SERICULTURE.

Wellington Independent, Volume XXVII, Issue 3116, 6 February 1871, Page 3

SERICULTURE.

_♦ The following has been issued from the Colonial Secretary's Office on the 3rd February: — In compliance with recom mcd ations contained in the reports of the flax commission committee, and of the joint committee on colonial industries to the effect that " premiums not exceeding in the whole £500 should be granted for the encouragement of sericiculture in the colony," and that the developement of certaiu industrial pursuits would often be best promoted by the offer of a bonus on production, the following rewards are offered, subject to the undermentioned conditions : — A bonus of 50 per cent, on the value realised is offered for the production of the first £1000 worth of cocoons of the silkworm or eggs of the silkworm produced in the colony, to be paid on quantities of not less value than £50 or more than £100 produced by any one person. To any person or persons who shall manufacture, within the colony, from New Zealand flax — For the first 500 reams of printing paper, a sum of £400; and a further £250 for the 500 reams of packing paper ; and the like sum for the first 10,000 yards of scrim cloth suitable for covering flax bales. CONDITIONS. The required quantity of each article to be completed before the 30th June, 1872. The weight of each ream of printing paper to be not less than 30lbs, of each ream of packing paper not less than 40 lbs, and of each piece of scrim cloth of 100 yards iv length and double width, not less than 30lbs. The rewards will be paid on the certificate of an officer to be appointed by the Government that the above conditions have been complied with.