July 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1271

to the command of the battalion, with the rank of Lieutenant-
Colonel, and with the following staff:—
Major—Captain Thomas Jowsey, Timaru Rifle Volun-
teers;
Adjutant—Lieutenant Sidney Wolf, Timaru Naval
Artillery Volunteers;
Surgeon-Captain—Surgeon-Captain Richard Bowen
Hogg, Timaru Rifle Volunteers;
Honorary Chaplain—Honorary Chaplain the Venerable
Archdeacon Henry William Harper, Timaru Rifle
Volunteers.

Commissions to date from 10th June, 1897.
T. THOMPSON.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of Roxburgh.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th June, 1897.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of
the Borough of Roxburgh, is published in accord-
ance with the provisions of "The Municipal Corporations
Act, 1886."
W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Borough of Roxburgh, Otago.

In compliance with section 183 of "The Municipal Corpo-
rations Act, 1886," I hereby give public notice that a poll of
the burgesses of the Borough of Roxburgh in the matter of
authorising the expenditure of, and to raise a loan of, £350
for the purpose of erecting a reservoir and increasing the
borough water-supply, was taken this day in terms of the
statute, when there voted:—
For the proposal; 39; against the proposal, none. Number
of voters on special roll, 50; number of votes, 57: 30 bur-
gesses recorded 39 votes.
I therefore declare the proposal to be duly carried.
Dated at Roxburgh, this 21st day of May, 1897.
HENRY BAILLIE,
Mayor.

Declaration as required by Section 184, "The Municipal
Corporations Act, 1886."

I, Jabez Burton, of Roxburgh, in the Provincial District
of Otago, Town Clerk, do solemnly and sincerely declare,—

1. That all proceedings required to be taken by sections
   177 to 184, inclusive, of "The Municipal Corporations Act,
   1886," have been taken to obtain the sanction of the bur-
   gesses of the Borough of Roxburgh to the proposal to
   borrow the sum of £350 for the erection of a reservoir for
   the storage of water, and extending the borough water-
   mains.
2. That the resolution in favour of the proposal has been
   duly carried.
   And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously be-
   lieving the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions
   of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled
   "The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882."
   JABEZ BURTON.

Declared at Roxburgh, this 9th day of June, 1897, before
me—David Cormack, Justice of the Peace.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 28th June, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to accept the resignation by
JOHN ALLAN, Esq.,
of Oamaru, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for
the Colony of New Zealand.
T. THOMPSON.

Notice to Mariners, No. 9 of 1897.

LIGHT ON ROCKY POINT, NEAR CAPE PALLISER, EASTERN
ENTRANCE TO COOK STRAIT.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 28th June, 1897.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners, No. 37 of 1896,
published by this department on the 14th December
last, respecting the exhibition of a light on Rocky Point,
near Cape Palliser, it is hereby notified that the light will

not be ready for exhibition until about the middle of October
next. Due notice will be given of the exact date the light
will be exhibited.
Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 2054; New
Zealand Pilot, page 167.
WM. HALL-JONES.

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 (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 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 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.