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adopted in the case of nations with whom we have recently concluded treaties, and those which, in virtue of past agreements, are entitled to most-favoured-nation treatment, in view of the conventions coming into force on the 1st January. With regard to those nations which have not yet concluded new commercial agreements, and those coming under the second column of the tariff in virtue of the Royal Order of the 29th June, 1892, it is impossible to introduce any change until a more satisfactory arrangement is arrived at.

PRAXIDES MATEO SAGASTA.

Madrid, 31st December, 1893.

Royal Decree.

In the name of my august son, King Alphonso XIII., and as Queen-Regent of the realm, at the instigation of the Council of Ministers, I hereby decree as follows:—

Art. 1. From the 1st January next, and pending the deliberations of the Cortes on the Project of Law to be immediately laid before them, the most reduced (“mas reducidos”) tariff and further advantages resulting from the commercial conventions with Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, and Holland shall be applied to the products of the soil and industries of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Denmark, France, Great Britain and her colonies, and Italy, subject to the same conditions as those under which those benefits are conceded.

Art. 2. Similar rights and immunities shall be applied to those nations possessing the most-favoured-nation clause in treaties of commerce, peace, or friendship, which have not been named.

Art. 3. The duties of the second column of the tariff shall continue to be levied in the form now applying to the products of the soil and industries of all other nations entitled to this advantage, in virtue of the Royal Order of the 29th June, 1892.

Art. 4. The Government shall notify the provisions of this decree to the Cortes.

Given at the Palace, the 31st December, 1893.

MARIA CHRISTINA.

The President of the Council of Ministers,
PRAXIDES MATEO SAGASTA.

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Notice of Dismissal from the Civil Service.

Department of Trade and Customs,
16th May, 1894.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to dismiss

FREDERICK MARRYATT,

Clerk in the Department of Trade and Customs, from the Civil Service of the colony, as from the 19th April last.

J. G. WARD,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

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Appointing Inspectors of Stock Agents to sue for the Recovery of Rates.—Notice No 393.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 16th May, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the persons named in the Schedule hereto, who are Inspectors of Stock, to be agents to appear and act for Her Majesty in all suits in the Magistrates’ Courts brought for the recovery of rates, or sums of money in the nature thereof, payable to Her Majesty under “The Stock Act, 1893.”

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SCHEDULE.

Edmund Clifton. Frederick Schaw.
Gratton Sherwood Cooke. David Ross.
John Drummond. Henry Oldham.
Campbell Thomson. Richard Hull.
Alexander Monro. Arthur Kennedy Blundell.
Walter Miller. Harry Neville Hertslet.
Hector McNeil Campbell. John Moore.
Willis Ashton Scaife. Robert Fitzroy Holderness.
Charles Avery Cunningham. William Gilbert Rees.
Henry Sinclair Thomson. Edmund Alfred Field.
Charles Clendon Empson. Blair Fullarton.
Edwin Atchley Dowden. John Leslie Bruce.
Roland Hope Hassall. Herbert George James Hull.
Alexander Ironside. John Cargill Miller.
Henry Thomas George Turner.

A. J. CADMAN,
For Minister of Agriculture.

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Bonus on Mineral Oil manufactured from Orepuki Shale.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 30th June, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus will be paid for the production of mineral oil under the following conditions:—

1. A bonus of 1s. per gallon (£5,000) will be paid on the first 100,000 gallons of mineral oil produced from shale obtained in the Orepuki district, Otago; the oil to be of a quality approved of by Government, and to be sold at a fair average market price.

2. Notice of intention to claim the aforesaid bonus must be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not later than the 31st December, 1894.

3. The claim must be made before the 30th June, 1895.

4. The first claimant who proves to the satisfaction of the Government that he has fulfilled all the conditions to be the recipient of the bonus.

5. The other conditions, as to quantity, priority, quality, and value, to be fulfilled to the satisfaction of an officer appointed for the purpose by the Government.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

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Bonus on Starch manufactured in New Zealand.—Amended Notice.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 15th November, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of two pounds (£2) a ton will be paid on 100 tons of starch manufactured in the Colony of New Zealand in each of the years 1893 and 1894.

CONDITIONS.

1. Notice of intention to claim the bonus for 100 tons in 1893 must be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not later than the 31st December, 1893. Notice of intention to claim the bonus for 100 tons in 1894 must be given in the same manner not later than the 31st December, 1894.

2. The claims must be made respectively before the 31st December, 1893 and 1894.

3. The first claimant who proves to the satisfaction of the Government that he has fulfilled all the conditions is to be the recipient of the bonus.

4. Evidence to be produced of such a nature as will enable an officer appointed by the Government to certify that the above-stated quantity in each year has been actually made, sold, and delivered.

5. The bonus to be paid only on the certificate of such officer.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

[NOTE.—The above notice is in lieu of notice dated 10th October, 1893, published in Gazette of 12th October, 1893.]

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Bonuses for Encouragement of New Zealand Hemp (Phormium tenax) Industry.—Notice No. 387.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 1st February, 1894.

BONUS No. 1.

A BONUS of £1,750 is offered for a machine or process for dressing New Zealand hemp (Phormium tenax) which shall be an improvement on the machines or processes now in use, and which shall, after trial, be found to materially reduce the cost of production, improve the product, or increase the quantity of dressed fibre.

The following are the conditions:—

1. All applications for the bonus must be sent addressed to the Hon. the Minister of Agriculture, Wellington, and must reach him not later than the 30th August, 1894. Each application must be accompanied by a description of the machine or process, particularly stating improvements on present machines or processes, and also the cost at which the machine or process can be supplied.

2. The applicants must be prepared to submit their machines or processes to examination at such time and place as the Government may direct.

3. The Government shall appoint a committee of three or more experts, to whom all applications shall be submitted. Such committee shall, after perusal, state what machines or processes they deem worthy of consideration, and may inspect the same at any place within the colony; and, having so inspected the whole or any of them, may direct that the whole or any of them be brought for further trial to such place as they may think fit.

The cost of bringing the machines or appliances on to the ground, from within the colony, supplying the necessary shafting, motive-power, and buildings, to be defrayed by the Government. If any machine sent from beyond the colony is awarded the bonus or part thereof, then the cost of bringing such machine shall be borne by the Government.

The following shall be the basis of the test:—

The committee shall supply a sufficient and equal quantity of green hemp to each machine or process as a test.