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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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butter or cheese, and affix the official stamp and grade-mark
on the lot, or any portion thereof, according to the quality
of the sample thereof.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to butter or
cheese in hermetically-sealed tins.

The following buildings and places are declared cool-
stores for the purposes of the said Act:—
The Auckland Freezing Company (Limited), Auckland;
the Wellington Meat Export Company (Limited), Welling-
ton; the Lyttelton Harbour Board, Lyttelton; and Messrs.
Irvine and Stevenson, Dunedin.

The Government undertake no duties in connection with
the shipping of produce, and exporters must make their own
arrangements for transit to and from store.

On the despatch of any produce full particulars (brands,
weights, &c.) of the consignment must be forwarded, ad-
dressed to the Grader, at the Government Cool-store.

Books of advice-notes, containing fifty forms, are obtain-
able from the Government Printer, Wellington, price 1s.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture.

Notice to Mariners, No. 39 of 1895.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 19th September, 1895.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the
Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, is
published for general information.
J. G. WARD.

PORT OF PORT PHILLIP.—WEST CHANNEL.

Referring to Notice to Mariners published on the 27th
March, 1895, it is hereby notified that on and after Friday,
the 6th day of September next, the lightship moored at the
north-eastern end of the West Channel will be removed, and
a light will be again exhibited from the pile structure on the
north-eastern edge of the west bank.

Vessels should pass three-quarters of a cable's length to
the eastward of the light.

Fog Signals.

During thick and foggy weather warning-signals will be
given by sounding a gong and fog-horn alternately every
five minutes.

OUTER HARBOUR, GEELONG.—POINT WILSON.

It is also notified that a beacon consisting of a basket-ball,
painted red, and elevated 9ft. above high water; has been set
up on the end of the shoal which extends in a south-westerly
direction from Point Wilson, and distant therefrom five
cables and a half.

This beacon is to warn masters of small craft of their near
approach to a rocky patch on which there is 1ft. of water
only.
By order.
ALEXR. WILSON,
Port Officer.

Harbour Office, Customs,
Melbourne, 28th August, 1895.

Alterations and Additions to the Scale of Fares and Charges
in Force upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

IN accordance with "The Government Railways Act, 1894,"
I, Alfred Jerome Cadman, the Minister for Railways,
do hereby make the following alterations in and additions to
the scale of fares, rates, and charges on the New Zealand
Government railways, to come into force on and after the
30th day of September, 1895:—

PART IV.—GOODS: LOCAL RATES.
HURUNUI—BLUFF SECTION.

Class H.—Wool, &c.

The clause stating that Class H, undumped, from Culver-
den to Christchurch or Lyttelton, will be charged 6d. per
bale less than the classified rates is hereby cancelled.

The following rates will be charged on Class H, undumped,
from the stations named below to Christchurch and Lyttel-
ton:—

From To Christchurch. To Lyttelton.
s. d. s. d.
Culverden .. .. 4 10 .. 5 4
Balmoral .. .. 4 10 .. 5 4
Medbury .. .. 4 7 .. 5 1
Hawarden .. 4 5 .. 4 10
Waikari .. .. 4 2 .. 4 7
Waipara .. .. 3 5 .. 3 11

As witness my hand, this twenty-fifth day of Septem-
ber, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
A. J. CADMAN,
Minister for Railways.

Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver.

Mines Office,
Wellington, 19th September, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of fourpence
(4d.) per pound will be paid on the production of the
first one hundred thousand pounds weight (100,000lb.) of
good marketable retorted quicksilver, free from all impuri-
ties, from any mine in New Zealand, on the following con-
ditions, that is to say:—

1. That at least one-third of the quantity is produced on
   or before the 31st March, 1897, and the remaining two-
   thirds on or before the 31st March, 1899.

2. No bonus will be payable until the whole of the one
   hundred thousand pounds (100,000lb.) of quicksilver has
   been produced as stipulated to the satisfaction of an officer
   to be appointed by the Minister of Mines, and on whose
   certificate alone the bonus will be paid.

3. In the event of more than one person producing the
   required quantities of quicksilver before the dates 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 in proportion to the
   quantities produced by each applicant, but in no case shall
   any bonus be paid until at least one hundred thousand
   pounds (100,000lb.) of quicksilver has been produced in the
   aggregate.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

Bonus for the Manufacture of Potassium Cyanide.

Department of Industries and Commerce,
Wellington, 17th January, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of £1,000 will be
paid for the erection of a plant and the manufacture
in New Zealand of the first 200 tons of crude cyanide of
potassium from colonial produce.

1. The plant must be capable of producing at least 70
   tons of crude cyanide of potassium annually.

2. The crude cyanide of potassium so manufactured shall
   contain at least 70 per cent. of potassium cyanide.

3. The bonus will be paid in two equal instalments, the
   first instalment being payable on the production of the first
   100 tons, and the second instalment on the production of
   the second 100 tons, of crude cyanide of potassium contain-
   ing the required percentage of potassium cyanide.

4. On the completion of the plant, notice in writing must
   be sent to the Minister of Industries and Commerce, Wel-
   ington, who will appoint an officer to inspect the same,
   together with the raw material then available from which
   the cyanide of potassium is proposed to be manufactured.

5. The officer so appointed shall from time to time inspect
   the process of manufacture, in order that he may satisfy
   himself that the whole of the cyanide of potassium is being
   manufactured from material of New Zealand production;
   and before any bonus is paid such officer will be required
   to certify that he is satisfied the crude cyanide of potassium
   is the product of New Zealand material only, and that it
   contains the required percentage of potassium cyanide.

6. The bonus must be claimed for the first 100 tons on or
   before the 31st March, 1897, and for the second 100 tons on
   or before the 30th September, 1898.
   J. G. WARD.

Public Notice under "The Stock Act, 1893," re Swine-fever.
—No. 413.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 3rd May, 1895.

IT having been reported to me that the disease known as
"swine-fever" exists amongst pigs belonging to Mr.
J. C. Anderson, of Stirling, farmer, and running on his farm-
lands, comprising Sections 6, 7, 8, 9, in Block XIII., North
Molyneux District, I therefore, in accordance with sec-
tion 14, subsection (4), of "The Stock Act, 1893," hereby
declare such lands to be an infected place from which no
swine, carcase, or any portion thereof, or any fodder or fit-
tings, &c., shall be removed, except under the direction of an
Inspector of Stock.

JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Chief Inspector of Stock.

Public Notice under "The Stock Act, 1893," re Anthrax.—
Notice No. 421.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 21st August, 1895.

IT having been reported to me that the disease known as
"anthrax" exists amongst stock running on certain
lands in the County of Waipa, I therefore, in accordance
with section 14, subsection (4), of "The Stock Act, 1893,"
hereby declare the under-mentioned lands to be an infected