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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 38

Notice to Local Authorities under "The Government Loans
to Local Bodies Act, 1886."

The Treasury,
Wellington, 11th April, 1901.

PURSUANT to section 16 of "The Government Loans
to Local Bodies Act, 1886," the Colonial Treasurer
hereby gives notice that on Saturday, the 1st June, 1901, he
will be prepared to consider applications from local authorities
for loans under the Act.

Applications should be addressed to the Colonial Treasurer, and must be posted so as to arrive at the Treasury on
or before the 31st May, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

Notice to Mariners No. 21 of 1901.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 11th April, 1901.

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

WM. HALL-JONES.

INNER ROUTE TO TORRES STRAIT.—EXHIBITION OF NEW LIGHT
ON PIPON ISLAND.

THE new light referred to in Notices No. 4 of 1901 and
No. 12 of 1900 was exhibited on the South Pipon Island on
the 14th instant, and the lightship at Channel Rock has been removed.

Chart affected, No. 2922 ; and Australia Directory,
Vol. ii.

T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster.
Marine Department, Brisbane, 16th March, 1901.

Notice to Mariners No. 22 of 1901.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 12th April, 1901.

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

WM. HALL-JONES.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—SPENCER GULF.

Middle Bank Lightship.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lightship on Middle Bank
will be removed for a short time during repairs.

During her absence the light will be exhibited by night
and the ball by day from a ketch painted red and moored in
the same position as that now occupied by the lightship.

THOS. N. STEPHENS,
President, Marine Board.
Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide,
12th March, 1901.

SOUTH-WEST COAST OF AUSTRALIA.—APPROACHES TO STREAKY,
SMOKY, DENIAL, AND MURAT BAYS.

Streaky Bay.

A RED pile beacon with circular head has been placed on the
eastern extremity of South Sand, with the house near
Perlubie Point bearing east. The beacon is in six (6)
feet of water, with three (3) fathoms one hundred and fifty
(150) feet to the eastward.

Dashwood Channel has been marked on the north side by
two black buoys : the outer one is surmounted by a framework and diamond top, the inner one by a staff and diamond.
The south side is marked by two red buoys, surmounted
with staff and ball.

The positions are as follows: The outer black buoy is in
four (4) fathoms water, with Brown Point bearing N. 80° W.,
Cape Bauer S. 24° W., and the outer red buoy and Olive
Island in line bearing S. 45° W. The inner black buoy is in
three (3) fathoms water, with Cape Bauer bearing S. 34° W.,
and the red beacon on South Sand bearing S. 60° E.

The outer red buoy is in four (4) fathoms water, with
Cape Bauer bearing S. 20° W., and De Mole Point N. 50° W.
The inner red buoy is in three (3) fathoms water, with Cape
Bauer bearing S. 38° W., and De Mole Point N. 60° W.

The channel has a clear depth of three (3) fathoms right
through.

Smoky Bay.

Waterwitch Channel has been marked on the north side
by two black buoys, surmounted with staff and diamond;
on the south side by two red buoys, surmounted with staff
and ball.

The positions are as follows : Outer black buoy in three
and a half (3½) fathoms water, with the west point of Eyre
Spit bearing S. 10° W., and Saddle Peak N. 87° E. Inner
black buoy in three (3) fathoms water, with Saddle Peak
bearing S. 88° E., Cape D'Estree N. 18° W., and the inner
red buoy in line with the west point of Eyre Island bearing
S. 10° E.

Outer red buoy in three and a half (3½) fathoms water,
with Saddle Peak bearing N. 80° E., Mount Younghusband
N. 56° W., and Cape D'Estree N. 20° E. Inner red buoy
in three (3) fathoms water, with Saddle Peak bearing
N. 84° E., Cape D'Estree (west side) N. 17° W., and the
west end of Eyre Island S. 8° E. This channel has a clear passage of four (4) fathoms by keeping a fair distance
off the red buoys, but a three (3) fathom tongue runs half
way across the channel from the inner black buoy.

Denial Bay.

Yatala Channel, south side, has been marked by red buoy,
staff, and ball, in three (3) fathoms water, with Bird Rock
bearing E.N.E.; also on north side, eastern end, by a black
buoy, staff, and diamond, in two and a half (2½) fathoms
water, Cape Beaufort bearing E. by N.; west side of Cape
Thevenard N. ⅓ E., and Cape Vivonne E.S.E.

This channel has a clear passage of two and a half (2½)
fathoms water right through.

Murat Bay.

The north end of the spit at the entrance to Murat Bay
has been marked by a black beacon with diamond top; it is
in six (6) feet of water.

All bearings are magnetic, and the depths given at
O.L.W.S. This affects Admiralty Chart No. 1061.

THOS. N. STEPHENS,
President, Marine Board.
Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide,
12th March, 1901.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 16th February, 1901.

IN pursuance of regulations under "The Civil Service
Reform Act, 1886," notice is hereby given that for the
Senior Examination of January, 1902, the period of literature will be the reign of Elizabeth, and the special books
George Eliot's "Romola" and Shakespeare's "King Lear."

W. C. WALKER.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 6th March, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that, for the Civil Service
Senior Examination of January, 1902, candidates may
read "The Tempest" as an alternative to "King Lear,"
one of the special books already prescribed for the examination. The examination papers will contain alternative
questions on these two plays, in addition to questions on
the other work set.

W. C. WALKER.

Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver.

Mines Office,
Wellington, 7th June, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of fourpence (4d.)
per pound will be paid on the production of the first
one hundred thousand pounds weight (100,000 lb.) of good
marketable retorted quicksilver, free from all impurities,
from any mine in New Zealand, on the following conditions,
that is to say:—

1. That at least one-third of the quantity is produced on
   or before the 31st March, 1903, and the remaining two-thirds
   on or before the 31st March, 1904.

2. No bonus will be payable until the whole of the one
   hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.) of quicksilver has
   been produced as stipulated to the satisfaction of an officer
   to be appointed by the Minister of Mines, and on whose
   certificate alone the bonus will be paid.

3. In the event of more than one person producing the
   required quantities of quicksilver before the dates named,
   inquiry will be made by the officer above referred to, when, if
   it is found that each applicant is equally entitled to a bonus,
   the amount will be divided in proportion to the quantities
   produced by each applicant, but in no case shall any bonus be
   paid until at least one hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.)
   of quicksilver has been produced in the aggregate.

JAMES Mcgowan,
Minister of Mines.