Mar. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 651

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Waitotara County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 24th March, 1900.

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

J. CARROLL,
For Colonial Secretary.

WAITOTARA COUNTY COUNCIL.—RESULT OF POLL.

Result of the poll taken on Tuesday, 20th March, 1900, throughout the Waitotara County, on the proposal to raise a loan of £1,000 for protective works to the Riverbank Road at Aramoho, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886”:

Total number of votes given in favour of the proposal, 71; against the proposal, nil: majority in favour of the proposal, 71.

A majority of the votes recorded having been given in favour of the proposal, I therefore declare the proposal to raise a loan of £1,000 for protective works to the Riverbank Road at Aramoho carried.

WILLIAM RITCHIE,
Chairman, Waitotara County Council.

21st March, 1900.

Acquirement of Land on the Caroline, Pelew (Palao), and Marian Islands prohibited.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 24th March, 1900.

AT the request of the Imperial German Consular Officer in Wellington, it is hereby notified for general information that a Proclamation has been issued by the Chancellor of the German Empire prohibiting the acquirement of land on the Caroline, Pelew (Palao), and Marian Islands from the Natives, and revoking any regulations to the contrary.

J. CARROLL,
For Colonial Secretary.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Blocks IX. and X., Omapere Survey District, for Road Purposes.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” to execute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of a road in Omapere Survey District, and for the purposes of such public work the lands described in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken; and notice is further given that the plan of the said road and of the lands so required to be taken is deposited in the Post-office at Okaihau, and is there open for inspection. And notice is hereby given that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said lands shall, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such lands, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister for Public Works, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

The parcels of land mentioned hereunder:—

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

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of March, one thousand nine hundred.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Notice to Mariners No. 16 of 1900.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 20th March, 1900.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Board of Trade, London, are published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

SPECIAL SIGNALS AT LLOYD’S SIGNAL-STATIONS.

The following sigs. have been adopted for all Lloyd’s sig.-stations, and are substituted for any prev. used for the same purpose: (a.) Two balls, hor., indic. that the station is temp. closed, and that no communication can be held. This sig. will be kept up until the sig.-station is again in working-order. (b.) Three balls, in the form of a triangle, indic. that communication is interrupted, and that messages cannot be forwarded by tel., but will be forwarded by other means as soon as possible. This sig. will be kept up until tel. communication is again restored.

Answering Night Signals.

The following sigs. are adopted at Lloyd’s sig.-stations in the United Kingdom, where a night watch is kept, as general answering night sigs., and are substituted for any prev. used for the same purpose. The apparatus used for the sigs. is a fl. lamp. (a.) A series of continuous short fls.—To call the attention of a passing vessel. (b.) A series of long-short fls., repeated as often as may be necessary.—To intimate that a vessel’s sigs. have been seen and recognised. (c.) If the sig. shown by a vessel has not been understood, the lamp will be kept dark until the vessel repeats the sig. A red flare, of 30 secs. dura., is exh. immediately after the sigs. The following are the stations where these sigs. are used: Dover, Prawle Pt., Lizard, Old’Head of Kinsale, Brow Head, and Tory Isl. for steamers for which a special night watch is kept. March.*

To denote tel. interruption at night-time, the sig.-stations at Old Head of Kinsale and Brow Head will exh. 3 green lts. in the form of a triangle, apex up; and to call attention to this sig. a Roman candle will be burnt, if the vessel can be recognised.

AFRICA.

MOZAMBIQUE HARB.—The red buoy marking Sebastian Spit in approx. 15° 1′ S., 40° 45′ E., is the only one now maintained at the harb., the remaining buoys, marking Leven Bank, Harp Shell Spit, and the shoals extending from St. George’s and St. Iago Isls., having been withdrawn. Cabeceira Grande House, in line with the Harp Shell Spit beacon (N. by W.), leads within 100 yds. of St. Sebastian Spit buoy. Jan.

On the 18th Dec., 1899, the lts. in the harb. (15° 1′ S., 40° 45′ E.) had been destroyed by a cyclone. A note to this effect has been placed on the charts. Feb.*

INDIAN OCEAN.

Ceylon.

COLOMBO HARB.—Pilot Sigs.—The following sigs. are made from the Pilot Station tower (6° 56′ N., 79° 50′ E.) in answer to vessels’ sigs. for a pilot at night-time, in place of the prev. sigs.: (a.) An elec. lt., showing red and white fls. alt. in quick succ. for a period of one min., indic.—Pilot will proceed to vessel making sig. immediately. (b.) A F. red lt. for the same period indic.—Pilot engaged; will proceed to vessel making sig. when disengaged. (c.) A fl. white lt. for a period of about 2 mins. indic.—Bad weather prevents pilot from coming out. Feb.

The srn. end of the N.W. breakwater, in course of constr., now extends about 400 yds. S.W. of the green lt. on its N.E. head. On the 15th July, 1899, a boat exh. a F. red lt. was to be moored in approx. 6° 57¾′ N., 79° 51′ E. off this submerged end to mark it. Vessels must pass between the above lt.-boat and the F. red lt. on the N. end of the S.W. breakwater. Aug.

On the 1st Jan., 1900, the lt. carried by the boat marking the submerged end of the srn. end of the N.W. breakwater, in course of constr., is to be altered from F. red to occ. red every 15 secs.: lt., 10 secs.; ecl., 5 secs. Dec.

PT. DE GALLE HARB.—The cocoa-nut tree on Pigeon Isl. (6° 1¼′ N., 80° 12½′ E.) has disappeared, it having been blown down some years ago, and has been erased from the charts. June.

PACIFIC OCEAN.

Mariana Islands.

GUAM ISL.—PORT SAN LUIS D’APRA.—A shoal with a depth of 4 fms. lies in approx. 13° 26′ N., 144° 37¾′ E., in the srn. part of the approach to the anchorage in the port, with Santa Cruz Fort S. 79° E., 15½ cables, and W. extr. of Cabras Isl. N. 51° E. Also, a black can buoy is moored in 18 fms. wrd. of Calalan Bank, with Spanish Rk. N. 68° E., 1½ cables, and Santiago Fort S. 34° E. Vessels should pass close to the srd. of this buoy. Feb.

Ice.

On the 9th Nov., 1899, the “Torridon” is reported to have seen several large bergs in 54° 30′ S., 81° W. Feb.