eighty-four, and that sheep imported from any of the before-mentioned Colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Queensland shall be subject to such restrictions and with and under such conditions and limitations as are contained in certain regulations dated the second day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five. And I do hereby further proclaim that horses imported from all parts of the world other than the Colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, New Zealand, and Western Australia, shall be subject to inspection by a duly-qualified veterinary surgeon in Tasmania, whose certificate that the horse or horses so imported is or are free from any infectious disease; and the certificate of such veterinary surgeon shall be produced to the Inspector of Stock before such horse or horses is or are permitted to land; and that all fees and charges upon the importation of animals shall be payable by the importer to the Chief Inspector of Stock, or some person appointed in writing by him.

Given under my hand, at Hobart, in Tasmania aforesaid, this second day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

By His Excellency's command.

ADYE DOUGLAS, Chief Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTICE No. 311.

Chief Secretary's Office,

2nd November, 1885.

THE Governor in Council has been pleased to make the following regulations under the 2nd section of "The Scab Act, 1883," 47 Vict., No. 16:—

1. All sheep imported into Tasmania from the Colonies of Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and South Australia may be landed at Hobart, Launceston, or Torquay, and not elsewhere, except by previous permission in writing signed by the Chief Inspector or such officer as he may appoint.

2. Any person intending to land any sheep at Hobart, Launceston, Torquay, or elsewhere in this colony, under any such permission as aforesaid, from any place beyond this colony or any dependency thereof, shall give to the Chief Inspector not less than three days' notice in writing of his intention to do so, and every such notice shall contain a statement of the number of the sheep intended to be imported, and the time when such sheep are expected to arrive at such place; and any person who imports any such sheep and neglects to give notice thereof in accordance with this regulation shall, upon conviction, be liable to a penalty of not more than £5.

3. All sheep imported from the Colonies of Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and South Australia must be accompanied by a certificate from the Inspector of Sheep at the port of shipment—

That (a) they are and always have been free from all infectious or contagious diseases;

That (b) they were bred in one of the above-mentioned colonies, or had undergone in the colony from whence they were imported the necessary dippings and quarantine in accordance with the regulations in force in such colony;

That (c) the pens for confining the sheep on shipboard were such as could not possibly have, at any time, contained diseased sheep.

4. That all store or stud sheep so imported shall be landed at Hobart, Launceston, or Torquay, and not elsewhere, excepting previous permission in writing signed by the Chief Inspector or such officer as he may appoint, and shall upon landing be taken direct from the vessel to the recognized dip at the Port of Hobart, Launceston, Torquay, or elsewhere, as directed by the Chief Inspector or such officer as he may appoint; and shall, before being submitted to public auction or disposed of privately by the consignee, be dipped, under the supervision of an Inspector or such person as he may appoint, in a scab-destroying preparation of such strength and heat as may be approved by the Chief Inspector; and all expenses in connection with driving and dipping such sheep shall be defrayed by the importer or consignee.

5. Tasmanian stud sheep re-imported will be admitted into Tasmania upon the production of the breeder's certificate that they were bred in the Colony of Tasmania, but they shall upon landing be subject to the provisions prescribed in Regulation No. 4.

6. Sheep imported for slaughter shall not be allowed to be taken outside the town boundary except for the purpose of being dipped in one of the recognized dips to the satisfaction of the Chief Inspector of sheep or such officer as he may appoint.

7. Tasmanian sheep, if mixed with undipped imported sheep, shall not be driven outside the town boundary unless for the purpose of being dipped, and after they have been so dipped.

8. Notwithstanding any preceding regulation, imported sheep may on landing be detained by the Chief Inspector or any person appointed, pending the decision of the Chief Secretary as to their disposal; and any person removing any such sheep, or causing the same to be removed from the place of detention, without the consent in writing of the Chief Inspector or person appointed, shall incur a penalty of not exceeding £5.

9. Any person offending against any of the foregoing regulations shall incur a penalty not exceeding the sum of £5.

The regulations contained in Government notice No. 252, of the 31st August, 1885, are hereby rescinded.

By His Excellency's command.

ADYE DOUGLAS.

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 conditions:—

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 mentioned, 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 ½d. a pound under similar conditions, 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 exportation, 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.