FEB. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 183

Tenders received for Ironwork Contract, Stephen’s Island Lighthouse.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 7th February, 1893.

THE following tenders have been received for the Ironwork Contract, Stephen’s Island Lighthouse:—

Accepted.
£ s. d.
Messrs. Beaney and Sons, Auckland .. .. 689 0 0

Declined.
Messrs. Sparrow and Co., Dunedin .. .. 725 14 3
Messrs. S. Luke and Co., Wellington .. .. 729 0 0
Messrs. Scott Brothers, Christchurch .. .. 800 0 4
Messrs. W. Cable and Co., Wellington.. .. 825 0 0
Messrs. J. and A. Anderson, Christchurch .. 992 0 0

R. J. SEDDON.

Proclamation removing Prohibition on New Zealand Sheep into New South Wales.—Notice No. 360.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 6th February, 1893.

THE following Proclamation, issued by the Governor of New South Wales, is published for general information.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture.

NEW SOUTH WALES, ) Proclamation by His Excellency the
TO WIT. } Right Honourable VICTOR ALBERT
GEORGE, EARL OF JERSEY, a Member
of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable
Privy Council, Knight Grand Cross
of the Most Distinguished Order of
Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of
the Colony of New South Wales and
its Dependencies.

(L.S.)
JERSEY, Governor.

WHEREAS by section ten of “The Imported Stock Act of 1871,” the Governor is empowered, by Proclamation in the Government Gazette, to restrict or absolutely prohibit for any specified time the importation or introduction of any stock, fodder, or fittings from any other colony or country in which there is reason to believe any infectious or contagious disease in stock exists: And whereas by a Proclamation under the hand of His Excellency the Governor, published in the Government Gazette of this date, pursuant to the provisions of “The Imported Stock Act of 1871,” amongst other things, scab in sheep was declared to be an infectious or contagious disease: And whereas there is reason to believe that scab does not now exist in sheep in the Colony of New Zealand:

Now, therefore, I, Victor Albert George, Earl of Jersey, Governor aforesaid, with the advice of the Executive Council, do, by this my Proclamation, hereby withdraw the Proclamation of the eighteenth day of December last (1892), which prohibits the importation or introduction of any sheep, or any fodder or fittings put on board any vessel with, or for the use of, any sheep from the Colony of New Zealand.

Given under my hand and seal, at Government House, Sydney, this tenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, and in the fifty-sixth year of Her Majesty’s reign.

By His Excellency’s command.
T. M. SLATTERY.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Revocation of Appointment of Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the authority in me for this purpose vested, I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do, by this order under my hand, revoke and annul the appointment of the under-mentioned warehouse for the reception and security of goods entered to be warehoused without payment of duty upon the first entry thereof, namely:—

Port of Greymouth.

The warehouse known as

GLENN’S BOND,

as appointed and described in Commissioner’s Order No. 59, of the 24th October, 1872.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this sixth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister acting for the Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Commissioner’s Order No. 442.]

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.

Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th February, 1893.

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.”

R. H. GOVETT,
For the Under-Secretary.

Taotaoroa Road District, County of Piako :
John McCaw.
Henry Miller.

Pukekura Road District, County of Waipa :
Daniel Caley, jun.

Waikohu Road District, County of Cook :
Julius Cæsar.
James E. C. Price.
James Gordon.
John Edward Foster.
James Orr.