1770
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 76

A majority of the ratepayers, exercising more than one-half of the total number of votes exercisable, having voted for the proposal, I therefore declare it to be carried.
H. DICKIN,
Chairman, Pohangina County Council.
Pohangina, 7th September, 1899.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Kiwitea County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 11th September, 1899.

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

KIWITEA COUNTY COUNCIL.

THE following is the result of poll on the proposals to borrow £600 for construction of the Waipura and Peep-o-Day Roads, in the Otamakapua Riding of the Kiwitea County :—
Number of ratepayers on roll, 23, representing 37 votes: Votes recorded for the proposals, 24; number of ratepayers voting, 13; votes against the proposals, nil.
As a majority of the ratepayers voted in favour of the proposals, and the number so voting are entitled to more than one-half of the votes that can be exercised by the whole number of ratepayers, I hereby declare the proposals to be carried.
A. H. TOMPKINS,
Chairman, Kiwitea County Council.
County Council Office,
Kimbolton, 8th September, 1899.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Waiapu County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 11th September, 1899.

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

WAIAPU COUNTY COUNCIL.

Mangatuna–Te Puia Road Loan.

It is hereby publicly notified that at a poll taken on the 26th day of August, 1899, upon a proposal to borrow £10,000 for the purpose of constructing a dray-road between the southern boundary of the county, near Mangatuna, and the Waihiro Hot Springs, the following was the result :—
Number of ratepayers on roll, 48, exercising 114 votes: Number of ratepayers who voted for the proposal, 25, exercising 58 votes; number of ratepayers who voted against the proposal, 7, exercising 12 votes.
I declare the proposal carried.
A. H. WALLIS,
Chairman, Waiapu County Council.
Waihiro Bay, 2nd September, 1899.

Cadette in Treasury resigned.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 11th September, 1899.

IT is hereby notified that Miss H. L. Hansen has resigned her appointment as a cadette in the Treasury, as on the 31st ultimo.
R. J. SEDDON.

Notice to Mariners, No. 31 of 1899.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 7th September, 1899.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, South Australia, are published for general information.
WM. HALL-JONES.

ST. VINCENT GULF.—APPROACH TO PORT ADELAIDE.

Notice is hereby given of the intention to remove the Port Adelaide Lighthouse from its present position at the entrance to the Port Adelaide River to a site in the vicinity of the Bell Buoy, on the outer end of the Wonga Shoal. The actual position and the precise date of removal will be made known in a future notice.
NOTE.—This affects Admiralty Plans Nos. 1750 and 1752.
THOS. N. STEPHENS,
President Marine Board.
Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 9th August, 1899,

SPENCER GULF.—WESTERN SHOAL.

Notice is hereby given that the black beacon which marked the 18ft. patch on the eastern edge of the Western Shoal has disappeared, and will not be replaced until further notice.
This affects Admiralty Chart No. 403.
THOS. N. STEPHENS,
President Marine Board.
Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 12th August, 1899.

Notice to Mariners, No. 32 of 1899.

WEATHER-FORECAST SIGNALS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 9th September, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following weather-forecast signals will be exhibited on and after the 18th day of October, 1899, from the following lighthouses, viz.:—
North Island.—Cape Maria van Diemen and Tiri Tiri Lighthouses.
South Island.—Cape Campbell, Cape Foulwind, and Farewell Spit Lighthouses.
The weather signals consist of two symbols, a black cone and a black drum. The cone is 3 ft. high and 3 ft. wide at the base, and the drum is 3 ft. high and 3 ft. wide at either end.
These symbols will be used either with or without a red pennant; they will be shown to all vessels passing within signal distance, and between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., unless the wind at the station is too strong. You are to bear in mind that symbols can be always seen further than flags.
Mariners are cautioned that weather-forecast signals for the day are not to be considered as covering a distance greater than a radius of two hundred miles from the place at which they are hoisted, and those made with the red pennant under as covering only a radius of fifty miles from the place at which they are hoisted.
If the symbols are not displayed, mariners desirous of obtaining information as to probable changes of weather are requested to use the International Code signal for that purpose.
The weather-forecast for the day will be forwarded from Wellington as soon as possible after 10 a.m. except on the following days: All Sundays, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, and the Sovereign’s and Prince of Wales’s Birthdays. Such messages ought to reach their destination, at latest, about noon on the day they are issued.
The red pennant hoisted below any weather signal made between the hours of 8 a.m. and noon will always indicate that such signal belongs to the forecast of the previous day. Weather signals without the red pennant will always indicate that the forecast belongs to the day upon which they are hoisted.
The red pennant, when hoisted alone, will indicate that the forecast for the day has not been received from Wellington.
Whenever the wind at any of the signal-stations has changed in such manner that the forecast for the previous day will not apply, no symbol will be displayed until the forecast for the day has been received at the station.

EXPLANATION OF SIGNALS.

Moderate Weather.

This will be indicated by the International Code signal.

Cautionary Signals.

Northerly Gales.

The cone hoisted point upwards will denote that strong winds or gales are probable from the northward—that is, from about north-east, changing by the north towards west.
N.B.—This change of wind is usually followed by strong winds or gales from the southward.

Westerly Gales.

The cone hoisted point downwards will denote that strong winds or gales are probable from the westward—that is, from about west, changing by the south-west towards south.
N.B.—After these gales have moderated the wind generally backs to the north-west or to the north; but should the southerly gale continue for a longer time than usual the wind may be expected to work round as far as south-east.

Easterly Gales.

The cone hoisted point upwards with the drum below will denote that strong winds or gales are probable from the eastward—that is, from about north, changing towards the east and south-east.
N.B.—This change of wind denotes a black north-easter and an approaching cyclone.