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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 60

Appointing Oamaru, Patea, Poverty Bay, and Tauranga Ports at which Customhouse Agents must be licensed.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the power in me for this purpose vested by “The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882,” I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do hereby appoint and declare that the Ports of

OAMARU, PATEA, POVERTY BAY, and TAURANGA

shall be ports at which persons acting as agents in the entrance or clearance of ships, goods, or baggage, or any business relating thereto, shall be required to be duly licensed for that purpose.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this fifth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner’s Order No. 577.]

Results of Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th July, 1897.

THE following notices of elections of members of Road Boards have been received at this office, and are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.

Tamaki West Road District, County of Eden:
Joseph Lucas Clark.

Makara Road District, County of Hutt:
No. 3 Ward—
Samuel Bowler.

Notice to Mariners, No. 10 of 1897.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 6th July, 1897.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, the Marine Board, Sydney, and the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, are published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

VICTORIA.

Port of Port Phillip.—West Channel.—Swanspit Buoy and Low Light, Queenscliff.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners, dated the 10th August, 1894, it is hereby notified that, on and after Friday, the 18th day of June, 1897, the present Swanspit Gas Buoy will be removed, and in lieu thereof a larger gas buoy, painted black, will be moored in position, from which will be exhibited a port occulting all round red light of the fourth order, 22 ft. 6 in. above sea-level, visible in clear weather seven nautical miles.

Queenscliff Low Light.

It is also notified that on the above-mentioned date the sector of red light exhibited from the Low Lighthouse, on bearings south-west by west ¼ west, and south-west by west ¾ west, entrance to West Channel, will be amended, and such sector will be visible on bearings south 63° 30′ west round westerly to south 68° west.

By order.

ALEXR. WILSON,
Port Officer.

Harbour Office, Customs,
Melbourne, 2nd June, 1897.

FIJI.

Reported Sunken Reef in the Track of Vessels between Ba and Labasa Rivers, Fiji.

THE following report, which has been received from Captain Smith, of the s.s. “Fiona,” is published for general information:—“I beg to state that, while going from Ba to Labasa, after passing through and well clear of Yendau Passage, from the masthead I saw a small sunken reef. We lowered a boat and sounded. It appeared to be about 40 ft. long and about 15 ft. across, and on top of it for about 10 ft. square there was 13 ft. of water (or about 11 ft. at low water). The reef seems to be tapering up from the bottom, as the soundings gradually deepened from 13 ft. on top to 11 fathoms at the base and all round it. A small can buoy was placed on it. From the patch the following bearings were taken (magnetic): Via Thomba Thomba (point), S. 78° E.; Sleepy Point, N. 34° E.; north-west end of Yendau, S. 87° W.; south end of Yendau, S. 49° W. These bearings place it close to where is 12 fathoms C r1 marked on the new chart of Vatu Ira Ch. 1896. It is a dangerous patch, and right in the track taken by steamers between Ba and Labasa.”

GEO. S. LINDEMAN, R.N.
Secretary.

Office of the Marine Board,
Sydney, 7th June, 1897.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Spencer Gulf.

NOTICE is hereby given that a reef, on which the sea breaks only occasionally, and which is not marked on the Admiralty charts, exists in lat. 34° 51′ S., long. 136° 14′ 30″ E., the highest part of Dangerous Reef bearing N.W., cor. mag., distance two and a half miles therefrom. The reef in question extends east and west three-quarters of a mile, and north and south a quarter of a mile, with less than 5 fathoms of water, shoaling in the centre (where the sea occasionally breaks heavily) to not more than 7 ft. L.W.S. This notice affects chart No. 2389B.

THOS. N. STEPHENS,
President Marine Board.
Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 6th May, 1897.

Alterations to the Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges in Force upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

IN pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me under “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and any amendment thereof, and also of “The Government Railways Act, 1894,” I, Alfred Jerome Cadman, the Minister for Railways, do hereby make the following alterations in the scale of fares, rates, and charges in force on the New Zealand Government Railways open for traffic, such alterations to come into force on and after the 12th day of July, 1897:—

PART I.—PASSENGERS: LOCAL FARES AND REGULATIONS.

WELLINGTON SECTION.

Workmen’s Commutation Tickets.

Second-class twelve-trip tickets will be issued from Lower Hutt and Petone to Wellington and Te Aro.

These tickets will be available for use by the following trains only:—

7.9 a.m. train from Lower Hutt daily.

5.12 p.m. and 6.5 p.m. trains from Te Aro daily.

1 p.m. and 2.20 p.m. trains from Te Aro on Saturdays.

They will be sold only to persons resident in the neighbourhood of the issuing station, and will be available only for use by the purchaser, whose name must be inscribed thereon.

They are available for a fortnight from date of issue.

Any portion of the ticket punched, detached, or not used before the date of expiry is not available for use.

No reduction in charge is made for children.

The tickets are not transferable, and will not be recognised if presented by trains other than those specified.

They will be charged 2s. 6d. each.

The regulations for the issue of workmen’s commutation tickets on the Wellington Section (vide New Zealand Gazette of 1st July, 1897) are hereby cancelled.

As witness my hand, this sixth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister for Railways.

New Zealand Hemp.—Notice No. 478.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 30th March, 1897.

THE time for receiving applications for the bonuses mentioned in Notice No. 430 has been extended to 31st December, 1897.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister for Agriculture.

Bonuses for Encouragement of New Zealand Hemp (Phormium tenax) Industry.—Notice No. 430.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 1st November, 1895.

Bonus No. 1.

A BONUS of £1,750 is offered for a machine or process for dressing New Zealand hemp (Phormium tenax) which shall be an improvement on the machines or processes now in use, and which shall, after trial, be found to materially reduce the cost of production, improve the product, or increase the quantity of dressed fibre.

The following are the conditions:—

1. All applications for the bonus must be sent addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Agriculture, Wellington, and must reach him not later than the 31st December, 1897. Each application must be accompanied by a description of the