July 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1367

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Stratford County Council.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 26th July, 1899.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Stratford County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

J. CARROLL.

STRATFORD COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESULT of a poll taken on the 29th day of June, 1899, upon the proposal to borrow £700, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and its amendments, for forming, grading, and metalling the Warwick Road East from the Swansea Road to a point on the road boundary of Section 119 of Block II., Ngaiere Survey District, distant 15 chains from the eastern boundary of that section:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 8; number of votes exercisable, 9: Number of ratepayers voting in favour of the proposal, 7; number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 8; number of ratepayers voting against the proposal, nil.

I declare the above proposal to be carried.

JOSEPH MACKAY,
Chairman.

5th July, 1899.

Revocation of Appointment of Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the authority in me for this purpose vested, I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do by this order under my hand revoke and annul the appointment of the under-mentioned warehouse for the reception and security of goods entered to be warehoused without payment of duty upon the first entry thereof, namely,—

Port of Auckland.

The warehouse known as

SHIPLEY’S BOND,

as appointed and described in Commissioner’s Order No. 607, of the 18th day of March, 1899.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

R. J. SEDDON,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Commissioner’s Order No. 618.]

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 20th July, 1899.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1901, the period of literature will be from 1800 to 1850, and the special books will be Carlyle’s “Sartor Resartus” and Milton’s “Samson Agonistes.”

W. C. WALKER,
Minister of Education.

Native School Site at Te Touwai.

Education Department,
Wellington, 20th July, 1899.

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 Te Touwai, near Whangaroa, 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 land known as Te Touwai, at Whangaroa, in the Bay of Islands District, proposed to be appropriated by them as a school-site for that district, I beg respectfully to report—

That I caused notices in Maori to be sent to all the principal chiefs at Whangaroa that I would hold an inquiry at the Courthouse, Whangaroa, on Tuesday, the 27th June, 1899.

On Wednesday, the 28th, the meeting having been postponed from the previous day, the 27th June, I held the inquiry at the Courthouse, Whangaroa, at which representatives from the several hapus claiming Te Touwai Block were present.

The plan of the land proposed to be given for a school-site, containing 3 acres 3 roods 21 perches, was produced, and the provisions of the Act were explained by me.

The Natives present, including Hemi Tupe (the present chief of all Ngapuhi), Mita Hape, Mauahara te Pona, and a number of others, unanimously agreed that such portion of the land was the property of Te Whanau-a-Pani, Ngatikauwau, Ngatikahuiti, and Te Uri Putete, hapus of the Ngapuhi Tribe, of which Hemi Tupe and the others were members, and thereupon declared their consent to the appropriation of such land as a school-site for Te Touwai Native School, in and for the district above mentioned, in accordance with the above-recited Act.

Given under my hand, at Russell, this 29th day of June, 1899.

JAMES S. CLENDON,
Stipendiary Magistrate.

Description of Land referred to.

All that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 acres 3 roods 21 perches, more or less, situated in Block VIII., Whangaroa Survey District, bounded as follows: Commencing at a point bearing south 35° 43′ east, distant 2409·2 links, from Trig. Station D1; thence towards the north-east by a right line bearing south 13° 28′ east, 700·5 links; thence towards the south-east by a right line bearing south 41° 32′ west, 487·2 links; thence towards the south-west by a right line bearing north 44° 19′ west, 636·5 links; thence towards the north-west by a right line bearing north 41° 32′ east, 737·4 links, to the commencing-point.

Notice to Mariners, No. 21 of 1899.

ALTERATION OF POSITION OF BAR-BUOY, NELSON HARBOUR, NEW ZEALAND.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 20th July, 1899.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 33 of 1898, published by this department on the 13th October, 1898, it is hereby notified that, owing to additional shoaling at the entrance to Nelson Harbour, the bar-buoy has been further removed half a cable to the eastward, where there is a depth of 5 ft. at low water, ordinary spring tides. With the bell-buoy and Sands Beacon in line, nothing open to the westward, the depth of water indicated by signal from the flagstaff will be found, and will lead nearly a third of a cable east of the bar-buoy.

The following bearings will locate the buoy in its new position:—

Arrow Rock, S.E. ¼ S. magnetic;
Magazine, N.E. ½ E. magnetic.

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. 22 of 1899.

GREAT BARRIER ISLAND, PORT ABERCROMBIE. — ROCK IN CHANNEL BETWEEN PETER ISLAND AND NEXT ISLAND TO WESTWARD.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 24th July, 1899.

THE Senior Naval Officer in New Zealand has notified that H.M.S. “Ringdove” reports the existence of a rock with 8 ft. of water on it at low water, ordinary spring tides, in the middle of the channel between Peter Island and the next island to the westward of Peter Island, Port Abercrombie, Great Barrier Island, in the following position:—

Separation Point, 28° 22′ N.E. extreme Sugarloaf Islands, N.E. extreme of Sugarloaf Island, 40° 16′ N.E. extreme of island west of Peter Island.

Charts, &c., affected: Nos. 2559 and 2443; “New Zealand Pilot,” page 120.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Notice to Mariners, No. 23 of 1899.

WESTPORT HARBOUR-LIGHTS AND DAY- AND NIGHT-SIGNALS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 26th July, 1899.

THE Westport Harbour Board have notified that on and after the 20th August, 1899, the following harbour-lights and day- and night-signals will be shown for the purposes mentioned, in place of the lights and signals now exhibited:—