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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 30

and I wish, both in my own name and that of my children,
to express, from my heart, my warm gratitude to all.
These testimonies of sympathy with us, and appreciation of
my dear grandson, whom I loved as a son, and whose devo-
tion to me was as great as that of a son, will be a help and
consolation to me and mine in our affliction.
My bereavements during the last thirty years of my reign
have indeed been heavy. Though the labours, anxieties,
and responsibilities inseparable from my position have been
great, yet it is my earnest prayer that God may continue
to give me health and strength to work for the good and
happiness of my dear Country and Empire while life lasts.
VICTORIA, R.I.

THE following official telegram has been received from Sir
Francis Knollys, at Windsor Castle:—
The Prince and Princess of Wales are anxious to express
to Her Majesty’s subjects, whether in the United Kingdom,
in the colonies, or in India, the sense of their deep gratitude
for the universal feeling of sympathy manifested towards
them at a time when they are overpowered by the terrible
calamity which they have sustained in the loss of their
beloved eldest son.
If sympathy at such a moment is of any avail, the re-
membrance that their grief has been shared by all classes
will be a lasting consolation to their sorrowing hearts, and,
if possible, will make them more than ever attached to their
dear country.
Windsor Castle, 20th January, 1892.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of Richmond.
—
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th April, 1892.
THE following notice, received from His Worship the
Mayor of Richmond, is published in accordance with
“ The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886.”
P. A. BUCKLEY.

PROPOSED LOAN, BOROUGH OF RICHMOND.
RESULT of a poll taken on the 29th day of February, 1892,
pursuant to “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” upon
a proposal by the Council of the Borough of Richmond to
borrow £500 by way of special loan towards the construction
of a road known as the Road round the Rocks :—
Number of burgesses on roll, 115; number of votes on roll,
150; voted in favour of proposal for loan, 75 burgesses
exercising 94 votes; voted against proposal, 1 burgess ex-
ercising 1 vote.
A majority in number of the burgesses, exercising more
than one-half of the total number of votes, having voted in
favour of the said proposal, I declare the same to be duly
carried.
GEO. TALBOT,
Mayor.
Borough Office, Richmond,
29th February, 1892.

I, George Talbot, Mayor of the Borough of Richmond, in
the Colony of New Zealand, do solemnly and sincerely
declare that all proceedings required by “The Municipal
Corporations Act, 1886,” to be taken in or towards obtaining
the sanction of the burgesses of the said Borough of Rich-
mond to a proposal to borrow £500 by way of special loan
towards the construction of a road known as the Road round
the Rocks have been duly taken, and that the resolution in
favour of the proposal has been duly carried. And I make
this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same
to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices
of the Peace Act, 1882.”
GEO. TALBOT,
Mayor.

Declared at Nelson, this 26th day of March, 1892, before
me—H. D. Jackson, J.P.

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,
3. The bonus will be payable in instalments of £50 as
   each lot of 50 tons of iron is manufactured, on the certifi-
   cate of an officer appointed by the Minister of Mines that the
   iron is of good marketable quality.
4. 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.
5. 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,
3. Not more than £250 will be paid for salt manufactured
   in the North Island, and not more than £250 for salt manu-
   factured in the South Island.
4. 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.
5. 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 manu-
   factured in the South Island.
6. 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.

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 litera-
ture 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.