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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Place and Times appointed for Vaccination.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in me by "The Public Health Act, 1872," I, Sir James
Fergusson, the Governor of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the place mentioned in the second
column of the Schedule hereto as and to be the place at which the Public Vaccinator appointed for
the district mentioned in the first column of the said Schedule shall attend for the performance
of vaccination, as required by the said Act; and I do hereby give notice that such Public Vaccinator
will attend at the place aforesaid, for the purpose of performing such vaccination, on the days
and at the hours set forth in the third column of the said Schedule, opposite the name of such place;
and further, that at such place as last aforesaid the Public Vaccinator will attend for the purpose of
inspecting the progress of such vaccination in the persons so vaccinated on the days and at the hours
respectively set forth in the fourth column of the said Schedule opposite the name of such place.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honorable Sir James Fergusson,
Baronet, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael
and Saint George, a Member of Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, at Auckland; and
issued this twenty-sixth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-four.

DANIEL POLLEN.

SCHEDULE.

| District for which Public
Vaccinator appointed. | Place where Vaccination to be
performed. | Days and Hours fixed
for Performance of Vaccination. | Days and Hours fixed for
inspecting the Progress of
Vaccination. |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND. | | | |
| Mongonui ... ... ... | Settler's Hotel, at Mongonui | First Wednesday in January, April,
July, and October, in each year,
at 12 noon | Second Wednesday in
January, April, July,
and October, in each
year, at 12 noon. |

Trial of Ropes made from New Zealand Phormium.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th November, 1874.

THE following report upon a series of trials of
New Zealand flax rope, on board H.M.S.
"Blanche," is published for general information.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(for the Colonial Secretary).

Her Majesty's Ship "Pearl,"
Sydney, 10th November, 1874.

SIR,—With reference to former correspondence
relative to the trial of New Zealand flax rope, I
have the honor to forward for your Excellency's
information a report which I have received from
Captain Simpson, of H.M.S. "Blanche," on the
comparative merits of rope made of phormium, and
that generally used in the navy.

I am, &c.,
J. G. GOODENOUGH,
Captain and Commodore 2nd Class,
commanding Australian Station.

To His Excellency the Right Honorable
Sir James Fergusson, Bart., Governor
of New Zealand.

Reporting result of trial of New Zealand Phormium
with English rope:—

H.M.S. "Blanche,"
Wellington, 20th October, 1874.

SIR,—In compliance with your order of 30th De-
cember, 1873, relative to the trial of New Zealand
phormium, I have to report that as the ship was
such a short time at sea during the first three
months that the rope was rove for trial, I deemed it
desirable to give it a further trial of three months
before reporting upon it. A detailed report of all
rope rove is given in the attached form, the general
result of the trial in my opinion being that the fibre
of the New Zealand rope, when subject to a direct
and steady strain, is stronger than that from which
navy rope is made, but that it is more brittle and
easily broken if "kinked," and that its great in-
feriority to the navy rope through its stretching and
swelling is, beyond this, due almost entirely to the
manufacture.

I am, &c.,
C. B. SIMPSON,
Captain.

Commodore James G. Goodenough, Senior Officer.

Report on New Zealand Rope tried on board
H.M.S. "Blanche" against Naval Rope of correspond-
ing size. Date of trial between April and October,
1874:—