JULY 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1073

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th July, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Notice to Mariners, No. 24 of 1892.

Marine Department.
Wellington, 11th July, 1892.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, is published for general information.

R. J. SEDDON.

VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.—WESTERN ENTRANCE, BASS STRAIT.— EAGLE NEST OR SPLIT POINT LIGHT.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners published the 26th June, 1891, notice is hereby given that, on and after the 30th August, 1892, the arc of the red or principal light will be reduced, and will illuminate an arc of 150° seaward, or from one mile and a half off Point Addis round seaward to one mile off Cape Patton, while the arc of white light shown from the principal light towards Point Addis will be increased about 3°, thereby illuminating an arc of white light extending from the shore to one mile and a half off Point Addis.

The white lights are to warn mariners of their too close proximity to the shore or lighthouse, and care should be taken to round Split Point or Eagle Nest at a distance of not less than three miles from the lighthouse.

Upon the Split Point light being altered as herein notified, masters of sailing-vessels bound for Port Phillip from the westward, when abreast of such lighthouse by night, may proceed on to the outer pilot cruising-station until the high white light on Shortland’s Bluff is sighted, and, in cases where the master has not an exempt pilot’s certificate, the requisite pilot is on board. Mariners should not lose sight of the Split Point red light until they sight the high white light on Shortland’s Bluff, which should be seen in ordinary weather after they have proceeded a distance of thirteen miles from Split Point towards Port Phillip Heads.

The pilot-station has been extended three miles beyond the former boundary, and two pilot-schooners are constantly cruising outside when there is a possibility of keeping the sea.

The middle cruising-station is comprised within a radius of seven miles from the centre of Port Phillip Heads to seaward.

The outer cruising-station extends from the outer boundary of the middle cruising-station to a point distant fifteen miles from the centre of Port Phillip Heads upon a line bearing north-east by north and south-west by south.

The western boundary extends from the aforesaid point towards the shore, Zealey Point bearing north-west by north.

The southern boundary extends from the same point towards Cape Schanck, bearing east three-quarters north until Arthur’s Seat bears north-east one-quarter north; and thence on the same bearing towards the shore which forms the eastern boundary.

VICTORIA.—WARRNAMBOOL.—BREAKWATER LIGHT.

Referring to Notice to Mariners published the 15th March, 1892, notice is hereby given that the red light on the end of the breakwater has been obscured seaward, and is not visible until the observer is in line with the breakwater.

ALEXR. WILSON,
Engineer in Charge, Ports and Harbours.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 2nd June, 1892.

Bonus for the Manufacture of Pig-iron from Ironsand or Iron-ore.

Mines Office,
Wellington, 24th February, 1892.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of £1 per ton will be paid on the production of the first 500 tons of pig-iron of marketable quality manufactured in the colony after this date from magnetic or titaniferous ironsand or iron-ore, all material, fuel, and fluxes being the produce of New Zealand, on the following conditions, that is to say:—

1. The bonus must be claimed before the 31st March, 1893.

2. The bonus will be payable in instalments of £50 as each lot of 50 tons of iron is manufactured, on the certificate of an officer appointed by the Minister of Mines that the iron is of good marketable quality.

3. In the event of more than one person manufacturing the required quality of pig-iron before the date named, inquiry will be made by the officer above referred to, when, if it is found that each applicant is equally entitled to a bonus, the amount will be divided; but in no case shall the total amount of money paid by way of bonus exceed £500.

4. The iron in respect of which any bonus is claimed and the ironsand or ore from which it is manufactured will be examined by the officer aforesaid, who may require proof that not only the ore, but that the lime, coal, and any other material used in the manufacture, is of genuine New Zealand production, and that sales of pig-iron have been made at fair market prices.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Mines.

Bonus for the Manufacture of Salt.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 24th February, 1892.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of £1 per ton will be paid on the production of the first 500 tons of salt, exclusively either by evaporation of salt-water or from rock mined in the colony, on the following conditions, that is to say:—

1. The bonus must be claimed before the 31st March, 1893.

2. Not more than £250 will be paid for salt manufactured in the North Island, and not more than £250 for salt manufactured in the South Island.

3. The bonus will be payable in instalments of £50 as each lot of 50 tons of salt is manufactured, on the certificate of an officer appointed by the Minister of Mines that the salt is of good marketable quality.

4. In the event of more than one person manufacturing the stated quantity of salt in the North or South Islands respectively before the 31st March, 1893, inquiry will be made by the officer above referred to, when, if it is found that each applicant is equally entitled to a bonus in either the North Island or the South Island, the amount will be divided, but in no case shall more than £250 be paid for salt manufactured in the North Island and £250 for salt manufactured in the South Island.

5. The salt in respect of which any bonus is claimed and the material used in its manufacture will be examined by the officer aforesaid, who may require proof that the salt is of genuine New Zealand production, and that sales have been made at fair market prices.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Mines.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 16th September, 1891.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1893, the period of literature will be the reign of Elizabeth, and the special books will be Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Macaulay’s Essays on Bacon and Walpole.

W. P. REEVES,
Minister of Education.

Officiating Ministers for 1892.—Notice No. 21.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 19th July, 1892.

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 entitled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following names of