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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 64

Day-signals.

The beacons erected on dolphins on the west side of the Buller River mark the fairway for crossing the bar and leading up the river. The front beacon (white) is 30 ft. high, and 660 ft. seaward of the back beacon, which is 50 ft. high. The back beacon has a black band across the centre, and is surmounted by a disc. These beacons, when kept in line, bear S. 25° E. magnetic, and lead up the river until approaching the Lagoon, when a course may be steered for the wharves or coal-staiths. All the beacons now in use will be discarded.

Harbour-lights and Night-signals.

Fairway-lights for entering the harbour: Two red lights shown on the beacons bearing S. 25° E. magnetic. These lights are to be kept in line until the bright light on the east training-wall changes to green, when a course may be shaped for the wharves or coal-staiths. The seaward end of the coal-staiths is marked by a red light 36 ft. above high water, spring tides. The extreme ends of the training-walls are marked by bright lights.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 2616; “New Zealand Pilot,” Chapter ix., page 398.

WM. HALL-JONES.

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, Alfred Jerome Cadman, 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 1st day of August, 1899:—

PART I.—PASSENGERS: LOCAL FARES AND REGULATIONS.

PICton SECTION.

Passengers booked through between Wellington and Blenheim, via Picton, will be charged as follows for conveyance by rail and steamer:—

Single tickets will be available for day of issue only. Return tickets will be available for return for three months from date of issue. First-class fares include saloon steamer passage. Second-class fares include steerage passage by steamer.

As witness my hand, this twenty-seventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister for Railways.

Mokihinui Coal Lease.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 10th July, 1899.

OFFERS in writing will be received up to noon of the 1st day of September next from persons willing to lease and work, under the provisions of the Coal-mines Act and Regulations, the above coal-mine, comprising an area of 957 acres, situated in the County of Buller, on the west coast of the Middle Island, together with the plant and machinery now on the ground.

The following conditions will apply to any lease that may be granted:—

(a.) A royalty of 6d. a ton to be paid on all coal raised during any one year, such royalty to be payable every six months, on the 1st day of January and 1st day of July in each year.

(b.) Fifty per cent. of the amount paid as rent or royalty will be allowed towards the cost of further prospecting for coal within the limits of the lease.

(c.) The plant now on the ground, a schedule of which can be seen at the offices of the Inspectors of Mines at the Thames, Dunedin, and Westport, or at this office, together with such portion of the tramway formation as may be required by the lessee, to be mutually valued, and to be purchased by the lessee for the amount of the valuation; payment may, however, extend over a period of five years, or for such further period as may be agreed upon, without interest. Or the lessee may lease the same on payment half-yearly of interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the capital value, as agreed upon.

(d.) The lessee to maintain the plant in proper working-order, and not to be allowed to sell or dispose of any portion of the same.

Applicants will be required to state—

(1.) The term for which the lease will be taken.

(2.) The quantity of coal they are prepared to produce from the mine every six months from the 1st day of January and 1st day of July in each year.

(3.) The annual dead-rent per acre they are willing to pay on the 1st day of January and 1st day of July in each year; the amount of rent to be deducted from the royalty of 6d. a ton hereinbefore referred to.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

Officiating Ministers for 1899.—Notice No. 25.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 25th July, 1899.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand passed in the forty-fourth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend Arthur Lloyd Hansell, M.A.

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

The Reverend William Thomas Platt.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Altering the Name of the Borough of Newton.

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by sections two and three of “The Designation of Districts Act, 1894” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is provided that the Governor in Council may, at the request or with the consent of the Council of any county, city, or borough, alter the geographical name or designation of any place or locality in the colony:

And whereas the Newton Borough Council has requested that the present name of “Newton” be altered as hereinafter mentioned, and it appears expedient to comply with such request:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby proclaim and declare that the Borough of Newton aforesaid shall, on and after the sixteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, be called and known by the name of “Grey Lynn,” and the name of the said Borough of Newton is hereby altered accordingly.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

W. C. WALKER.

Approved in Council.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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,