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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 76

New York

New York.

During my visit to New York I called upon the Mayor of the city Mr. Van Wyck, who advised the leading newspapers of the object of my mission. He also took some trouble to acquaint manufacturers, engineers, and merchants, several of whom called upon me to obtain information as to the trade of New Zealand.

Many inventors exhibited the keenest interest in obtaining from me the terms and conditions of the bonuses of £1,750 and £250 respectively offered by the New Zealand Government in connection with a better preparation of Phormium tenax. As evidence of the special interest displayed by many engineers, chemists, and inventors, I select a few out of the many letters addressed to me relating to hemp. From these you will gather that there are quite a number willing to devote their time, money, and skill in evolving a process that would be worthy of the Government prizes of £2,000.