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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

SCHEDULE.

FIRST COLUMN.
Description of Land.

Purpose for which Reserve is
made.

SECOND COLUMN.
Date of Order in
Council excepting
Land from Sale.

PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND.
County of Eden.-Village of Pakington.
Lots nine (9) and ten (10), section twenty-three (23),
containing by admeasurement one (1) rood and twenty-
four (24) poles, more or less; bounded towards the
North-east by lot number eight (8) two hundred (200)
links; towards the South-east by a Street two hundred
(200) links; towards the South-west by a Street two
hundred (200) links; and towards the North-west by a
Reserve two hundred (200) links.
Section sixty-five (65), containing by admeasurement
three (3) roods and twenty-seven (27) perches, more or
less; bounded towards the North-east, South-east, and
South-west by Streets two hundred and five (205)
three hundred (300) links, and three hundred and thirty-
eight (338) links respectively; and towards the North by
the Mauku River.
As Sites for Public Build- 2nd day of July,
ings or other purposes 1870.
of the General Govern-
ment.

Village of Drury.
Lots thirty-seven (37) and thirty-eight (38), containing
by admeasurement two (2) roods and sixteen (16) poles,
more or less; bounded towards the North-east by lots fifty-
two (52) and fifty-three (53) two hundred (200) links;
towards the South-east by lot thirty-nine (39) three
hundred (300) links; towards the South-west by the Great
South Road two hundred (200) links; and towards the
North-west by Cross Street three hundred (300) links.
Lot sixty-eight (68), containing by admeasurement
three (3) roods and twenty-seven (27) perches; bounded
towards the North and East by the Hingaia Stream;
towards the South by a Street forty-eight (48) links; and
towards the West by Short Street four hundred (400)
links.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th July, 1870.
THE following Notice, issued by the Governor-
General of India in Council, is published for
general information.
W. GISBORNE.

RHEEA OR CHINA GRASS FIBRE.
India Office, Revenue Department,
10th February, 1870.
THE Secretary of State for India in Council has
been requested by His Excellency the Governor-
General of India in Council to give publicity to the
following Notification, which he has issued in India.
HERMAN MERIVALE.

No. 145.
Fort William.-Home Department.-Public.
11th January, 1870.
NOTIFICATION.
THE Governor-General in Council is pleased to direct
the publication of the following Advertisement :--
Advertisement.

1. The Government of India, after communication
   with various Agricultural and Horticultural Societies
   in India, and with persons interested in the subject,
   has arrived at the conclusion, that the only real
   obstacle to the development of an extensive trade in
   the fibre of Rheea, or China grass, is the want of
   suitable machinery for separating the fibre and bark
   from the stem, and the fibre from the bark, the cost
   of effecting such separation by manual labour being
   great.

2. The demand for the fibre is now large, and no
   doubt might be extended with reduced prices, and
   there is a practically unlimited extent of country in
   India where the plant could be grown.

3. The requirements of the case appear to be some
   machinery or process capable of producing, with the
   aid of animal, water, or steam power, a ton of fibre
   of a quality which shall average in value not less
   than £50 per ton in the English market, at a total
   cost, all processes of manufacture and allowance for
   wear and tear included, of not more than £15 per
   ton. The said processes are to be understood to
   include all the operations performed, after the cutting
   and transport of the plant to the place of manufac-
   ture, to the completion of the manufacture of fibre
   of the quality above described. The machinery must
   be simple, strong, durable, and cheap; and should be
   suited for erection at or near the plantations, as the
   refuse is very useful as manure for continued culti-
   vation.

4. To stimulate the invention, or adaptation, of
   such machinery or process, the Government of India
   hereby offers a prize of £5,000 for the machine and
   process that best fulfils all the requirements named
   above.

5. Rewards of moderate amount will be given for
   really meritorious inventions, even though failing to
   meet entirely all the conditions named.