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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 11

Special Order made by the Raglan County Council merging the Pirongia Road District in Raglan County.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th January, 1897.

THE following special order, made by the Raglan County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Counties Act, 1886.”

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT it be a special order of the Raglan County Council that the Pirongia Road Board be abolished, and the Pirongia Road District be merged in the Raglan County, such order to take effect from date of gazetting same.

I hereby certify that the above special order merging the Pirongia Road District was duly made as by law required.

W. T. CONRADI,
County Clerk.

Raglan County Council Office, Raglan, 14th January, 1897.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Hutt County Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th January, 1897.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Hutt County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

COUNTY OF HUTT.—No. 4 LOAN; GOLLAN’S VALLEY ROAD.

RESULT of a poll taken on the 7th day of December, 1896, on a proposal to raise a loan of £500, under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” and amendments thereof, and “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and amendment thereof, for the purpose of constructing six miles (more or less) of that portion of the Gollan’s Valley Road situate between the northern boundary of Section 20, Block 16, Belmont Survey District, and the top of Gollan’s Valley Hill :—

Number of ratepayers on roll, 40, representing 44 votes: Number of ratepayers who voted in favour of the proposal, 29, representing 31 votes; number of ratepayers who voted against the proposal, nil; number of ratepayers who did not vote, 10, representing 12 votes; number of informal votes, 1.

As a majority in number of the ratepayers, representing more than one-half of the votes which can be exercised by the whole number of ratepayers, voted in favour of the proposal, I hereby declare the proposal to be carried.

F. A. MAJENDIE.

Hutt County Council Office,
Wellington, 9th December, 1896.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th January, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons :—

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Analyses at Colonial Laboratory.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 23rd January, 1897.

NOTICE.—It is requested that applications for analyses to be performed at the Colonial Laboratory may be addressed to the Under-Secretary, Mines Department, Wellington.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

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,—