Dec. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2027

Notice of Intention to take Lands for Roads through Wai-iti Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of "The Public Works Act, 1894," to execute certain public works, to wit, the construction of roads through Square 4, Wai-iti Survey District, and for the purposes of such public works the lands described in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken; and notice is further given that the plans of the said roads and of the lands so required to be taken are deposited in the Post-office at Bell Grove, and are there open for inspection. And notice is hereby given that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said lands shall, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such lands, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister for Public Works, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this sixth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Christmas and New Year Holidays.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th December, 1896.

IT is hereby notified for general information that Friday, the 25th, Saturday, the 26th, and Monday, the 28th, of December, 1896, and Friday, the 1st, and Saturday, the 2nd, of January, 1897, will be observed as holidays in the public offices of the Government of New Zealand.
By order.
HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Election of Trustees of Wainono Land Drainage District, County of Waimate.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th December, 1896.

THE following result of the election of Trustees of the Wainono Land Drainage District has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of "The Land Drainage Act, 1893."
HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Wainono Land Drainage District:
Edward H. Cameron.
Alexander Copeland.
Michael McGoverin.
Nicholas Quinn.
Thomas Smith.

Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 9th December, 1896.

THE following notice of election of a member of a Road Board has been received at this office, and is published in accordance with "The Road Boards Act, 1882."
HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Okato Road District, County of Taranaki:
Charles Andrews.

Bonus for Production of Mineral Manure.—Notice No. 454.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 25th July, 1896.

A BONUS of £200 is hereby offered for the discovery and working within the colony of a deposit or deposits of marketable mineral manure.
The following are the conditions under which the bonus is offered and will be paid:—

1. That the raw material be easily accessible, and within reasonable distance of a road or railway.
2. That the person appointed by the Minister for Agriculture to examine the deposit is satisfied that there is sufficient to meet all ordinary demands for five years.
3. That at least 200 tons of such manure have been disposed of at a price which will allow of its being remuneratively used for agricultural purposes, and that a further supply can be placed on the market at the same price.
4. That, if the deposit be mineral coprolites, it shall contain by analysis at least 20 per cent. of phosphoric acid.
5. That, if the deposit be mineral apatites, it shall contain by analysis at least 25 per cent. of phosphoric acid.
   Applications addressed to "The Hon. the Minister for Agriculture, Wellington," will be received up to and including the 1st day of August, 1897.
   JOHN McKENZIE,
   Minister for Agriculture.

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.