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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 51

Notice to Mariners, No. 24 of 1894.

REMOVAL OF FLAGSTAFF AND SIGNAL-STATION, WESTPORT.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 29th June, 1894.

THE Westport Harbour Board notify that on the 16th,
17th, and 18th instant the flagstaff will be in course
of removal to a new site, 3,600ft. seaward of its present
position, and 2,100ft. from outer end of Western Break-
water.

While the flagstaff is being removed the usual bar signals,
for day or night work, will be shown from a new beacon,
50ft. high, which now occupies the position of former flag-
staff, and on which a temporary yard is fixed for signalling
purposes.

It is also notified that on and after the 19th instant the
usual bar and danger signals for Zealand ports, and the
night-signals hereafter described, will be shown from the
flagstaff in its new position, as above stated, the two fair-
way lights excepted.

Harbour-lights and Night-signals.

1. The white harbour-light on flagstaff, without any addi-
   tional signal, indicates “Wait.”

2. Bar unsafe: A red light on front leading beacon sea-
   ward of white light on back beacon.

3. Bar safe for vessels under 9ft.: A green light over the
   harbour-light.

4. Bar safe for vessels drawing 9ft.: Two green lights over
   white harbour-light.

5. Bar safe for vessels drawing 11ft. 6in.: A green light
   under the harbour-light.

6. Bar safe for vessels drawing 14ft.: A green light over
   the harbour-light, and a green light under the harbour-light.

7. Fairway lights for entering the harbour: Two lights
   shown on beacons bearing S. by E. ½ E., magnetic; back
   light white, front light green. The back beacon, 50ft. high,
   has a semaphore attached, which will be used when required
   for the guidance of vessels entering or leaving the port.

The fairway lights (white and green) and the harbour-
light will be shown from dark to daylight. The fairway
beacons are painted white; but back beacon has a red band
across its centre.

The signals to take the bar will be shown from flagstaff.

Shipmasters in command of vessels drawing over 10ft. are
requested to show their draught of water when arriving out-
side after half-ebb; smaller draughts, when arriving at low
water.

The breakwater lights remain intact—red light on west
side, and green on east.

JOHN McKENZIE,
For Minister having charge of Marine
Department.

Notice to Mariners, No. 25 of 1894.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 30th June, 1894.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the
Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, is
published for general information.

JOHN McKENZIE,
For Minister having charge of Marine
Department.

Port Phillip Bay.

MASTERS of vessels, pilots, and others are hereby informed
that a nun buoy, painted red, has been moored in 18ft. of
water off Black Rock, and which marks the outer limit of
the foul ground between the shore and buoy.

By order.

ALEXR. WILSON,
Port Officer.

Harbour Office, Customs,
Melbourne, 21st May, 1894.

Bonus on Mineral Oil manufactured from Orepuki Shale.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 30th June, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus will be paid for the
production of mineral oil under the following condi-
tions:—

1. A bonus of 1s. per gallon (£5,000) will be paid on the
   first 100,000 gallons of mineral oil produced from shale
   obtained in the Orepuki district, Otago; the oil to be of a
   quality approved of by Government, and to be sold at a fair
   average market price.

2. Notice of intention to claim the aforesaid bonus must
   be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not later than
   the 31st December, 1894.

3. The claim must be made before the 30th June, 1895.

4. The first claimant who proves to the satisfaction of the
   Government that he has fulfilled all the conditions to be the
   recipient of the bonus.

5. The other conditions, as to quantity, priority, quality,
   and value, to be fulfilled to the satisfaction of an officer ap-
   pointed for the purpose by the Government.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Bonus on Starch manufactured in New Zealand.—Amended Notice.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 15th November, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of two pounds
(£2) a ton will be paid on 100 tons of starch manu-
factured in the Colony of New Zealand in each of the years
1893 and 1894.

CONDITIONS.

1. Notice of intention to claim the bonus for 100 tons in
   1893 must be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not
   later than the 31st December, 1893. Notice of intention to
   claim the bonus for 100 tons in 1894 must be given in the
   same manner not later than the 31st December, 1894.

2. The claims must be made respectively before the 31st
   December, 1893 and 1894.

3. The first claimant who proves to the satisfaction of the
   Government that he has fulfilled all the conditions is to be
   the recipient of the bonus.

4. Evidence to be produced of such a nature as will enable
   an officer appointed by the Government to certify that the
   above-stated quantity in each year has been actually made,
   sold, and delivered.

5. The bonus to be paid only on the certificate of such
   officer.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

[NOTE.—The above notice is in lieu of notice dated 10th October,
1893, published in Gazette of 12th October, 1893.]

Bonuses for Encouragement of New Zealand Hemp (Phor-
mium tenax) Industry.—Notice No. 387.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 1st February, 1894.

Bonus No. 1.

A BONUS of £1,750 is offered for a machine or process
for dressing New Zealand hemp (Phormium tenax)
which shall be an improvement on the machines or processes
now in use, and which shall, after trial, be found to mate-
rially reduce the cost of production, improve the product, or
increase the quantity of dressed fibre.

The following are the conditions:—

1. All applications for the bonus must be sent addressed
   to the Hon. the Minister of Agriculture, Wellington, and
   must reach him not later than the 30th August, 1894. Each
   application must be accompanied by a description of the
   machine or process, particularly stating improvements on
   present machines or processes, and also the cost at which
   the machine or process can be supplied.

2. The applicants must be prepared to submit their
   machines or processes to examination at such time and
   place as the Government may direct.

3. The Government shall appoint a committee of three or
   more experts, to whom all applications shall be submitted.
   Such committee shall, after perusal, state what machines or
   processes they deem worthy of consideration, and may in-
   spect the same at any place within the colony; and, having
   so inspected the whole or any of them, may direct that the
   whole or any of them be brought for further trial to such
   place as they may think fit.

The cost of bringing the machines or appliances on to the
ground, from within the colony, supplying the necessary
shafting, motive-power, and buildings, to be defrayed by the
Government. If any machine sent from beyond the colony
is awarded the bonus or part thereof, then the cost of
bringing such machine shall be borne by the Government.

The following shall be the basis of the test:—

The committee shall supply a sufficient and equal quan-
tity of green hemp to each machine or process as a test.

The committee shall take into consideration—

The time occupied by each machine or process in the
operation;

The cost of labour and time required after the fibre has
left the machine or process before it is ready for
baling;

The percentage of dressed fibre and tow produced by
each machine or process;

The cost of producing the same;

The cost of the machine, and the simplicity and dura-
bility of the working parts.