MAR. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 531.

rateable properties comprised in Special District No. 1 of the
Otaki Road District, as made and defined by special order,
confirmed on the 5th January, 1895, exclusive of Crown and
Native lands within the meaning of “The Crown and Native
Lands Rating Act, 1882,” and the rateable value of the Wel-
ington–Manawatu Railway Company's railway-line; such
rate to be an annually-recurring rate for twenty-six years, to
provide for interest on the loan of £600, in the Special Dis-
trict No. 1, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies
Act, 1886”; such rate to be payable in two instalments, on
the 1st day of June and the 1st day of December in each and
every succeeding year; and that the rate be now struck.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly
made by the Otaki Road Board at a special meeting held on
the 16th March, 1895, in accordance with “The Road Boards
Act, 1882.”

H. F. EAGAR,
Clerk.

Otaki, 16th March, 1895.

Revocation of Appointment of Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the authority in me for this
purpose vested, I, the Commissioner of Trade and
Customs, do, by this order under my hand, revoke and annul
the appointment of the under-mentioned warehouse for the
reception and security of goods entered to be warehoused
without payment of duty upon the first entry thereof,
namely:—

Port of Lyttelton.

The warehouse as appointed and described in Commis-
sioner's Order No. 507, of the 18th February, 1895.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this thirteenth
day of March, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-five.

W. P. REEVES,
For the Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner's Order No. 510.]

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 Lyttelton.

Divisions 2 and 3 of a cellar, the walls of which are of
stone and the floors of concrete, beneath the Customhouse,
Lyttelton, situated on the Government reserve corner of
Norwich Quay and Oxford Street, to be known as

THE GLADSTONE BOND.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this thirteenth
day of March, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-five.

W. P. REEVES,
For the Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner's Order No. 511.]

Special Claim cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 19th March, 1895.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor
has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned
special claim cancelled, and that the ground is now open for
application as if no lease of the said ground had ever been
applied for:—

James Sinnott, now held by Clement Parfitt and Thomas
Watson Wilson; Section 33, Block VII., Mawheranui Survey
District; 29 acres and 23 perches. No. 1094. Karamaea
Mining District.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

Notice to Mariners, No. 8 of 1895.

COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE WITH GERMAN NEW GUINEA.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 15th March, 1895.

THE following Ordinance, and regulations thereunder,
received from the Imperial German Consul at Wel-
ington, are published for general information.

W. P. REEVES.

TRANSLATION of the following Ordinance and regulations with
regard to commercial dealings and intercourse within the
Protectorate of the German New Guinea Company is here-
with published for general information.

A. L. R. PELLDHAM,
His German Majesty's Consul-General.
Sydney, 25th February, 1895.

TRANSLATION.

Ordinance for the Protectorate of the German New Guinea
Company, regulating the commercial dealings and inter-
course of shipmasters not resident in the said Protectorate.
The following rules are made under the authority of his
Excellency the Chancellor of the Empire:—

Art. 1.—Shipmasters not resident but intending to trade
within the Protectorate of the German New Guinea Com-
pany, either on their own behalf or in the employ of firms
not resident within the said Protectorate, have, before start-
ing their commercial operations, to enter one of the ports
opened for foreign shipping (Articles 3 and 4 of the Customs
Act of 30th June, 1888)* and to apply for a trading license
within the said Protectorate. Commercial operations are
not to be commenced before the said license has been
granted. The dispositions of this Ordinance extend also to
any other person on board any ship, not being the master of
the same, intending to trade as heretofore explained.

Art. 2.—The said license is issued by the officer in charge
at the port of entry only for a limited district, and for a
limited period, and generally for six months. The Captain-
General of the Protectorate defines for the time being the
districts to be opened for foreign trade (Art. 1).

Art. 3.—The fee payable for such license is charged ac-
cording to the tonnage of the vessel, viz.: For vessels of 50
tons register or under, a fee of 150 marks; for vessels of
more than 50 tons, for every additional 25 tons or part
thereof, an additional fee of 50 marks, but not exceeding
1,000 marks for any vessel. Licenses may be issued for a
longer term than six months, but not exceeding one year. In
such cases the fees are increased in proportion. The dispo-
sitions of the Ordinance of 13th January, 1887, permitting
the pursuit of certain trades only after obtaining the consent
of the Captain-General, and under observation of the re-
strictions imposed by him, are to remain in force. However,
the Captain-General may in future authorise other officers to
grant such licenses in his place.

Art. 4.—During the term of the license—1. Shipmasters
may receive permission to export dutiable goods, especially
copra purchased from the natives, without being obliged to
comply with the formalities imposed by Article 11 of the
Customs Ordinance for the Protectorate of the German New
Guinea Company of 30th June, 1888, after paying a lump
sum of money in place of the export duty: this payment to
be additional to the license-fee (Art. 3). 2. In the event of
repeated visits to the said Protectorate shipmasters may be
exempted from entering each time one of the ports of entry,
provided that they do not import dutiable or prohibited
goods. The granting of this favour may be made dependent
upon the observation of certain conditions, especially upon
the entering into certain engagements or into a bond assur-
ing the observation of existing Customs regulations. The
directions given by the officer in charge at the port of entry
in connection with the foregoing dispositions have to be in-
serted in the license.

Art. 5.—Shipmasters applying for such license have, at
the request of the officer in charge at the port of entry, to
allow the perusal of their ship's papers in so far as the
perusal of the said papers might be required with regard to
the issuing of the license. If members of the crew or any
other person on board a vessel should have any disputes in
their dealings with the natives the shipmaster has to pre-
sent to the officer in charge who granted his license, as soon
as possible, a detailed report exposing all the circumstances
of the case, including a statement of the cause, the facts,
and the result of the dispute, and describing with great
exactness the locality where it took place. Shipmasters
entering the port of residence of the said officer, or meeting
him in some other place, have in such cases to lay their
log-book before him.

Art. 6.—Shipmasters intending to trade with the natives
are only allowed to carry on board such arms and ammuni-
tion as by directions of the officer in charge at the port of
entry are required for the protection of the vessel and the
ship's boats in case of expeditions. Any surplus of arms or
ammunition has to be deposited with the said officer in
charge until the vessel leaves the said Protectorate. Similar
dispositions have to be observed with regard to dynamite,
detonators, &c., whereof only such provisions may be carried
on board as required for obtaining the supply of fish for the
crew.

Art. 7.—Offences against the dispositions of this Ordinance
are punishable either by imprisonment for any term not

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