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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 38

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.

Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 11th May, 1892.

THE following notices of elections of Members of Road Boards have been received at this office, and are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Waikiekie Road District, County of Whangarei :
Frank C. Hilford.
William Hartnell.

Mount Roskill Road District, County of Eden :
James Henry Hayr.
Thomas Billington.
James William Carr.
William John Connolly.
Edward Sewell.
Alexander Boyd.

One-tree Hill Road District, County of Eden :
William Gardner.
William Mears.
William Wall.
Robert Hall.
Henry Bruce Morton.

Opaheke North Road District, County of Manukau :
John Bremner.
Thomas Nobbs.
James Thomas Cossey.
John Fitzgerald.
William Fulton.

Maungatawhiri Road District, County of Manukau :
Frederick Bosworth Kingsford.
Robert Proude.
Charles Moore.
John Thomas Smith.
Frederick George Austin.

Pukekura Road District, County of Waipa :
Henry Buttle.
James Anderson.
Richard Wilson Mears.
Richard Reynolds.
Thornton Walker.

Papakura Road District, County of Hawke’s Bay :
John Beatson.
John Gilligan.
Addison John Newbould.
John Orr.
James Stothart.

Oero Road District, County of Patangata :
Charles Edward Beetham.
Gordon Harding Saxby.
James Nelson Williams.
Allen Marsh Williams.

Tamumu Road District, County of Patangata :
John Brown Monckton.
William Busby.
Andrew Logan.
Leslie Harding McHardy.
George Coldham Williams.

Kumeroa Road District, County of Waipawa :
No. 1, Township Ward—James Storrie.
No. 2, River Ward—Patrick Henry Lynch.
No. 3, Bridle-track Ward—Mark Whitehead.
No. 4, Totara Ward—James Shaw.
No. 5, Otawhao Ward—Harry Gordon Balfour-Kinnear.

Masterton Road District, County of Wairarapa North :
Subdivision No. 1—Walter Harris.
Henry Holmes.
Subdivision No. 2—Donald McKenzie.
Thomas William Wardell.
Subdivision No. 3—William Henry Beetham.

Okotuku Road District, County of Patea :
George Stephen Bridge.
Peter Elmslie.
George Howie.
Spencer Napier.

Kohi Road District, County of Patea :
Robert Bremer.
John Ion.
Thomas Ion.
John Johnstone.
James McMeckin.

Whenuakura-Waitotara Road District, County of Patea :
No. 1 Ward—William Wilson.
No. 2 Ward—Duncan McDonald.
No. 3 Ward—Isaac Lupton.
No. 4 Ward—William Bremer.
No. 5 Ward—Charles A. Durie.

Moa Road District, County of Taranaki :
Arthur Edward Atkinson.
Thomas Waring Corbett.
Richard Langley.
Augustus Haverbier.
William Gray Sutherland.
Richard Gernhoefer.
Harry Peters.
Thomas Morgan.
Charles Thorpe Clark.

Egmont Road District, County of Taranaki :
Samuel Rundle.
Frank Salway.
Walter Bishop, jun.
Henry Osborne Skelton.
John Charles Commerer.

Omaka Road District, County of Marlborough :
Opawa Subdivision—William B. Parker.
George Houldsworth.
Charles Redwood.
Renwick Subdivision—David Bishell.
James Coleman.
William Tindill.