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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 36

Relative Rank.

Engineer students rank with naval cadets according to date of entry.

Assistant engineers rank with sub-lieutenants according to date of commission.

Engineers of less than six years’ seniority rank with, but after, lieutenants under eight years’ seniority.

Engineers of six years’ seniority rank with lieutenants of less than eight years’ seniority according to date of commission.

Chief engineers rank with, but after, lieutenants of eight years’ seniority.

Staff engineers rank with lieutenants above eight years’ seniority.

Fleet engineers rank with commanders according to date of commission.

Inspectors of machinery, under eight years’ service on full pay as such, rank with captains under three years.

Inspectors of machinery, of eight years’ service on full pay as such, rank with captains of three years. The captain to reckon his seniority from the date of completing three years in that rank. The inspector of machinery to reckon his seniority from the date of completing eight years’ service as such.

Chief inspectors of machinery rank with captains of three years’ seniority according to date of commission.

MEMORANDUM AS TO THE PAY, ETC., OF THE ROYAL CORPS OF NAVAL CONSTRUCTORS.

1. The number, the designation, and the salaries of the members of the corps are as follows:—

Admiralty.—Director of naval construction, £1,500 a year, rising to £1,800 after five years’ service. Four chief constructors, £600 a year, rising to £850 by £25 a year, and a London allowance of £150 a year. Three constructors, £400 a year, rising to £550 by £20 a year, and a London allowance of £120 a year. Six assistant constructors, first class, £300 a year, rising to £450 by £15 a year. Duty pay of £50 a year to assistant constructor in charge of foreign records. Duty pay of £50 a year to assistant constructor acting for chief constructor. One assistant constructor, first class (for scientific experiments), £250 a year, rising to £300 by £15 a year. Eight assistant constructors, second class, £160 a year, rising to £240 by £10 a year, and a London allowance of £50 a year.

Dockyards.—Six chief constructors, Chatham, Portsmouth, Devonport, Sheerness, Pembroke, and Malta Dockyards, £600 a year, rising to £700 by £25 a year, and a house. One chief constructor, Hong Kong, £600 a year, rising to £700 by £25 a year, a house, or an allowance of $1,066⅔ a year in lieu thereof, and a colonial allowance of $1,066⅔ a year. Seven constructors, £400 a year, rising to £550 by £20 a year, and a house. One constructor, Bermuda, £400 a year, rising to £550 by £20 a year, a house, and a colonial allowance of £100 a year. Ten assistant constructors, first class, £250 a year, rising to £300 by £15 a year. Seventeen assistant constructors, second class, £160 a year, rising to £240 by £10 a year. Nine assistant constructors, third class, £110 a year, rising to £150 by £10 a year, with an allowance of £50 a year when employed in London.

While appointed for service at sea, they shall have the rank of assistant engineer for temporary service, and pay at the rate of 7s. 6d. per day, being the same as that of assistant engineers who have passed through a similar training.

They shall be paid a gratuity of £50 for uniform and outfit.

While appointed for service at sea, their time shall count for purposes of civil superannuation.

All regulations as to pay, pension, retired-pay, allowances, are subject to alterations.

[M. & V. 96/1050.]

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of “The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894.”

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 19th May, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in the office of the Supreme Court at Wellington an election to administer the several intestate estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations, so far as known, are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross properties being estimated not to exceed £250 in each case.

John McKenzie, late of Coolgardie, in the Provincial District of Otago, miner. Filed on the 12th day of May, 1896.

Clarence Paget Eytton-Jones, late of Bald Hill Flat, in the Provincial District of Otago, miner. Filed on the 12th day of May, 1896.

Frank Gorrangé Taylor, late of Ngaruawahia, in the Provincial District of Auckland, painter. Filed on the 14th day of May, 1896.

Andrew Hamilton, late of Waitohi Peaks, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, farmer. Filed on the 14th day of May, 1896.

John James Wakeman, late of Makairo, in the Provincial District of Wellington, labourer. Filed on the 18th day of May, 1896.

Luzu, late of New Plymouth, in the Provincial District of Taranaki, hawker. Filed on the 18th day of May, 1896.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of April, 1896. Altitude above the sea, 140ft. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

• Means.

† Same month previous years.

NOTE.—A most unpleasant month; showery almost throughout, and some heavy falls of rain, the maximum recorded on 27th, 2·03in.; winds chiefly from S.E. and N.W., and frequently strong; thunder on 1st, 2nd, and 24th. Maximum temperature in shade, 69°; minimum, 40°. Mean temperature of dew-point, 48°·2. Mean humidity, 76. Slight earthquake on 25th, at 2.45 a.m. Beautiful complete rainbow, N. to S., on evening of 12th.

R. B. GORE, Observer.

Crown Lands Notices.

Lease of Land in Marlborough Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 30th April, 1896.

IT is hereby notified that the interest of George Frederick Hall in lease in perpetuity over Section 5, Block XII., Clifford Bay Survey District, was declared forfeited by the Marlborough Land Board on the 13th April, 1896.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.