FLAX PRODUCTION
—•— CONDITIONS OF THE OFFER.
The conditions under which, inventors of an improved method of production of commercial flax may secure a bonus of £lO,OOO from tlie Government have been framed by the Department of Agriculture, and are announced by the Minister, the Hon. G. VV. Forbes. The offer is open till November 30, 1931, and it is intended that as soon a s possible after that time, a. committee of not fewer than five—of whom two shall be New Zealand hemp millers—shall open the applications and investigate such of the machine.or jirocesses as it deems worthy of trial. The committee will make recommendations to the Government as to the payment of the bonus, having regard tc the amount of royalty, if any', specified l>v the inventor, who is required to nr dicate this point in the application. The major conditions of the ollei aic as follow :■ — ~ . , The £lO,OOO bonus will be paid wholly or .in part for a commercially practicable process of extracting and dressing the New Zealand hemp plant whether by machinery or otherwise, whereby shall be obtainable : — (a) A greatly improved quality o.i fibre marketable at. a higher price. (b) A considerably greater quantity of strong white fibre per ton of green (c) A substantial reduction in th® cost of producing the fibre. (In this connection the committee will have ie(,;ird to the amount of royalty which millers may have to pay on the process and no bonus will be paid unless it, can be satisfactorily demonstrated that the improved process in comparison with the best of present, me hods will enable net returns rom an el u .ent (laxmili to be increased by at. least, to •per cent, allowing for the royalty pay--1,1 Another important condition attached to the proposed bonus is that any process submitted for consideration must, have been used to e^ I<ict fibre from not less than 500 tons o ' reen leaf, which fibre lias been graded bv a Government grader, and at east 90 per cent graded not lower than “Good Fair.” , r
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Greymouth Evening Star, 15 February 1930, Page 11
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342FLAX PRODUCTION Greymouth Evening Star, 15 February 1930, Page 11
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