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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No.33

Inglewood Rangers Rifle Volunteers.
Brigade Surgeon John Murray Gibbes to be Honorary Surgeon. Date of appointment, 17th May, 1887.
J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.
Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th May, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the disbandment of the

Spring Creek Rifle Volunteers.
The under-mentioned gentleman therefore ceases to be an officer in the Volunteer Force, under “The Defence Act, 1886:”—
Honorary Chaplain the Reverend Arthur Herman.
J. BALLANCE.

Volunteer Officer resigned.
Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th May, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the under-mentioned officer:—

Kaiwarra Rifle Volunteers.
Captain Donald Douglas Cameron. Date of resignation, 6th May, 1887.
J. BALLANCE.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 20th May, 1887.

NOTICE is hereby given that EDWARD WATERS, Patent Agent, of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, has applied, on behalf of FREDERICK JANSON HANBURY, partner of and on behalf of the firm of ALLEN AND HANBURYS, of Plough Court, Lombard Street, in the City of London, Wholesale Chemists and Druggists, to register, under “The Trade Marks Act, 1866,” the trade mark of which the following is a description, viz.:—

Description of Trade Mark.
The device of a mitre, and immediately below the same the word “Mitre.”

Nature of the Articles to which it is intended such Trade Mark shall apply.
Chemical substances prepared for use in medicine and pharmacy, including lozenges; and substances used as food or as ingredients in food, including confectionery.
P. A. BUCKLEY,
Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Trade Marks.

Jubilee Holiday.
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 20th May, 1887.

IT is hereby notified for general information that Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the 20th, 21st, and 22nd days of June proximo, will be observed as general holidays in all departments of the Public Service in New Zealand, in honour of the completion of the fiftieth year of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria’s glorious reign.
P. A. BUCKLEY.

Result of Poll (Second) on Proposal to raise Loan for Molyneux Riding, County of Clutha.
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th May, 1887.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Clutha County Council, is published in accordance with “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”
P. A. BUCKLEY.

POLL on proposal to borrow £1,760 for the South Molyneux Riding, Clutha County, on the 16th April, 1887:—
Total number of ratepayers on roll, 233; representing 271 votes.
Votes recorded for the proposal .. .. 149
Number of ratepayers voting for the proposal .. .. .. 121
Votes against .. .. .. 1
Number of ratepayers voting against the proposal .. .. .. 1
Informal .. .. .. Nil.
Votes not recorded .. .. .. 122
Total of votes against .. .. .. 123
As a majority in number of the ratepayers voted in favour of the proposal, and the number so voting are entitled to more than one-half of the votes which can be exercised by the whole number of ratepayers, I do hereby declare the proposal to be carried.
Dated this 3rd day of May, 1887.
WM. DALLAS,
Chairman, Clutha County Council.
Balclutha, 3rd May, 1887.

Making By-law for regulating the Berthing or Removal of Vessels at a Railway Wharf (Greymouth Section).

IN pursuance of the powers vested in me by section 144 of “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and amending Acts, I, Edward Richardson, Minister for Public Works, do hereby make the following by-law for the management of the Greymouth to Brunnerton Railway, being one of the railways open for traffic in the Colony of New Zealand, in addition to the by-laws published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 26th October, 1882; such by-law to come into force from and after the 30th day of May, 1887.—
The Harbourmaster may order any vessel or timber to be removed from any berth at the railway wharves to any other berth at the railway wharves whenever such removal shall, in his opinion, be proper for the general accommodation of the shipping or the railway; and any person who shall fail to do any act under this by-law directed to be done by him shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £10 for each such failure.
Dated this 19th day of May, 1887.
EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

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 ⅛d. 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.

Progress-payments for Exported Fish.
Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 24th September, 1886.

WITH reference to the notification in the New Zealand Gazette of the 12th November, 1885, respecting the payment of bonuses to persons who prepare canned and cured fish for export under regulations published on the same date, it is hereby notified that progress-payments on account of such bonuses, claimed in accordance with those