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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[CIRCULAR.]

Downing Street, 19th November, 1875.
SIR, I have the honor to transmit to you, for
information in the colony under your government, a
copy of an Order of the Queen in Council, of the
26th ultimo, extending to Dutch vessels the advan-
tages held out by "The Merchant Shipping Act,
1862," to ships of foreign countries adopting the
rules for the measurement of tonnage which obtain
in this country.

I have, &c.,
CARNARVON.

The Officer Administering
the Government of New Zealand.

At the Court at Balmoral, the 26th day of October,
1875.
Present:
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
WHEREAS by "The Merchant Shipping Act Amend-
ment Act, 1862," it is enacted, that whenever it is
made to appear to Her Majesty that the rules con-
cerning the measurement of tonnage of merchant
ships, for the time being in force under the principal
Act, have been adopted by the Government of any
foreign country, and are in force in that country, it
shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by Order in Council,
to direct that the ships of such foreign country shall
be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in their
certificate of registry or other national papers, and
thereupon it shall no longer be necessary for such
ships to be remeasured in any port or place in Her
Majesty's dominions; but such ships shall be deemed
to be of the tonnage denoted in their certificates of
registry or other papers in the same manner, to the
same extent, and for the same purposes, in, to, and
for which the tonnage denoted in the certificate of
registry of British ships is to be deemed the tonnage
of such ships:

And whereas it has been made to appear to Her
Majesty that the rules concerning the measurement
of tonnage of merchant ships now in force under
"The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," have been
adopted by the Government of His Majesty the
King of the Netherlands, with the exception of a
difference in the mode in certain steamers of es-
timating the allowance for engine-room, and such
rules are now in force in that country, having come
into operation on the first day of January, 1876, Her
Majesty is hereby pleased, by and with the advice of
Her Privy Council, to direct as follows:-

1. As regards sailing ships, that merchant sailing
   ships of the said Kingdom of the Netherlands, the
   measurement whereof, after the said first day of
   January, 1876, has been ascertained and denoted in the
   registers and other national papers of such sailing
   ships, testified by the date thereof, shall be deemed
   to be of the tonnage denoted in such registers and
   other national papers in the same manner, and to the
   same extent, and for the same purpose in, to, and for
   which the tonnage denoted in the certificate of
   registry of British sailing ships is deemed to be the
   tonnage of such ships.

2. As regards steam ships, that merchant ships
   belonging to the said Kingdom of the Netherlands,
   which are propelled by steam or any other power
   requiring engine-room, the measurement whereof
   shall, after the said first day of January, 1876, have
   been ascertained and denoted in the registers and
   other national papers of such steam ships, testified by
   the dates thereof, shall be deemed to be of the
   tonage denoted in such registers or other national
   papers in the same manner, and to the same extent,
   and for the same purpose in, to, and for which the
   tonage denoted in the certificate of registry of
   British ships is deemed to be the tonnage of such
   ships: Provided nevertheless, that if the owner or
   master of any such Dutch steam ship desires the
   deduction for engine-room in his ships to be estimated
   under the rules for engine-room measurement and
   deduction applicable to British ships, instead of
   under the Dutch rule, the engine-room shall be
   measured and the deduction calculated according to
   the British rules.

EDMUND HARRISON.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 6 of 1876.

EAST COAST OF NORTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 21st March, 1876.

CAPTAIN GRIFFITHS, of the s.s. "Rangatira,"
reports having grazed a rock or shoal ground
not shown on the chart. The weather at the time
being thick, the exact position of the danger could
not be ascertained, but it is supposed to bear from
the Kahau Rocks E.N.E., distant two miles.

Captain Fairchild, of the "Luna," also reports
dangers in the same vicinity, whith are not shown on
the chart.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Land Sale under "The New Zealand Settlements Act,
1863."

UNDER and in pursuance of the powers vested in
me as Commissioner appointed by His Excellency
the Governor to carry out the Regulations for the
Sale of Lands taken for Settlement under "The New
Zealand Settlements Act, 1863," in the Province
of Auckland, I do hereby notify that the Town,
Suburban, and Rural Lands specified in the Schedule
hereunder will be offered for Sale by public auction,
in accordance with the said Regulations, at the
Waikato Lands Office, Auckland, at Noon, on
Wednesday, the 3rd of May, 1876.

DANIEL POLLEN.
Waikato Lands Office,
Auckland, 9th March, 1876.
Commissioner.

SCHEDULE.

Town of Tauranga. Section 1.
| No. of Lot. | Area. A. R. P. | Upset Price. £ s. d. |
|---|---|---|
| 248 | 0 0 16 | 50 0 0 |
| 249 | 0 0 16 | 40 0 0 |
| 250 | 0 0 16 | 40 0 0 |
| 251 | 0 0 16 | 50 0 0 |
| 264 | 0 0 37 | 70 0 0 |
| 265 | 0 0 28 | 45 0 0 |
| 267 | 0 0 37 | 60 0 0 |
| 268 | 0 0 37 | 70 0 0 |
| 269 | 0 0 28 | 45 0 0 |
| 270 | 0 0 28 | 45 0 0 |
| 271 | 0 0 32 | 50 0 0 |
| 272 | 0 0 32 | 70 0 0 |

Town of Tauranga. Section 2.
| No. of Lot. | Area. A. R. P. | Upset Price. £ s. d. |
|---|---|---|
| 149 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 |
| 150 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 |
| 151 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 |
| 152 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 |
| 153 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 |
| 154 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 |
| 155 | 0 1 0 | 20 0 0 |
| 156 | 0 1 0 | 20 0 0 |
| 162 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 |
| 249 | 0 1 0 | 20 0 0 |
| 254 | 0 1 0 | 20 0 0 |
| 255 | 0 1 0 | 15 0 0 |