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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 59

GREAT SANDY STRAIT.—ALTERATION IN POSITION OF LEAD-
ING LIGHTS FOR STEWART ISLAND CUTTING.
NOTICE is hereby given that, on and after the 23rd July, two
white lights for leading through Stewart Island Cutting will
be exhibited from triangular beacons on Stewart Island to
the southward of the cutting; and the lights (red and white)
hitherto shown from beacons north of the cutting will be
discontinued.

Directions: Vessels from the southward will proceed with
the Fig-tree lights in line until the lower light of the lead on
Stewart Island opens out as a bright light, when they should
haul up quickly and steer for it, passing it at a distance of
100ft., and gradually bringing the two white lights in line
astern. Keep them in line until the Moonboom Island lights
are in line, when proceed as usual. By following these
directions a vessel will have a depth of 7ft. at low-water
springs.

T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 20th July, 1891.

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BROAD SOUND CHANNEL.—WRECK OFF THIRSTY SOUND.
NOTICE is hereby given that the wreck of the ship “Wa-
verley” lies in nine fathoms of water, in the following posi-
tion, namely: Three and a quarter miles N.E. by E. from
the summit of Pier Head (334ft.) at the entrance to Thirsty
Sound, with her lower masts, of iron, standing.

Vessels using the Broad Sound Channel are cautioned to
avoid this danger to navigation.

T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 22nd July, 1891.

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REGULATION UNDER “THE OYSTER ACT OF 1886.”
His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the
Executive Council, has been pleased to make the fol-
lowing regulation under “The Oyster Act of 1886.”

THOMAS MCILWRAITH.

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Regulation.

No person shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, in Queens-
land waters any oysters or shells imported from any of the
other Australian Colonies without the permission, in writing,
of an Inspector of Fisheries first had and obtained.

And for each and every offence against this regulation
any person or persons shall be liable to a penalty not ex-
ceeding twenty pounds.

The Treasury, Brisbane, 9th July, 1891.

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Commissioner’s Decisions under Tariff Acts.

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Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 11th August, 1891.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that the Hon.
the Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided to
interpret “The Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1888,” in
relation to the under-mentioned articles as follow:—

NOTE.—“Not otherwise enumerated” appears as n.o.e.; “other
kinds” as o.k.; “articles and materials suited only for, and to be
used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the colony” as a. & m.s.
Articles marked thus * are revised decisions.

Gelatine, Heinrich’s emulsion and Nelson’s
Photographic No. 1; as gelatine | 15 per cent.
Handles (china) and hood-joints (brass) for
perambulators; as a. & m.s. | Free.
Iron, corrugated carburised; as hardware | 20 per cent.
Kola cordial; as cordials | 16s. the liquid
gallon.
Machine, hub-boxing; as artificers’ tools | Free.
Machine, thatch-making; as machinery for
agricultural purposes n.o.e. | Free.
Olivettes, for trimming military clothing; as
minor articles, &c. | Free.
Paints ground in water; as paints n.o.e. | Free.
Persian leathers (cloth); as leather-cloth | Free.
Seed- and grain-cleaning and dressing or
winnowing machines driven by hand-
power; as machinery for agricultural pur-
poses n.o.e. | Free.
Tubbing for mining shafts; as metal manu-
factures (cast-iron of all sorts moulded) | 20 per cent.

W. T. GLASGOW,
For Secretary and Inspector.
Commissioner’s Order No. 399.]

Officiating Ministers for 1891.—Notice No. 19.

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Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 5th August, 1891.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, passed in the forty-fourth
year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and in-
titled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following name of an
Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is
published for general information:—

Baptists.
The Reverend John Walter.

Wm. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

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Will accepted by the Public Trustee.

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Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 12th August, 1891.

In the matter of the will of Isaac Walker, of Opotiki,
deceased.

IT is hereby notified that the above will has been finally
accepted, in accordance with the provisions of “The
Public Trust Office Act, 1872,” and that the Public Trustee
is the Executor appointed under the said will.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Deputy Public Trustee.

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Will accepted by the Public Trustee.

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Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 12th August, 1891.

In the matter of the will of Thomas Ady, of Christchurch,
deceased.

IT is hereby notified that the above will has been finally
accepted, in accordance with the provisions of “The
Public Trust Office Act, 1872,” and that the Public Trustee
is the Executor appointed under the said will.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Deputy Public Trustee.

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Alterations and Additions to the Scale of Fares, Rates, and
Charges in Force upon the New Zealand Railways.

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THE New Zealand Railway Commissioners, in exercise
and pursuance of the powers conferred by “The
Government Railways Act, 1887,” do hereby make the fol-
lowing alterations in and additions to the scale of fares,
rates, and charges on the New Zealand railways, to come
into force on and after the 17th day of August, 1891:—

PART IV.—LOCAL RATES.

NAPIER–TARANAKI SECTION.

Dead meat, &c., consigned from Woodville to Spit, will be
charged at the following rates, viz.:—

Dead meat and hides .. .. 28s. per ton.
Tallow and pelts .. .. 26s. ”

HURUNUI–BLUFF SECTION.

A terminal charge of 2s. 6d. per ton will be made on all
coals loaded at the public sidings on the Nightcaps Coal
Company’s Railway at Nightcaps Station, in addition to the
ordinary rates.

The common seal of the New Zealand
Railway Commissioners was hereunto
affixed, this twelfth day of August, (L.S.)
one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-one, in the presence of

JAMES MCKERROW, \ Railway
J. P. MAXWELL, \ Commissioners.
W. M. HANNAY,

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Goldfields Notices.

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Special Claim cancelled.

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Mines Department.
Wellington, 6th August, 1891.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has
been pleased to pronounce the undermentioned special
claim cancelled, and that the ground is now open for appli-
cation as if no lease of the said ground had ever been applied
for:—

The Wetherstone’s Cement Gold-mining Company (Regis-
tered); Section No. 5, Block XIX., and Section No. 64,
Block X., Tuapeka East, 19 acres and 6 perches, Otago
Mining District.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Mines.