JULY 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1533

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 26th June, 1903.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is published for general information.
WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

POINTS AND CROSSINGS CONTRACT.

Accepted.
£ s. d.
Cooper and Duncan (Limited), Christchurch 1,010 0 0

Declined.
Burt, A. and T. (Limited), Dunedin .. 1,125 0 0
Fraser, G., and Sons (Limited), Auckland .. 1,252 10 0
Anderson, J. and A., Christchurch .. .. 1,284 0 0
Johnston, J., and Sons, Invercargill .. 2,462 10 0

Special Order made by the Council of the County of Clifton.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 1st July, 1903.

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

CLIFTON COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order.—Okoke Road Loan, £1,500.

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 £1,500, authorised to be raised by the Clifton County Council under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for forming and metalling a portion of the Okoke Road, the said Clifton County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of ¹¹⁄₁₆d. in the pound on the rateable valuation of all rateable property of the Okoke Road Special-rating District, comprising Sections part 9, parts 10, 15, Block VIII., Waitara Survey District; Sections 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, Block XII., Waitara Survey District; Sections 7, 8, Block XIII., Upper Waitara Survey District; Sections 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, Block V., Upper Waitara Survey District; Sections 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, Block VI., Upper Waitara Survey District; Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Block IX., Upper Waitara Survey District; Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, Block X., Upper Waitara Survey District; Sections 14, 15, 16, Block XVI., Upper Waitara Survey District; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable in one instalment on the 1st day of February in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of forty-one years, or until the loan is fully paid off; and the interest shall be at the rate of 3½ per cent. per annum for the said period of forty-one years.

This special order was adopted at a special meeting of the Clifton County Council held on the 6th February, 1903, and confirmed at a subsequent meeting held on the 3rd April, 1903.

H. E. VAUGHAN,
County Clerk.

Waitara, 24th June, 1903.

Special Order made by the Council of the County of Wairoa.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 1st July, 1903.

THE following special order, made by the Wairoa County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”
R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

WAIROA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order making Special Rate.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Counties Act, 1886,” the Wairoa County Council hereby resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £650 authorised to be raised by the Wairoa County Council under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for forming a road from the Napier-Wairoa Road, “Turner’s line,” to Kakariki, the said Wairoa County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 1½d. in the pound upon the rateable valuation of all rateable property of the Kakariki Special District, comprising the area within the following boundaries: Starting at the north-western boundary of Section 1, Block II., Mohaka Survey District, at the Mohaka River; following down the right bank of the Mohaka River to the mouth of the Kiwi Stream; following up that stream to the boundary of Pastoral License No. 5, Block VII., Mohaka Survey District; following the south-eastern boundary of that pastoral license to the Anaura Stream; following that stream to the Waihua River; following up the left bank of that river to the boundary of Section 2, Block IX., Mohaka Survey District; following up the eastern boundary of that section and of Section 1, Block V., Mohaka Survey District, to the southern boundary of Section 1, Block I., Mohaka Survey District; and following the southern and eastern boundaries of that section to the starting-point at the Mohaka River: and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly on the 1st day of February and the 1st day of August in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of forty-one years, or until loan is fully paid off. This special order to take effect on the 1st day of April, 1904.

This special order was adopted at a special meeting of this Council, held on the 8th day of May, 1903, and confirmed at a subsequent meeting held on the 12th June, 1903.

W. F. SHAW,
Clerk. Wairoa County Council.

Notice to Mariners No. 44 of 1903.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 29th June, 1903.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Hydrographic Office, Washington, D.C., United States of America, are published for general information.
WM. HALL-JONES.

(1068.) CHINA.—YANGTZE RIVER.—NORTH CHANNEL.—DRINKWATER POINT GASLIGHTED BELL BUOY ESTABLISHED.—Notice has been given that the unlighted buoy at Drinkwater Point, North Channel entrance to the Yangtze River, has been replaced by a gaslighted bell buoy, with a conical superstructure, painted red and black in horizontal bands, and showing an intermittent white light every 6 seconds, thus: Light, 4 seconds; eclipse, 2 seconds.

(N.M. 21, 1903.)

(Notice to Mariners Nos. 380 and 166 (special), Imperial Maritime Customs, Shanghai, April 7, 1903.)

Hydrographic Office charts: Nos. 529, 1305, 1445, and 1696.

British Admiralty charts (issued to U.S. vessels): Nos. 1262 and 1199; H.O. Light List, Vol. ii., No. 137 (remarks); China Sea Directory, Vol. iii., 1894, page 417.

(1069.) CHINA.—WUSUNG RIVER.—INTENDED ALTERATIONS IN AIDS TO NAVIGATION AT THE OUTER BAR.—Notice has been given by the Imperial Maritime Customs Office that, owing to the narrowness of the present deep-water channel across the Wusung outer bar, the following additions and alterations would be made to the aids to navigation on or about April 15, 1903.

A red light would be exhibited from a white pole, surmounted by a circular shape, erected on Princes’ Wharf, which will, when kept in line with Wusung Lighthouse, lead midway between the Lismore wreck light-boat and the 12 ft. contour of the Wusung Spit, this being the line of deepest water. The two lights in line will bear S. 74° W. true (W.S.W. ¾ W. w’ly mag.).

The Wusung light remains white from the bank of the Yangtze to the north-westward of the lighthouse to S. 19° 30’ W. true (S.S.W. s’ly mag.). It will be altered to green from S. 9° 30’ W. true (S.S.W. s’ly mag.) to S. 62° W. true (S.W. by W. ¾ W. mag.), and to red from S. 62° W. true (S.W. by W. ¾ W. mag.) to the left (or western) bank of the Wusung River.

The Fort buoy will be shifted 550 ft. S. 25° W. true (S.S.W ⅜ W. w’ly mag.) from its present position, and from it the Wusung Lighthouse will bear S. 85° W. true (W. ¼ S. nearly, mag.), distant 1,060 yards, and be moored 14 ft. at low water spring tides.

A 10 ft. conical buoy, painted red and black in vertical stripes and surmounted by a black spherical cage, will be moored in 18 ft. at low water spring tides on the north-eastern edge of the Wusung Spit, and from it the Wusung Lighthouse will bear S. 60° W. true (S.W. by W. ½ W. w’ly mag.), distant 2,020 yards.

The least water at present on the line between the outer end of Princes’ Wharf and the position in which the 10 ft. buoy is to be placed on the north-eastern edge of the Wusung