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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 37

Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 14th April, 1897.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Hon. the Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided to interpret the Customs and Excise Duties Acts in relation to the under-mentioned articles as follows:—

NOTE.—“Not otherwise enumerated” appears as n.o.e.; “other kinds” as o.k.; “articles and materials suited only for, and to be used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the colony” as a. & m.s. Articles marked thus * are revised decisions.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.

Commissioner’s Order No. 569.]

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of “The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894.”

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 13th April, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in the Office of the Supreme Court at Wellington an election to administer the several intestate estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations, so far as known, are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross properties being estimated not to exceed £250 in each case.

John Cartman, late of St. Albans, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, publisher. Filed on the 27th day of March, 1897.

Andrew Buchanan, late of Clevedon, in the Provincial District of Auckland, labourer. Filed on the 27th day of March, 1897.

Margaret Brennan, late of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, widow. Filed on the 27th day of March, 1897.

Alexander Wright Jamieson, late of Partick, in Scotland, labourer. Filed on the 9th day of April, 1897.

Peter Barclay Macgregor, late of Timaru, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, accountant. Filed on the 9th day of April, 1897.

William Christie, late of Waipiro, in the Provincial District of Auckland, labourer. Filed on the 9th day of April, 1897.

Richard Clayton Strelly, late of Waimauku, in the Provincial District of Auckland, clerk. Filed on the 9th day of April, 1897.

Alfred D. McHugh, late of Whangarei, in the Provincial District of Auckland, draper’s assistant. Filed on the 9th day of April, 1897.

Thomas Hawthorne, late of Cardrona, in the Provincial District of Otago, miner. Filed on the 9th day of April, 1897.

Charles William Wagstaff, late of Lyttelton, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, agent. Filed on the 10th day of April, 1897.

James McIntosh, late of Te Mahanga, in the Provincial District of Auckland, carpenter. Filed on the 12th day of April, 1897.

William Dougall, late of Lyttelton, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, fireman. Filed on the 12th day of April, 1897.

JAMES C. MARTIN,
Public Trustee.

Notice to Local Authorities under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886.”

The Treasury,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1897.

PURSUANT to section 16 of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” the Colonial Treasurer hereby gives notice that on Wednesday, the 26th May, 1897, he will be prepared to consider applications from local authorities for loans under the Act.

Applications should be addressed to the Colonial Treasurer, and must be posted so as to arrive at the Treasury on or before the 25th May, 1897.

Applications received between the present date and the 25th May next will be considered on the 26th May, 1897.

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

New Zealand Hemp.—Notice No. 478.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 30th March, 1897.

THE time for receiving applications for the bonuses mentioned in Notice No. 430 has been extended to 31st December, 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 December, 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,—