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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 88

Issue of New Zealand War Medals.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 27th October, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the issue of New Zealand war medals to the men of the Colonial Forces whose names appear in the attached schedule.

R. J. SEDDON.

NOMINAL ROLL of Men of the Colonial Forces whose Claims to the New Zealand War Medal have been investigated and admitted.

Archibald Campbell, Constable, Armed Constabulary.
Samuel Howard, Private, No. 2 Company, Taranaki Rifle Volunteers.
Robert Wright, Private, Taranaki Military Settlers.
James Brady, Trooper, Auckland Colonial Defence Force.
Joshua P. Le Sueur, Private, 3rd Waikato Militia.
George Burdett, Private, Wanganui Rangers.
Charles Sampson, Private, Taranaki Militia.
Charles Edgecombe, Private, No. 1 Company, Taranaki Rifle Volunteers.
Henry Edgecombe, Private, No. 1 Company, Taranaki Rifle Volunteers.
Alexander Hogg, Private, Auckland Naval Volunteers.
William Devinish, Private, Taranaki Militia.
James Ross, Private, Taranaki Military Settlers.
James Plumley, Private, Colonial Defence Force.
William Edgecombe, Private, No. 1 Company, Taranaki Rifle Volunteers.
Thomas Barron, Private, Auckland Coastguards.
Albert J. Hamilton, Corporal, No. 3 Division, Armed Constabulary.
John E. Sarten, Private, Taranaki Mounted Volunteers.
Thomas Sole, Private, Taranaki Mounted Volunteers.
Philip Vercoe, Private, No. 1 Company, Taranaki Rifle Volunteers.
Duncan McNicol, Private, Wairoa Rifle Volunteers.
John Lander, Private, Auckland Navals.
James S. Wilson, Private, Wairoa Rifle Volunteers.
James McBride, Constable, Armed Constabulary.

Hawke’s Bay Runs classified.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st October, 1892.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Commissioners appointed in pursuance of section 9 of “The Land Acts Amendment Act, 1888,” have reported to His Excellency the Governor that the lands described in the Schedule hereto have been classified by them as therein noted.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

SCHEDULE.

CLASS I.—PASTORAL LANDS, being Lands suitable exclusively for Pasturage, and not capable of being used with Profit in Areas of less than Five Thousand Acres.

ALL that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement 16,684 acres, situated in the Mangahopai, Waiau, Waitara, and Mohaka Survey Districts, and being known as the Rotokakarangu Block. Bounded towards the north by the Maungataniwha and Te Putere Blocks; towards the east by the Rotokakarangu No. 2 Block; towards the south by the Mohaka River; and towards the west by the Te Hoe Stream.

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.

Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 8th November, 1892.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that the Hon. the Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided to interpret “The Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1888,” in relation to the under-mentioned articles as follow:—

NOTE.—“Not otherwise enumerated” appears as n.o.e.; “other kinds” as o.k.; “articles and materials suited only for, and to be used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the colony” as a. & m.s. Articles marked thus * are revised decisions.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.
Commissioner’s Order No. 432.]

Designation of Post-office changed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 1st November, 1892.

IT is hereby notified for general information that the designation of the post-office in the Invercargill Postal District, known as The Reefs, will, from the 1st instant, be changed to

BULLENDAL E.

By order of the Postmaster-General,

W. GRAY,
Secretary.