May 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 897

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.
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 the Production of Quicksilver.

Mines Office,
Wellington, 17th February, 1898.

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 impurities, from any mine in New Zealand, on the following conditions, that is to say:—

1. That at least one-third of the quantity is produced on or before the 31st March, 1900, and the remaining two-thirds on or before the 31st March, 1901.
2. No bonus will be payable until the whole of the one hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.) 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 (100,000 lb.) of quicksilver has been produced in the aggregate.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1898.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1900, the period of literature will be from 1744 to 1800, and the special books will be Shakespeare’s “Julius Cæsar” and Thackeray’s “Esmond.”

W. C. WALKER,
Minister of Education.

Crown Lands Notices.

Forfeiture of Lease, Nelson District.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 18th April, 1899.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned lease was forfeited by resolution of the Nelson Land Board on the 6th day of April, 1899.
Lease in perpetuity of Section 1, Block VIII., Motueka, 123 acres 2 roods, formerly held by Alfred William Boyd, deceased.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

Land in Wellington for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 2nd May, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown land will be offered for lease by public auction on Wednesday, 21st June, 1899.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
Mount Robinson Survey District.

The section is situated on the Manawatu River, near the main road between Foxton and Shannon, the access being from Foxton, which is about seven miles and a half distant by dray-road.
The section is open, and mostly in grass. The soil is alluvial, of rich quality, and rests on a shingle formation. It is well watered.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Reserves for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 2nd May, 1899.

WRITTEN tenders will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, up to 4 p.m. on Thursday, 22nd June, 1899, for the leases of the under-mentioned sections. If any sections are unapplied-for on the 22nd June, 1899, they will remain open for selection at the upset rentals, and for the terms stated below.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Section 57, Kimbolton Township, is situated at the junction of Lind Street with Henderson Street. It is nearly all flat, covered with bush consisting chiefly of makomako, konini, supplejacks, pongas, and ferns, with a few rimus and tawas; there is a small stream on the section, to which no road has been formed.
Section 16, Kimbolton Township, is situated at the junction of Waugh and Grammar Streets. The whole has been felled and grassed; there is no water on the section, and no formed road to it.
Section 22A, Kimbolton Suburbs, is situated on Edward Street, which is formed and metalled to the section. The whole area is flat, covered with makomako, konini, and scrub; there is no water.
Section 35, Kimbolton Suburbs, is situated on Haggerty Street, which has not been formed. Portion is flat, and