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Notice of Intention to take Land in the Borough of Petone for
the Purposes of a Technical School.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the
provisions of the Public Works Act, 1928, to take the
land described in the Schedule hereto for the purposes of a
technical school: And notice is hereby further given that
the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in
the post-office at Petone, and is there open for inspection;
and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land
should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking
of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such
writing, within forty days from the first publication of this
notice, to the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.
APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land required to be taken:
23.47 perches.
Being Lot 10 on D.P. 8102, being part Section 6, Hutt R.D.
Situated in the Borough of Petone.
In the Wellington Land District; as the same is more
particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 77801,
deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at
Wellington, and thereon coloured red.
As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 11th day of
February, 1930.
W. B. TAVERNER,
For Minister of Public Works.
(P.W. 31/538.)

Bonus for a Commercially Practicable Method or Process of
effecting Major Improvements in connection with the Pre-
paration and Manufacture of New Zealand Hemp.--(Notice
No. Ag. 2881.)
Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 8th February, 1930.
SUBJECT to the conditions hereinafter appearing, the
New Zealand Government hereby offers to pay £10,000
as a bonus or bonuses for major improvements in connection
with the extraction and dressing of fibre from the New Zealand
hemp plant (Phormium tenax) :--
(1) The machine or process in regard to which the whole or
any part of the bonus is to be paid shall be recommended
by a committee set up by the Government, and shall be
approved by the Government.
(2) The £10,000 will be paid wholly or in part for a com-
mercially practicable process of extracting and dressing the
fibre of New Zealand hemp (Phormium tenax), whether by
machinery or otherwise, whereby there shall be obtainable--
(a) A greatly improved quality of fibre marketable at a
higher price.
(b) A considerably greater quantity of strong white fibre
per ton of green leaf.
(c) A substantial reduction in the cost of producing the
fibre.
Provided that in determining the amount of the
bonus to be paid for any such process due regard shall
be had to the rate of any royalty required to be paid
by millers for the use of such process, and no bonus
whatever will be paid--
(i) Unless it can be satisfactorily demonstrated
that the improved process submitted in com-
parison with the best of present methods will
enable the net returns from an efficient flax-
mill to be increased by at least 15 per cent.;
or
(ii) If the amount of any such royalty will absorb
the whole or substantially the whole of the
increased net return above referred to.
(3) Any applicant for the bonus or part of the bonus must
have fulfilled the following conditions at the time of applica-
tion :-
(a) The machine or process in question must have extracted
the fibre from not less than 500 tons of green leaf.
(b) The fibre extracted from the 500 tons of green leaf must
have been graded by a Government Grader, and not
less than 90 per cent. of such fibre must have reached
a grade not lower than "good fair."
(4) Applications for the bonus must be addressed to the
Director-General, Department of Agriculture, Wellington,
and must reach him not later than noon of the 30th November,
1931. They must be enclosed in an envelope clearly marked
"Application for Phormium bonus."
(5) Each applicant shall state what royalty, if any, would
require to be paid by millers for the use of his process during
the currency of his patent rights.

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(6) As soon as possible after the expiry of the time for
receiving applications for the bonus (30th November, 1931),
the Government will appoint a committee of not less than
five--of whom two shall be New Zealand hemp millers--to open
and examine the applications, to investigate such of the
competing machines or processes as it considers worthy of
trial, and to make recommendations to the Government as to
the payment of the bonus, having regard to the amount of
royalty, if any, specified in such applications.
(7) Each applicant must give, at his own expense, such
reasonable demonstrations of the working of his machine or
process as shall be demanded by the said committee, and
such demonstrations shall take place in New Zealand.
GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Agriculture.

Cancellation of Certificate and Registration as Teacher.
Office of Minister of Education,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1930.
NOTICE is hereby given that the teacher's certificate and
registration of Archibald Russell Coltman are hereby
cancelled under section 17 (3) of the Education Act, 1924.
HARRY ATMORE, Minister of Education.

Notice directing the Observance on Wednesday of the Statutory
Closing-day in the Borough of Raetihi during the Week ending
15th February, 1930.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon
me by section 22 of the Shops and Offices Amendment
Act, 1927, I, William Andrew Veitch, Minister of Labour, do
hereby direct, with respect to the Borough of Raetihi, the
observance in the week ending 15th February, 1930, of the
statutory closing-day on Wednesday and the giving of the
weekly half-holiday to assistants on that day.
Dated at Wellington, this 11th day of February, 1930..
W. B. TAVERNER, for Minister of Labour.

Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.--Declaration by the Assistant
Registrar dissolving a Society.

I ALAN LESLIE BARNARD ROSS, Assistant Registrar
of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as
it has been made to appear to me that the Taranaki Building
Trades Sub-contractors' Association (Incorporated) is no longer
carrying on its operations, the aforesaid society is hereby
dissolved in pursuance of section 28 of the Incorporated
Societies Act, 1908.
Dated at New Plymouth, this 3rd day of February, 1930.
A. L. B. ROSS,
Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.--Declaration by the Assistant
Registrar dissolving a Society.

I ALAN LESLIE BARNARD ROSS, Assistant Registrar
of Incorporated Societies, do hereby declare that, as it
has been made to appear to me that the Stratford Progress
League (Incorporated) is no longer carrying on its operations,
the aforesaid society is hereby dissolved in pursuance of
section 28 of the Incorporated Societies Act, 1908.
Dated at New Plymouth, this 3rd day of February, 1930.
A. L. B. ROSS,
Assistant Registrar of Incorporated Societies.

Electrical Wiremen's Registration Act, 1925.--Lost Registration
Certificates.

NOTICE is hereby given that it has been reported to the
Electrical Wiremen's Registration Board that the
undermentioned registration certificates have been lost:-
ELECTRICAL WIREMEN.
B909 Blue, Archie Henry, issued 5/8/26.
B2279 Crocker, Cyril Clarence, issued 17/8/27.
B189 Greenland, George Albert, issued 28/5/26.
B1151 Mackay, Jack, issued 20/9/26.
Any person making illegal use of any registration certificates
is liable to a penalty of £20.
P. H. GWYNN, Registrar.
(P.W. 26/200/B.)