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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 7

Special Order made by the Rangitikei County Council, merging the Hunterville Road District.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 1st February, 1898.

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

WM. HALL-JONES.

RANGITIKEI COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order merging Hunterville Road District.

RESOLVED, That it be a special order of the Rangitikei County Council that the Road Board of the Hunterville Road District be dissolved, and that such road district be merged in the Rangitikei County; such special order to take effect from the date of its publication in the New Zealand Gazette.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly made and passed at a special meeting of the Rangitikei County Council held on the 22nd day of December, 1897, and confirmed at a special meeting of the said Council held on the 29th day of January, 1898.

J. W. MARSHALL,
Chairman.

Marton, 29th January, 1898.

Election of Trustee of Sluggish River Land-drainage District, County of Manawatu.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 31st January, 1898.

THE following result of the election of a Trustee of the Sluggish River Land-drainage District has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Land Drainage Act, 1893.”

R. H. GOVETT,
For Under-Secretary.

Sluggish River Land-drainage District :
William Duncan.

Notice to Mariners, No. 10 of 1898.

POSITION OF WRECK OF BARQUENTINE “WAITEMATA,” IN THE HAURAKI GULF.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 2nd February, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the barquentine “Waitemata,” which sunk after collision with the s.s. “Stella,” lies in the fairway, in 13 fathoms of water, inside Tiritiri Island, in the Hauraki Gulf. The vessel is S. by W. ¼ W., about four miles from the lighthouse, and the masts are above water. An iron buoy painted black has been laid down to mark the position of the wreck.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Altering Time of Meeting of the Marlborough Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st January, 1898.

IT is hereby notified for public information that His Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of subsection 1 of section 48 of “The Land Act, 1892,” approved of the meetings of the Marlborough Land Board being held on the second Monday in each month at 10 o’clock a.m., instead of 11 o’clock as at present.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Notice as to Day for Closing under “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894.”

WHEREAS the local authorities respectively mentioned in the first column of the Schedule hereto have duly notified to me that the days upon which the shops in their respective districts shall be closed, pursuant to the provisions of “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894,” are the days set opposite their respective names in the second column of the said Schedule: Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by the said Act, I, Thomas Thompson, acting for and on behalf of the Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint that the said respective days shall be the days upon which all shops within the said respective districts shall be closed.

SCHEDULE.

Auckland .. .. .. Wednesday.
Wellington .. .. .. "
Dunedin .. .. .. "
Invercargill .. .. .. "
Lower Hutt and Petone .. .. "
Christchurch .. .. .. Thursday.

T. THOMPSON,
For Minister of Labour.

Tenders for Mail Steam-service to Chatham Islands.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 24th January, 1898.

ALTERNATIVE tenders will be received at the Chief Post-office, Christchurch, until noon of Saturday, the 19th February, 1898, for the conveyance of mails by steamer to and from the Chatham Islands, calling at such places in the group as may be determined upon by the Postmaster-General—first, for a service once a month; second, for a service once every two months; and, third, for a service once every three months—for one and for two years from the 1st April, 1898, with Lyttelton or Wellington as the optional port of departure and arrival in New Zealand, or with Wellington as the port of departure and Lyttelton the port of arrival.

Tenders, indorsed “Tender for Chatham Islands Mail-service,” to be addressed to the Chief Postmaster, Christchurch.

Names, tonnage, and horse-power of steamers proposed to be used to be stated.

The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

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, William Hall-Jones, acting for 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 7th day of February, 1898:—

PART I.—PASSENGERS.

SECTIONAL FARES FOR MESSRS. COOK AND SONS’ TOURS.

Tickets for these tours are issued subject to the conditions contained in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 46, of the 28th August, 1890.

PART III.—GOODS: REGULATIONS.

(26.) STORAGE.

Sixpence per ton per day will be charged on all goods not removed from Palmerston North and New Plymouth Stations within twelve working-hours from time of their arrival. Minimum charge, 6d.

PART IV.—GOODS: LOCAL RATES.

AUCKLAND SECTION.

Class K.

Log timber consigned from Helensville to Onehunga Wharf will be charged 1s. 6d. per hundred superficial feet, including wharfage, but excluding loading and unloading charges.

PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS, LIVE-STOCK, PARCELS, AND LUGGAGE.

Oil, shale, in 2-ton lots. Owners’ risk .. .. Class D
Shale oil, " " " D