✨ Flax Exhibition and Land Reserves
PROVINCE OF TARANAKI.
New Zealand Government Gazette.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
Vol. XIX. NEW PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1871. [No. 3.
FLAX COMMISSION.
Superintendent's Office,
New Plymouth, February 4, 1871.
THE following notice issued at the suggestion of the Flax Commissioners is published for general information.
FRED. A. CARRINGTON,
Superintendent.
Flax Commission,
Wellington, 8th December, 1870.
Sir,—Referring to the eighth Resolution of the House of Representatives affirming the desirability of exhibiting samples of Flax in Wellington during the next session of the Assembly, the Commissioners beg to recommend that the Government should request Superintendents of Provinces to procure samples for this purpose, and would suggest that a notice to the following effect should be inserted in the General and Provincial Government Gazettes:—
“The House of Representatives having resolved that there should be an Exhibition in Wellington during the next session of the Assembly, of all varieties of Flax fibre prepared in the Colony, manufacturers are invited to forward to the Flax Commissioners, through the Superintendent of their Province, samples of the fibre, rope, sacking, or any other material prepared by them from the New Zealand Flax. The samples of fibre should not be less than twenty pounds in weight, and ten or fifteen fathoms of each kind of rope will be sufficient. It is desirable that a statement of the processes and estimated cost of manufacture should accompany the samples.”—I have, &c.,
JAMES HECTOR,
Chairman.
The Hon.
The Colonial Secretary, &c.,
Wellington.
[From the New Zealand Gazette.]
G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled “The New Zealand Settlements Acts Amendment Act, 1866,” power is given to the Governor to reserve portions of any of the land taken under “The New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863,” for the several purposes for which reserves may be made under the twelfth section of “The Waste Lands Act, 1858,” and may make grants thereof under “The Public Reserves Act, 1854,” or otherwise, as the case may require: And whereas the purposes for which such reserves may be made under
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Taranaki Provincial Gazette 1871, No 3
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🌾 Flax Exhibition Notice
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources8 December 1870
Flax, Exhibition, Wellington, Assembly, Samples
- FRED. A. CARRINGTON, Superintendent
- JAMES HECTOR, Chairman
🗺️ Land Reserves Notice
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & SurveyLand Reserves, Settlements Act, Waste Lands Act, Public Reserves Act
- G. F. BOWEN, Governor