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Auckland Provincial Government Gazette.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
VOL. XX.] WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1871. [No. 15.]
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.
Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 17th May, 1871.
IT is hereby notified that Wednesday, the 24th inst.,
will be observed as a Public Holiday at the Provincial Government Offices, in honour of Her Majesty’s Birthday; and that the Wardens at the Thames and Coromandel will grant protection for three days to Volunteers and others who may desire to take advantage of the holiday.
THOMAS B. GILLIES,
Superintendent.
[Extract from page 80 of New Zealand Gazette.
No. 8, February 4, 1871.]
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1871.
IN compliance with recommendations contained in the Reports of the Flax Commission Committee, and of the Joint Committee on Colonial Industries, to the effect that “premiums not exceeding in the whole £500 should be granted for the encouragement of Sericulture in the Colony,” and that the development of certain industrial pursuits would often be best promoted by the offer of a bonus on production, the following Rewards are offered, subject to the undermentioned conditions:
A bonus of 50 per cent. on the value realised is offered for the production of the first £1,000 worth of cocoons of the silkworm or eggs of the silkworm produced in the Colony, to be paid on quantities of not less value than £50 or more than £100 produced by any one person.
To any person or persons who shall manufacture within the Colony from New Zealand flax—
For the first 500 reams of Printing Paper, a sum of £400; and a further sum of £250 for the first 500 reams of Packing Paper; and the like sum for the first 10,000 yards of Scrim-cloth suitable for covering flax bales.
CONDITIONS.
The required quantity of each article to be completed before the 30th June, 1872.
The weight of each ream of printing paper to be not less than 30lbs., of each ream of packing paper not less than 40lbs., and of each piece of scrim-cloth of 100 yards in length and double width, not less than 30lbs.
The rewards will be paid on the certificate of an officer to be appointed by the Government that the above conditions have been complied with.
W. GISBORNE.
Note.—Samples will be received at the Superintendent’s Office, Auckland, until the 15th June, 1871. Senders of samples should furnish a full description of the quality, mode of manufacture, cost, &c., of the flax.
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1871, No 15
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🏛️ Public Holiday Declaration
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration17 May 1871
Public Holiday, Her Majesty’s Birthday, Volunteers, Thames, Coromandel
- Thomas B. Gillies, Superintendent
🏭 Rewards for Industrial Development
🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry3 February 1871
Sericulture, Silkworm, Flax, Printing Paper, Packing Paper, Scrim-cloth
- W. Gisborne