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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 12

I hereby certify that the above special order has been made by the Waiwakaiho Road Board in accordance with the provisions of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."

DAN. A. ARROWSMITH,
Clerk.

Waiwakaiho Road Board,
28th January, 1897.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT this Board—to secure the repayment of a loan of £150 raised under "The Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," and "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," for the purpose of metalling portions of the Korito Road, commencing at the junction of the said Korito Road with the Kent Road, and continuing inland for a distance of 26 chains, more or less; also for culverting, and metalling the approaches to such culvert or culverts; to pay out of such loan the cost of raising such loan, the first six months' interest to be paid out of such loan—does now strike a special rate of 4d. in the pound for twenty-six years, to be made and levied on the rateable value of all lands set forth within the following boundaries:—

Bounded towards the north by the northern boundary of Section 95; along such northern boundary of Section 95 to the Korito Road; thence by the north-eastern boundary of Section 96 in a north-western direction to the Mangorei Stream; thence in a southern direction by the said stream to the junction of the said Mangorei Stream with the Mangakarewarewa Stream; thence by the said Mangakarewarewa Stream in a southern direction to the Forrest Road; thence in an eastern direction by the said Forrest Road to the south-east corner of Section 8; thence in a northern direction by the eastern boundaries of Sections 8, 7, 6, 157, 150, 148, 103, and 102 to the north-east corner of the said Section 102; thence in an eastern direction along the south boundary of Section 104 to the Kent Road; thence along the western boundary of the said Kent Road to the north-eastern corner of Section 95, the commencement.

Such rate to be an annual recurring rate for twenty-six years, and payable in two equal instalments on the 1st day of the months of May and November in each year, at the house of the Board's Collector for the time being.

H. KING,
Chairman.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been made by the Waiwakaiho Road Board in accordance with the provisions of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."

DAN. A. ARROWSMITH,
Clerk.

Waiwakaiho Road Board,
28th January, 1897.

Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under clause 39 of "The Defence Act, 1886," the services of the

Devonport Garrison Artillery Volunteers (Auckland)
as from the 5th January, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 29th January, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned appointment:—

Riversdale Rifle Volunteers.

Michael Dominic Murphy to be Surgeon-Captain. Date of commission, 4th January, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.

Notice to Mariners, No. 1 of 1897.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 1st February, 1897.

THE following Hydrographic Notice, received from His Excellency the Naval Commander-in-Chief, Australian Station, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

AUSTRALIAN STATION.

"Orlando," at Hobart,
26th December, 1896.

(Hydrographic Notice No. 34.)

1. Suva Harbour, Fiji.

H.M.S. "Waterwitch" reports the following alterations in buoyage, and the positions of new coral patches not shown in Admiralty Chart 1757 (corrected, large corrections, June, 1896):—

A white buoy is situated in 2½ fathoms, N. 57° E., 125 yards from the lightship.

A white-cask buoy is situated in 2½ fathoms, S. 14° W., 87 yards from the lightship.

A black-cask buoy is situated in 4 fathoms, N. 70½° W., 765 yards from the lightship.

The white-cask buoy shown on the chart as S. 55° W., 1 cable from the lightship, does not exist.

A white-cask mooring-buoy is placed in 8 fathoms, N. 16° W., 160 yards from the green light on the pier.

A white-cask mooring-buoy is placed in 9 fathoms, S. 81° W., 190 yards from the green light on the pier.

A red-cask mooring-buoy is placed in 2½ fathoms, S. 15° W., 95 yards from the green light on the pier.

The coral patch N. 84° E., 665 yards from the lightship, has 5ft. of water over it, and is marked by a white-cask buoy on north-west end of the shoalest part.

A coral patch of 4½ fathoms exists N. 82° E., 1,170 yards—and a coral patch of 6 fathoms N. 64° E., 1,045 yards—from the lightship.

Chart affected: 1757.

Sailing directions: Pacific Islands, Vol. ii., page 115.

("Waterwitch," Note No. 5, 29th October, 1896: Office No. 838.)

AUSTRALIA, NORTH-EAST COAST.

The following dangers not shown in Admiralty charts have been discovered by H.M.S. "Dart":—

(a.) Halloran Rock (latitude 12° 47′ 43″ S., longitude 143° 35′ 5″ E.) is of coral, having 26ft. of water on it at L.W.O.S., and 15 to 16 fathoms close round it.

(b.) Ashton Rock (latitude 12° 54′ 5″ S., longitude 143° 32′ 51″ E.), is a small shoal of coral, about 1 cable long and half a cable broad, with depths of from 2 to 3 fathoms on it and 7 to 8 fathoms round. About its centre is a rock having only 5ft. on it at L.W.O.S.

(c.) Morris Bank (latitude 13° 5′ 9″ S., longitude 143° 36′ 4″ E.) is a small knoll of coral having a least depth of 5½ fathoms on it at L.W.O.S., and 12 to 13 fathoms close round it.

(d.) Glennie Reef (latitude 13° 8′ 56″ S., longitude 143° 37′ 20″ E.) is of coral, about a quarter of a mile long in a N.E. and S.W. direction, and 2 cables broad. It dries 3ft. to 4ft. at L.W.O.S.

The ground is very foul for half a mile west of Glennie Reef.

Chart affected: 2921.

Sailing directions: Australia, Vol. ii., page 373.

("Dart," Note No. 5, 8th December, 1896: Office No. 838.)

CYPRIAN A. G. BRIDGE,
Rear-Admiral.

To the respective captains, commanders, and officers commanding Her Majesty's ships and vessels on the Australian Station.

Application to proclaim certain Rivers and Creeks; together with all their Tributaries, Watercourses for the Deposit of Tailings.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in him by section 152 of "The Mining Act, 1891," His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that application has been made to him to proclaim the following watercourses in the Land Districts of Westland and Marlborough to be watercourses into which tailings, mining débris, and waste water of every kind used in, upon, or discharged from any claim or licensed holding adjacent to such watercourses shall be suffered to flow or be discharged.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

That stream known as Stillwater Creek, Grey County, which flows northerly, from its source near Mount Fox, for a distance of about eight miles, to its confluence with the Grey River; together with the tributaries thereof.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

That river known as the Wakamarina River, which flows northerly, from its source, for a distance of about twelve miles, to its confluence with the Pelorus River; together with the tributaries thereof.

Dated at Wellington, this 29th day of January, 1897.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

Southland Runs classified.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 28th January, 1897.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Commissioners appointed in pursuance of section 189 of "The Land Act, 1892," have reported to His Excellency the Governor that the lands described in the Schedule hereto have been classified by them as therein noted.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands,