Dec. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2025

the crossing of a road, by the east boundary of Section 90,
by the south boundary of Sections 90, 91, 92, and 93, by
the east boundary of Sections 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, by the
production of this east boundary southwards to its inter-
section with the production eastwards of the northern
boundary of Section 106; thence by a straight line west-
wards across all roads and railway to the south-west angle
of Section 22, all of the Hunterville Township Extension;
thence by a straight line westwards across all roads to the
south-west corner of Section 264 of the Town of Hunter-
ville; thence by a straight line to the north-west corner of
Section 100, and by its production northwards to an inter-
section with the production westwards of the north boundary
of Section 203 aforesaid; and thence to the point of com-
mencement.

I certify that this description is sufficient to identify the
boundaries of the Hunterville Road District, proposed to be
constituted by a special order of the Rangitikei County
Council, made on the 5th day of September, 1896, and con-
firmed on 10th October, 1896.

J. MCKENZIE,
Acting Chief Surveyor.

Special Order made by the Piako County Council, merging
Taotaoroa Road District in the Piako County.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th December, 1896.

THE following special order, made by the Piako County
Council, is published in accordance with the provisions
of “The Counties Act, 1886.”

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

SPECIAL ORDER.

DECLARED that the Taotaoroa Road Board be dissolved, and
that the Taotaoroa Road District be merged in the Piako
County, and abolished; further, that this special order shall
take effect as from and after 1st January, 1897.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly
passed.

P. GILCHRIST,
Clerk, Piako County Council.

Morrisville, 28th November, 1896.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Parihaka Road Board,
County of Taranaki.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th December, 1896.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of
the Parihaka Road Board, is published in accordance
with the provisions of “The Local Bodies' Loans Act,
1886.”

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

PARIHAKA ROAD BOARD.

RESULT of poll taken at Mr. J. J. Rickard's house, Waiteika
Road, on Saturday, 7th November, 1896, re proposal to raise
a loan of £400 under “The Government Loans to Local
Bodies Act, 1886,” for the purpose of forming and metalling
a portion of the Upper Waiteika Road:—

Number on special roll, 12, representing 12 votes: For the
proposal, 9; against the proposal, 0.

I therefore declare the above proposal carried.

M. FLEMING,
Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Rangitikei County
Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th December, 1896.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of
the Rangitikei County Council, is published in ac-
cordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies' Loans
Act, 1886.”

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

COUNTY OF RANGITIKEI.—NGARURU ROAD SPECIAL RATING
DISTRICT.

THE following is the result of a poll taken on Saturday, 28th
November, 1896, on a proposal of the Rangitikei County
Council to raise the sum of £250 by way of loan, under the
provisions of “The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886,” for the
purpose of constructing about 77 chains of the Ngaruru
Road; and to levy a special rate on the value of the several
properties within the above special district:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 5; number of votes
exercisable, 16: Number of ratepayers who voted for the
proposal, 4; number of votes recorded for the proposal, 15;
number of votes recorded against the proposal, nil.

A majority of the ratepayers, exercising more than one-
half of the total number of votes exercisable, having voted
for the proposal, I therefore declare it to be carried.

J. W. MARSHALL,
Chairman, Rangitikei County Council.

Marton, 30th November, 1896.

Notice to Mariners, No. 34 of 1896.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 5th December, 1896.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the
Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, is
published for general information.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Marine.

PORT OF PORT PHILLIP.—WEST CHANNEL.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners, published 10th August,
1894, masters of vessels, pilots, and others are hereby in-
formed that a survey of the West Channel, made September,
1896, discloses that certain changes have taken place in such
channel since the previous survey in 1891, which will neces-
sitate a rearrangement of the Swanspit Gas Buoy, No. 4
Channel Buoy, and the Swash-way Buoy; and notice is
hereby given that on and after the 30th day of November,
1896, the following changes will be made:—

Swanspit Gas Buoy will be removed from its present posi-
tion, and moored four and a half (4½) cables south eighteen
(18) degrees west therefrom.

No. 4 Red Buoy will be removed from its present position,
and moored one and a half (1½) cables east therefrom.

Swash-way Buoy, which marks the north-east end of the
Royal George Bank, will be removed from its present posi-
tion, and moored one (1) cable north seventy (70) degrees
west therefrom.

Caution.

Until such changes have been made, mariners are ad-
vised, when navigating in the vicinity of the Swanspit, to
keep on the southward edge of the red sector shown from
Queenscliff low light.

By order.

ALEXR. WILSON,
Harbour Office, Customs,
Port Officer.
Melbourne, 16th November, 1896.

Notice to Mariners, No. 36 of 1896.

FAREWELL SPIT LIGHTHOUSE, WESTERN ENTRANCE TO COOK
STRAIT.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 4th December, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that a new tower for the light at
Farewell Spit has been erected 176ft. eastward of the
present tower, and that, in consequence of the removal of the
apparatus from the old to the new tower, no light will be ex-
hibited on the nights of the 17th and 18th January, 1897.

On and after the night of the 19th January, 1897, the light
will be exhibited from the new tower, which is in lat. 40° 33′
S. and long. 173° 2′ E., as measured from the Admiralty chart.

The light (which is a revolving white light of the second
order dioptric, attaining its greatest brilliancy once a minute)
will show all round, except on the outer side of the western
portion of the Spit from the lighthouse, where it is shut in
by sandhills.

Over the Spit end the light will be red, in order to warn
mariners of their approach to that danger.

The light will be elevated 97ft. above the sea-level, and,
allowing 15ft. for the height of the observer's eye, it will be
visible 15½ nautical miles in clear weather.

The tower is an open-framed iron structure, painted in
alternate bands of red and white; and is 88ft. in height from
the ground to the top of the lantern. The old tower will be
taken down as soon as possible after the exhibition of the
light from the new tower.

It is anticipated that the various magnetic bearings of the
light in the new tower will correspond with those already
published in regard to the old tower—that is, over the Spit
end (that is, between the bearings of N.W. ¼ N. to W. by
¼ N.) the light will be red, in order to caution mariners of
their approach to that danger; but, should it be found that
there is any alteration, due notice will be given as soon as
the exact bearings have been ascertained.

From soundings recently taken by Captain Allman, of this
department, it has been found that the water has shoaled
2 fathoms in the vicinity of the Spit end as compared with
the soundings shown on the Admiralty chart. These changes
in the soundings extend from the Spit end, in a S.E. by E.
direction, nearly two miles.

CAUTION.—Vessels should not enter the sector of red light
within a distance of six miles from the lighthouse.

All bearings are magnetic.

Chart affected—No. 2616, Sheet VII., N.Z.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Marine.