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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 40

Promotion of Militia Officer.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1902.

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

New Zealand Militia.

Brevet-Colonel Thomas William Porter to be Colonel. Commission to date from 28th April, 1902.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

Member of Highbank Domain Board resigned.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 20th May, 1902.

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

WILLIAM CHARLES DAVIS

as a member of the Highbank Domain Board.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Trustees of Highbank Public Cemetery resigned.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 20th May, 1902.

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

HECTOR BOND and
WILLIAM CHARLES DAVIS

as Trustees of the Highbank Public Cemetery.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Officer dismissed.

Post and Telegraph Department
(General Post Office),
Wellington, 20th May, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to dismiss from the public service

WI HARE,

lately a cadet in the Chief Post Office at Auckland.

J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General.

Holiday.—Coronation of His Majesty the King.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 27th May, 1902.

IT is hereby notified for general information that Thursday, the 26th June next, will be observed as a general holiday in all departments of the public service throughout the Colony of New Zealand, being the occasion of the solemnity of the Royal Coronation of His Most Gracious Majesty King Edward VII.

J. G. WARD.

Customs Holiday.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 27th May, 1902.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to direct that for the future the 3rd day of June shall be kept as a Customs holiday at the Customhouses throughout the colony, to celebrate the birthday of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.

C. H. MILLS,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds in Patea County.—Notice No. 706.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 24th May, 1902.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Patea County Council has, by special order, declared ragwort, burdock, and giant burdock to be noxious weeds within the meaning of “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,” in the district under its jurisdiction.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 27th May, 1902.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

MAGISTRATE’S COURT CONTRACT, WELLINGTON.

Accepted.

£ s. d.
J. Trevor and Sons, Wellington .. .. 8,025 0 0

Declined.

W. H. Bennett, Wellington .. .. 8,271 0 0
Jas. Nicholson, Wellington .. .. 8,530 0 0
Brown and Johnston, Wellington .. .. 8,670 0 0
Jas. Russell, Wellington .. .. 9,535 0 0
D. McLean, Wellington .. .. 9,687 0 0

Notice to Mariners No. 35 of 1902.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 24th May, 1902.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, South Australia; the Marine Department, Brisbane, Queensland; and the Marine Board, Hobart, Tasmania, are published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

MASTERS of vessels and others are hereby informed that a triangular-framed beacon, with circular head and painted white, has been erected on the foreshore, five (5) miles S.W. from Kingston jetty, to indicate the best holding-ground in Lacepede Bay.

Vessels should anchor in from two (2) to five (5) fathoms L.W.S., with the beacon bearing S.E. half a mile to two (2) miles distant.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide,
1st May, 1902.

QUEENSLAND.

Closing North Channel, Port Curtis.

Notice is hereby given that, in consequence of the decreasing depth at the inner end of the North Channel entrance to Port Curtis, it is no longer safe for ordinary navigation, and its use must be confined to small coasters, with local knowledge, by daylight.

The marks and lights hitherto existing as aids to the navigation of the North Channel will be discontinued from and after 10th May.

Masters of vessels must use the main entrance to Port Curtis.

Chart affected: No. 1900; Australia Directory, Vol. ii.

JOHN MACKAY,
Acting Portmaster.

Marine Department, Brisbane, 7th May, 1902.

TASMANIA.

Port of Hobart.

Notice is hereby given that two bright white lights, arranged vertically, will be exhibited at the end of Franklin Pier on and after the evening of Monday, 12th May, 1902.

THOS. M. FISHER,
Acting Master Warden.

Marine Board Office, Hobart, 3rd May, 1902.

Notice to Mariners No. 36 of 1902.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 24th May, 1902.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Board of Trade, London, are published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

ARABIAN SEA.

West Coast of Hindustan.

Diu Harb. — The F. red lt. is re-exh. at Forte do Mar, Diu Harb. Masters of vessels calling at the port of Diu are cautioned not to approach within 325 ft. from the N.E. extr. of the Citadel (Conraca do Castello), as the stones from the demolition of the bulwark (Conraca) are lying about there. April.