Oct. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1671

It shall be ratified after receiving the approval of the Congress of the Republic of Chile, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Santiago as soon as possible.

In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and affixed thereto their respective seals.

Done at Santiago, the twenty-sixth day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

(L.S.)
J. G. KENNEDY.

(L.S.)
C. MORLA VICUÑA.

And whereas the ratifications of the said treaty were exchanged at Santiago on the fourteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, and in virtue of the authority committed to her by the said recited Acts, doth order, and it is hereby ordered, that from and after the twenty-second day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, the said Acts shall apply in the case of Chile, and of the said treaty with the President of the Republic of Chile.

Provided always that the operation of the said Acts shall be and remain suspended within the Dominion of Canada so long as an Act of the Parliament of Canada passed in 1886, and entitled “An Act respecting the Extradition of Fugitive Criminals,” shall continue in force there, and no longer.

J. H. HARRISON.

[Extract from the London Gazette of Friday, 12th August, 1898.]

Notice of the Laying-off of a Road over Native Land in Tiriraukawa Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under the authority of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” that the road described in the Schedule hereto was, on the 29th May, 1896, duly taken and laid off through the land specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said colony, by a warrant dated the 17th November, 1892.

SCHEDULE.

TURAKINA VALLEY ROAD.

As the said area is delineated upon the plan marked as above mentioned, and deposited in the District Office of the Lands and Survey Department at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above noted.

Dated this 11th day of October, 1898.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Notice to Mariners, No. 33 of 1898.

ALTERATION OF POSITION OF BAR BUOY, ENTRANCE TO NELSON HARBOUR, NEW ZEALAND.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 13th October, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the bar buoy situated at the entrance to Nelson Harbour will be moved immediately half a cable’s length south from its present position.

The buoy when placed in its new position will be in 4 ft. of water at low water, spring tide; the Arrow Rock will bear from it S.E. ¼ E., and the magazine N.E. ¾ E.

NOTE.—All bearings are correct magnetic, and the soundings are calculated for low water springs.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty charts Nos. 2185, 2616, or Sheet VII.; “New Zealand Pilot,” Chapter v., pages 225 to 229.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Notice to Mariners, No. 34 of 1898.

SUBMARINE DUMMY MINES OFF STEEPLE ROCK, WORSER BAY, PORT NICHOLSON.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 17th October, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that for a period of about six weeks from this date the Defence Department will lay down a group of dummy mines in Port Nicholson for experimental purposes. These mines will be placed inside the black buoy off Steeple Rock, at about 10 ft. to 14 ft. below the surface of the water, and their position will be indicated by mark-buoys painted red.

Caution.—Mariners, yachtsmen, boatmen, fishermen, and others are cautioned not to pass inside the black buoy during these experiments.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 1423; “New Zealand Pilot,” Chapter iv., pages 175 to 179.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 14th October, 1898.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders for erection of Gaoler’s house, Clyde, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

Accepted.

Arthur, L., Cromwell .. .. .. £ s. d. 538 8 6

Declined.

Fountain, A. O., Clyde .. .. .. 579 0 0
Thomson, J. D., Alexandra .. .. .. 735 0 0

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 14th October, 1898.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders for the Waimana Native School contract is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

Accepted.

Moody, W. F., Whakatane .. .. .. £ s. d. 797 5 0

Declined.

Farrell and Baildon, Auckland .. .. .. 819 0 0
Casey, V., Auckland.. .. .. .. 825 0 0
Daines and Mannix, Tauranga .. .. .. 877 9 0

Native School Site at Awangararanui.

Education Department,
Wellington, 18th October, 1898.

THE following report of the person appointed by the Governor, under the provisions of “The Native Schools Sites Act, 1880,” to ascertain the title of certain Natives to land at Awangararanui, near Fort Galatea, appropriated by them for the site of a school, having been adopted by the Governor, is published in accordance with the said Act.

W. C. WALKER.

REPORT UNDER “THE NATIVE SCHOOLS SITES ACT, 1880.”

His Excellency the Governor having been pleased to appoint me to ascertain the title of certain Natives to a piece of land at Awangararanui, near Fort Galatea, on the Rangitaiki River, containing 5 acres, appropriated by them as a school site, and their consent to such appropriation, I beg leave respectfully to report as follows:—

1. That on the 24th day of September, 1898, I gave notice in the Hot Lakes Chronicle newspaper (Rotorua) that I would hold an inquiry under the Native Schools Sites Act at Fort Galatea on Wednesday, the 5th day of October. I also had circulars to the same effect printed and circulated amongst the Natives of the district.

2. On the 5th October I opened the inquiry in the Native Schoolhouse, Galatea, at which representatives from the Ngatimanawa, Ngatiapa, and Patuheuheu Tribes, numbering thirty-five adult Natives, were present. The plan of the 5 acres of land proposed to be given as a school site was produced, and the provisions of the Native Schools Sites Act were explained by me.

3. The Natives unanimously agreed that the land shown on the plan as aforesaid was a portion of the Kioronui Native Reserve, and that such portion belonged to the members of the Ngatimanawa, Patuheuheu, and Ngatiapa Tribes then assembled, and that they declared their consent to the appropriation of such land as a site for a Native school in accordance with the above-recited Act.

Description of Land above referred to.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 5 acres, more or less, in Block IX., Galatea Survey District, being part of the Kioronui Native Reserve, and bounded towards the north-east by the