Sept. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1467

Application to proclaim Deep Creek, together with all its Tributaries, a Watercourse for the Deposit of Tailings.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in him by section 152
of "The Mining Act, 1891," His Excellency the Go-
vernor directs it to be notified that application has been
made to him to proclaim the following watercourse in the
Provincial District of Nelson to be a watercourse into which
tailings, mining débris, and waste water of every kind used
in, upon, or discharged from any claim or licensed holding
adjacent to such watercourse shall be suffered to flow or be
discharged.

NELSON PROVINCIAL DISTRICT.

That creek in the Nelson Land District known as Deep
Creek, and all its tributaries, from its source to where it
discharges into the Arnold River.

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of September, 1895.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver.

Mines Office,
Wellington, 19th September, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of fourpence
(4d.) per pound will be paid on the production of the
first one hundred thousand pounds weight (100,000lb.) of
good marketable retorted quicksilver, free from all impuri-
ties, from any mine in New Zealand, on the following con-
ditions, that is to say :—

1. That at least one-third of the quantity is produced on
   or before the 31st March, 1897, and the remaining two-
   thirds on or before the 31st March, 1899.

2. No bonus will be payable until the whole of the one
   hundred thousand pounds (100,000lb.) of quicksilver has
   been produced as stipulated to the satisfaction of an officer
   to be appointed by the Minister of Mines, and on whose
   certificate alone the bonus will be paid.

3. In the event of more than one person producing the
   required quantities of quicksilver before the dates named,
   inquiry will be made by the officer above referred to, when,
   if it is found that each applicant is equally entitled to a
   bonus, the amount will be divided in proportion to the
   quantities produced by each applicant, but in no case shall
   any bonus be paid until at least one hundred thousand
   pounds (100,000lb.) of quicksilver has been produced in the
   aggregate.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

Regulations for Carriage of Deck Cargo.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 14th September, 1895.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
conferred upon me by section 24 of "The Shipping and
Seamen's Act Amendment Act, 1894," I, Joseph George Ward,
the Minister having charge of the Marine Department, do
hereby make the following regulations as to the issue of
licenses for the carriage of cargo and live-stock on the decks
of vessels.

J. G. WARD.

REGULATIONS.
General.

1. The amount of deck cargo and live-stock to be carried by
   steam- or sailing-ships shall be based on the net registered
   tonnage of the ship. Licenses to carry deck cargo and live-
   stock will be granted by the Collector of Customs at each
   port when applied for, subject to these rules and regulations.
   Such licenses shall be either general or special. Special
   licenses will be divided into two classes—A and B.

2. Steamships or sailing-ships under 150 tons net register,
   engaged in the home trade, and trading to ports with bar-
   harbours or harbours where only small ships can enter or
   work, may in cases of emergency be allowed by the Col-
   lector of Customs to carry a greater amount of deck cargo,
   whether measurement or dead-weight, than is allowed in
   these regulations, provided the ship is laden or ballasted to
   carry such deck cargo, and it is compatible with the stability
   and safety of the said ship.

3. Before granting licenses to carry deck cargo, or live-
   stock on deck, and coal on deck for ship's use, the following
   conditions are to be taken into consideration: viz., the con-
   struction, age, class, and condition of the ship, her equip-
   ments, the season of the year, and the nature of the trade
   in which she is employed, or the voyage about to be under-
   taken.

4. A general license for carrying deck cargo and live-stock
   to and from any port in New Zealand, and to any one port
   in Australia, Tasmania, Fiji, and South Sea Islands, or any
   island dependent on New Zealand, will only be available for
   twelve months from date of issue; and this license, on its
   expiration, is to be returned to any Customhouse in the
   colony, when a new license will be granted if required.

5. Special licenses, Class A, for carrying deck cargo and
   live-stock, and coal on deck for ship's use, will only be
   available for one foreign, intercolonial, Fijian, or South Sea
   Island trip from any port or ports in New Zealand.

