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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 17. An Act to authorise the Bishop of
New Zealand to convey certain heredita-
ments and premises to Trustees to be ap-
pointed in that behalf by the General
Synod of the Church of England in New
Zealand.

No. 18. An Act to authorise the Sale of
certain Lands at Takapuna, in the North
Suburbs of Auckland, appropriated for the
maintenance and Education of Children
of both races, and of Children of other
poor persons, being Inhabitants of the
Islands in the Pacific Ocean; and like-
wise to authorise the Sale of Land situated
in Nelson street, City of Auckland, and
set apart as a site for the erection of a
Church for the Roman Catholic Natives.

No. 19.--An Act to provide for ascertaining
and defining the Boundaries of the several
Provinces of New Zealand

No. 20. An Act for taking an account of the
Population of New Zealand, and for col-
lecting Statistical Information relating
thereto.

No. 21. An Act to give further remedies to
Creditors against Debtors removing from
any other of the Australasian Colonies to
the Colony of New Zealand.

No. 22.-An Act to regulate the appointment
and tenure of Office of the Judges of the
Supreme Court.

No. 23. An Act to enable Barristers and
Solicitors of the Supreme Court to act as
General Law Practitioners.

No. 24-An Act to regulate the appointment
and duties of Sheriffs.

No. 25.-An Act to amend the Law relating
to the appointment of Gaolers and the
custody of Imprisoned Debtors and
Criminals.

No. 26. An Act to provide for the holding of
Petty Sessions of the Peace in the Colony
of New Zealand,
having been laid before the Queen in confor-
mity with the provisions of the Constitution
Act, Her Majesty has been graciously pleased
to leave the same to their operation.
HENRY JOHN TANCRED.

NEW ZEALAND FLAX.

£4000 REWARD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 19th March, 1859.

THE Government of New Zealand is pre-
pared, subject to the undermentioned
conditions, to give rewards to the amount of
£4000, for the discovery of efficient means for
rendering the Flax, and other fibrous plants of
New Zealand, available as articles of export,
viz. :-

£2000
To the person who shall, by some process of
his own invention, first produce from the
Phormium Tenax, or other fibrous plant in-
digenous to New Zealand, one hundred tons of
Merchandize.

£1000
To any person, other than the person en-
titled to the first reward, who shall by some
process of his own invention, next produce from
the Phormium Tenax, or other fibrous plant
indigenous to New Zealand, one hundred tons
of Merchandize.

£1000
Viz.:-£200 to each of the first five per-
sons, other than those entitled to the first and
second rewards, who shall by any process,
whether of his own invention or not produce
from the Phormium Tenax, or other fibrous
plant indigenous to New Zealand, twenty-five
tons of Merchandize.

The Merchandize must be saleable as an
article of Export from the Colony of New
Zealand, and have been produced at a cost not
exceeding 75 per cent. of its value at the Port
of Entry from which it is exported; and the
process used must be fully made known with a
view to the discovery being at once made
available to the public.

His Excellency the Governor of New Zea-
land will from time to time appoint Commis-
sions, to consist of not less than three persons,
to act at such places as circumstances may re-
quire, and each claim for reward will be re-
ferred to such Commission as may be con-
sidered the most convenient for its proper in-
vestigation. The acts of the majority will be
deemed the acts of the Commission.

Each Commission shall be at liberty to
adopt such means as it may deem most fit for
determining the value and cost of production
of the Merchandize, for ascertaining the process
employed, and for fully investigating in all
respects and reporting upon the validity of any
claim.

Every claim for reward must be preferred in
writing before the 1st January, 1861, to the
principal officer of Customs at the port of entry
nearest to the place where it is desired that
the examination of the merchandize shall take
place, who will at once proceed to ascertain
whether the full quantity in respect of which
the reward is claimed, is ready for examination,
and if such quantity is ready, he will give a
certificate to that effect, dated on the day on
which he shall have ascertained the fact, and
such day shall be deemed to be the day on
which the merchandize was produced.

Whenever any officer of Customs is required
to go more than three miles from his residence,
his travelling expenses must be paid beforehand
by the person requiring his attendance, and he
cannot be required to attend a second time if
the quantity was found deficient on the first
occasion.

One-half of any reward will be paid at once
to any person whom a Commission shall re-
port and the Governor shall have determined
to be entitled to the same after which no other
claim to the same reward will be entertained
and the other half upon satisfactory proof be-
ing given to the Governor of the bonâ fide
sale of the merchandize in Europe, at an ad-