREEN,
Chairman.
JOHN CRICKMAN.

It is hereby notified and proclaimed that the foregoing
by-law No. 6 of the Waikouaiti County Council has been
duly made and confirmed by the said Council, and the
common seal of the body corporate has been affixed thereto,
and a copy thereof has been sent to the Colonial Secretary;
and that the said by-law will come into force on the date of
gazetting.

By order of the Council.

J. SMITH,
Clerk to the County Council.
County Office, Waikouaiti, 30th October, 1885.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 11th November, 1885.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

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.

Bonus for Canned and Cured Fish for Export.

Treasury Department,
Wellington, 10th November, 1885.

IT is hereby notified that bonuses under “The Fisheries
Encouragement Act, 1885,” as set forth in the following
sections (Nos. 8, 9, and 10) of that Act, will be paid subject
to the conditions named therein, and in the regulations
contained in the Order in Council of even date herewith.

JULIUS VOGEL.

8. In order to encourage the production and curing of fish
   for export, the Colonial Treasurer shall during the next
   seven years after the passing of this Act, without further
   appropriation by Parliament, pay out of the Consolidated
   Fund to any person who shall prepare canned and cured fish
   for export, and actually export the same from the colony, a
   bonus or bonuses upon the quantity of canned and cured fish
   prepared and exported by such person as hereinafter men-
   tioned, that is to say,—

(1.) In respect of the first 200 tons avoirdupois of fish
canned with or without oil, the sum of 1d. per pound,
the weight of the cans not to be included in the
tonnage upon which such bonus is paid ;

(2.) In respect of every ton avoirdupois of fish canned as
aforesaid beyond the first 200 tons, the sum of ½d. per
pound, the weight of the cans not to be included in
the tonnage upon which such bonus is paid ;

(3.) In respect to cured fish the bonus to be paid shall be
respectively ¼d. and ⅛d. a pound under similar con-
ditions, as far as the same are applicable to those
contained in the two last subsections.

9. The total tonnage upon which the Treasurer may grant
   bonuses as aforesaid under this Act shall not exceed 6,000
   tons.

10. Every person intending to apply for the grant of a
    bonus shall register a special trade mark under the laws for
    the time being in force in New Zealand providing for the
    registration of trade marks, such trade mark to be used for
    all cured and canned fish to be prepared for export by such
    person, and shall, within six years after the passing of this
    Act, give notice to the Treasurer of his intention to export
    canned and cured fish with a view to applying for a bonus,
    and shall append to such notice a copy of such trade mark ;
    and all cases, barrels, or cans containing fish cured and
    canned for export by any such person shall, before exporta-
    tion, be marked with the trade mark so registered by him,
    and no part of any such bonus shall be payable except in
    respect of cases, barrels, or cans so marked.

Justices of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 11th November, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by

JAMES BROWN, Esq., of Dunedin,
GEORGE DYE DRAPER, Esq., of Wanganui,
PHILIP LLOYD FRANCIS, Esq., of Penrose, Auckland, and
ISAAC WILSON, Esq., of Kaiapoi,

of their appointments as Justices of the Peace for the
Colony of New Zealand.

Jos. A. TOLE.

Justice of the Peace under Municipal Corporations Act
resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 6th November, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ac-
cept the resignation by

WALTER INDER, Esq.,

Mayor of Naseby, of his appointment as a Justice of the
Peace under “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876.”

Jos. A. TOLE.

Commissions in the Royal Engineers.

Education Department,
Wellington, 11th November, 1885.

INFORMATION has been received by His Excellency the
Governor from the Secretary of State for the Colonies
that the Secretary of State for War offers commissions in
the Royal Engineers to graduates of the Australian and New
Zealand Universities, who were not more than twenty-two
years of age on the 1st July, 1885, are of good height and
build, and medically fit. Not more than one from each
colony will be selected.

Graduates of the University of New Zealand who may be
desirous of availing themselves of this offer are requested to
make application by sending in their names to the Secretary
for Education, Wellington, accompanied by—

1. A statutory declaration of age on 1st July, 1885.
2. A statement of the degree taken in the University.
3. A statement of height and chest measurement.
4. A medical certificate of health.
5. A certificate of moral character.

No application can be received after 31st December next.

ROBERT STOUT.

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