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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 58

In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the present treaty in duplicate in English and Italian, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.
Done at Florence, the 16th day of October, 1899.
(L.S.) CURRIE.
(L.S.) P. O. VIGLIANI.

And whereas the ratifications of the said treaty were exchanged at Rome on the fifth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, and in virtue of the authority committed to her by the said recited Acts, doth order, and it is hereby ordered, that from and after the nineteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred, the said Acts shall apply in the case of San Marino, and of the said treaty with the Captains Regent of the Republic of San Marino:
Provided always that the operation of the said Acts shall be and remain suspended within the Dominion of Canada so long as an Act of the Parliament of Canada, passed in one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, and entitled “An Act respecting the Extradition of Fugitive Criminals,” shall continue in force there, and no longer.
A. W. FITZROY.
[Extract from the London Gazette of Tuesday, 17th April, 1900.]

Altering Date of Meeting of the Nelson Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 29th June, 1900.

IT is hereby notified for public information that His Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of subsection (1) of section 48 of “The Land Act, 1892,” approved of the meetings of the Nelson Land Board being held on the second Thursday in each month, at 10 o’clock a.m., instead of the first Thursday as at present.
WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

Notifying Reserves in the Township of Potaka.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 29th June, 1900.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the undermentioned lands, having been shown upon the deposited plan of the Native Township of Potaka as reserves for the purposes specified at the end of each of the descriptions in the Schedule hereto, are vested in Her Majesty in pursuance of subsection (2) of section 12 of “The Native Townships Act, 1895,” and will be dealt with as reserves under “The Public Reserves Act, 1881.”

SCHEDULE.
TOWNSHIP OF POTAKA.

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 5 acres and 11 perches, more or less, being Sections Nos. 4 and 5, Block I., Potaka Township. Bounded towards the north by 4c No. 9, Awarua; towards the east by Section No. 6; towards the south by Rupe Street; and towards the west by Section No. 3: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington. For a public recreation-ground.

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 acres and 5 perches, more or less, being Sections Nos. 6 and 15, Block I., Potaka Township. Bounded towards the north by 4c No. 9, Awarua, and Section No. 14; towards the east by Sections Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, and the main road; towards the south by Rupe Street; and towards the west by Section No. 5: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington. For a public-school site.

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood 31 perches, more or less, being Section No. 7, Block I., Potaka Township. Bounded towards the north by 4c No. 9, Awarua; towards the east by the main road; towards the south by Section No. 8; and towards the west by Section No. 6: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington. For a public-pound site.

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood, more or less, being Section No. 14, Block I., Potaka Township. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 13; towards the east by the main road; towards the south by Section No. 15; and towards the west by Section No. 6: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington. For a public-hall site.

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre, more or less, being Sections Nos. 6 and 7, Block II., Potaka Township. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 5; towards the east by Section No. 8; towards the south by Rupe Street; and towards the west by the main road: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington. For a site for public buildings of the General Government.

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood, more or less, being Section No. 1, Block IV., Potaka Township. Bounded towards the north by Rupe Street; towards the east by Section No. 10; towards the south by Section No. 2; and towards the west by the main road: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington. For a post-office site.

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 acres 1 rood 39 perches, more or less, being Section No. 5, Block VII., Potaka Township. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 4; towards the east by the North Island Main Trunk Railway; towards the south by 4c No. 9, Awarua; and towards the west by the main road: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington. For a public cemetery.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

Notice to Mariners No. 34 of 1900.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 27th June, 1900.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Portmaster, Brisbane, Queensland, are published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

MORETON BAY, NORTH CHANNEL.—ALTERATION IN SECTOR OF YELLOW PATCH LIGHT, AND NEW POSITION OF NO. 5 BUOY.

Notice is hereby given that the southern edge of the White Sector which shows towards the North Channel from the Yellow Patch Light has been extended three degrees further south, and the bearing of its southern edge is now S. 83° E.

Also, that No. 5 Black Buoy has been moved two cables to the S.W. by W., and now marks a patch carrying 17 ft. 6 in. over it at low water, spring tide.

Charts affected: Nos. 1670a and 1029; Australia Directory, Vol. ii.

T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster.

Marine Department,
Brisbane, 4th June, 1900.

PORT HINCHINBROOK.—CHANGE IN COLOUR OF BEACONS, DUNGENESS.

Notice is hereby given that on and after the 1st July, 1900, the three beacons marking the bank off Old Dungeness, and to the westward of Lucinda Point, will be painted red, instead of black as hitherto.

Charts affected: Nos. 1254 and 2349; and Australia Directory, Vol. ii.

T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster.

Marine Department,
Brisbane, 2nd June, 1900.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 28th June, 1900.

THE following lists of successful and unsuccessful tenders are published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

EKETAHUNA POST-OFFICE.

Accepted.
C. E. Daniell, Masterton .. .. .. 1,433 0 0

Declined.
Coradine and Co., Masterton .. .. 2,115 0 0

QUARANTINE BUILDINGS, BLUFF.

Accepted.
J. C. Howie, Invercargill .. .. .. 1,370 0 0

Declined.
W. Birss, Invercargill .. .. .. 1,527 0 0
Hewitt and Rough, Invercargill .. .. 1,600 0 0
A. Bain, Invercargill .. .. .. 1,899 10 0

WAVERLEY POLICE-STATION (ADDITIONS).

Accepted.
John Ryan, Manaia .. .. .. 365 0 0

Declined.
W. McFarlane and Sons, Waverley.. .. 429 0 0