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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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recorded against the proposal was 59. As the total number of
valid votes recorded in favour of the proposal exceeded
three-fifths of the total number of valid votes recorded at
the poll, I declare the above proposal to have been carried.
Dated the 24th day of September, 1903.
DILNOT SLADDEN, Chairman.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 20th October, 1903.

THE following notice, received from the Council of the
Borough of Waimate, is published in accordance with
the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”
R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

BOROUGH OF WAIMATE.

Notice of result of poll to raise a special loan under “The
Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” on the following pro-
posal:—

1. The undertaking proposed to be engaged in, and for
   which such loan is required, is the providing of a water-
   supply for the Borough of Waimate by all such means as
   may be found necessary for such purpose, including the
   construction of works and acquiring lands and rights to
   water, and the doing of all other acts, matters, and things
   incidental to the establishment of such water-supply as
   aforesaid.
2. The sum proposed to be borrowed for such purpose is
   £11,500.
3. To provide security for repayment of such loan, it is
   proposed that a special annually recurring rate of 2⁷⁄₀d. in
   the pound during the currency of the loan be made and
   levied upon the rateable valuation of all rateable property
   within the Borough of Waimate, to be appropriated and
   pledged as such security as aforesaid, and that if necessary
   the proposed waterworks, and all plant and property thereof,
   be also charged with repayment of the loan; and the repay-
   ment of the loan is to be provided for by payment of £3 10s.
   per centum per annum on the amount thereof for forty one
   years by way of interest on and also extinguishing the loan
   at the end of that period.
4. It is proposed to pay out of the loan the cost of raising
   the loan and the interest for the first year.
   Public notice is hereby given that at the poll of ratepayers
   of the Borough of Waimate, taken on the 9th day of Octo-
   ber, 1903, upon the above proposal, the votes recorded were
   as follows: For the proposal, 176; against the proposal, 126;
   informal, 4. And I hereby declare the said proposal to be
   carried.
   Dated 12th October, 1903.
   J. MANCHESTER,
   Mayor of Waimate.

Notice to Mariners No. 73 of 1903.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 19th October, 1903.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the
Portmaster, Brisbane, Queensland, and the Presi-
dency Port Officer, Madras, are published for general infor-
mation.
WM. HALL-JONES.

The commander of H.M.S. “Torch” reports the existence
of an uncharted sunken shoal in lat. 17° 0′ 30″ south, long.
149° 49′ east; depth sounded, 7 fathoms, possibly less.
South-west Islet, Coringa Group, bears from the shoal
north 67° east mag.; distance, 8·5 miles.
Chart affected: Sheet 1, No. 2763 (Coral Sea); Australia
Directory, Vol. ii.
JOHN MACKAY,
Portmaster.

Marine Department,
Brisbane, 29th September, 1903.

INDIA—EAST COAST.—COCANADA—GODAVARI DISTRICT.
Wreck-buoy.

Masters of vessels, pilots, and others are hereby informed
that caution should be exercised in coming to an anchorage
in Cocanada roadstead, the Port Officer of that place having
notified that five cargo boats are sunk there. The correct
position of the wreck-buoy marking the site is—Vakalapudi
Lighthouse bearing N. 70° W., Cocanada old lighthouse
bearing S. 40° W.; and the angle taken by sextant between
the above two lighthouses, 70°.
T. G. R. FINNY,
Commander R.I.M., Presidency Port Officer.
Presidency Port Office,
Madras, 24th August, 1903.

Notice to Mariners No. 74 of 1903.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 21st October, 1903.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the
Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, Vic-
toria, is published for general information.
WM. HALL-JONES.

VICTORIA.

Port of Port Phillip.—Point Gellibrand Light-vessel.

Referring to General Notice to Mariners, Victoria, dated
the 24th September, 1901, it is hereby notified that the light-
vessel moored off Point Gellibrand has drifted out of
position, and pending its replacement a temporary gas-buoy,
showing a similar light, will be moored in position in lieu
thereof whenever weather permits. Meanwhile the position
will be indicated by the steamship “Albert,” moored there
at, showing a red light at night.
C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

Melbourne, 19th September, 1903.

By-law for New Zealand Government Railways.—Regulating
the Weight of Grain to be carried in any Sack.

PURSUANT to and in exercise of the powers conferred
by section 11 (5) (i) of “The Government Railways
Act, 1900,” I, Joseph George Ward, the Minister for Rail-
ways, do hereby make the following by-law regulating the
weight of grain to be carried in any sack, and imposing a
penal rate of charges for excess in respect of such weight:—

BY-LAW.

1. On and after the 1st day of February, 1905, the maxi-
   mum weight of any sack containing wheat, barley, or oats
   to be carried by railway shall be 200 lb.
   Any sack of wheat, barley, or oats containing a greater
   weight than 200 lb. shall be charged for at four times the
   ordinary rate of freight.

As witness my hand, this twentieth day of October,
one thousand nine hundred and three.
J. G. WARD,
Minister for Railways.

Notice of Intention to take Land for Kahuranga Point Light-
house.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the
provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” to
execute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of
a lighthouse, and other works in connection therewith, at or
near Kahuranga Point, and for the purposes of such public
work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required
to be taken. And notice is hereby further given that the
plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in
the Post-office at Collingwood, and is there open for in-
spection; and that all persons affected by the execution of
the said public work or by the taking of the said land
shall, if they have any well-grounded objections to the
execution of the said public work or to the taking of such
land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing,
within forty days from the first publication of this notice,
to the Minister for Public Works, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

The parcel of land mentioned hereunder:—

All in the Nelson Land District; as the same are more par-
ticularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 20553,
deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works,
at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and
thereon coloured red and green.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-first
day of October, one thousand nine hundred and
three.
WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.