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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 26

acting on the Committee for the care, management, and pro-
tection of the Papakaio portion of the Waitaki Islands, in
terms of the regulations for the management of the Papa-
kaio portion of the said islands, dated 11th September,
1895, viz.,—

ALEXANDER WALKER, of Papakaio (re-elected);
W. J. WILLIAMS, of Waitaki North (re-elected); and
GEORGE McPHERSON, of Richmond, Pukenui,—

in place of the following persons, who have retired in
terms of the said regulations: viz., Alexander Walker, W. J.
Williams, and Hugh Ross.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Appointment of Persons to act on the Committee of the Wai-
taki Islands (Maerewhenua Portion).

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 13th March, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to approve of the following persons
acting on the Committee for the care, management, and pro-
tection of the Maerewhenua portion of the Waitaki Islands,
in terms of the regulations for the management of the
Maerewhenua portion of the said islands, dated 11th Sep-
tember, 1895, viz.,—

MALCOLM McKELLAR, of Otekaike;
WALTER JOHN YARDLEY, of Duntrroon; and
BENJAMIN B. WALSH, of Duntrroon,—

the said persons having retired from the Committee and
having been re-elected in terms of the said regulations.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Manganui Road District,
County of Stratford.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 13th March, 1897.

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

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

MANGANUI ROAD BOARD.

RESULT of poll of ratepayers of the Flint Road West Special
Rating Area, taken on Monday, 22nd February, 1897, upon
the proposal to raise a loan of £250 under “The Govern-
ment Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for the purpose of
forming and graveling about 40 chains of the Flint Road
West from the Mountain Road westwards, and of draining
clearing, and forming about 26 chains of the upper portion
of the road; to pay out of such loan the cost of raising it;
to strike as security on this loan a special rate of 4d. in the
pound over the following lands: namely, Sections, 72, 74,
76, 78, 82, 89, 91, 93, 95, of Block I., Ngaiire Survey District:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 5, representing 5
votes: Number of votes recorded for the proposal, 4; no
votes were recorded against the proposal.

I therefore declare the proposal carried.

J. MACKAY,
Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Wirokino Road District,
County of Horowhenua.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 15th March, 1897.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of
the Wirokino Road Board, is published in accord-
ance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act,
1886.”

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

WIROKINO ROAD BOARD.

RESULT of poll of ratepayers of the Tokomaru Special Rating
District, taken on 30th December, 1895, upon the proposal
to raise a loan of £450, under “The Government Loans to
Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for the purpose of metalling roads
in the said special district:—

Number of ratepayers on the roll, 30; number of votes,
33: Number of ratepayers in favour, 19; number of votes
in favour, 22; number of ratepayers against, 11; number of
votes against, 11; majority of ratepayers in favour, 8; ma-
jority of votes in favour, 11.

A majority of the ratepayers, exercising a majority of the
votes, having voted in favour of the proposal, I hereby declare
the same to be carried.

JNO. DAVIES,
Chairman, Wirokino Road Board, Levin.

Bonus for the Manufacture of Potassium Cyanide.

Department of Industries and Commerce,
Wellington, 17th January, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of £1,000 will be
paid for the erection of a plant and the manufacture
in New Zealand of the first 200 tons of crude cyanide of
potassium from colonial produce.

1. The plant must be capable of producing at least 70
   tons of crude cyanide of potassium annually.

2. The crude cyanide of potassium so manufactured shall
   contain at least 70 per cent. of potassium cyanide.

3. The bonus will be paid in two equal instalments, the
   first instalment being payable on the production of the first
   100 tons, and the second instalment on the production of
   the second 100 tons, of crude cyanide of potassium contain-
   ing the required percentage of potassium cyanide.

4. On the completion of the plant, notice in writing must
   be sent to the Minister of Industries and Commerce, Wel-
   ington, who will appoint an officer to inspect the same,
   together with the raw material then available from which
   the cyanide of potassium is proposed to be manufactured.

5. The officer so appointed shall from time to time inspect
   the process of manufacture, in order that he may satisfy
   himself that the whole of the cyanide of potassium is being
   manufactured from material of New Zealand production;
   and before any bonus is paid such officer will be required
   to certify that he is satisfied the crude cyanide of potassium
   is the product of New Zealand material only, and that it
   contains the required percentage of potassium cyanide.

6. The bonus must be claimed for the first 100 tons on or
   before the 31st March, 1897, and for the second 100 tons on
   or before the 30th September, 1898.

R. J. SEDDON.
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver.

Mines Office,
Wellington, 19th September, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of fourpence
(4d.) per pound will be paid on the production of the
first one hundred thousand pounds weight (100,000lb.) of
good marketable retorted quicksilver, free from all impuri-
ties, from any mine in New Zealand, on the following con-
ditions, that is to say:—

1. That at least one-third of the quantity is produced on
   or before the 31st March, 1897, and the remaining two-
   thirds on or before the 31st March, 1899.

2. No bonus will be payable until the whole of the one
   hundred thousand pounds (100,000lb.) of quicksilver has
   been produced as stipulated to the satisfaction of an officer
   to be appointed by the Minister of Mines, and on whose
   certificate alone the bonus will be paid.

3. In the event of more than one person producing the
   required quantities of quicksilver before the dates named,
   inquiry will be made by the officer above referred to, when,
   if it is found that each applicant is equally entitled to a
   bonus, the amount will be divided in proportion to the
   quantities produced by each applicant, but in no case shall
   any bonus be paid until at least one hundred thousand
   pounds (100,000lb.) of quicksilver has been produced in the
   aggregate.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

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