1846
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 87

Notice to Mariners, No. 47 of 1895.

QUEENSLAND. — TORRES STRAIT, WESTERN APPROACHES. — CHANGE IN CHARACTER OF PROUDFOOT SHOAL LIGHT.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 25th November, 1895.

THE Marine Department, Brisbane, Queensland, has notified that the character of the light exhibited from Proudfoot Shoal lightship will in future be "fixed white," visible 11½ miles, instead of "occulting," as originally established.

W. P. REEVES,
For Minister of Marine.

Fixing Fees for Engagement and Discharge of Seamen.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on me by section 19 of "The Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877" (hereinafter called "the said Act"), I, William Pember Reeves, the Minister acting for the Minister having charge of the Marine Department and of the administration of the said Act, do hereby fix the fees set forth in the First Schedule hereto to be the fees which shall be payable upon all engagements and discharges which are effected before Superintendents of Mercantile Marine.

And in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 5 of "The Shipping and Seamen's Act Amendment Act, 1895," I do hereby fix the sums, as set forth in the Second Schedule hereto, to be the sums which the owner, master, or agent of a ship engaging or discharging seamen is entitled to deduct and retain from wages under section 20 of the said Act.

And I do order and declare that this warrant shall come into force and effect on the 16th day of December, 1895.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
FEES TO BE CHARGED FOR MATTERS TRANSACTED AT MERCANTILE MARINE OFFICES.

1. Engagement of Crews.
   £ s. d.
   In ships under 60 tons .. 0 3 0
   " from 60 to 100 tons .. 0 5 6
   " " 100 " 200 " .. 0 12 0
   " " 200 " 300 " .. 0 15 0
   " " 300 " 400 " .. 1 0 0
   " " 400 " 500 " .. 1 5 0
   " " 500 " 600 " .. 1 10 0
   " " 600 " 700 " .. 1 15 0
   " " 700 " 800 " .. 2 0 0
   " " 800 " 900 " .. 2 5 0
   " " 900 " 1,000 " .. 2 10 0
   " above 1,000 tons .. 2 15 0

And so on for ships of larger tonnage, adding for every 100 tons above 1,000 tons 5s.

2. Engagement of Seamen separately.
   One shilling and sixpence each.

3. Discharge of Crews.
   £ s. d.
   In ships under 60 tons .. 0 3 0
   " from 60 to 100 tons .. 0 5 6
   " " 100 " 200 " .. 0 12 0
   " " 200 " 300 " .. 0 15 0
   " " 300 " 400 " .. 1 0 0
   " " 400 " 500 " .. 1 5 0
   " " 500 " 600 " .. 1 10 0
   " " 600 " 700 " .. 1 15 0
   " " 700 " 800 " .. 2 0 0
   " " 800 " 900 " .. 2 5 0
   " " 900 " 1,000 " .. 2 10 0
   " above 1,000 tons .. 2 15 0

And so on for ships of larger tonnage, adding for every 100 tons above 1,000 tons 5s.

4. Discharge of Seamen separately.
   One shilling and sixpence.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

1. IN RESPECT OF ENGAGEMENTS AND DISCHARGES OF CREWS.
   Upon each engagement and each discharge— s. d.
   From wages of any mate, purser, engineer, surgeon, carpenter, or steward .. 1 0
   From wages of all others except apprentices .. 0 6

2. IN RESPECT OF ENGAGEMENTS AND DISCHARGES OF SEAMEN SEPARATELY.

Upon each engagement and each discharge .. 0 6

As witness my hand, this 27th day of November, 1895.
W. P. REEVES.

Resignation of Cemetery Trustee Motueka, accepted.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th November, 1895.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of

THOMAS DUNCAN

as a Trustee of the Motueka Public Cemetery.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Bonuses for Encouragement of New Zealand Hemp (Phormium tenax) Industry.—Notice No. 430.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 1st November, 1895.

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 materially 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 for Agriculture, Wellington, and must reach him not later than the 31st March, 1897. 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 inspect 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 quantity 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 durability of the working parts.

On completion of the tests the committee shall furnish a report to the Minister on all the machines or processes which they have examined or tested, and shall state,—

(1.) The machine or process which they consider on the whole the most efficient and economic.

(2.) Whether they consider that any machine or process tested so materially reduces the cost of production, or improves the product, as to be worthy of the whole bonus or of a part only.

(3.) Whether, in the event of no one machine or process being entitled to the whole bonus, they deem any machine or process worthy of a part of the bonus, and, if so, how much.

BONUS No. 2.

A bonus of £250 is offered for a process of utilising the waste products of the hemp.

The first three conditions of Bonus No. 1 to apply to this also.

The committee shall supply a sufficient and equal quantity of the waste products to each process as a test.

On completion of the tests the committee shall report to the Minister, and shall give the following particulars of each process: (a.) The nature of the article made. (b.) The quantity produced, and the cost of production. (c.) The value of the product. (d.) Whether any of the processes are of sufficient importance to warrant the Minister in giving (1) the whole, or (2) any part, of the bonus; (3) if a part only, how much.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister for Agriculture.