JAN. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 11

Notice of the Laying-off of a Road through Blocks XI. and XII., Tiriraukawa Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under the authority of section 92 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1886,” that the road described in the Schedule hereto was, on the 25th April, 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 25th January, 1896.

SCHEDULE.

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 stated. Dated this 22nd day of December, 1898.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Engineers to be carried by Vessels using Oil- and Gasoline-engines as a Motive-power.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 3 of “The Shipping and Seamen’s Act Amendment Act, 1894,” I, William Hall-Jones, the Minister having Charge of the Marine Department, do hereby declare that the provisions of the Shipping and Seamen’s Act with regard to the certificated engineers to be carried by ships which are propelled wholly or in part by oil- and gasoline-engines shall, on and after the 1st day of March, 1899, be modified to the extent set forth in the Schedule hereto, and I do declare that such ships shall on and after that date carry the engineers set forth in such Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this 23rd day of December, 1898.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister of Marine.

Notice to Mariners, No. 42 of 1898.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 20th December, 1898.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Portmaster, Brisbane, Queensland, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

SHOAL PATCHES, INNER ROUTE TO TORRES STRAIT.

Notice is hereby given that Lieutenant-Commander Parry, H.M.S. “Dart,” reports as follows, viz. :—

Sullivan Shoal has been found to be in the following position :—

W. extreme of W. sand-patch, Emma Reef, N. 50° 15′ E., distant 4⁴⁄₁₀ miles.

N. extremity Wilkie Island, N. 31° 5′ E., distant 5²⁄₁₀ miles.

N.W. extremity Hannah Island, S. 72° 25′ E., distant 2 miles.

Lat., 13° 50′ 7″ S. ; long., 143° 40′ 2″ E.

Least water obtained was 12 ft. on coral reef, 5 cables long, lying N.N.W. and S.S.E., and 2 cables wide.

It is supposed that Helm’s Shoal is identical with the above, as no indication of it was found in the assigned position.

A 23-ft. patch of coral, with 10 fathoms round it, was found in the following position, viz. :—

W. extreme W. sand-patch, Emma Reef, N. 86° E., distant 3⁵⁄₁₀ miles.

N. extreme Hannah Island, S. 32° E., distant 3⁸⁄₁₀ miles.

N. extreme Wilkie Island, N. 59° W., distant 3⁹⁄₁₀ miles.

Lat. 13° 47′ 8″ S. ; long. 143° 40′ 6″ E. approximate.

This lies 1 mile west of the track recommended.

A 25-ft. coral patch, with 9 fathoms round it, was found to be in the following position, viz. :—

N. extreme Hannah Island, N. 50° 45′ W., distant 1⁶⁄₁₀ miles.

W. extreme W. sand-patch, Emma Reef, N. 2° 15′ E., distant 4⁵⁄₁₀ miles.

N. extreme Burkitt Island, S. 22° 30′ E., distant 3⁴⁄₁₀ miles.

Lat., 13° 52′ 3″ S. ; long., 143° 43′ 5″ E.

A depth of 28 ft., hard sand, was found on the extreme end of a sandspit running out to the N.W. of Emma Reef, the depth thereon being 5 to 6 fathoms.

Its position is as follows, viz. :—

W. extreme of W. sand-patch, Emma Reef, S. 49° 30′ E., distant ⁹⁄₁₀ mile.

Centre sand-patch, End Reef, N. 13° 30′ E., distant 3⁸⁄₁₀ miles.

N. extreme Wilkie Island, N. 80° 35′ W., distant 5⁷⁄₁₀ miles.

Lat., 13° 47′ 4″ S. ; long., 143° 43′ 4″ E.

Charts affected: Nos. 2764 and 2921; Australia Directory, Vol. ii.

T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster.

Marine Department, Brisbane, 2nd December, 1898.

Notice to Mariners, No. 43 of 1898.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1898.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, South Australia, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

INVESTIGATOR STRAIT, SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—MARION REEF AND TROUBRIDGE LIGHTHOUSE.

Notice is hereby given that about the first week in January, 1899, a black tripod beacon with circular head will be placed on the Marion Reef, two and a half miles south of the Troubridge Lighthouse. The beacon will stand 21 ft. above high water, and be visible for a distance of nine miles.

A red light, visible five miles, will be exhibited from the foot of the lighthouse, showing over a 90° arc of the horizon (including the Marion Reef)—that is to say, between the bearings of N. 45° E. and N. 45° W.

THOS. N. STEPHENS,
President Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide,
26th November, 1898.

Despatch.—Extradition Treaty with Bolivia.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th January, 1899.

THE following despatch and enclosure, received from Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, are published for general information.

T. THOMPSON.

(Circular.) Downing Street, 2nd November, 1898.

SIR,—I have the honour to transmit to you, for publication in the colony under your government, a copy of an Order of