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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
of sufficient importance to warrant the Minister in giving
(1) the whole, or (2) any part, of the bonus; (3) if a part
only, how much.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister for Agriculture.

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.

Results of Road Board Elections.

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

THE following notices of elections of members of Road
Boards have been received at this office, and are pub-
lished in accordance with the provisions of "The Road
Boards Act, 1882."
HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Mangawai Road District, County of Otamataea:
Thomas Eyre.
Arthur Falconer Ryan.
Duncan Stewart.
Otoniga Road District, County of Whangarei:
Ewen McLean.
Andrew Munroe.
John R. McInnis.
Kaurihohore Road District, County of Whangarei:
John Forsyth.
Norman McKenzie.
William Drever.
Maungakaramea Road District, County of Whangarei:
William Crawford.
C. E. Hayward.
H. J. James.

Ahuroa Road District, County of Rodney:
James Herbert Anderson.
George Alexander Burns.
William Lowe Sanderson.
North Albertland Road District, County of Rodney:
William Yates.
George Farrand.
Isaac Powell.
Matakana East Road District, County of Rodney:
William Henry Phillips.
Thomas Wann.
Charles Waller Greenwood.
Matakana West Road District, County of Rodney:
Septimus Meiklejohn.
David James Cruickshank.
Joseph Smith.
Mount Wellington Road District, County of Eden:
Charlton Dawson, Lieut.-Colonel.
Archibald Stewart.
Andrew Stevenson Thompson.
East Tamaki Road District, County of Manukau:
Alfred Richard Harris.
John White.
Paparoa Road District, County of Manukau:
Robert Hattaway, jun.
James Lindsay.
Thomas Speechlay, jun.
Opaheke North Road District, County of Manukau:
David McBurney.
Charles Appleby.
Peter Roy.
William Fulton.
Papatoitoi Road District, County of Manukau:
Robert Carruth.
William McLaughlin.
John Wyllie.
Turanga Road District, County of Manukau:
Herbert William Shaw.
Thomas R. Speer.
Fredric Trice.
Otahuhu Road District, County of Manukau:
William Dalton Bush.
Tom Corden Probett Whiteley.
Mangere Road District, County of Manukau:
John Scott.
David Hastie.
James Montgomerie, jun.
Howick Township Road District, County of Manukau:
John W. Gill.
William Robinson.
George Sellwood, sen.
Hunua Road District, County of Manukau:
John Bennett Priestly.
Charles Rhodes.
Henry Wright.
Waitoa Road District, County of Piako:
William Philip Chepmell.
Andrew Joseph Farmer.
John Horrell.
Whangamarino Road District, County of Waikato:
Waerenga Subdivision—
William J. R. Bruce.
John T. Mears.
Rangiriri Subdivision—
Walter Reid.
Maramarua Subdivision—
Charles Vincent.
Huntly Road District, County of Waikato:
John Powell Bailey.
William Collins.
William Hooton.
Pukekura Road District, County of Waipa:
Daniel Caley, jun.
Thornton Walker.
William White.
Katikati Road District, County of Tauranga:
George Vesey Stewart.
John Killen.
James Lockington.
Oero Road District, County of Patangata:
Alfred Herbert Dillon.
Allen Marsh Williams.
Tamumu Road District, County of Patangata:
William Busby.
George Coldham Williams.
Andrew Logan.
John Scott Fleming.
Kumeroa Road District, County of Waipawa:
Bridle Track Ward—
Hugh Duncan Buchanan.
Township Ward—
James Storrie.
Totara Ward—
John Inglis Nicol Mackie.