APRIL 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 917

Transfer of Volunteer Officer to New Zealand Militia.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the transfer of

Major WILLIAM NORRIS FRANKLYN

from the Honorary Unattached List, New Zealand Volunteers, to the New Zealand Militia, with his present rank, as from 12th April, 1902.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Honorary Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th April, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointment:—

Christchurch Garrison Band.

Bandmaster Alfred James Merton to be Honorary Lieutenant. Commission to date from 1st December, 1901.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

Trustee of Swinburn Public Cemetery resigned.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 15th April, 1902.

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

SAMUEL HARRIS

as a trustee of the Swinburn Public Cemetery.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th April, 1902.

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

ALFRED RHODES, Esq.,

of Auckland, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 19th April, 1902.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

WHANGARA NATIVE SCHOOL AND TEACHERS’ RESIDENCE CONTRACT.

Accepted. £ s. d.
Sanders and Atto, Gisborne .. .. 832 0 0

Declined.
Mackrell and Colley .. .. 919 1 7
Matheson and Baldock .. .. 1,000 14 0

Notice to Mariners No. 27 of 1902.

PACIFIC CABLE IN DOUBTLESS BAY.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 17th April, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the landing-place of the Pacific Cable is at Doubtless Bay, in latitude 35° S., and longitude 173° 31′ E. From the landing-place it has been laid, first, in a direction N. 47° W. (magnetic) for 3·8 miles; it then bends round nearly at right angles in the direction N. 28° E. for 9·2 miles; finally taking the direction seaward of N. 10° W. Mariners are cautioned not to anchor near this cable. Four small beacons will shortly be erected on the line of approach of the cable, as a warning to vessels not to anchor in the neighbourhood of the cable.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 2525; “New Zealand Pilot,” 7th edition, chap. iii., page 68.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Notice to Mariners No. 28 of 1902.

LIGHT AT OKARITO ON FLAGSTAFF.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 22nd April, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that, on and after Thursday, the 1st May, 1902, a bright light will be exhibited from the flagstaff at Okarito whenever a vessel is expected off the port at night-time. The light will be at an elevation of 45 ft. above high water, and will be visible from seaward over an arc of 146° between the magnetic bearings N. 46° E. and S. 12° W., round by east, for a distance of five miles.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty chart No. 2591; “New Zealand Pilot,” 7th edition, chap. x., p. 368.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Alterations to the Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges in Force upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

IN pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me under “The Government Railways Act, 1900,” I, Joseph George Ward, Minister for Railways, do hereby make the following alterations in the scale of fares, rates, and charges in force on the New Zealand Government railways open for traffic, such alterations to come into force on and after the 28th day of April, 1902:—

PART IV.—GOODS: LOCAL RATES.

WESTLAND SECTION.

Cancel—

Timber-drying Shed.

Timber consigned to Greymouth by rail for export beyond the Colony of New Zealand will be charged 1d. per hundred superficial feet in addition to the classified or local rates, such charge to include four months’ storage in the timber-drying shed at Greymouth. For storage in the timber-drying shed for each month or fractional part of a month after the first four months an additional charge of 1d. per hundred superficial feet will be made.

• Timber other than specified above will not be received into the timber-drying shed at Greymouth.

As witness my hand, this seventeenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and two.

J. G. WARD,
Minister for Railways.

Alterations to the Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges in Force upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

IN pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me under “The Government Railways Act, 1900,” I, Thomas Young Duncan, acting for the Minister for Railways, do hereby make the following alterations in the scale of fares, rates, and charges in force on the New Zealand Government railways open for traffic, such alterations to come into force on and after the 28th day of April, 1902:—

PART IV.—GOODS: LOCAL RATES.

Cancel—

HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION.

Goods for Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill.

When goods of Classes A, B, C, D, and E are consigned to Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill, the classified rates will be increased as follows:—

                                          s.  d.

To Christchurch by .. .. .. 0 11 per ton.
To Dunedin by .. .. .. 1 1 ”
To Invercargill by .. .. .. 1 4 ”

But such increase will not be made when goods are consigned to private sidings at those stations; or, in the case of Dunedin, when they are consigned to the Railway Wharf for shipment in vessels lying there; or, in the case of Invercargill, when they are consigned to the Jetty.

When goods of Class H are consigned to Dunedin the classified or local rates will be increased by 5½d. per bale. Such increase will not be made when goods are consigned to private sidings, or to the Railway Wharf for shipment.

Insert—

Goods for Christchurch and Invercargill.

When goods of Classes A, B, C, D, and E are consigned to Christchurch and Invercargill, the classified rates will be increased as follows:—

                                          s.  d.

To Christchurch by .. .. .. 0 11 per ton.
To Invercargill by .. .. .. 1 4 ”

But such increase will not be made when goods are consigned to private sidings at those stations, or, in the case of Invercargill, when they are consigned to the Jetty.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Acting for Minister for Railways.