1484
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 70

I hereby certify the above is a true extract from the minutes of the Hawke’s Bay County Council.
GEO. THOS. FANNIN,
Clerk, Hawke’s Bay County Council.
Napier, 11th September, 1894.

WAIRoa COUNTY COUNCIL.
Resolution.
THAT this Council do adopt the provisions of “The Rating Act, 1882.”

I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a resolution passed by the Wairoa County Council on the 14th September, 1894.
W. F. SHAW,
Clerk.
Wairoa, 20th September, 1894.

WAIRARAPA NORTH COUNTY COUNCIL.
Resolution.
THAT this Council hereby determines that “The Rating Act, 1882,” shall be in force in the County of Wairarapa North.

I certify the above to be a true extract from the minutes of the proceedings of the Wairarapa North County Council at a meeting held on the 13th day of September, 1894.
F. G. MOORE,
County Clerk.
Masterton, 15th September, 1894.

HUTT COUNTY COUNCIL.
RESOLVED, That, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (6) of section 2 of “The Rating Acts Amendment Act, 1893,” the Hutt County Council hereby determines that “The Rating Act, 1882,” shall be in force within the County of Hutt.

I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of a resolution duly passed by the Hutt County Council at a meeting held on Tuesday, 11th September, 1894.
H. COOK,
Chairman, Hutt County Council.
Wellington, 19th September, 1894.

Notice to Mariners, No. 34 of 1894.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 20th September, 1894.
THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Presidency Port Officer, Madras, are published for general information.
J. G. WARD.

INDIA.—WEST COAST.
IN continuation of this office notification No. 15, dated 23rd May, 1894, it is now notified that, on re-exhibition of the light at Kundapur, it will be shown from a site 50ft. to the northward of the southern boundary pillar of the port.
WALTER POWELL,
Commander, R.I.M.,
Presidency Port Officer.
Presidency Port Office, Madras, 1st August, 1894.

INDIA.—WEST COAST.—SOUTH CANARA.
INFORMATION has been received from the Port Officer, Mangalore, that the southern boundary pillar of that port has been washed away by the erosion of the Ullal sandspit.
H. D. BADDELEY,
For Presidency Port Officer.
Presidency Port Office, Madras, 27th July, 1894.

Despatch.—Tonnage Admeasurement of Norwegian Vessels.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 21st September, 1894.
THE following despatch and its enclosure, received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, are published for general information. The Order in Council of the 2nd February, 1884, referred to therein, was published in the New Zealand Gazette for 1884, page 877.
J. G. WARD.

(Circular.)
Downing Street, 23rd July, 1894.
SIR,—With reference to the Earl of Derby’s circular despatch of the 28th February, 1884, I have the honour to transmit to you, for information and publication in the colony under your government, a copy of a further Order of the Queen in Council respecting the tonnage admeasurement of Norwegian vessels.
I have, &c.,
RIPON.
The Officer administering the Government
of New Zealand.

At the Court, at Windsor, the 27th day of June, 1894.
Present:
THE QUEEN’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by “The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862,” it is enacted that whenever it is made to appear to Her Majesty that the rules concerning the measurement of tonnage of merchant ships for the time being in force under “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854,” have been adopted by the Government of any foreign country, and are in force in that country, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty by Order in Council to direct that the ships of such foreign country shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in their certificates of registry or other national papers, and thereupon it shall no longer be necessary for such ships to be remeasured in any port or place in Her Majesty’s dominions, but such ships shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in their certificates of registry or other papers, in the same manner, to the same extent, and for the same purposes in, to, and for which the tonnage denoted in the certificates of registry of British ships is to be deemed the tonnage of such ships:

And whereas by “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1876,” it is enacted that “where Her Majesty has power, under ‘The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854,’ or any Act passed or hereafter to be passed amending the same, to make an Order in Council, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty from time to time to make such Order in Council, and by Order in Council to revoke, alter, or add to any Order so made”:

And whereas it was made to appear to Her Majesty that the rules concerning the measurement of tonnage of merchant ships now in force under “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854,” had been adopted by the Royal Norwegian Government, and came into force in Norway on the 1st day of April, 1876:

And whereas by Order in Council dated the 17th day of May, 1876, and by Order in Council dated the 2nd day of February, 1884, which revoked the last-recited Order, Her Majesty was pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to direct that, subject to certain provisos therein contained, the merchant ships belonging to the Kingdom of Norway, the measurement of which had been ascertained and denoted on the registers or other national papers of such ships, should be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in such registers or other national papers, in the same manner, to the same extent, and for the same purpose in, to, and for which the tonnage denoted in the certificates of registry of British ships is deemed to be the tonnage of such ships:

And whereas it has been made to appear to Her Majesty that a new Royal Ordinance, which came into operation on the 1st day of October, 1893, stipulates that the certificates of tonnage of Norwegian steamships may show the net tonnage calculated according to British rules:

And whereas it has been made to appear desirable to Her Majesty that the provisions of the said recited Order in Council of the 2nd day of February, 1884, should be revoked, and a new Order in Council made and substituted in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in virtue of the powers vested in her by the said recited Acts, and by and with the advice of her Privy Council, is pleased to direct that the said recited Order of the 2nd day of February, 1884, shall be and the same is hereby revoked, and in lieu thereof and in substitution therefor Her Majesty is hereby pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, to direct that the ships of Norway the certificates of Norwegian nationality and registry of which are dated on and after the said 1st day of October, 1893, shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in the said certificates of Norwegian nationality and registry.
C. L. PEEL.

Issue of Imperial Volunteer Officers’ Decoration.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th September, 1894.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the issue of the Imperial Volunteer Officers’ Decoration to
Major NATHANIEL WOLFE, Honorary Unattached List New Zealand Volunteers,
he having a total efficient commissioned service to the 28th March, 1887, of 20 years 293 days.
R. J. SEDDON.

Issue of Imperial Volunteer Officers’ Decoration.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st September, 1894.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the issue of the Imperial Volunteer Officers’ Decoration to
Major BENJAMIN HARRIS, Unattached Active List New Zealand Volunteers, and Captain of the South Franklin Mounted Rifle Volunteers,
he having a total broken efficient commissioned service to the 31st December, 1892, of 22 years 262 days.
R. J. SEDDON.