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TABLE I.—Bonuses on Colonial Industries offered from time to time by the General Government:

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Articles for which Bonuses have been offered. Date of Offer. Quantity to be produced. Amount oj Bonus. Notice of Intention to claim to be given before Bonus to be claimed before Name and Address of Claimants of Bonuses. Date of Notice. Notes. Antimony Regulus Feb. 2, 1883 250 tons, sold in a foreign market at a fair market price April 20, May 25 tons of butter or 50 18, 1881 tons of cheese Feb. 2, 1883 £500 .. Dec. 31,1883 June 30, 1884 ) ou, J.OOLapsed. Butter or Cheese (see conditions) April 20, May 18, 1881 £500 .. „ 31, 1881 „ 30, 1882 30, 1882 New Zealand and Australian Land Company, Dunedin Banks Peninsula Farmers' Club Dec. 6, 1881 Extension of time applied for and granted; fresh notice issued. Refused, as the cheese exported by the club was not made on the American factorysystem, but by the members individually. As the New Zealand and Australian Land Company was not able to comply with the conditions, it applied for the free use of the water-supply at Edendale Railway-station, in lieu of a bonus. As other notices from intending claimants of the bonus had meanwhile been sent in, the application was refused. The time having been further extended, the New Zealand and Australian Land Company again applied for the bonus, and received the £500 in June, 1884, there being two unsuccessful competitors. £500 .. May 2, „ April 13, 1882 Ditto April 13, 1882 „ 31, 1882 „ 30, 1883 30, 1883 New Zealand and Australian Land Company Te Awamutu Cheese and Bacon Factory Company Dec. 15, 1882 Potteryware .. Earthenware .. Sept. 24, 1883 30, 1884 New Zealand and Australian Land Company i Te Awamutu Cheese and Bacon Factory Company Ashburton Cheese and Butter Factory Company Oct. 29, 1883 £500 31, 1883 Nov. 29, „ Jan. 8, 1875 i £2,000 worth Feb. 15, May ' £1,000 „ 18, 1881 " ! £300 £250 .. 31, 1875 31, 1881 30, 1876 30, 1882 New Zealand Pottery and Glass Company, Dunedin Austin, Kirk, and Co., Farnley, Christchurch Dec. 12, „ Feb. 23, 1881 Lapsed. The bonus of £250 was paid to the New Zealand Pottery and Glass Company in October, 1881. Fish, Cured .. Gunpowder, Blasting and Sporting 4s. per cwt. £150 for the first 25 tons and 10 per cent, on the amount received for the next 50 tons April 20, „ Nov. 18, 1875 Not stated Mar. 19, April 75 tons 11, 1881 ; Mackley and Leijon, subsequently J. Mackley, Owake Mills, Otago i Dec, 1882 Lapsed. See special conditions. See special conditions. These terms were arranged mutually: — 1. Bonus of £150 paid 21st March, £ s. d. 1883 .. .. .. 150 0 0 2. Ten per cent, on 14 tons 6 cwt. 2 qr. 8 lb.:—Sporting, 2,046 lb., £191 4s.; blasting, 30,050 lb., £602: total, £883 4s. Paid October, 1883 .. .. 88 6 5 3. Ten per cent, on 11 tons 14 cwt. 3 qr. 8 lb.:—Sporting, 6,450 lb., £767 16s. 3d.; blasting, 42,250 lb., £968 lis. 3d.: total, £1,736 7s. 6d. Paid November, 1884 173 12 9 4. Ten per cent, on 14 tons 2 cwt. 6 lb. :*— Blasting, 31,590 lb., £723 18s. 9d. .. .. 72 7 10 i I ' Total for 75 tons £484 7 0