Mar. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 781

Member of Westport Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has, in pursuance of the provisions of section 40 of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” section 3 of “The Westport Harbour Board Act, 1884,” and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, appointed

FREDERICK CALLESEN FEDDERSEN

to be a member of the Westport Harbour Board, in the place of George Griffiths, resigned.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 27th March, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

RICHARD RHODES, Esq.,

of Mangaweka, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Justice.

Native Interpreter licensed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 27th March, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorise

JOHN CHASE,

of Raetihi, to act as an Interpreter of the Second Grade under the provisions of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” and “The Native Interpreters Classification Act, 1900.”

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

Appointment of Trustee of Auckland Institute and Museum approved.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, in pursuance of section 4 of “The Auckland Museum Endowment Act, 1882,” of the appointment by the Council of the Auckland Institute and Museum of

FREDERIC DOUGLAS BROWN

as a Trustee, in the place of Edmund A. Mackechnie, deceased.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of the Laying-off of Road through Mangakahia Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Blocks, in Mangakahia Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under the authority of section 92 of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” that the road described in the Schedule hereto was, on the 20th May, 1900, duly taken and laid off through the land specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said colony, by warrant dated the 24th April, 1900.

SCHEDULE.

THE parcels of land mentioned hereunder:—

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

Dated this 23rd day of March, 1901.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Resignation and Appointment of Members of the Auckland Military Examination Board.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the resignation of Lieut.-Colonel Charlton Dawson and Captain John Grant from the Local Examination Board, Auckland District, and the appointment of the following officers to be members of the Board:—

Captain James Reid, Acting-Adjutant, Auckland District;

Captain William Douthwaite Holgate, Auckland Mounted Rifle Volunteers;

Captain Samuel Charles Schofield, New Zealand Militia.

R. J. SEDDON.

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th March, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under clause 39, (1), “The Defence Act, 1886,” the services of the under-mentioned Volunteer corps:—

Egmont Mounted Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Okato;

Waitara Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Waitara;

Gisborne Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Gisborne;

Tapanui Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Tapanui;

Orepuki Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Orepuki;

Bluff Guards Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Bluff;

Kelso Mounted Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Kelso;

Owaka Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Owaka.

The acceptance of all the above corps to date from the 10th September, 1900.

R. J. SEDDON.

Additional Regulation for Examination of Masters and Mates.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1901.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in me by the 24th and 25th sections of “The Shipping and Seamen’s Act, 1877,” I do hereby make the following additional regulation for the conduct of examinations of masters and mates, and as to the qualifications of candidates; and I do order that this regulation shall be read with and form part of the regulations for the examination of masters and mates which were made on the 2nd day of April, 1898, and published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 24, of the 7th day of the same month.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister having charge of the Marine Department.

REGULATION.

On and after the 1st July, 1901, the revised edition of the International Code of Signals will be used in the examination of candidates for certificates of competency as masters and mates, in the same manner as the previous edition has hitherto been used.

Notice to Mariners No. 16 of 1901.

LOCATION OF POSITIONS re CASUALTIES, GROUNDINGS, ETC.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 25th March, 1901.

PILOTS, exempt masters, and mariners generally are hereby informed that, the usual method of observing and describing positions in connection with casualties, groundings, or other occurrences—namely, by compass bearings to fixed objects—being unreliable and often useless for accurately defining such positions, it is requested by the Marine Department that whenever possible all-round horizontal angular measurements to prominent fixed objects be also made from any such position, and that such angular measurements as well as the compass bearings be given in reports of occurrences. As a check that these horizontal angles have been correctly taken, it should be borne in mind that the sum of the angles ought to equal 360°.

WM. HALL-JONES,