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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 45

Special Orders made by the Waimate Road Board, County
of Hawera.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1896.

THE following special orders, made by the Waimate Road
Board, are published in accordance with the provisions
of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

WAIMATE ROAD BOARD.

SPECIAL orders re Aurora Road Loan and Mangawhero Road
No. 2 Loan:—

"That, to secure repayment of a loan of £90, and interest
thereon, being an additional advance of 10 per cent. on the
Aurora Road Loan of £900, raised under 'The Government
Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,' for the purposes of form-
ing, culverting, and metalling the Aurora Road from the El-
tham Road northward for a distance of chains, a special
rate of 1/8d. in the pound be made and levied over the Aurora
Road Special Rating Area, comprising the following sections:
45, 46, 50, 51, 55, 56, and 57, Block X.; 7, 8, 13, and 14,
Block IX.; 10, 11, 12, and 14, Block V.; 4, 6, and 8,
Block VI.; all in the Kaupokonui Survey District. Such
rate to be an annually-recurring rate for a period of twenty-
six years, and to be payable, if required, on the 1st day of
January in each year of the aforesaid period."

"That, to secure payment of a loan of £110, and interest
thereon, being an additional advance of 10 per cent. on the
Mangawhero Road Loan of £1,100, raised under 'The
Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,' for the pur-
pose of forming, culverting, and metalling the unmetalled
portions of the Mangawhero Road from the Eltham Road
to a point 3 miles and 9 chains in a northerly direction, a
special rate of 1/8d. in the pound be made and levied over the
Mangawhero Road Special Rating Area, comprising the fol-
lowing sections: 1, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, and 15, Block VI.; 62,
63, 64, 68, 78, 80, 82, and 84, Block X.; all in the Kaupokonui
Survey District. Such rate to be an annually-recurring rate
for a period of twenty-six years, and to be payable, if re-
quired, in one instalment, on the 1st day of January in each
year of the aforesaid period."

J. C. DATSON,
Clerk.

I hereby certify that the above special orders were duly
made in accordance with "The Road Boards Act, 1882."

JAMES C. DATSON,
Clerk, Waimate Road Board.

Manai'a, 5th June, 1896.

Regulations for preventing Collisions at Sea.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1896.

THE following regulations for preventing collisions at
sea, made by Order of Her Majesty the Queen in
Council on the 8th day of February, 1896, are published for
general information.

These regulations are, in pursuance of the provisions of
section 172 of "The Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877," in
force in New Zealand.

T. THOMPSON,
For Minister of Marine.

At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 8th day
of February, 1896.

Present:

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council made in pursuance of
"The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862," and dated the 11th day of August, 1884, Her Majesty,
on the joint recommendation of the Admiralty and the
Board of Trade, was pleased to direct that on and after the
1st day of September, 1884, the regulations contained in the
Schedule thereto should, so far as regards British ships and
boats, be substituted for the regulations contained in the
First Schedule to an Order in Council made as aforesaid,
and dated the 14th day of August, 1879:

And whereas by two Orders in Council made in pursuance
of the said Act, and on such joint recommendation as afore-
said, and dated respectively the 30th day of December, 1884,
and the 24th day of June, 1885, certain modifications and
additions were made to the said regulations contained in
the Schedule to the said recited Order in Council of the 11th
day of August, 1884, as regards British fishing vessels and
boats:

And whereas by another Order in Council made in pur-
suance of the said Act, and on such joint recommendation as
aforesaid, and dated the 18th day of August, 1892, certain
modifications and additions were made to the said regula-
tions contained in the Schedule to the said recited Order in
Council of the 11th August, 1884, as regards steam pilot-
vessels:

And whereas by the said regulations contained in the
Schedule to the said Order in Council of the 11th day of
August, 1884, it is, amongst other things, provided as
follows:—

Art. 3. A seagoing steamship when under way shall
carry—

(a.) On or in front of the foremast, at a height above
the hull of not less than 20ft., and if the breadth
of the ship exceeds 20ft., then at a height above
the hull not less than such breadth, a bright
white light, so constructed as to show an uniform
and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of
twenty points of the compass, so fixed as to throw
the light ten points on each side of the ship—
viz., from right ahead to two points abaft the
beam on either side, and of such a character as
to be visible on a dark night, with a clear
atmosphere, at a distance of at least five miles:

(b.) On the starboard side, a green light, so constructed
as to show an uniform and unbroken light over
an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass,
so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to
two points abaft the beam on the starboard side,
and of such a character as to be visible on a dark
night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of
at least two miles:

(c.) On the port side, a red light, so constructed as to
show an uniform and unbroken light over an arc
of the horizon of ten points of the compass, so
fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to
two points abaft the beam on the port side, and
of such a character as to be visible on a dark
night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of
at least two miles:

(d.) The said green and red side-lights shall be fitted
with inboard screens projecting at least 3ft.
forward from the light, so as to prevent these
lights from being seen across the bow:

And whereas by another Order in Council, made in pur-
suance of the said Act and on such joint recommendations
as aforesaid, and dated the 30th day of January, 1893, the
said regulations contained in the Schedule to the said Order
in Council of the 11th day of August, 1884, were further
modified by the addition to the said recited Article 3 of
the provisions contained in the Schedule to the said Order
in Council now in recital and set out in the Schedule
hereto:

And whereas the Admiralty and the Board of Trade have
jointly recommended to Her Majesty that the said recited
Order in Council of the 30th day of January, 1893, should
be rescinded to the intent that the modifications and
additions made to the said recited Article 3, and set out in
the Schedule hereto, should no longer continue in operation:

And whereas Her Majesty was pleased, by and with the
advice of Her Privy Council, on the 12th day of December,
1895, by a Provisional Order within the meaning of "The
Rules Publication Act, 1893," to rescind the said Order in
Council of the 30th January, 1893:

And whereas the provisions of section 1 of "The Rules
Publication Act, 1893," have been complied with:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the powers
vested in her by "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894," and
by and with the advice of her Privy Council, is pleased to
rescind the said recited Order in Council of the 30th day of
January, 1893, and to direct that from the date of this Order
the provisions contained in the Schedule to the last-
mentioned Order and to this Order shall cease to be in
operation, and the said recited Article 3 of the said regula-
tions contained in the said Order in Council of the 11th
day of August, 1884, shall have effect as if the said Order
in Council of the 30th day of January, 1893, had never been
made.

C. L. PEEL.

Schedule.

(e.) To insure that the red and green side-lights shall show
an uniform light from right ahead of the ship to two points
abaft the beam on the port and starboard sides respectively,
and shall not show across the bow of the ship itself, the said
lights must be fixed and the screens fitted so that the rays
from the red and green lights shall cross the line of the
ship's keel projected ahead of the ship at a reasonable
distance ahead of the ship.

With regard to all vessels whose lights are inspected by
the officers of the Board of Trade the red or green side-light
will not be deemed to be fixed and fitted in accordance with
the regulations unless it is so fixed and screened that a line
drawn from the outside edge of the wick to the foremost
end of the inboard screen of such light shall make an angle
of 4 degrees or as near thereto as may be practicable with a
line drawn parallel with the keel of the ship from the
outside edge of the wick.