MAR. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 415

MANAWATU ROAD BOARD.

RESULT of poll taken at the residence of Mr. George Waters, College Street continuation, on the 13th day of March, 1893, on the proposal to raise a loan of £100, under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," to clear, form, and metal the continuation of College Street, in the Board's district, from the boundary of the Borough of Palmerston North to the termination of College Street:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll 7, representing 8 votes; 6 ratepayers, representing 7 votes, voted in favour of the proposal; and 1 ratepayer, representing 1 vote, voted against the proposal.

I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

DONALD GRANT,
Manawatu Road Board Office, Chairman.
Palmerston North, 27th March, 1893.

Special Order made by the Manawatu Road Board, County of Oroua.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th March, 1893.

THE following special order, made by the Manawatu Road Board, is published in accordance with "The Road Boards Act, 1882."

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Manawatu Road Board did, at a special meeting held on Thursday, the 16th day of March, 1893, make the following special order:—

For the purpose of providing interest and other annual charges on a loan of £370, under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," to reform and metal Clevely's Line, in the Manawatu Road District, from Roberts's Line to the Bunnythorpe Railway-road, and to clear, form, and metal Roberts's Line, in the Manawatu Road District, from the Bunnythorpe-Kairanga Road to the Bunnythorpe Railway Road, that a special rate of 4d. in the pound is hereby made on the rateable values of the following sections, namely: Sections Nos. 513, 518, 519, 520, 521, 1466, 1467, 1507, 1508, 1509, 1510, 1511, 1513, 1515, 1516, 1517, 1518, Block VII., Kairanga District, and Sections Nos. 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1306, 1311, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1322, 1323, and 1324, Township of Bunnythorpe. Such rate to be an annually-recurring rate for twenty-six years, and payable, by two equal instalments, on the 1st day of February and the 1st day of August in each year, at the Board's office, in Palmerston North.

The cost of raising the above loan to be paid out of the loan.

WALTER RUTHERFURD,
Clerk.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly made by the Manawatu Road Board, at a special meeting held on the 16th day of March, 1893.

WALTER RUTHERFURD,
Clerk to the Manawatu Road Board.
Palmerston North, 28th March, 1893.

Notice to Mariners, No. 9 of 1893.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 21st March, 1893.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Marine Board, Hobart, Tasmania, and the Portmaster, Brisbane, Queensland, are published for general information.

R. J. SEDDON.

PORT OF HOBART

NOTICE is hereby given that the black buoy (referred to in Government Notice No. 107, 9th March, 1891) which had been placed in 5 fathoms of water, 73yds. from shore, to mark the edge of a bank that extends north-east from the south-east point of entrance to Sullivan's Cove, has been removed.

Marine Board of Hobart, 18th February, 1893.

BRISBANE RIVER.—ALTERATIONS IN DEPTHS OF DREDGED CHANNELS.

REFERRING to Notice No. 4, issued on the 9th instant, further notice is hereby given that, as a result of the last flood in the Brisbane River, additional changes have taken place in the dredged channels, the net depths at low-water springs being now as follow: Outer Bar, 8ft. 6in.; Inner Bar, 15ft.; Pelican Bank, 12ft.; Lytton Rocks, 13ft.; above Lytton, 15ft.; Eagle Farm Flats, 6ft.; Quarries Reach, 10ft.; Hamilton Reach, 7ft. 6in.

In the Outer Bar Cutting the shallowest water extends for a distance of about three cables, and for a half to three-quarters of a mile the depth is from 10ft. to 13ft. In the

Pelican Bank Cutting the shallowest water extends for a distance of about three cables, and in the Eagle Farm Flats Cutting for about a cable. The Quarries Cutting has silted up evenly, and in the Hamilton Reach there are a series of shallow ridges throughout the whole cutting. A detailed examination of all the cuttings is now being made, and, if deeper water is discovered outside the recognised channels, due notice will be given.

T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 23rd February, 1893.

BRISBANE RIVER BAR.—ALTERATION OF TIDE SIGNALS, PILE LIGHTHOUSE.

NOTICE is hereby given that, on and after the 1st proximo, the tide signals hitherto shown from the Pile Lighthouse, Brisbane River Bar, will be discontinued, and in lieu thereof the code in use at all other Queensland ports (as published in December last) will be adopted.

This change is in consequence of the diminished depth of water in the various cuttings, for which the original code does not provide.

T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 24th February, 1893.

BURNETT RIVER.—ALTERATION IN DEPTHS OF CHANNELS.

NOTICE is hereby given that, as a result of the recent floods in the Burnett River, there has been a general silting-up in the channels, the principal being No. 1 Cutting, in which there is now only 3ft. 8in. at low-water springs.

The Burnett Bar will be examined when practicable.

T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 25th February, 1893.

MARY RIVER.—ALTERATION IN DEPTHS OF CHANNELS.

NOTICE is hereby given that, as a result of the recent floods in the Mary River, the channels have silted up. The net depths at low-water springs are now as follow: No. 1, Dundathu, 8ft. No. 2, Leslie Bank, 9ft. 4in. No. 3, Heath Reach, 7ft. 9in. No. 4, The Brothers, 11ft. 8in. No. 5, Lower Rocky, 11ft. 6in. No. 6, Middle Flats, 3ft. 9in.; X, Crab Island, 9ft. 9in.; Z, Outer Horseshoe, 6ft. 5in. No. 7, Entrance Reach, 12ft. Frazer's Island (outside Heads), 9ft. 4in.

The minimum depth is in No. 6, which is shallow throughout.

T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 25th February, 1893.

Bonus for Eradicating the Californian Thistle.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 29th March, 1893.

CONDITIONS on which a bonus of £250 is offered for a means of eradicating the Californian thistle (Cnicus lanceolatus):—

1. All applications for the bonus must be sent addressed to the Hon. the Minister of Agriculture, Wellington, and must be in his hands not later than the 1st June, 1893.

2. The applicants must be prepared to submit their proposed means of eradication in such manner and at such time and place as the Minister shall direct.

3. The Government shall appoint a committee of three or more persons, under whose instructions and before whom all tests shall be carried through.

4. The proposed bonus, or any part thereof, will not be paid until the proposed remedy has been proved effectual.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture.

Officiating Ministers for 1893.—Notice No. 7.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1893.

NOTICE has been received from the Moderator that The Reverend Junior W. WALDIE has ceased to be an Officiating Minister in connection with the Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland. His name has been withdrawn from the list of Officiating Ministers under "The Marriage Act, 1880," for the year 1893.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.