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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 73

Incorporation of the Wellington Hospital as a Separate Institution.

Premier's Office,
Wellington, 21st December, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council directs it to be notified, in terms of section 43 of "The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885," that he has received a petition from the Committee of Management of the Wellington Hospital, to which is annexed a verified list, signed by 147 persons, in terms of section 38 of the said Act, praying that the Wellington Hospital may be incorporated as a separate institution; and that if no counter-petition, signed by an equal or greater number of such persons, shall have been delivered at the office of the Colonial Secretary within one month after the publication of this notice, or if the District Board shall not have lodged with the Colonial Secretary within the same time an objection to such petition, the Governor in Council will declare the said hospital to be a separate institution under the said Act.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(for the Premier.)

Notice of Proposed Loan, Borough of Newmarket.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th December, 1885.

THE following notice, received from His Worship the Mayor of Newmarket, is published in accordance with the provisions of section 145 of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876."

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(for the Colonial Secretary.)

BOROUGH OF NEWMARKET.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Borough Council of Newmarket did, on the 20th day of October, pass a resolution— "That the necessary steps be taken, in conformity with 'The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876,' and its amendments, to raise a loan of £4,000 to provide a water-supply for the whole borough;" that the said resolution was confirmed by the above Council on the 27th day of October; and that a poll of the ratepayers has been taken by the Returning Officer, Mr. C. W. Turnbull, in the Newmarket Hall, on Saturday, the 5th day of December instant, for or against the raising of the said loan, with the result that there were in favour of the loan 141 votes, and against the raising of the loan 5 votes.

The number of votes (141) exceeding the number of one-half the total number of burgesses (230) in the borough, I therefore declare the proposal to raise the loan of £4,000 duly carried.

W. J. SUTER,
Mayor.

Borough Council Office,
Newmarket, 7th December, 1885.

Notice of Proposed Loan, Borough of Blenheim.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th December, 1885.

THE following notice, received from His Worship the Mayor of Blenheim, is published in accordance with the provisions of section 145 of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876."

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(for the Colonial Secretary.)

Borough Council Office,
Blenheim, 15th December, 1885.

SIR,—In accordance with clause 145 of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876," I have the honour to inform you that, at a poll of the burgesses of the Borough of Blenheim, taken on Saturday, the 12th day of December, to decide whether a resolution of the Borough Council, proposing to borrow the sum of £3,000, should be acceded to or rejected, the numbers of the votes were—

For the proposal ... ... ... 375
Against the proposal ... ... ... 56

The number of votes for the proposal being more than one-half the total number of burgesses, I have declared the resolution to be carried.

I have, &c.,

GEORGE HENDERSON,
Mayor.

The Hon. the Colonial Secretary.

Special Order made by Omaka Road Board, County of Marlborough, re Valuation.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 21st December, 1885.

THE following special order, made by the Omaka Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(for the Colonial Secretary.)

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT this Board will in future make its own valuation of the properties in the Omaka Road District.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly passed.

C. REDWOOD,
Chairman.

Omaka Road Board, 19th December, 1885.

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 ½d. and ⅓d. 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.

Rewards offered for the Discovery of New Goldfields.— 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.