BONUSES ON COLONIAL INDUSTRIES.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2473, 21 February 1881, Page 4

BONUSES ON COLONIAL INDUSTRIES.

Notice is given by the Colonial Secre. tary that the following bonuses will be paid on articles produced in tbe colony of New Zealand, as under :

On Sugar.—A bonus of one thousand pounds (£1000) will be given for the production of the first 125 tons of sugar, manufactured in New Zealand, from beet grown in the colony.

On Linseed Oil.—A bonus of five hundred pounds (£500) will be given for the production, by machinery per inanently established in New Zealand, of the first ten thousand, (10,000) gallons of oil, of good marketable quality, from linseed grown in the colony.

On Oil Cake. —A bonus of one hundred pound (£100) will be given for the production of the first fifty tons of oil cake, of good marketable quality, from linseed grow in the colony.

On Starch. —A bonus of three hundred pound (£300) will be given on the first fifty tons of starch, manufactured in the colony, which shall be shipped to an English market, and for which a satisfactory certificate shall be given by dealers or brokers in England that thd starch is of good marketable quality. “On Silk. —A bonus of 50 per cent on the value realised for the first thousand pounds (£1000) worth of cocoons ot the silkworm, or silkworms’ eggs, produced in the colony, to be paid on quantities of not less than fifty pounds (£SO) nor more than one hundred pounds (100) produced by any one person. On Sulphuric Acid. —A bonus of five dundred pounds (£500) per annmu will be given for three years in succession for the production each year, by machinery established in New Zealand, of not less than 50 tons of sulphuric acid, of good marketable quality. The producer, to the satisfaction of the Colonial Secretary of the first 50 tons, shall be also entitled to the payment of the two following years if he fulfils the conditions. On Earthenware.—A bonus of two hundred and fifty pounds (£250) will be give on the first £IOO worth of household earthenware manufactured in the colony, on proof that it has been sold at such prices us to show that it is of good marketable quality. It is stipulated by the Colonial Secre tary that notice of intention to claim any of the above bonuses must be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not later than the 31st December, 1881. The claim must be made before the 30th June, 1882, and other conditions as to quantity, quality, and value are to be fulfilled to the satisfaction of an officer appointed for the purpose by the Government.