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will be painted black, and placed on the south side of the entrance, taking the place of the outer black buoy.
Vessels entering will therefore now pass the fairway buoy on the port hand, and at a distance of half a cable.
G. P. HEATH, Commander, R.N.,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 18th October, 1886.

Notice to Mariners, No. 49 of 1886.

LIGHT ON STAGING, GREYMOUTH WHARF EXTENSION.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 6th November, 1886.

THE Greymouth Harbour Board have given notice that, on and after Friday next, the 12th November, 1886, a red light will be exhibited under the north-west corner of the contractor’s stage at the wharf extension, Grey River. All vessels must pass to the north of this light, and in no way connect it with the green leading lights on the end of the old wharf.

W. J. M. LARNACH.

Notice to Mariners, No. 50 of 1886.

POSITION OF WRECK, ENTRANCE TO CHAFFERS PASSAGE, PORT NICHOLSON, N.Z.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 10th November, 1886.

THE Wellington Harbour Board have given notice that a barrel buoy, painted green, and having the word “Wreck” painted thereon, has been placed 150ft. to the south-east of the wreck of the s.s. “Tui,” which is lying in the centre of the north entrance of Chaffers Passage, in 7 fathoms of water. Vessels entering or leaving Port Nicholson by this passage should pass to the south of the buoy.

W. J. M. LARNACH.

Certain Boroughs to be included in Districts for collecting Duty under “The Beer Duty Act, 1880.”

WHEREAS by order of the Commissioner of Customs number one hundred and thirty-three, dated the second day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, certain districts were appointed for the purpose of levying and collecting the duty imposed by “The Beer Duty Act, 1880,” which several districts included the boroughs and counties specified opposite the name of each in the Schedule attached to the said order :

And whereas it is expedient to include other boroughs within the districts mentioned in the Schedule hereto, for the purpose of levying and receiving the said duty therein :

Now, therefore, in exercise of the power in me for this purpose vested by “The Beer Duty Act, 1880,” I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do hereby order that, in addition to the boroughs specified in the before-mentioned order, the districts named in the first column of the Schedule hereto shall, for the purposes of the said Act, comprise the boroughs specified in the second column of the said Schedule opposite the name of each such district ; and, further, that this regulation shall take effect from the day of the date hereof.

SCHEDULE.

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

W. J. M. LARNACH,
(For the Commissioner of Trade and Customs.)
Commissioner’s Order No. 249.]

Chinese Immigration Act of Western Australia.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 5th November, 1886.

THE following despatch, received from the Acting Colonial Secretary of Western Australia, is published for general information.

Jos. A. TOLE,
(For the Commissioner of Trade and Customs.)

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Perth, 11th October, 1886.

SIR,—I have the honour, by direction of His Excellency the Governor, to transmit for your information a copy of an Act passed during the last session of the Legislative Council for regulating Chinese immigration to this colony, and to request that you will make its provisions known, as may seem to be required.

I have, &c.,

Oct. BURT,
(For Acting Colonial Secretary.)

THE following are the chief provisions of the Act referred to, which is entitled “An Act to regulate and restrict Chinese Immigration:”

The word “Chinese” is defined to mean “any native of China or its dependencies, or of any island in the Chinese seas, not born of British parents, or any person born of Chinese parents.”

Section 2. The master of every vessel having Chinese on board shall, immediately on his arrival from beyond this colony in any port of the colony, and before making entry at the Customs, deliver to the Collector or other principal officer of Customs a list of such Chinese, specifying the name, the place of birth, the apparent age, the ordinary place of residence, the place and date of shipment, and the calling or occupation of each such Chinese; and for each default herein such master shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred pounds.

Section 3. If any vessel shall arrive in any port in this colony having on board a greater number of Chinese passengers for any port in the colony than in the proportion of one to every fifty tons of the tonnage of such vessel, according to the registry thereof if British, and, if not, then according to the measurement defined by “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854,” the owner, charterer, and master of such vessel shall each be liable, on conviction, to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds for each Chinese passenger so carried in excess.

Section 4. Before any Chinese arriving from beyond this colony shall be permitted to land from any vessel, and before making any entry at the Customs, the master of the vessel shall pay to such Collector or other principal officer the sum of ten pounds for every such Chinese, to be applied in manner hereinafter provided; and no entry shall be deemed to have been legally made or to have any legal effect until such payment shall have been made.

And if any master shall neglect to pay any such sum, or shall land or permit to land or suffer to land or to escape from such vessel, at any port or place in the colony, any Chinese, before such sum shall have been paid by such master or his agent, or before such list shall have been delivered, such master shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds for each Chinese so landed or permitted or suffered to land or to escape; and in addition to such penalty shall also pay the sum hereby required to be paid for each such Chinese.

And in every such case, in addition to any such penalty, the vessel shall be forfeited, and may be seized, condemned, and disposed of in like manner as ships forfeited for a breach of any law relating to the Customs.

Notice of Intention to take Land at Upper Waiau Bridge for Portion of Hurunui-Tophouse Road.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1882,” to execute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of a portion of Hurunui-Tophouse Road, and for the purposes of such public work the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken; and notice is further given that the plans of the said road and of the lands so required to be taken are deposited in the Post Office, at Waiau, and are there open for inspection. And notice is hereby given that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said lands shall, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such lands, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister for Public Works, Wellington.