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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
thousand eight hundred and
sixty.
T. GORE BROWNE.
By His Excellency's command,
E. W. STAFFORD.

NEW ZEALAND FLAX.
£4,000 REWARD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 11th December, 1860.
THE Government of New Zealand is
prepared, subject to the undermentioned
conditions, to give rewards to the amount of
£4,000, for the discovery of efficient means
for rendering the Flax, and other fibrous
plants of New Zealand, available as articles
of export, viz.:-

£2,000
To the person who shall, by some process
of his own invention, first produce from the
Phormium Tenax, or other fibrous plant
indigenous to New Zealand, fifty tons
of Merchandize.

£1,000
To any person, other than the person
entitled 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,
fifty tons of Merchandize.

£1,000,
Viz.:-£200 to each of the first five
persons, 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 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
Zealand will from time to time appoint
Commissions, to consist of not less than three
persons, to act at such places as circumstances
may require, and each claim for reward will
be referred to such Commission as may be
considered the most convenient for its proper
investigation. 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 ascertain-
ing 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 first of January, 1862,

to the Principal Officer of Customs at the port
of entry nearest to the place where it is
desired that the examination of the Merchan-
dize 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
report and the Governor shall have deter-
mined to be entitled to the same-after which
no other claim to the same reward will be
entertained-and the other half upon satisfac-
tory proof being given to the Governor of
the bonâ fide sale of the merchandize in
Europe, at an advance of not less than 20 per
cent. upon the bonâ fide actual cost of the
article landed in Europe.

E. W. STAFFORD.

MILITIA NOTICE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 11th Dec., 1860.
THE following Clause of the "Militia
Act Amendment Act, 1860," is hereby
published for general information, and the
Commanding Officers of Battalions and Com-
panies are enjoined to give every possible
publicity to the same within their respective
Districts:-

VII. Sections 11, 12, 13, and 14 of the
said Militia Act are hereby repealed, and, in
lieu thereof, be it enacted that-
"The Senior Officer of every Battalion or
Company, or any other Commissioned Officer
appointed by him, shall enrol all the men
liable to serve therein; and any man who
shall not, within three months after his
becoming liable to serve, give in his name,
age, and place of residence, to such Officer,
in order to be enrolled, shall forfeit any sum
not exceeding £5."

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 11th Dec., 1860.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to make the following appoint-
ment in the "Dunedin" Regiment of
New Zealand Militia:-

WILLIAM JAMES BALFOUR JUNOR to be
Lieutenant. Date of Commission-8th
December, 1860.

E. W. STAFFORD.