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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Tenders.
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Public Works Department,
Wellington, 23rd September, 1902.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

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NGAHERE—BLACKBALL RAILWAY, NGAHERE BRIDGE CONTRACT.

Accepted.
£ s. d.
H. Bignell, Greymouth .. .. .. 23,331 3 11

Declined.
M. O’Connor, Wellington .. .. .. 24,492 16 8
Griffiths and Martyn, Westport .. .. 24,496 12 0
J. Jay, Greymouth .. .. .. 24,754 8 0
Mace and Nicholson, Wellington .. .. 26,175 0 0
A. McKay, Greymouth .. .. .. 28,262 7 6

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Notice to Mariners No. 68 of 1902.
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Marine Department,
Wellington, 18th September, 1902.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Presidency Port Officer, Madras, are published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

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INDIA.—EAST COAST.—MASULIPATAM.

It is hereby notified, for the information of mariners, that the alteration of the light at Masulipatam, notified in this office Marine Notice No. 9 of 1902, is postponed. Further notice will be given of the date from which the intended alteration will take place.

THOS. G. R. FINNY,
Commander, R.I.M., Presidency Port Officer.
Presidency Port Office,
Madras, 31st July, 1902.

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INDIA.—EAST COAST.—CUDDALORE.

Notice is hereby given that, from and after 1st October, 1902, the light at Cuddalore will be altered from D 6th order red fixed to D 4th order white occulting, showing four occultations every minute, visible from all directions seaward, distance twelve miles.

THOS. G. R. FINNY,
Commander, R.I.M., Presidency Port Officer.
Presidency Port Office,
Madras, 1st August, 1902.

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Notice to Mariners No. 69 of 1902.
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Marine Department,
Wellington, 18th September, 1902.

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

WM. HALL-JONES.

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CAPTAIN HURFORD, of the s.s. “Konoowarra,” reports that a depth of only 3 fathoms exists one mile and three-quarters off shore at a point seventeen miles and a half south from Point Lookout.

This locality is opposite the breach in Stradbroke Island, and, as a bar is probably forming there, masters of vessels are recommended to steer a course further off shore.

Chart affected: No. 1029; Australian Directory, Vol. ii.

JOHN MACKAY,
Acting Portmaster.
Marine Department,
Brisbane, 22nd August, 1902.

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Notice to Mariners No. 70 of 1902.
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PACIFIC CABLE IN DOUBTLESS BAY.
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Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 19th September, 1902.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 27 of 1902, issued by this Department on the 27th April last, notice is hereby given that four beacons have been erected to mark the line of approach of the Pacific Cable to Doubtless Bay.

Two beacons are on Tokeran Beach, one mile north-west of Aorere River. These indicate the line of cable from sea through the middle of the bay to within three miles from the beach. They bear N. 26° E. and S. 26° W. (magnetic) from one another.

Two beacons a quarter of a mile south of Cable Station, marking the line of approach from the Tokeran line to within half a mile of the Cable Station beach, and bearing N. 43° W. and S. 43° E. from one another.

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Two smaller beacons at Cable Station, indicating the line taken by the shore end of the cable from the station to a position about half a mile off the beach, and bear from one another N. 4° E. and S. 4° W.

All beacons are painted white, triangular in shape, and open-boarded, and, with the exception of the last two, are 20 ft. in height, and have triangular surmounts.

Mariners are cautioned not to anchor when on or near the lines of beacons.

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

WM. HALL-JONES.

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Special Order made by the Collingwood County Council, merging Takaka Road District.
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Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1902.

THE following special order, made by the Collingwood County Council, is published for general information.

JAS. McGOWAN,
For Colonial Secretary.

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SPECIAL ORDER made by the Collingwood County Council.

That, in accordance with the prayer of a duly published petition presented to the Collingwood County Council for the abolition of the Takaka Road District, signed by a majority of the ratepayers for such road district whose property in respect of which they are rated is situated within the County of Collingwood, possessing in the aggregate not less than half the rateable property therein, the Collingwood County Council, in pursuance of the powers vested in them by “The Counties Act, 1886,” do now make the following special order: That the Takaka Road Board be dissolved, and that the said road district be merged in the County of Collingwood, on and after the 1st day of October next.

I, William Baird, the Clerk of the Collingwood County Council, do hereby certify that the above special order has been duly made by the Collingwood County Council in accordance with the provisions of “The Counties Act, 1886.”

Dated at Takaka, this 15th day of September, 1902.

WILLIAM BAIRD,
Clerk to Collingwood County Council.

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Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Clutha County Council.
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The Treasury,
Wellington, 18th September, 1902.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Clutha County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

J. G. WARD,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.

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RESULT of poll of ratepayers of the Ahuriri Special-rating District, taken upon the 11th day of September, 1902, upon the proposal to raise a special loan of £500:—

For the proposal, 0 votes; against the proposal, 5 votes; informal, 0 votes: total, 5 votes.

I therefore declare the proposal rejected.

JOHN MCNEIL,
Chairman, Clutha County Council.

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Special Order made by the Clifton County Council.
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The Treasury,
Wellington, 19th September, 1902.

THE following special order, made by the Clifton County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

J. G. WARD,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.

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CLIFTON COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order.—Pukearuhe Loan, £1,000.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the Clifton County Council hereby resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £1,000, authorised to be raised by the Clifton County Council under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for the purpose of forming and fencing portions of the Pukearuhe or North Road, the said Clifton County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 1¼d. in the pound upon the rateable valuation of all rateable property in the Pukearuhe Special-rating District, comprising Sections part 5, 6–9, 12–17, Block X., Mimi Survey District; Sections 1–4, part 5, 6–12, 15,