6. Special licenses, Class B, for carrying deck cargo and
   live-stock, and coal on deck for ship's use, will only be
   available for from one port to another in New Zealand, and
   from a final port in New Zealand to a foreign, intercolonial,
   Fijian, or South Sea Island port.

7. General and special licenses for carrying deck cargo are
   to be in the forms set out in the Schedule hereto. They are
   to be made out in duplicate, and are to be signed by the
   Collector of Customs, who will retain the duplicate.

8. The master of the ship will be held responsible for the
   safe custody and renewal of the license for carrying deck
   cargo, and he is to produce the said license for inspection
   when requested to do so by an officer of the Customs at any
   port or ports in the colony.

9. On the expiration of any license it is to be left at any
   Customhouse in the colony. The Collector of Customs with
   whom it is left is thereupon to forward it to the Collector of
   Customs at the port where it was issued.

10. Passenger and cargo steamships with a general license
    to carry ordinary deck cargo and [or] live-stock on deck
    must have cargo equal to double the tonnage of deck cargo
    under hatches.

11. Passenger and cargo steamships with special licenses
    to carry ordinary deck cargo and [or] live-stock on deck
    must have cargo equal to three times the tonnage of deck
    cargo under hatches.

12. Passenger and cargo steamships with a special license,
    Class A, to carry coal on deck for ship's use, and [or] live-
    stock as deck cargo, must have cargo equal to four times the
    tonage of what is on deck below the water-line.

13. Passenger and cargo steamships with a special license,
    Class B, to carry coal on deck for ship's use, and [or] live-
    stock as deck cargo, must have cargo equal to five times
    the tonnage of what is on deck below the water-line.

14. Sailing-ships with a general or a special license,
    Class A, to carry measurement deck cargo and [or] live-stock
    on deck, must have cargo equal to six times the tonnage of
    deck cargo under hatches.

15. Water-ballast or ballast of any description at the
    bottom of the ship shall count as cargo if required. Fresh
    water for the boilers or for drinking purposes, and coal in
    the bunkers or ship's stores, are not to be included in the
    above calculations.

16. All ships, before being granted a special license to carry
    deck cargo, or live-stock on deck, or coal on deck for ship's
    use, will be subjected to an inspection by an officer approved
    of by the Collector of Customs.

17. All ships having a general or a special license, Class A,
    for carrying deck cargo may obtain from the Collector of
    Customs at each port a special license, Class B, to carry
    additional deck cargo and live-stock, and coal on deck for
    ship's use, provided the said ship complies with the regula-
    tions relating to the same.

18. All ships carrying deck cargo, or live-stock, or coal on
    deck for ship's use, and such cargo if so placed that the per-
    sons on board have to walk over it, must have a man-rope or
    hand-rail securely fitted at the sides of the ship before
    proceeding to sea, so as to prevent any person from falling
    overboard.

19. All ships carrying passengers shall require 9 square
    feet of clear deck space for each passenger allowed by certi-
    ficate in each class.

20. All ships carrying deck cargo and live-stock, or coal on
    deck for ship's use, must have a clear deck space of 4ft.
    at the entrances to the quarters of the passengers and crew
    and the entrance to the engine-room and stoke-hold.

21. All ships with timber as deck cargo will not be allowed
    to carry the timber higher on deck than the top of the top
    rail, unless specially authorised by the Collector of Customs
    to do so.

22. Coal on deck for ship's use, or cargo or live-stock, is not
    to be stowed in the vicinity of the boats, rafts, or boat davits,
    or the pumps, so as to interfere with their working, or in or on
    the forecastle so as to interfere with the working of the anchors
    or chains, or near the rudder-head or quadrant or tiller, and
    care should be taken to keep the wheel-chains clear of cargo.

23. When carrying deck cargo or live-stock, or coal on deck
    for ship's use, the freeing ports are always to be left suffi-
    ciently clear of deck cargo to let the water off the ship's
    deck.

24. Subject to these regulations deck cargo and live-stock
    must be placed or stowed in such a manner that it will not
    impair the stability and safety of the ship, and will not
    interfere with the spaces which are to be kept clear or the
    general working of the ship.