Feb. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 269

PAHIATUA COUNTY.

THE following is the result of a poll taken on the 24th January, 1894, on a proposal to raise a loan of £1,000 for the construction of a road-bridge over the Mangahao at Sinclair's:—
Number on roll, 185, representing 189 votes: Votes recorded in favour, 76, by 74 voters; votes not recorded, 113.
The proposal is therefore lost.
SAMUEL BOLTON,
County Chairman.

PAHIATUA COUNTY.—RESULT OF POLL, LOAN NO. 31.

THE following is the result of a poll taken on the 27th January, 1894, on a proposal to borrow £500 to form and metal the Woodville—Aohanga Road from the western boundary of Section 9 towards Section 23, in Block V., Makuri:—
Number of ratepayers on roll, 6, representing 9 votes: Number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 5, by 4 ratepayers; votes not recorded, 4.
I therefore declare the proposal carried.
SAMUEL BOLTON,
County Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Manchester Road Board,
County of Oroua.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th February, 1894.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Manchester Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."
P. A. BUCKLEY.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Manchester Road Board,
County of Oroua.

I HEREBY give notice that a poll for a loan of £600, for certain works in No. 2 Ward, Manchester Road District, was taken on the 3rd January, 1894.
The total number of ratepayers on the roll of No. 2 Ward is 77, and the total number of votes 101: of these, 45 ratepayers, having 54 votes, voted for the loan; informal, 1 vote.
A majority of ratepayers, exercising more than one-half the total number of votes, being in favour of the proposal, I declare it to be carried.
FRANK Y. LETHBRIDGE,
Chairman, Manchester Road Board.
Feilding, 25th January, 1894.

Auckland Savings-bank.—Reduction of Rate of Interest
allowed to Depositors.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 13th February, 1894.

IT is hereby notified that, under section 23 of "The Savings Banks Act, 1858," the Trustees of the Auckland Savings-bank have resolved to reduce the rate of interest payable to depositors in the bank to four and one-half per centum per annum on and from the 1st day of July next; and that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to give his consent to the reduction.
J. G. WARD.

Notice to Mariners, No. 8 of 1894.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 6th February, 1894.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Marine Department, Brisbane, Queensland, and the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, Victoria, are published for general information:—
J. G. WARD,
For Minister having charge of Marine Department.

Wide Bay Bar.—Alteration in Leading Beacons, Main
Channel.

NOTICE is hereby given that the square beacons on Hook Point which lead through the north or main channel across Wide Bay Bar have been shifted, and are now to be kept in line when entering instead of being kept open to the northward as formerly.
T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster.
Marine Department,
Brisbane, 12th January, 1894.

WESTERN APPROACHES TO TORRES STRAIT.—PINNACLE ON
THE WESTERN BRAMBLE PATCH.

NOTICE is hereby given that Lieutenant and Commander Heming, of H.M.S. "Paluma," reports having discovered a pinnacle on the western Bramble Patch with only 2¾ fathoms on it. This patch is shown on the Admiralty chart to have 4 fathoms on it. It lies 8½ miles N. 74° E. from the Proud-foot Shoal Light-vessel.

Geographical Position.

Latitude .. .. .. 10° 30′ 45″ S.
Longitude .. .. .. 141° 36′ 0″ E.
T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster.
Marine Department,
Brisbane, 11th January, 1894.

PORT OF GEELONG.—NORTH CHANNEL.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners dated 18th October, 1893, respecting the removal of the Geelong Light-ship, notice is hereby given that a third-class black can-buoy has been moored in the vicinity of the position formerly occupied by such light-ship, which marks the south bank of the North Channel, Geelong.

By order.
ALEXR. WILSON,
Port Officer.
Harbour Office, Customs,
Melbourne, 30th December, 1893.

Notice to Mariners, No. 9 of 1894.

ROCKS IN HIGH CHANNEL, ENTRANCE TO AUCKLAND
HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 8th February, 1894.

WITH reference to Notice to Mariners No. 43 of 1893, issued by this department on the 21st October last, it is hereby notified that the locality of the "Zeno" rock, in High Channel, near Auckland, has been further examined by Captain Fairchild, of the Government steamer "Hinemoa," who reports having discovered a rock with only 11ft. water at low-water springs. The position given places this rock about half a cable from the rock discovered by Captain Burgess, Harbourmaster at Auckland (which has 19ft. water on it), and lies with the following magnetic bearings:—
Eastern extreme of the south-eastern of David Rocks N. 61° E., and the small easternmost of the Otatou Islands N. 35° W.
J. G. WARD,
For Minister having charge of Marine Department.

By-law regulating Width of Tires on Wheels of Vehicles to
be used on Oxford—Rotorua Road, Tauranga—Napier Road,
Taupo—Tokaanu Road, Lichfield over Maungaiti to Ati-a-muri Road, and Taupo by way of Wairakei to Puke-tarata Road; also Rotorua—Galatea Road, and the Part of the Maketu—Rotorua Road between the Turn-off to Tikitere and Rotorua.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by section 17 of "The Public Works Acts Amendment Act, 1887," I, Richard John Seddon, Minister for Public Works, do by this notice make the following by-law regulating the width of tires to be used on all vehicles, whether plying for hire or not, upon the Government road from Oxford to Rotorua, the Government road from Tauranga to Napier, the Government road from Taupo to Tokaanu, the Government road from Lichfield over Maungaiti to Ati-a-muri, and the Government road from Taupo by way of Wairakei to Puketarata: and also on the Government road being that part of the Maketu to Rotorua Road between the turn-off to Tikitere and Rotorua—that is to say:—
The width of tire of any wheel used on any vehicle upon either of the said roads shall bear the following proportion to the number of horses which may be used to draw such vehicle, namely:—

If the Minimum Width of Tire
of any such Vehicle

without
Springs
be

with
Springs
be

The Number of Horses which
may be used

Shall, if
the Vehicle
have only Two
Wheels, not
exceed

Shall, if the
Vehicle
have Four
Wheels,
not exceed

2½ inches .. 1½ inches .. 1 2
3 " .. 2 " .. 2 3
4 " .. 2½ " .. 3 5
5 " .. 3 " .. 4 7
6 " .. 3½ " .. 6 10