Feb. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 423

PORT OF PORTLAND.—NEW PIER.

Referring to Notice to Mariners dated the 21st October, 1901, mariners and others are hereby notified that the new pier at Portland will be available for the accommodation of vessels on or after the 1st February, 1902, and it is also hereby notified that it is considered unsafe for any person, unacquainted with all conditions of the port, to take oversea deep-draught vessels alongside the new pier unless under the supervision of the pilot thereat.

Vessels intending to make use of the pier must be supplied with all necessary moorings, warps, and springs.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 16th January, 1902.

Notice as to Day for closing under “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894.”

WHEREAS the local authorities respectively mentioned in the first column of the Schedule hereto have duly notified to me that the days upon which the shops in their respective districts shall be closed, pursuant to the provisions of “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894,” are the days set opposite their respective names in the second column of the said Schedule:

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by the said Act, I, William Hall-Jones, acting for and on behalf of the Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint that the said respective days shall be the days upon which all shops in the said respective districts shall be closed.

SCHEDULE.

Clinton .. .. .. Wednesday.
Masterton .. .. .. Thursday.
Inglewood .. .. .. "

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Labour.

Notice revoking Hour for Closing of Shops under “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act Amendment Act, 1896.”

Department of Labour,
Wellington, 18th February, 1902.

IN exercise of the power in this behalf conferred upon me by “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act Amendment Act, 1896,” and in accordance with a requisition signed by a three-fifths majority of the shopkeepers in the Borough of Dannevirke, I, William Hall-Jones, acting for and on behalf of the Right Hon. the Minister of Labour, hereby intimate that the Gazette notice of the 12th December, 1901, relating to the closing of shops in the Borough of Dannevirke at 10 of the clock on the evening of Saturday in each week, is hereby revoked.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Labour.

Special Orders made by the Waimate Road Board, County of Hawera.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th February, 1902.

THE following special orders, made by the Waimate Road Board, are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Secretary.

WAIMATE ROAD BOARD.

SPECIAL ORDERS re 10-per-cent. Additional Loans to the Rama Road £1,000 Loan and the Taikatu Road £600 Loan.

THAT, to secure repayment of a loan of £100 (together with interest thereon as set forth in subsection (3) of section 2 of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1899,”—i.e., at the rate of £3½ per centum per annum), being an additional advance of 10 per cent. on the Rama Road loan of £1,000 raised under “The Government Loans to Bodies Act, 1886,” and amendments thereof, for the purpose of forming and metalling the unmetalled portions of the Rama Road within the Southern Subdivision, a special annual-recurring rate of ¹⁄₁₆d. in the pound be made and levied for a period of forty-one years over the Rama Road Special Rating Area, comprising the following sections: 1 to 4 and 15 to 33 (all inclusive) of Block II., Waimate Survey District: such rate to be payable, if required, in one instalment on the 1st day of January in each year of the aforesaid period.

That, to secure repayment of a loan of £60 (together with interest thereon as set forth in subsection (1) of section 2 of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1899,”—i.e., at the rate of £4½ per centum per annum), being an additional advance of 10 per cent. on the Taikatu Road loan of £600 raised under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and amendments thereof, for the purpose of forming and metalling the unmetalled portions of the Taikatu Road, Southern Subdivision, from the block-line dividing the Kaupokonui and Waimate Survey Districts to a point 130 chains south, a special annual-recurring rate of ⅛d. in the pound be made and levied for a period of twenty-six years over the Taikatu Road Special Rating Area, comprising the following—the eastern portion of Sections 38 and 39 (156 acres 1 rood 5·5 perches), the eastern portions of Sections 40 and 41 (147 acres 1 rood 12 perches), the eastern portion of Section 42 (65 acres 1 rood 20·5 perches), the eastern portion of Subsection 5 of Section 43 (76 acres 2 roods), Sections 48, 49, 50, 52, and the north-western portion of Section 54 (5 acres), all in Block I., Waimate Survey District: such rate to be payable, if required, in one instalment on the 1st day of January in each year of the aforesaid period.

SPECIAL ORDER re 6-per-cent. Additional Loan to the Central Subdivision £8,300 Loan.

That, to secure repayment of a loan of £498 and interest thereon, being an additional advance of 6 per cent. on the Central Subdivision loan of £8,300 raised under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and amendments thereof, for the purpose of constructing the following works within the Central Subdivision of the Waimate Road District—viz., forming and metalling the undermentioned roads at the cost specified opposite each: Auroa Road, £900; Skeet Road, £3,680; Manaia Road, £950; Rowan Road, £725; Glenn Road, £280; Mangawhero Road, £625; Rama Road, £260; Taikatu Road, £280; Palmer Road, £240; Oeo Road (the unmetalled portions between the southern boundary of the subdivision and the northern boundary of Section 13, Block XIII., Kaupokonui Survey District), £300; and to form and culvert the Neill Road, £60—a special annual-recurring rate of ¹⁄₁₂d. in the pound be made and levied for a period of twenty-six years over the Central Subdivision Special Rating Area, comprising Blocks XV., XIV., and Sections 4 to 7 and 13 to 36 (all inclusive), Block XIII., all in the Kaupokonui Survey District: such rate to be payable, if required, in one instalment on the 1st day of January in each year of the aforesaid period.

I certify that the above special orders were duly made in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

JAMES C. DATSON,
Clerk.
Waimate Road Board, Manaia, 13th February, 1902.

Special Order made by the Mount Roskill Road Board, County of Eden.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th February, 1902.

THE following special order, made by the Mount Roskill Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Secretary.

MOUNT ROSKILL ROAD BOARD.

SPECIAL ORDER proposed at a meeting of the Mount Roskill Road Board held on the 28th day of December, 1901, and duly made and confirmed at a meeting of the said Board held on the 6th day of February, 1902:—

“That, for the purpose of providing for and maintaining the lighting of the streets and roads within that part of the Mount Roskill Road District known as the water-supply area, the Mount Roskill Road Board do hereby make and levy a special rate of ¼d. in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property within the said water-supply area of the Mount Roskill Road District, such special rate being for the period commencing on the 1st day of April, 1902, and ending on the 31st day of March, 1903, and being payable to the collector at the office of the Board, Three Kings, half-yearly, on the 1st day of June and the 1st day of December next.”

I certify that the special order of which the above is a copy was duly passed by the Mount Roskill Road Board on the 6th day of February, 1902.

CHAS. BAGLEY,
Chairman, Mount Roskill Road Board.
Mount Roskill, 11th February, 1902.