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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 25

Trustees of Drill-shed resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 17th March, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to accept the resignations by the under-mentioned gentlemen of their appointments as Trustees of the Port Chalmers Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve, under “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act, 1888,” and the Acts amending the same:—

Colonel NATHANIEL YOUNG ARMSTRONG WALES, Honorary Unattached List, New Zealand Volunteers.

WILLIAM MCDONALD, Esq., late Lieutenant, Port Chalmers Naval Artillery Volunteers.

WILLIAM KETTLE, Esq., late Lieutenant, L Battery, New Zealand Regiment, Artillery Volunteers.

Date of resignations, 16th February, 1892.

W. P. REEVES,
For the Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st March, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to accept the resignations of the commissions held by the under-mentioned officers:—

H Battery, New Zealand Regiment, Artillery Volunteers.

Honorary Surgeon Alfred Coleman. Date of resignation, 16th October, 1891.

Totara Rifle Volunteers.

Honorary Chaplain the Rev. Frederick Philip Fendall. Date of resignation, 19th February, 1892.

W. P. REEVES,
For the Minister of Defence.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to accept the resignation by

SOMERSET WILLIAM D’ARCY IRVINE, Esq.,

of Wellington, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the colony.

W. P. REEVES.

Despatch.—Amending Article IX. of Extradition Treaty with Uruguay.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st March, 1892.

THE following despatch, received from Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

(Circular.)

Downing Street, 17th December, 1891.

My LORD,—With reference to my predecessor’s circular despatch of the 16th of March, 1885,* I have the honour to transmit to you, for publication in the colony under your government, a copy of an Order of Her Majesty the Queen in Council, dated the 24th of November, 1891, for giving effect to the protocol between Her Majesty and the President of the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay, concluded at Monte Video on the 20th of March, 1891, the ratifications of which were exchanged at Monte Video on the 17th of July, 1891, for the extension of the period stipulated in Article IX. of the treaty of the 26th March, 1884, for the mutual extradition of fugitive criminals.

I have, &c.,

KNUTSFORD.

The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

EXTRACT FROM ORDER OF HER MAJESTY IN COUNCIL, dated 24th November, 1891.

The period of thirty days fixed by Article IX. of the Treaty for the Extradition of Criminals in force between the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay and Great Britain, for the provisional arrest of persons charged with any of the crimes or offences specified in the said treaty, being thoroughly recognised as insufficient, both Governments agree that the said period shall henceforth be fixed at sixty days.

• Published in New Zealand Gazette No. 35, of the 4th June, 1885, page 724.

Provisional Arrangement respecting Danish Vice-Consulate in Wellington.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government directs it to be notified that he has been advised by Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies that the Danish Vice-Consulate at Wellington has been provisionally placed under the charge of

Mr. A. F. CASTENDYK,

in consequence of the death of the Consul, Mr. Toxward.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Notice to Mariners, No. 10 of 1892.

NAPIER HARBOUR.—EXHIBITION OF RED LIGHT AT END OF BREAKWATER, NAPIER BLUFF.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 23rd March, 1892.

NOTICE is hereby given that, on and after Monday, the 18th April next, a red light will be exhibited on the outer end of the Breakwater at Napier Bluff, shifted forward as the work advances. Masters of vessels, in passing, are advised to keep well clear of the works, as materials under water extend far out.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.

Notice to Local Authorities under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886.”

The Treasury,
Wellington, 16th March, 1892.

PURSUANT to section 16 of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” the Colonial Treasurer hereby gives notice that, on Wednesday, the 13th April, 1892, he will be prepared to consider applications from local authorities for loans under the Act.

Applications should be addressed to the Colonial Treasurer, and in the corner of the envelope the words “Local Bodies’ Loans” should be written; and every application must be posted so as to arrive at the Treasury on or before the 12th April, 1892.

Applications received between the present date and the 12th April next will be considered on the date mentioned above.

J. BALLANCE,
Colonial Treasurer.

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.

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