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order and condition, and that the above deviations have been correctly ascertained in the harbour [or at the swing-buoys laid down for that purpose].
Port of
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day of
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(Signed)
Licensed Adjuster of Compasses.

No. 5.—COMPASS ERROR REGISTER-BOOK. (Reg. 26.)

Tonnage Admeasurement of Danish Ships.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 14th February, 1896.

THE following despatch and its enclosure, received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

J. G. WARD.

(Circular.)
Downing Street,
12th December, 1895.

SIR,—With reference to the Earl of Derby’s circular despatch of the 22nd May, 1883, I have the honour to transmit to you, for information and publication in the colony under your government, copies of an Order in Council dated the 21st November last respecting the tonnage admeasurement of ships of the Kingdom of Denmark.—I have, &c.,

J. CHAMBERLAIN.

The Officer administering the Government
of New Zealand.

At the Court at Windsor, the 21st day of November, 1895.
Present:

THE QUEEN’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the 29th day of February, 1868, made by Her Majesty in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by “The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862,” Her Majesty was pleased to direct that the ships of Denmark the certificates of Danish nationality and registry of which were dated on and after the 1st October, 1867, should be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in the said certificates of Danish nationality and registry:

And whereas by another Order in Council, dated the 30th day of December, 1878, Her Majesty was pleased to direct, as regards Danish steamships, that, if the owner or master of any merchant-ship belonging to the Kingdom of Denmark, and measured after the 1st day of October, 1878, which is propelled by steam or any other power requiring engine room, should desire the allowance for engine room in his ship to be estimated under the rules for engine-room measurement and allowance applicable to British ships instead of under the Danish rule, the engine room should be measured and the allowance calculated according to the British rules:

And whereas by another Order in Council, dated the 20th day of April, 1883, Her Majesty was further pleased to direct that, in the event of the net registered tonnage of merchant ships belonging to the said Kingdom of Denmark which are propelled by steam or any other power requiring engine room estimated under the British rules, being denoted in the said certificates of Danish nationality and registry issued on or after the 1st day of September, 1882, such ships should be deemed to be of the tonnage so denoted in the said certificates:

And whereas by section 84 of “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,” it is enacted that, whenever it appears to Her Majesty the Queen in Council that the tonnage regulations of that Act have been adopted by any foreign country and are in force there, Her Majesty in Council may order that the ships of that country shall, without being remeasured in Her Majesty’s dominions, be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in their certificates of registry or other national papers, in the same manner, to the same extent, and for the same purposes as the tonnage denoted in the certificate of registry of a British ship is deemed to be the tonnage of that ship:

And whereas it has been made to appear to Her Majesty that the tonnage regulations of “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,” have been adopted by the Government of His Majesty the King of Denmark, and that such regulations are now in force in that country, having come into operation on the 1st day of April, 1895:

And whereas there still are or may be ships belonging to the Kingdom of Denmark to which the hereinbefore-recited Orders of the 29th February, 1868, the 30th December, 1878, and the 20th April, 1883, may respectively apply, and it is expedient not to revoke the same, but to let the said recited Orders remain in force so long as there are any ships to which the same may so respectively apply:

And whereas the provisions of section 1 of “The Rules Publication Act, 1893,” have been complied with:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance and exercise of the powers hereinbefore mentioned, is hereby pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to decree that the merchant ships of the Kingdom of Denmark the measurement whereof shall, on or after the 1st day of April, 1895, have been ascertained and denoted in the certificates of registry or other national papers of such ships shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in their certificates of registry or other national papers, in the same manner, to the same extent, and for the same purposes as the tonnage denoted in the certificate of registry of a British ship is deemed to be the tonnage of that ship.

C. L. PEEL.

Notice to Mariners, No. 3 of 1896.

NELSON HARBOUR.—ALTERATION IN POSITION OF BAR BUOY.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 14th February, 1896.

THE Acting Harbourmaster at Nelson reports that the Bar Buoy at Nelson has been shifted half a cable north of its former position, and that the following bearings will locate its present position:—
Magazine N.E. by E. ¼ E.
Arrow Rock S.E.

Bearings magnetic.

J. G. WARD.

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.