1902
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 82

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 March, 1900. 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.

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.

Crown Lands Notices.

Public Reserve in the Nelson Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 26th September, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned reserve will be offered for sale by auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, on Wednesday, the 15th November, 1899, at 12 o’clock noon.

Lease of the Inangahua Junction Accommodation-house Reserve, part Section 28, Square 134, Inangahua Survey District; area, 10 acres and 26 perches; situated at the Inangahua Junction, about twenty-one miles from the Town of Reefton, on the main road from Nelson to the West Coast. The section is cleared, and in grass, with small garden and fruit-trees. The main building, now a licensed hotel, contains thirteen rooms, with outbuildings and stables. Newman Brothers’, coach proprietors, stables are not included in the sale.

Term of lease: Fourteen years, to date from the 1st January, 1900. Upset rental, £5 per annum; weighted with £375, value of improvements. Lessee will be required to provide proper accommodation for travellers and travelling stock, as provided in conditions of lease, which can now be obtained on application. Possession given 1st January, 1900.

A deposit of a half-year’s rent, £1 1s. lease-fee, and the amount of valuation of improvements, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

Full particulars, plans, &c., may be obtained at the District Land Offices, Nelson, Reefton, and Westport.

THOMAS HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Public Reserve in the Nelson Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 26th September, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned reserve will be offered for sale by auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, on Wednesday, the 15th November, 1899, at 12 o’clock noon:—

The lease of the Owen Junction Accommodation-house Reserve, Section 3, Square 146, Matiri Survey District; area, 43 acres 2 roods; situated sixty-six miles from Nelson on the main road from Nelson to the West Coast, at the junction of the Buller and Owen Rivers.

The section is partially fenced, has been cleared of timber and scrub, and portions are well grassed. Situated on the land is a seven-roomed house, with outbuildings, good four-stall stable, and loose-box.

Term of lease: Fourteen years, to date from the 1st July, 1899. Upset rental, £5 per annum; weighted with £410, value of improvements. Lessee will be required to provide proper accommodation for travellers and travelling stock, as provided in conditions of lease, which can be obtained on application. Possession given fourteen days after date of sale.

A deposit of a half-year’s rent, £1 1s. lease-fee, and the amount of valuation of improvements, must be paid on the fall of the hammer.

Full particulars, plans, &c., may be obtained at the District Land Offices, Nelson, Reefton, and Westport.

THOMAS HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands in Otago open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 12th September, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for application upon lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Wednesday, the 15th November, 1899.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—WAITAKI COUNTY.

First-class Land.

Gently undulating agricultural land; soil good. There is no permanent water on this section, but it can be obtained by sinking. Situated three miles distant from Town of Oamaru and two miles from Waiareka Dairy Factory. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £70 13s. 9d.

MARUWENUA SURVEY DISTRICT.—MAEREWHENUA ESTATE.

| 3 | III. | 23 2 12 | 8 0 | 4 14 4 |
| 24A| " | 0 2 16 | 8 0 | 0 2 6 |

Level and gently rising ground; soil good, on old alluvial and limestone formations. No water on allotment, but good water, to which there is access, within 20 chains. Accessible by formed road, and situated a mile and a quarter from Duntroon Railway-station. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £69 16s.

OAMARU SURVEY DISTRICT.—TEANARAKI ESTATE.

| 17 | XII. | 10 0 0 | 18 2 | 4 10 10 |

Rich agricultural land, all ploughable. Situated two miles from Enfield Railway-station. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £30.

*Grouped.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.