Mar. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 547

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 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.

Authority to frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to authorise
The ASSISTANT-ENGINEER, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, GREYMOUTH,
to frank letters, telegrams, and parcels on the public service.

J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 16th September, 1891.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1893, the period of literature will be the reign of Elizabeth, and the special books will be Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Macaulay’s Essays on Bacon and Walpole.

W. P. REEVES,
Minister of Education.

Notice to make Returns of Income.—“The Land and Income Assessment Act, 1891.”

NOTICE is hereby given that, in pursuance of the above Act and the regulations made thereunder, every person and company, within the meaning of the said Act, having derived income during the year ending the 31st March, 1892, from any source or by any means which is made the subject of taxation under the said Act, is hereby required to duly make and furnish to me in the prescribed form returns of such income on or before the 18th day of April.

And, further, notice is hereby given that such returns shall in all cases be delivered at, or forwarded to, the office of the Commissioner of Taxes in the Government Buildings at Wellington.

Dated this 28th day of March, 1892.

CHAS. M. CROMBIE,
Commissioner of Taxes.

NOTE.—Forms of statement may be obtained at any postal money-order office.

Adoption of “The Rating Act, 1882,” by the Kihikihi Town Board.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Kihikihi Town Board, on or about the 31st day of October, 1891, duly passed a resolution to the effect that it desires to adopt “The Rating Act, 1882,” and that such resolution is in the words and figures following, namely:—
“That this Board adopt the provisions of ‘The Rating Act, 1882,’ and its amendments, in lieu of ‘The Rating Act, 1876,’ and amendments, at present in force.”
Dated this 31st day of March, 1892.

CHAS. M. CROMBIE,
Commissioner of Taxes.

Adoption of “The Rating Act, 1882,” by the Lower Hutt Borough Council.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Lower Hutt Borough Council, on or about the 6th day of April, 1891, duly passed a resolution to the effect that it desires to adopt “The Rating Act, 1882,” and that such resolution is in the words and figures following, namely:—
“That this Council adopt the provisions of ‘The Rating Act, 1882,’ for rating purposes.”
Dated this 31st day of March, 1892.

CHAS. M. CROMBIE,
Commissioner of Taxes.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 25th March, 1892.

THE Onward Tent, No. 52, situated at Palmerston North, is registered as a branch of the New Zealand Central District, Independent Order of Rechabites Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 25th day of March, 1892.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 30th March, 1892.

THE Manukau Lodge No. 52, situated at Manukau, is registered as a branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of New Zealand Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 30th day of March, 1892.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.