JUNE 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1087

Notice to Mariners No. 26 of 1900.

MOORING-BUOY IN MILFORD SOUND.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 29th May, 1900.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 5 of 1900, issued by this department on the 31st January last, notice is hereby given that the mooring-buoy in Milford Sound has been lifted and the moorings examined. The wire bridle had parted, but the main cable moorings were found to be intact; and, although the Government steamer “Hinemoa,” when made fast to the buoy-moorings, steamed full speed astern for twenty minutes, she was unable to drag the moorings into deeper water.

A 24 cwt. anchor, attached to 120 fathoms of 4½ in. new galvanised-iron-wire rope, which was shackled on to the moorings under the buoy, was laid out in the direction of the harbour entrance to the north-westward. The buoy now lies in 44 fathoms of water, and is 700 ft. from the bank of 5 fathoms, low water, at the head of the sound, and S.S.E. from the buoy; the Bowen Falls being clearly open in the creek between the trees and Harrison Cove Creek, just open of Cascade Peak Point. Masters of vessels are cautioned that the wire mooring-bridle is not heavy enough to hold a large vessel like the “Waikare” during a hard inshore gale.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Notice to Mariners No. 27 of 1900.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 1st June, 1900.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 31 of 1899, issued by this department on the 7th September last, the following notice, received from the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, South Australia, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—ST. VINCENT GULF.—APPROACH TO PORT ADELAIDE.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 7 of 1899, masters of vessels and others are hereby informed that the erection of the new lighthouse on Wonga Shoal, Port Adelaide, will be commenced at an early date, and that during the continuance of the work a temporary riding light will be exhibited between sunset and sunrise from the works in progress on that shoal. It is expected that the new lighthouse will be completed about January, 1901.

For a period of about one month before the new light is exhibited from Wonga Shoal the existing Port Adelaide illuminating apparatus will be removed from its present position at the entrance to the river. During its transfer to the Wonga Shoal Tower a light of the third order, revolving every thirty seconds (as at present), visible for about fifteen miles, will be exhibited from a temporary tower erected on the position now occupied by the Port Adelaide Lighthouse.

Further notices as to the precise dates of exhibition of the riding light at Wonga Shoal, the removal of the existing Port Adelaide light, the exhibition of the temporary light in lieu thereof, and the first exhibition of the permanent light on Wonga Shoal will be given in due course.

NOTE.—This affects Admiralty Plans Nos. 1750 and 1752.

Thos. N. STEPHENS,
President, Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 9th May, 1900.

Notice to Mariners No. 28 of 1900.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 5th June, 1900.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 18 of 1900, issued by this department on the 17th April last, the following notice, received from the Presidency Port Officer, Madras, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

INDIA, WEST COAST.—MANGALORE LIGHT.

WITH reference to this office Notice to Mariners No. 9 of 1900, it is notified that the arc of illumination from seaward of the fixed white light to be exhibited on and after 1st May, 1900, from a (cement) grey tower on the Marine Yard at Mangalore is from N. 12° E. through E. to S. 27° E. (magnetic), and that the height of the tower from base to vane is 48 ft.

Thos. G. R. FINNY,
Commander, R.I.M.,
Presidency Port Officer.

Presidency Port Office, Madras, 16th April, 1900.

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Notice of Intention to incorporate the Pahiatua Cottage Hospital as a Separate Institution.

Charitable Department,
Wellington, 6th June, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council directs it to be notified, in terms of section 43 of “The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885,” that he has received a petition from not less than fifty subscribers to the Pahiatua Cottage Hospital, praying that the said hospital may be incorporated as a separate institution; and that if no counter-petition signed by an equal or greater number of subscribers shall have been delivered at the office of the Colonial Secretary within one month after the publication of this notice, or if the District Board shall not have lodged with the Colonial Secretary within the same time an objection to such petition, the Governor in Council will declare the said hospital to be a separate institution under the said Act.

W. C. WALKER.

Issue of New Zealand War Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the issue of a New Zealand War Medal to Mr. JAMES BLACK, late Constable, No. 2 Division, Armed Constabulary Force, whose claim has been investigated and admitted.

W. C. WALKER,
For Defence Minister.

Bonus on Mineral Oil produced from Shale obtained in New Zealand.—Extension of Time.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1900.

THE time for notifying intention to claim the under-mentioned bonus, and for making such claim, has been extended as follows:—

Notice of intention to claim the bonus must be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not later than the 31st December, 1900.

The claim must be made before the 30th June, 1901.

J. G. WARD,
Colonial Secretary.

Bonus on Mineral Oil produced from Shale obtained in New Zealand.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 29th October, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus will be paid for the production of mineral oil under the following conditions:—

1. A bonus of 1s. per gallon (£5,000) will be paid on the first 100,000 gallons of mineral oil produced from shale obtained in the Colony of New Zealand, the oil to be of a quality approved of by Government, and to be sold at a price not exceeding 1s. a gallon at any port of shipment in the colony.

2. Notice of intention to claim the aforesaid bonus must be given in writing to the Colonial Secretary not later than the 31st December, 1899.

3. The claim must be made before the 30th June, 1900.

4. The first claimant who proves to the satisfaction of the Government that he has fulfilled all the conditions to be the recipient of the bonus.

5. The other conditions—as to quantity, priority, quality, and value—to be fulfilled to the satisfaction of an officer appointed for the purpose by the Government.

J. CARROLL.

Bonus for the Production of Mineral Manure.—Notice No. 580.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 12th December, 1899.

THE following sum is hereby offered as a bonus for the discovery and working within the colony of a deposit or deposits of marketable mineral manure, viz.:—

£500 IF FOUND ON CROWN LANDS;
£250 IF FOUND ON FREEHOLD LANDS.

The following are the conditions under which the bonus is offered and will be paid:—

1. That the raw material is easily accessible, and within reasonable distance of a railway or seaport.

2. That the committee appointed by the Minister for Agriculture to examine the deposit is satisfied that there is sufficient to meet all ordinary demands for five years.