Jan. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 9

I, George Houston Wallace, Clerk to the Wirokino Road
Board, do hereby declare and certify that the above is a
true copy of such special order, and that the said special
order has been duly made according to the provisions of
"The Road Boards Act, 1882."
Dated this 31st day of December, 1892.
GEORGE H. WALLACE,
Clerk to the Board.

SPECIAL ORDER.
That the resolution passed at last meeting of this Board
proposing to strike a special rate of thirty-nine fourteenths
of a penny in the pound on the rateable values of Sections
6, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 17, Block XV., Mount Robinson Survey
District, and Section 6, Block III., Waiopehu Survey Dis-
trict, for the purpose of paying interest and annual charges
on the loan of £1,200 for constructing Buckley Road (such
special rate to be an annually-recurring rate for twenty-six
years, and payable, in one instalment, on the 1st July in
each year), be now confirmed.

I, George Houston Wallace, Clerk to the Wirokino Road
Board, do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of
such special order, and that the said special order has been
duly made in accordance with the provisions of "The Road
Boards Act, 1882."
Dated this 31st day of December, 1892.
GEORGE H. WALLACE,
Clerk to the Board.

SPECIAL ORDER.
That the resolution passed at last meeting of this Board
proposing to make a special district of Sections 6, 9, 10, 11,
12, and 17, Block XV., Mount Robinson Survey District,
and Section 6, Block III., Waiopehu Survey District, for the
purpose of raising a loan, be now confirmed.

I, George Houston Wallace, Clerk to the Wirokino Road
Board, do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of
such special order, and that the said special order has been
duly made according to the provisions of "The Road Boards
Act, 1882."
Dated this 31st day of December, 1892.
GEORGE H. WALLACE,
Clerk to the Board.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th December, 1892.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue
Letters of Naturalisation, under "The Aliens Act,
1880," in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Sheep Districts declared clean.—Notice No. 355.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 4th January, 1893.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to declare
the several sheep districts throughout the colony to
be clean sheep districts within the meaning of "The Sheep
Act, 1890."

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

Bonus for the Manufacture of Salt.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 24th February, 1892.

N OTICE 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.

Bonus for the Manufacture of Pig-iron from Ironsand
or Iron-ore.

Mines Office,
Wellington, 24th February, 1892.

N OTICE 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.

*Fixing Time and Place of First Meeting of Trustees ap-
pointed under "The Kaitangata Relief Fund Transfer
Act, 1892."

Mines Department,
Wellington, 5th January, 1893.

N OTICE is hereby given that the first meeting of the
Trustees appointed under "The Kaitangata Relief
Fund Transfer Act, 1892," will be held on Wednesday, the
18th day of January, 1893, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, in
the Town Hall, at Dunedin.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Mines.

Assistant Teachers for Deaf-mute Institution, Sumner.

Education Department,
Wellington, 9th December, 1892.

A PPLICATIONS will be received up to the 15th of
January from persons desirous of appointment to the
position of assistant teacher in this institution, where the
deaf are taught to speak and to understand the speech of
others. There are two vacancies.

Qualifications: A good education, an earnest spirit, a
cheerful and amiable disposition, good character, and a
sound constitution; also at least one year's experience as
a teacher of hearing children.

Age: Between eighteen and twenty-one.

Period of service: Five years from the 1st February next,
including a probationary term of six months.

Salary, in addition to board in the institution: £90 for the
first year, with an annual increase of £10, for a young man;
and £60, with annual increase of £10, for a young woman.

A certificate will be given at the end of the five years to
testify that the teacher has received complete training in the
"articulation method" of instruction for the deaf.

Applications must be addressed to "The Secretary for
Education, Wellington," from whom further information
may be obtained.

WM. JAS. HABENS.