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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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posal, 41; number of votes recorded for the proposal, 51; number of burgesses who voted against the proposal, 4; number of votes recorded against the proposal, 4.

A sufficient number of burgesses, entitled to more than one-half in number of the votes exercisable, being recorded in favour of the proposal, I declare it carried.

Dated the 27th day of March, 1896.

JAS. RIVERS,
Mayor.

Declaration.

I, James Rivers, of the Borough of Alexandra South, in the Provincial District of Otago, Mayor of the said borough, do solemnly and sincerely declare that all proceedings required by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” and “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” to be taken in or towards obtaining the sanction of the burgesses of the said borough to the proposal to raise a loan of £2,500 for the said borough, have been duly taken, and that the resolution in favour of such proposal has been duly carried.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

JAS. RIVERS,
Mayor.

Declared at Alexandra South, this 27th day of March, 1896, before me—Geo. Spencer, J.P.

No Shooting Season in Hawera Acclimatisation District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 30th March, 1896.

WHEREAS the Hawera Acclimatisation Society has requested that a close season be declared for both native and imported game within the Hawera Acclimatisation District: His Excellency the Governor has not been advised to appoint a shooting season therein, and no game, either native or imported, may therefore be taken or killed in the said district until His Excellency shall appoint a season in the usual course.

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Notice as to Day for closing under “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894.”

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 27th March, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me in this behalf by “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894,” and in terms of notice in writing duly received by me from the Chairman of the conference of delegates appointed by all the local authorities comprised in the district constituted for the purpose of that Act by the boroughs of East Invercargill, North Invercargill, South Invercargill, Avenal, and Gladstone (being all the boroughs or town districts any part of any one of which is situate within a mile of any part of another), I, Richard John Seddon, Minister of Labour, hereby appoint Wednesday to be the day upon which all shops in the said district shall be closed, as provided by that Act.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Labour.

Alterations to the Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges in Force upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

IN pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me under “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and any amendment thereof, and also of “The Government Railways Act, 1894,” I, John McKenzie, acting for the Minister for Railways, do hereby make the following alterations in the scale of fares, rates, and charges in force on the New Zealand Government railways open for traffic, such alterations to come into force on and after the 2nd day of April, 1896:—

PART III.—GOODS : REGULATIONS.

BRUNNER RELIEF FUND.

Goods consigned for the Brunner Relief Fund will be carried on the New Zealand Government railways to ports of shipment, and from Greymouth to Brunner, free of charge; and will also be exempt from wharfage charges at Greymouth.

Goods for the Brunner Relief Fund consigned to Brunner from stations on the Greymouth–Hokitika and Greymouth–Brunner ton Sections will be carried free of charge.

This will operate until the 30th April, 1896.

As witness my hand, this first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Acting for Minister for Railways.

Notice to Mariners, No. 8 of 1896.

NELSON HARBOUR LIGHTS AND SIGNALS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 30th March, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that on and after Friday, the 10th day of April, 1896, the following light, and the under-mentioned signals for indicating the depth of water at the entrance to Nelson Harbour, will be exhibited, namely:—

HAULASHORE ISLAND.

A bright light will be exhibited from the beacon off Haulashore Island from sunset to sunrise. Owing to the exposed position of this light, mariners are cautioned to satisfy themselves that it is not extinguished prior to their entering or departing from the port by night.

An iron cage has been placed on this beacon in place of the barrel as hitherto. The cage is painted white, and the beacon retains its original colour (black).

SIGNALS TO INDICATE DEPTH OF WATER AT THE ENTRANCE.

When inward-bound vessels are expected or have arrived off the Port of Nelson, the following signals, to indicate the depth of water at the entrance, as shown by the tide-gauge, will be exhibited during flood-tide from the signal-staff on the Boulder Bank:—

Day Signals.

1. 10ft. of water at the entrance: One triangle at either yard-arm.

2. 11ft. 6in. of water at the entrance: Two triangles, one at each yard-arm.

3. 13ft. of water at the entrance: Three triangles, one at each yard-arm, and the third placed half-way down the mast below the yard, the three forming a triangle.

4. 14ft. 6in. at the entrance: Three triangles, one at each yard-arm, and the third placed at the centre of the yard the three forming a straight line.

Night Signals.

5. Green lights will be used by night in place of the triangles used by day, and these lights will occupy similar relative positions to the triangles, and will indicate similar depths of water as those specified for the day signals.

T. THOMPSON,
For Minister of Marine.

Officiating Ministers for 1896.—Notice No. 8.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 1st April, 1896.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in the forty-fourth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend Richard Joshua Thorpe.

Wesleyan Methodist Church.

The Reverend John Hobson White.

Hebrew Congregations.

Mr. Joel Falk.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Examination for Mine-managers’ and Battery-superintendents’ Certificates.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1896.

AN examination of candidates for certificates as First- and Second-class Mine-managers and Battery-superintendents under “The Mining Act, 1891,” and Amendment Act, 1894, and First- and Second-class Mine-managers under “The Coal-mines Act, 1891,” will be held on Tuesday, the 5th May, and three following days, at places to be hereafter named. All applications, with necessary certificates, and fee of £1, must be addressed to “The Secretary of the Board of Examiners under the Mining Act or Coal-mines Act, Wellington,” and must be received before the 25th April, or they will not be dealt with until the following examination.

T. H. HAMER,
Secretary to the Board of Examiners.