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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 33

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of Onehunga.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd May, 1898.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Onehunga, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886.”

J. CARROLL.

BOROUGH OF ONEHUNGA.

The Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

SIR,—In accordance with section 184, “Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” I have the honour to notify that a poll of the burgesses was taken at Onehunga on Wednesday, 20th April, 1898, to determine whether a special loan of £12,000 should be raised for the extension of the present waterworks of the borough, when the following votes were recorded, viz.: For the proposal, 500 votes, by 407 voters; against the proposal, 1 vote, by 1 voter; informal, 1 vote, by 1 voter.

The number of votes which could have been recorded by the whole of the burgesses is 609, by 492 voters; hence, the number in favour of the proposal being a majority of votes by a majority of burgesses, and the number of burgesses who voted for the proposal being entitled to more than one-half the number of votes which could have been polled, I therefore declare that the proposal has been duly carried.

The declaration by the Town Clerk required by the Act above quoted, that all proceedings required by the Act in or towards obtaining the sanction of the burgesses to the proposal have been duly taken, is attached. I therefore request the favour a copy of this notice to be gazetted as the Act requires.

I have, &c.,
WILLIAM R. CLOSE-ERSON,
Mayor of Onehunga.

Council Chambers,
Onehunga, 25th April, 1898.

I, Robert Richardson, Town Clerk of the Borough of Onehunga, do hereby solemnly affirm and say that all proceedings required by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” and amendments thereto, in or towards obtaining the sanction of the burgesses of the said Borough of Onehunga to the proposal to raise a loan of £12,000 for the waterworks extension scheme, have been duly taken, and that the resolution in favour of the proposal has been duly carried; and I make this solemn affirmation believing the same to be true, and in virtue of an Act intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882,” this 25th day of April, 1898.

R. RICHARDSON,
Town Clerk, Onehunga.

Signed and declared before me, this 25th day of April, 1898—Geo. Jos. Jackson, J.P.

Special Order made by the Wairarapa South County Council.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd May, 1898.

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

J. CARROLL.

WAIRARAPA SOUTH COUNTY COUNCIL.—SPECIAL ORDER.

RESOLVED,—That, for the purpose of defraying the annual interest and charges upon a loan of £3,000 to be raised under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” and “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and all other Acts the Council to that end enabling, this Council now do make and levy a special rate, annually recurring for twenty-six years, of 4d. in the pound upon the values of the rateable properties within the special rating-area hereinafter defined; such rate to be payable in two equal half-yearly instalments, on the 1st day of May and November in each such year.

The following is the special rating-area above referred to: viz., All that portion of the Riding of Greytown bounded towards the west by the Wellington-Masterton Railway-line and the Tauherenikau River; towards the south by the Kaiwaiwai Road; towards the east by Ward’s Line, Morrison’s Bush Road, and Cross Road; and towards the north by the Borough of Greytown and the Woodside-Greytown Railway-line: excepting therefrom the property of Mr. Jacob Joseph, being Section 81, part 87, part 89, Moroa Block; and also excepting the eastern moieties of Sections 45 to 51, and 63 to 65, Greytown Small-farm Settlement.

The foregoing special order was duly passed at a special meeting of the Wairarapa South County Council held on the 14th day of March, 1898, and duly confirmed at a meeting of the said Council held the 18th day of April, 1898.

Dated the 28th day of April, 1898.

H. H. WOLTERS,
County Clerk.

Notice to Mariners, No. 17 of 1898.

SPECIAL NOTICE TO OWNERS AND MASTERS OF SHIPS REGARDING WARNING SIGNALS FOR USE AT NIGHT.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 3rd May, 1898.

THE following notice, which has been received from the Board of Trade, London, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

WARNING SIGNAL FOR USE AT NIGHT.

To make it possible to warn a vessel which is seen at night or in thick weather to be running into danger, a signal which can be made by flashes of light, or blasts of sound on a steam-whistle, foghorn, siren, &c., has been provided.

The signal, which in the Morse alphabet represents the letter U, is made by two short and one long flashes or blasts, i.e., • • — , and means “You are standing into danger.”

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE USE OF THE FLASHING OR SOUND SIGNAL.

1. When the signal is made by flashes, the lamp must always be turned towards the person addressed.

2. To attract attention, a series of rapid short flashes or sounds should be made and continued until the person addressed gives the sign of attention by doing the same.

If, however, it is supposed that the person addressed cannot reply, the signal may be made after a moderate pause, or, under certain circumstances, the communication may be made without preparatory signs.

3. After making a few rapid short flashes or sounds as an acknowledgment, the receiver must watch or listen attentively until the communication is completed, when he must make the sign indicated below, showing that the message is understood.

4. If the receiver does not understand the message, he must wait until the signal is repeated.

5. Duration of short flashes or sounds • • 1 second.
   “ long “ — 3 seconds.
   Interval between each flash or sound • • 1 second.
   Answer, or, “I understand” — • — • — • — &c.

SIGNAL.

You are standing into danger • • — • —

Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver.

Mines Office,
Wellington, 17th February, 1898.

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:—

1. That at least one-third of the quantity is produced on or before the 31st March, 1900, and the remaining two-thirds on or before the 31st March, 1901.

2. No bonus will be payable until the whole of the one hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.) of quicksilver has been produced as stipulated to the satisfaction of an officer to be appointed by the Minister of Mines, and on whose certificate alone the bonus will be paid.

3. In the event of more than one person producing the required quantities of quicksilver before the dates named, inquiry will be made by the officer above referred to, when, if it is found that each applicant is equally entitled to a bonus, the amount will be divided in proportion to the quantities produced by each applicant, but in no case shall any bonus be paid until at least one hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.) of quicksilver has been produced in the aggregate.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of “The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894.”

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 3rd May, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in the office of the Supreme Court at Wellington an election to administer the several intestate estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations, so far as known, are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross properties being estimated not to exceed £250 in each case.