Aug. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1301

I hereby certify that the above is a correct copy of the
resolution passed by the Waitotara County Council on the
6th August, 1894.

H. E. Dymock,
Wanganui, 7th August, 1894. County Clerk.

AHUROA ROAD BOARD.
RESOLVED, That, in accordance with the provisions of sub-
section (6) of section 2 of "The Rating Acts Amendment Act,
1893," the Board of the Ahuroa Road Board District hereby
determines that "The Rating Act, 1882," shall be in force
within the Ahuroa Road Board District.

W. LOWE SANDERSON,
Chairman, Ahuroa Road Board.

I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of a resolution
duly passed by the Ahuroa Road Board at a meeting
held on the 21st day of July, 1894.

W. LOWE SANDERSON,
Chairman, Ahuroa Road Board.

Ahuroa, 30th July, 1894.

MANCHESTER ROAD BOARD.
RESOLVED, That "The Rating Act, 1882," shall be in force
within the Manchester Road Board District; also that all
assessments of property within the said district of the Manchester Road Board shall be made under the provisions of
subsection (6) of section 2 of "The Rating Acts Amendment
Act, 1893," according to the rateable value of such property,
as defined in section 2 of "The Rating Act, 1882."-Carried.

F. Y. LETHBRIDGE,
Chairman.

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a
resolution passed by the Manchester Road Board at a meeting
held on the 4th day of August, 1894.

CHARLES BRAY,
Clerk, Manchester Road Board.

KOWAI ROAD BOARD.
RESOLVED, That "The Rating Act, 1882," shall be in force
within the Kowai Road District; and that all assessments
of property within the said road district shall be made
under the provisions of subsection (6) of section 2 of "The
Rating Acts Amendment Act, 1893," according to the rate-
able value of such property, as defined in section 2 of "The
Rating Act, 1882."

I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of a resolution
passed by the Kowai Road Board on the 2nd day of
August, 1894.

JAS. DUTHIE,
Clerk, Kowai Road Board.

Balcairn, 11th August, 1894.

BOROUGH OF QUEENSTOWN.
RESOLVED, That, under the provisions of section 2, subsection
(6), of "The Rating Acts Amendment Act, 1893," this
Council determines that "The Rating Act, 1876," shall be
the Act in force within the Borough of Queenstown.

I certify the above to be a true copy of a resolution passed
at a meeting of the Council held on the 7th day of August,
1894.

F. W. F. GEISOW,
Queenstown, 7th August, 1894. Town Clerk.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Waiuku Road Board,
County of Manukau.

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

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

WAIUKU ROAD BOARD.
In accordance with the provisions of "The Loans to Local
Bodies Act, 1886," it is hereby notified that at a poll of
the ratepayers of the special district affected by the proposed
loan for the continuation of the Aka Aka Main Drain across
the Native Reserve, taken at Waiuku on the 4th August,
1894, under the provisions of "The Regulation of Local
Elections Act, 1876," there were 27 ratepayers on the roll,
who were entitled to 28 votes: 17 ratepayers, entitled to 17
votes, recorded their votes, 16 voting for the proposal and 1
against the proposal; 10 ratepayers, entitled to 11 votes, did
not vote.

I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

C. T. BARRIBALL,
Chairman, Waiuku Road Board.

Waiuku, August, 1894.

Approving and Appointing a Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.-In exercise of the powers in me for this
purpose vested by "The Customs Laws Consolidation
Act, 1882," I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do
hereby approve and appoint the under-mentioned warehouse
to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under bond,
namely:-

Port of New Plymouth.

The cellar and a portion of the ground-floor of a wood and
iron building, situate on part of Section 651, Brougham
Street, Town of New Plymouth, to be known as

BURGESS, FRASER, AND Co.'s BOND.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this eleventh
day of August, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-four.

J. G. WARD,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Commissioner's Order No. 489.]

Notice to Mariners, No. 30 of 1894.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 9th August, 1894.

THE following notifications respecting Fafa Island
Quarantine Station and the disappearance of Falcon
Island, Tonga, received from the Foreign Secretary, Nukualofa, Tonga, are published for general information.

J. G. WARD.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Nukualofa, 9th July, 1894.
THIS Gazette is issued for the information of all.
The middle clause of the Gazette which was printed on the
27th day of September, 1892, stating that it had been
decided on the 26th day of September to make Malinoa the
quarantine island is hereby repealed.

His Majesty has decided, and this was assented to by the
Cabinet on the 2nd day of July, 1894, and also by the Legislative Council on the 9th day of July, 1894, that the Island
of Fafa be the Quarantine Station; and the whole of the
Island of Fafa is hereby declared to be the Quarantine
Station.

Assented to by the King on the 9th day of July, in the
year of our Lord 1894.

GEORGE TUBOU II. R.

EXTRACT FROM LOG OF SCHOONER "YSABEL": W. Ross
MASTER.

APRIL 19TH, 1894: All night, strong wind, with rain. 4 a.m.,
freshened W., a gale; reefed down; ship close-hauled on port
tack, heading E.N.E. 11 a.m., sighted Falcon Island, bearing
E.N.E., five miles distant, seen from mast-head. Noon,
tacked, island two miles distant, Huga Toga bearing S.E.
half S. Falcon Island is now all washed away, the bottom
remaining, and has the appearance of a low streak of black
rock, and would not be seen at night except the sea was
breaking.

Note.-Falcon Island is the island formed by submarine
volcanic eruption, which occurred in 1885. It lies in the
south-west part of the Tongan Group, nearly in a line between Tofoa and Kao, thirty-five miles to the north of
Falcon Island, and Huga Toga and Huga Haapai, fifteen
miles to the south of it.

Bonus on Mineral Oil manufactured from Orepuki Shale.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th June, 1893.
NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus will be paid for the
production of mineral oil under the following conditions:-

1. A bonus of 1s. per gallon (£5,000) will be paid on the
   first 100,000 gallons of mineral oil produced from shale
   obtained in the Orepuki district, Otago; the oil to be of a
   quality approved of by Government, and to be sold at a fair
   average market price.

2. Notice of intention to claim the aforesaid bonus must
   be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not later than
   the 31st December, 1894.

3. The claim must be made before the 30th June, 1895.

4. The first claimant who proves to the satisfaction of the
   Government that he has fulfilled all the conditions to be the
   recipient of the bonus.

5. The other conditions, as to quantity, priority, quality,
   and value, to be fulfilled to the satisfaction of an officer appointed for the purpose by the Government.

P. A. BUCKLEY.