1606
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 123

the red light of the other, or where the green light of
one ship is opposed to the green light of the other, or
where a red light without a green light, or a green
light without a red light, is seen ahead, or where both
green and red lights are seen anywhere but ahead.

Art. 16. If two ships under steam are crossing, so as to
involve risk of collision, the ship which has the other on her
own starboard side shall keep out of the way of the other.

Art. 17. If two ships, one of which is a sailing-ship, and
the other a steamship, are proceeding in such directions as
to involve risk of collision, the steamship shall keep out of
the way of the sailing-ship.

Art. 18. Every steamship when approaching another ship,
so as to involve risk of collision, shall slacken her speed or
stop and reverse, if necessary.

Art. 19. In taking any course authorized or required by
these regulations, a steamship under way may indicate that
course to any other ship which she has in sight by the fol-
lowing signals on her steam whistle, viz. :—

One short blast to mean, "I am directing my course to
starboard."

Two short blasts to mean, "I am directing my course to
port."

Three short blasts to mean, "I am going full speed
astern."

The use of these signals is optional, but if they are used,
the course of the ship must be in accordance with the signal
made.

Art. 20. Notwithstanding anything contained in any pre-
ceding article, every ship, whether a sailing-ship or a steam-
ship, overtaking any other shall keep out of the way of the
overtaken ship.

Art. 21. In narrow channels every steamship shall, when
it is safe and practicable, keep to that side of the fairway or
mid-channel which lies on the starboard side of such ship.

Art. 22. Where by the above rules one of two ships is to
keep out of the way, the other shall keep her course.

Art. 23. In obeying and construing these rules due regard
shall be had to all dangers of navigation, and to any special
circumstances which may render a departure from the above
rules necessary in order to avoid immediate danger.

No Ship, under any Circumstances, to neglect Proper Pre-
cautions.

Art. 24. Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any ship,
or the owner, or master, or crew thereof, from the conse-
quences of any neglect to carry lights or signals, or of any
neglect to keep a proper look-out, or of the neglect of any
precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice
of seamen, or by the special circumstances of the case.

Reservation of Rules for Harbours and Inland Navigation.

Art. 25. Nothing in these rules shall interfere with the
operation of a special rule, duly made by local authority,
relative to the navigation of any harbour, river, or inland
navigation.

Special Lights for Squadrons and Convoys.

Art. 26. Nothing in these rules shall interfere with the
operation of any special rules made by the Government of
any nation with respect to additional station and signal
lights for two or more ships of war or for ships sailing under
convoy.

Art. 27. When a ship is in distress and requires assistance
from other ships or from the shore, the following shall be
the signals to be used or displayed by her, either together or
separately, that is to say,;—
In the daytime—
(1.) A gun fired at intervals of about a minute ;
(2.) The International Code signal of distress indicated
by NC ;
(3.) The distant signal, consisting of a square flag, having
either above or below it a ball or anything resembling
a ball.
At night—
(1.) A gun fired at intervals of about a minute ;
(2.) Flames on the ship (as from a burning tar barrel,
oil barrel, &c.) ;
(3.) Rockets or shells, throwing stars of any colour or
description, fired one at a time, at short intervals.

Approving and appointing a Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this
purpose vested by "The Customs Laws Consolidation
Act, 1882," I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do
hereby approve and appoint the under-mentioned warehouse
to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under bond,
namely :—

Port of Auckland.

A portion of the ground-floor of a building constructed of
brick and roofed with iron, situated in Commerce Street,
upon part of Allotment 58, Section 2, of the Harbour Endow-
ment, Auckland, to be known as

HAYMAN'S BOND.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this fifteenth day
of November, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-four.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS,
(for the Commissioner of Trade and Customs.)
Commissioner's Order No. 218.]

Notice to Owners of Native Land under "The Crown and
Native Lands Rating Act, 1882."

"THE Ture Reiti i nga Whenua o te Karauna me nga
Whenua Maori, 1882," me te Ture Whakatikatika i
taua Ture.

Ki te tangata nana, ki nga tangata ranei na ratou nga
whenua kua whakahuatia i roto i nga rooru whakaatu i
nga utu o nga whenua Maori, kua tukua atu nei ki nga
poari takiwa e mau nei nga ingoa i roto i te Kupu Apiti ki
tenei, i raro i nga tikanga o nga Ture kua whakahuatia i
runga ake nei me era atu Ture katoa e pa ana e whai
tikanga ana.

NOTEMEA kua tukua mai he tono ki ahau Te Minita
Whakahaere i nga Moni o Niu Tireni, e mau nei toku ingoa
i raro iho nei, e nga poari takiwa e tetahi tangata ranei
mo te taha ki a ratou, i raro i nga tikanga o "Te Ture Reiti
i nga Whenua o te Karauna me nga Whenua Maori, 1882,"
kia utua nga reiti e meingatia ana kia utua i runga i nga
tikanga o aua rooru :

He panuitanga tenei ki a koutou ki ia tangata ki ia
tangata o koutou, kia mohio ai koutou kua takoto nga
rooru o nga whenua Maori ki nga tari o aua roari takiwa
ko aua rooru he mea tuhi ki te reo Maori, a e whakaatu
ana hoki i nga utu o nga whenua Maori kua whakahuatia i
runga i aua rooru me nga reiti e tika ana kia utua i raro i
nga tikanga o taua Ture.

Na he tono tenei ki a koutou ki ia tangata ki ia tangata
hoki o koutou nga tangata na ratou aua whenua kia utua e
koutou aua Reiti a te 29 o nga ra o Novema, 1884, i mua
mai ranei o taua ra, me utu e koutou aua moni reiti i te tari
o te poari o te takiwa i takoto ai aua whenua, tena te whaka-
aturanga kei te Kupu Apiti.

KUPU APITI.

Ka tuhia nei toku ingoa, i tenei te 18 o nga ra o No-
wema, 1884.

JULIUS VOGEL.

TRANSLATION.

"THE Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 1882," and
the Amendment thereof.

To each and every the owner or owners of land described
in the substituted valuation rolls of Native lands supplied
to the local bodies, the names of which are set forth in
the Schedule hereunder, under the provisions of the above
Acts and all other Acts affecting the same or relating
thereto.

WHEREAS demand having been made to me, the under-
signed, Colonial Treasurer of the Colony of New Zealand, in
accordance with the provisions of "The Crown and Native
Lands Rating Act, 1882," by or on behalf of the said local
bodies, for payment of the rates appearing to be payable
under or by virtue of the said rolls :

Notice is hereby given to you and each and every of you
that rolls of Native lands are now deposited at the offices of
the said several local bodies, which said rolls are in the
Maori language, and show the rateable value of the Native
lands therein mentioned or described, and the amount of
rates due in respect thereof under the said Act.

And you and each and every of you, the owners of the said
lands, are hereby required and directed to pay the said rates
on or before the twenty-ninth day of November, 1884, such
payment to be made by you at the office of the local body in
whose district the lands affected are respectively comprised,
and as noted in the said Schedule.