roll, and as the number so voting in favour of the proposal are entitled to more than one-half the number of votes which could be exercised by the whole number of ratepayers, I hereby declare the proposal carried.

W. GOLDSWORTHY,

Patumahoe, 23rd November, 1894. Chairman.

West Mauku Ward.

Result of a poll taken at West Mauku School on Saturday, the 24th November, 1894, on a proposal to raise a loan of £500, under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," for the purpose of metalling portions of the Union and Waiuku Roads, commencing opposite Sections 30 and 31, Parish of Puni, to Mauku Creamery:—

Total number of ratepayers on special roll, 53; total number of votes exercisable, 56: Number of ratepayers who voted, 35, exercising 37 votes; number of ratepayers voting for the proposal, 34, exercising 36 votes; number of ratepayers voting against the proposal, 1, exercising 1 vote.

As the number of ratepayers who voted for the proposal represented a majority of the number of ratepayers on the roll, and as the number so voting in favour of the proposal are entitled to more than half the number of votes which could be exercised by the whole number of ratepayers, I hereby declare the proposal carried.

W. GOLDSWORTHY,

Mauku, 24th November, 1894. Chairman.

Special Order made by the Manganui Road Board, County of Stratford.

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Wellington, 24th November, 1894.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

MANGANUI ROAD BOARD.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following special order was made on Saturday, 6th October, 1894, and confirmed on Saturday, 17th November, 1894:—

"That, to secure the repayment of a loan of £550, raised under 'The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,' for the purpose of forming, grading, culverting, and gravelling the Monmouth Road from the Mountain Road westwards, a distance of about 104 chains, and of bridging creek opposite Section 69, and of giving access to Section 55, £50 to be spent in gullies and £10 in logging; to pay out of such loan the cost of raising it; to strike as security on this loan a special rate of 13d. in the pound over the following lands: viz., Sections 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, Manganui Survey District; Sections 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, Block I., Ngaire Survey District. Such rate to be an annually-recurring rate for twenty-six years, and shall be payable in two half-yearly instalments on the 1st January and the 1st July in each year."

I hereby certify the above special order was duly made in accordance with "The Road Boards Act, 1882."

HENRY WATSON,

Clerk.

Notice to Mariners, No. 47 of 1894.

Marine Department,

Wellington, 23rd November, 1894.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, Victoria, and the Portmaster, Brisbane, Queensland, are published for general information.

J. G. WARD.

PORTLAND BAY.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners dated 7th January, 1861, it is hereby notified that the red-cask mooring-buoy off the end of the Portland Jetty has been removed, and will not be replaced.

By order.

ALEXR. WILSON,

Harbour Office, Customs, Port Officer.

Melbourne, 30th October, 1894.

CAPRICORN GROUP.—ONE-TREE ISLET.

NOTICE is hereby given that the single tree, 40ft. high, on One-tree Islet, Capricorn Group, no longer exists. The islet is about 5ft. above high water, and has a number of pandanus trees about 15ft. high growing thereon. Cocoanuts have recently been planted on this islet, and also on North Reef, Wilson, Wreck, and Rocky Islets.

Chart affected, No. 345, and Australia Directory, Vol. ii.

T. M. ALMOND,

Marine Department, Portmaster.

Brisbane, 12th November, 1894.

INNER ROUTE TO TORRES STRAIT.—ROCKY PATCH SOUTHWESTERLY FROM CLAREMONT ISLAND LIGHTSHIP: ROCKY PATCHES WEST OF EEL REEF (e): AMENDED POSITION, NORTHERN EXTREMITY OF EEL REEF, AND BEACON THEREON.

NOTICE is hereby given of the following information received from Lieutenant and Commander Heming, H.M. surveying-vessel "Paluma":—

A depth of 26ft. at low water, with rocky bottom, has been found to exist where 5½ fathoms is shown on the Admiralty chart south-westerly from the Claremont Island Lightship. Position: Latitude, 13° 29' 30" south; longitude, 143° 41' 15" east.

Chart affected, No. 2921, and Australia Directory, Vol. ii. As there may be a little less water hereon, care must be taken to avoid passing too near this position.

A 4-fathom rock, small in extent, has been found west of Eel Reef in the following position: Latitude, 12° 26' 40" south; longitude, 143° 19' 55" east; with Middle Reef Beacon bearing S.E. by S. ½ S., distant 5⅓ miles. From this rock two pinnacle rocks lie N. 42° W., distant 4 cables, and N. 32° W., distant 3 cables, having depths of 4½ and 5½ fathoms respectively over them, with deep water between and around.

The position of Eel Reef Beacon has been ascertained to be 7 cables S.W. by S. ½ S., and the extremity of the reef 5 cables W. by S. ½ S., from the position of the beacon shown on Chart No. 2920.

From the beacon the reef trends in a S.E. ½ S. direction. Bearings are correct magnetic.

Chart affected, No. 2920, and Australia Directory, Vol. ii. The foregoing positions are approximate only.

T. M. ALMOND,

Marine Department, Portmaster.

Brisbane, 12th November, 1894.

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.

Bonus on Starch manufactured in New Zealand.—Amended Notice.

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Wellington, 15th November, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of two pounds (£2) a ton will be paid on 100 tons of starch manufactured in the Colony of New Zealand in each of the years 1893 and 1894.

CONDITIONS.

1. Notice of intention to claim the bonus for 100 tons in 1893 must be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not later than the 31st December, 1893. Notice of intention to claim the bonus for 100 tons in 1894 must be given in the same manner not later than the 31st December, 1894.

2. The claims must be made respectively before the 31st December, 1893 and 1894.

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

4. Evidence to be produced of such a nature as will enable an officer appointed by the Government to certify that the above-stated quantity in each year has been actually made, sold, and delivered.

5. The bonus to be paid only on the certificate of such officer.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

[Note.—The above notice is in lieu of notice dated 10th October, 1893, published in Gazette of 12th October, 1893.]