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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 101

Bonus for the Manufacture of Salt.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 24th February, 1892.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of £1 per ton will be paid on the production of the first 500 tons of salt, exclusively either by evaporation of salt-water or from rock mined in the colony, on the following conditions, that is to say:—

1. The bonus must be claimed before the 31st March, 1893.
2. Not more than £250 will be paid for salt manufactured in the North Island, and not more than £250 for salt manufactured in the South Island.
3. The bonus will be payable in instalments of £50 as each lot of 50 tons of salt is manufactured, on the certificate of an officer appointed by the Minister of Mines that the salt is of good marketable quality.
4. In the event of more than one person manufacturing the stated quantity of salt in the North or South Islands respectively before the 31st March, 1893, inquiry will be made by the officer above referred to, when, if it is found that each applicant is equally entitled to a bonus in either the North Island or the South Island, the amount will be divided, but in no case shall more than £250 be paid for salt manufactured in the North Island and £250 for salt manufactured in the South Island.
5. The salt in respect of which any bonus is claimed and the material used in its manufacture will be examined by the officer aforesaid, who may require proof that the salt is of genuine New Zealand production, and that sales have been made at fair market prices.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Mines.

Bonus for the Manufacture of Pig-iron from Ironsand or Iron-ore.

Mines Office,
Wellington, 24th February, 1892.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of £1 per ton will be paid on the production of the first 500 tons of pig-iron of marketable quality manufactured in the colony after this date from magnetic or titaniferous ironsand or iron-ore, all material, fuel, and fluxes being the produce of New Zealand, on the following conditions, that is to say:—

1. The bonus must be claimed before the 31st March, 1893.
2. The bonus will be payable in instalments of £50 as each lot of 50 tons of iron is manufactured, on the certificate of an officer appointed by the Minister of Mines that the iron is of good marketable quality.
3. In the event of more than one person manufacturing the required quality of pig-iron before the date named, inquiry will be made by the officer above referred to, when, if it is found that each applicant is equally entitled to a bonus, the amount will be divided; but in no case shall the total amount of money paid by way of bonus exceed £500.
4. The iron in respect of which any bonus is claimed and the ironsand or ore from which it is manufactured will be examined by the officer aforesaid, who may require proof that not only the ore, but that the lime, coal, and any other material used in the manufacture, is of genuine New Zealand production, and that sales of pig-iron have been made at fair market prices.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Mines.

Examination of Mine Managers and Engine-drivers.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 1st November, 1892.

AN examination of candidates for certificates as First- and Second-class Mine Managers and Engine-drivers under “The Mining Act, 1891,” and “The Coal-mines Act, 1891,” will be held on the 24th January, 1893, and three following days, at places to be hereafter named. All applications, with necessary certificates, and fee of £1, must be addressed to “The Secretary of the Board of Examiners under the Mining Act or Coal-mines Act, Wellington,” and must be received before the 1st January, 1893, or they will not be dealt with until the following examination.

T. H. HAMER,
Secretary to the Board of Examiners.

Assistant Teachers for Deaf-mute Institution, Sumner.

Education Department,
Wellington, 9th December, 1892.

APPLICATIONS will be received up to the 15th of January from persons desirous of appointment to the position of assistant teacher in this institution, where the deaf are taught to speak and to understand the speech of others. There are two vacancies.

Qualifications: A good education, an earnest spirit, a cheerful and amiable disposition, good character, and a sound constitution; also at least one year’s experience as a teacher of hearing children.
Age: Between eighteen and twenty-one.
Period of service: Five years from the 1st February next, including a probationary term of six months.
Salary, in addition to board in the institution: £90 for the first year, with an annual increase of £10, for a young man; and £60, with annual increase of £10, for a young woman.
A certificate will be given at the end of the five years to testify that the teacher has received complete training in the “articulation method” of instruction for the deaf.
Applications must be addressed to “The Secretary for Education, Wellington,” from whom further information may be obtained.

Wm. Jas. HABENS.

Alterations and Additions to the Scale of Fares and Charges in Force upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

THE New Zealand Railway Commissioners, in exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred by “The Government Railways Act, 1887,” do hereby make the following alterations in and additions to the scale of fares, rates, and charges on the New Zealand Government railways, to come into force on and after the 2nd day of January, 1893:—

PART IV.—LOCAL RATES.
GREYMOUTH SECTION.
Timber from Kaiata to Greymouth will be charged 7d. per 100 superficial feet.

HURUNUI—BLUFF SECTION.
Threshing-machines, reapers-and-binders, winnowing-machines, bulky machinery, carriage- and gig-bodies, and furniture, between Dunedin and Invercargill, in quantities of 5cwt. and over, will be charged 30s. per ton. Quantities of less than 5cwt. will be charged 5s. 6d. for the first hundredweight, and 6d. for each additional hundredweight or fraction of a hundredweight. These rates cover all charges.

PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS.
Machinery, refrigerating and paper-making. Owners’ risk.
Special goods . . . . . . . . . . . . Class C.
The common seal of the New Zealand Railway Commissioners was hereunto affixed, this twenty-ninth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, in the presence of

JAMES McKERROW,
J. P. MAXWELL,
W. M. HANNAY,
} Railway Commissioners.

Crown Lands Notices.

Rural Land for Sale by Auction.

District Land and Survey Office,
Wellington, 11th November, 1892.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned rural land will be offered for disposal by public auction, at the Land and Survey Office, Wellington, on Thursday, the 12th January, 1893, at noon:—

SUBDIVISION OF LOTS 8 AND 9, TUTAEKARA SURVEY DISTRICT, COUNTY OF PAHIATUA.

These sections are situated on the east side of the main coach-road between Woodville and Masterton, about seven and a quarter miles south of Pahiatua. The soil is rich alluvial, inclined to be sandy, and the entire area is level. Native clearings of 8 acres and 3½ acres have been made on Sections 16 and 17 respectively. With this exception, the land is covered with forest, consisting chiefly of tawa, rata, kahikatea, horopito, patete, mahoe, kareao, &c., with the usual underscrub.

One-fifth of the purchase-money must be paid on the fall of the hammer to the Receiver of Land Revenue, and the balance, together with the Crown-grant fee, within thirty days, or the payment at auction will be forfeited.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,