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A SUNKEN ROCK AT THE SOUTH ENTRANCE OF D'ENTRECAS- TEAUX CHANNEL, SOUTH COAST OF TASMANIA.

Notice is hereby given that Mr. John Anderson, master of the barque "Wild Wave," reported that on the 9th instant his vessel struck a sunken rock not marked on the chart, with 8ft. of water on it, on the following bearings: South Bruni Lighthouse, N.E. by N., correct magnetic; Sterile Islet, N.W. by W., ditto.

W. J. WATCHORN, Master Warden.

Marine Board Office, Hobart, 19th December, 1895.

Tonnage Admeasurement of United States Ships.

Marine Department, Wellington, 17th January, 1896.

THE following despatch and its enclosure, received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

J G. WARD.

(Circular.) Downing Street, 25th October, 1895. Sir,—With reference to the Earl of Derby's circular despatch of the 10th April, 1883, I have the honour to transmit to you, for information and publication in the colony under your government, copies of an Order of the Queen in Council of the 3rd October, 1895, respecting the tonnage admeasurement of ships belonging to the United States of America.

I have, &c., J. CHAMBERLAIN.

The Officer administering the Government of New Zealand.

At the Court at Balmoral, the 3rd day of October, 1895. Present:

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the 30th July, 1868, made by Her Majesty in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by "The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862," Her Majesty was pleased to direct that the merchant ships of the United States of America the measurement whereof should, after the 1st January, 1865, have been ascertained and denoted on the registers and other national papers of such ships, testified by the dates thereof, should be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in such registers or other national papers, in the same manner, to the same extent, and for the same purpose, in, to, and for which the tonnage denoted in the certificate of registry of British ships is deemed to be the tonnage of such ships, after making therefrom the same deductions, in respect of crew-space and engine room, as would, if such ships were British, be made from their gross tonnage under the laws relating to British ships:

And whereas by another Order in Council dated the 19th March, 1883, made in exercise of the aforesaid powers, Her Majesty was pleased to direct as follows:—

1. As regards sailing-ships: That merchant sailing-ships of the United States of America the measurement whereof after the 5th August, 1882, has been ascertained and denoted in the registers and other national papers of such sailing-ships, testified by the date thereof, shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in such registers and other national papers, in the same manner, to the same extent, and for the same purpose in, to, and for which the tonnage denoted in the certificate of registry of British sailing-ships is deemed to be the tonnage of such ships.

2. As regards steamships: That merchant ships belonging to the United States of America, which are propelled by steam or any other power requiring engine room, the measurement whereof shall, after the said 5th day of August, 1882, have been ascertained and denoted in the registers and other national papers of such steamships, testified by the dates thereof, shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in such registers or other national papers, in the same manner, to the same extent, and for the same purpose in, to, and for which the tonnage denoted in the certificate of registry of British ships is deemed to be the tonnage of such ships: Provided nevertheless that if the owner or master of any such American steamship desires the deduction for engine room in his ship to be estimated under the rules for engine-room measurement and deduction applicable to British ships instead of under the American rule, the engine room shall be measured and the deduction calculated according to the British rules:

And whereas by section 84 of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894," it is enacted that, whenever it appears to Her Majesty the Queen in Council that the tonnage regulations of that Act have been adopted by any foreign country, and are in force there, Her Majesty in Council may order that the ships of that country shall, without being remeasured in Her Majesty's dominions, be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in their certificates of registry or other national papers, in the same manner, to the same extent, and for the same purposes as the tonnage denoted in the certificate of registry of a British ship is deemed to be the tonnage of that ship:

And whereas it has been made to appear to Her Majesty in Council that the tonnage regulations of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894," have been adopted by the United States of America, and such regulations are now in force there, having come into operation on the 1st day of April, 1895:

And whereas there still are or may be ships belonging to the United States of America to which the hereinbefore recited orders of the 30th July, 1868, and the 19th March, 1883, may respectively apply, and it is expedient not to revoke the same, but to let the said recited orders remain in force so long as there are any ships to which the same may so respectively apply:

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

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance and exercise of the powers hereinbefore mentioned, is hereby pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, to direct that the merchant ships of the United States of America the measurement whereof shall, after the 1st day of April, 1895, have been ascertained and denoted in the registers and other national papers of such ships, shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in their certificates of registry or other national papers, in the same manner, to the same extent, and for the same purposes as the tonnage denoted in the certificate of registry of a British ship is deemed to be the tonnage of that ship.

C. L. PEEL.

Notice to Mariners, No. 2 of 1896. PORT NICHOLSON.

Marine Department, Wellington, N.Z., 18th January, 1896.

THE Defence Department has notified that a mine-field practice is now being carried on by the New Zealand Torpedo Corps in Mahanga Bay, Port Nicholson, the outside limit of the field being a line joining the two extremes of the points forming the bay, and four red buoys mark the outside limit of all obstructions.

Masters of vessels are hereby warned to keep well clear of the area specified.

J. G. WARD.

Bonus for the Manufacture of Potassium Cyanide.

Department of Industries and Commerce, Wellington, 17th January, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of £1,000 will be paid for the erection of a plant and the manufacture in New Zealand of the first 200 tons of crude cyanide of potassium from colonial produce.

1. The plant must be capable of producing at least 70 tons of crude cyanide of potassium annually.

2. The crude cyanide of potassium so manufactured shall contain at least 70 per cent. of potassium cyanide.

3. The bonus will be paid in two equal instalments, the first instalment being payable on the production of the first 100 tons, and the second instalment on the production of the second 100 tons, of crude cyanide of potassium containing the required percentage of potassium cyanide.

4. On the completion of the plant, notice in writing must be sent to the Minister of Industries and Commerce, Wellington, who will appoint an officer to inspect the same, together with the raw material then available from which the cyanide of potassium is proposed to be manufactured.

5. The officer so appointed shall from time to time inspect the process of manufacture, in order that he may satisfy himself that the whole of the cyanide of potassium is being manufactured from material of New Zealand production; and before any bonus is paid such officer will be required to certify that he is satisfied the crude cyanide of potassium is the product of New Zealand material only, and that it contains the required percentage of potassium cyanide.

6. The bonus must be claimed for the first 100 tons on or before the 31st March, 1897, and for the second 100 tons on or before the 30th September, 1898.

J. G. WARD.

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 impurities, from any mine in New Zealand, on the following conditions, that is to say:—