Feb. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 363

SCHEDULE.

Class I.—Pastoral Lands, being Lands suitable exclusively
for Pasturage, and not capable of being used with Profit
in Areas of a Carrying-capacity of less than Five Thou-
sand Sheep.

and bounded on the north by Sections
186, 266, and 265; on the west by Sections
265 and 159; on the south by Sections
363, 367, and 162A; and on the east by
Section 186. |
| 302B | 7,375 | Situated in Eyre Survey District, and
bounded on the north by Run 509 and
Crown lands; on the west by Runs 190E
and 190B; on the south by Run 190B;
and on the east by Run 302A. |
| 323 | 23,930 | Situated in North Eyre, Eyreside, South
Wakatipu, and Kingston Survey Districts,
and bounded on the north-west by Run
420A; on the north-east and east by Runs
323A and 420A, and Lake Wakatipu; and
on the south-west by the Maitura River. |
| 491B | 883½ | Situated in Block IX., Tutarau Survey
District, and known as Section 32, and
bounded on the north by Section 9, Block
VIII.; on the west by Sections 26 and 28,
Block IX.; on the south-east by Section
31, Block IX.; and on the east by Section
22, Block IX. |

D. BARRON,
ANDREW KINROSS,
JOHN McINTYRE, } Classification
Commissioners.

Notice of the Laying-off of a Road through the Ruanui
No. 1 Block, in the Wellington Land District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under
the authority of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894," that
the road described in the Schedule hereto was, in January,
1896, duly taken and laid off through the land specified
in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor
of the said colony, by a warrant dated the 12th January,
1895.

SCHEDULE.
TE RUANUI ROAD.

| Approximate | Being | | | | | |
| Area | Portion of | Block. | Survey | Shown on Plan | Marked on Plan | Coloured on Plan |
| of the Land | | | District. | marked | | |
| taken. | | | | | | |
| A. R. P. | Subdivi- | XI. | Maunga- | 98 | | |
| 8 1 9 | sions 3, 4, | | karetu | 56 | C.D. Brown. | |
| | & 5, Rua- | | | | | |
| | nui No. 1 | | | | | |
| | Block | | | | | |

As the said area is delineated upon the plan marked as
above mentioned, deposited in the District Office of the
Lands and Survey Department at Wellington, in the
Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above
stated.

Dated this 2nd day of February, 1897.
WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

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 Agricul-
   ture 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 dis-
   posed of at a price which will allow of its being remunera-
   tively 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 con-
   tain 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 includ-
ing the 1st day of August, 1897.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister for Agriculture.

Bonuses for Encouragement of New Zealand Hemp (Phor-
mium 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 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 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 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.

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 produc-
tion, 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