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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 19

Notice to Mariners, No. 7 of 1896.

ROTTNEST LIGHT, WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 16th March, 1896.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 38 of 1895, issued by this department on the 17th September last, the Government of Western Australia have now given notice that the new lighthouse, Rottnest, will be lighted on the 17th March, 1896, after which date the light hitherto shown from the old tower will be discontinued.

The Rottnest Island permanent light is a revolving light of the first order, showing a single flash of white light every twenty seconds; duration of flash about three seconds, and of eclipse about seventeen seconds.

The light is elevated about 264ft. above high water, and should be visible from a vessel’s deck in clear weather at a distance of 23 miles.

The tower is circular in form, built of sandstone, and is of a natural grey colour.

Position of lighthouse: Lat. 32° 0′ 18″ S., long. 115° 30′ 15″ E.

J. G. WARD.

Settlement of Claims for Compensation under “The Mining Act, 1891.”

Mines Department,
Wellington, 13th March, 1896.

IN pursuance of the provisions of the 153rd section of “The Mining Act, 1891,” it is hereby notified that the claims for compensation set forth in the schedule hereto in respect to the Proclamation issued under the hand of His Excellency the Governor and the public seal of the colony on the 17th day of February, 1896, declaring Bradshaw’s Creek and its tributaries, in the Provincial District of Nelson, watercourses into which tailings, &c., may be discharged, have been settled by agreement, as provided by the said Act.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

SCHEDULE.

BRADSHAW’S CREEK.

Notice respecting Native and Imported Game.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th March, 1896.

THE attention of sportsmen, game-dealers, and others is called to the provisions of “The Animals Protection Act Amendment Act, 1889,” and of “The Animals Protection Act Amendment Act, 1895,” which are now in force. A digest of the chief of such provisions is subjoined, viz.:—

“THE ANIMALS PROTECTION ACT AMENDMENT ACT, 1889.”

Section 4. No person shall kill, destroy, or shoot at any game or native game with anything but a shoulder-gun, and no such gun must exceed size No. 10 at muzzle, or be fitted with barrels exceeding 36in. in length. No gun shall exceed 10lb. in weight.

Any person offending against this provision is liable to a penalty not exceeding £10.

Section 5. No person shall sell any native game, or take or kill any native game for the purpose of sale, without previously taking out the required license.

Penalty not exceeding £20.

Section 6. No sale of native game shall take place prior to the 1st May and subsequent to the 1st August in any year.

If any person hold a license to sell game—i.e., imported game—he is not liable to pay a second fee on taking out a license to sell native game. But both licenses must be taken out if it is intended to sell both kinds of game.

“THE ANIMALS PROTECTION ACT AMENDMENT ACT, 1895.”

Section 6. Section 12 of “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” is repealed. No person can now sell game, or dispose thereof for any gain or reward, unless he be the holder of a license to sell such game.

Penalty not exceeding £20.

Section 7. Native pigeons shall not be killed during the year 1896, and thereafter during every sixth year, except in such Native districts as may be notified in the Gazette.

Minimum penalty, £1.

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Revocation of Appointment of Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the authority in me for this purpose vested, I, the Minister acting for 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 Auckland.

The warehouse known as

EDMISTON’S BOND,

as appointed and described in Commissioner’s Order No. 454, of the 4th July, 1893.

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

T. THOMPSON,
For Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Commissioner’s Order No. 540.]

Despatches to Governors of Colonies on the Question of Trade with the United Kingdom.

Department of Trade and Customs, 18th March, 1896.

THE following despatches, received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, are published for general information.

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

(General.)

MY LORD,—

SIR,—

I am impressed with the extreme importance of securing as large a share as possible of the mutual trade of the United Kingdom and the colonies for British producers and manufacturers, whether located in the colonies or in the United Kingdom.

2. In the first place, therefore, I wish to investigate thoroughly the extent to which in each of the colonies foreign imports of any kind have displaced, or are displacing, similar British goods, and the causes of such displacement.