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Bottles. That the Government should procure evidence as to the prospect of satisfactorily establishing the manufacture of black glass bottles ; and that, in their discretion, bonuses may be offered of not exceeding £600 each for the establishing of such manufacture in four different localities. Pottery. That a bonus be offered for the manufacture of pottery ware, in works permanently established in the colony, of £300 for the first £2,000 worth of pottery ware suitable for household purposes, the quality to be approved and conditions fixed by the Government; bonus to be available until the 30th June, 1876. Linseed Oil. That a bonus of £500 be offered for* the production by machinery, permanently established in the colony, of 10,000 gallons of linseed oil, of good marketable quality, and from linseed grown in the colony. Conditions to be fixed by the Government, and bonus to be available until the 30th of June, 1876. Coal. That, being impressed with a conviction of the paramount importance of obtaining a cheap and abundant supply of coal for the development of manufactures and commerce in the colony, your Committee desire urgently to press the necessity of more vigorously proceeding with works to render •our coal fields available. ¥m. Aechd. Mtteeay, 19th August, 1874. Chairman of Committee. By Authority: Geoege Didsbuey, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB74. Price 3d.'] ■ *

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