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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 72

the Harbour Board’s Hunter Street Endowment, with frontage to Customhouse Quay and Grey Street, to be known as

BANNATYNE’S BOND.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this fourteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
• Commissioner’s Order No. 583.]

Revocation of Appointment of Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the authority in me for this purpose vested, I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do by this order under my hand revoke and annul the appointment of the under-mentioned warehouse for the reception and security of goods entered to be warehoused without payment of duty upon the first entry thereof, namely,—

Port of Auckland.

The warehouse known as

SARGOOD’S BOND,

as appointed and described in Commissioner’s Order No. 412, of the 6th day of February, 1892.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twelfth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner’s Order No. 580.]

Revocation of Appointment of Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the authority in me for this purpose vested, I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do, by this order under my hand, revoke and annul the appointment of the under-mentioned warehouse for the reception and security of goods entered to be warehoused without payment of duty upon the first entry thereof, namely,—

Port of Wellington.

The warehouse known as

BANNATYNE’S BOND,

as appointed and described in Commissioner’s Order No. 436, of the 2nd day of December, 1892.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this fourteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner’s Order No. 582.]

Notice to Mariners, No. 11 of 1897.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 17th August, 1897.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Local Marine Board, Newcastle, New South Wales, and the Portmaster, Brisbane, Queensland, are published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

On and after Monday, the 11th instant, the two vertical red lights exhibited on the lightship “Pearl” will be displayed from a fixed beacon, and the lightship removed. The bell will be rung from the beacon as formerly during foggy weather.

By order.

J. H. VEITCH,
Secretary, Local Marine Board,
Newcastle.

4th August, 1897.

It is hereby notified that the bar now carries 19 ft. 11 in. (low-water spring) on a lead with Fairway Light Towers, and from a point—i.e., the signal-masts on Nobby’s in line—half-way out to the light-tower on the southern breakwater. A little to the southern of the line of fairway there is, however, slightly better water, but on no account should vessels of heavy draught attempt to borrow to the northward.

HENRY NEWTON,
Harbourmaster.

Harbour Office, Newcastle, 5th August, 1897.

INNER ROUTE TO TORRES STRAIT.—SHOAL PATCHES NEAR CLAREMONT GROUP.

Notice is hereby given that Lieutenant-Commander Howard, R.N., of H.M. surveying vessel “Dart,” reports the existence of three shoal patches of coral in the following approximate position, viz. :—

A patch with 5 fathoms over it, lying in latitude 13° 25′ 50″ south, longitude 143° 41′ 20″ east ;

A patch with 4½ fathoms over it, lying north 29° west, distant 2 cables from the before-mentioned patch ; and

A patch with 5 fathoms over it, lying north 15° east, distant 2 cables from the first-named patch.

Foul ground exists round these shoals, and a complete examination has not yet been made. Masters of vessels are cautioned accordingly.

Charts affected : Nos. 2921 and 2764 ; Australia Directory, Vol. ii.

JOHN MACKAY,
Pro Portmaster.

Marine Department, Brisbane, 28th July, 1897.

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,—

(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 production, 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.