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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE,
[No. 22

(202) CHINA.

South-east Coast—Chin Ha Point—Discoloured Water east-south-eastward.—The Japanese Government has given notice that according to Notice to Mariners No. 55, Amoy, 8th December, 1903, the English steamer “Chefoo” reports, under date of 29th December, 1903, having seen discoloured water about 2 miles S. 68° E. true (E.S.E. mag.) from Chin Ha Point. Approx. position: Lat. 24° 15′ 15″ N., long. 118° 10′ 15″ E.

British Admiralty charts (issued to U.S. vessels): Nos. 1262, 2412, 1968, and 1760; “China Sea Directory,” Vol. iii., 1894, page 171.

(203) CHINA.

East Coast—Hang Chau Bay—West Volcano Island Light—Change in Characteristics.—The Chinese Government has given notice that West Volcano Island Light, Hang Chau Bay, has been changed from fixed white to a group intermittent white light, making 2 eclipses in quick succession every 20 seconds, thus: light, 13 seconds; eclipse, 2 seconds; light, 3 seconds; eclipse, 2 seconds. Approx. position: Lat. 30° 20′ 50″ N., long. 121° 51′ 25″ E.

British Admiralty charts (issued to U.S. vessels): Nos. 1199 and 1124; H.O. Light List, Vol. ii., No. 177; “China Sea Directory,” Vol. iii., 1894, page 371.

(204) CHINA.

East Coast—Yung River Approach—Square Island Light—Change in Characteristics.—The Chinese Government has given notice that Square Island light, Yung River approach, has been changed from a fixed white to an intermittent white light making 1 eclipse every 10 seconds, thus: light, 8 seconds; eclipse, 2 seconds. Approx. position: Lat. 30° 0′ 3″ N., long. 121° 45′ 26″ E.

British Admiralty charts (issued to U.S. vessels): Nos. 1199, 1429, and 1592; H.O. Light List, Vol. ii., No. 180; “China Sea Directory,” Vol. iii., 1894, page 395.

Notice to Mariners No. 21 of 1904.

CABLE TO STEWART ISLAND.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 8th March, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that a telegraph-cable has been laid from Ocean Beach (in a small bay 1½ miles N. 61° W. magnetic of the Bluff Telegraph and Signal Station) to Lee Bay, ⅔ mile S. of East Head, Stewart Island. The cable is laid down on a curve, being about 1 mile to 1½ miles west of the direct line between the two points. Mariners are cautioned against anchoring in the vicinity of the cable. Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty charts Nos. 2540 and 2553; “New Zealand Pilot,” 7th edition, Chap. ix., page 316.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Marine.

Tenders.

Public Works Department.
Wellington, 2nd March, 1904.

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

JAS. McGOWAN,
Acting Minister for Public Works.

NEW PLYMOUTH NATIVE HOSTELRY CONTRACT.

Accepted.
£ s. d.
Cliff Bros., New Plymouth .. .. .. 750 0 0

Declined.
Boon Bros., New Plymouth .. .. .. 753 2 5
Coleman, R., New Plymouth .. .. .. 790 0 0
Gilbert and O’Regan, New Plymouth .. .. 811 0 0
Steel, L., New Plymouth .. .. .. 826 0 0
Harkin, P. A., Auckland .. .. .. 846 2 0
Crawford, F. W., Stratford .. .. .. 846 19 0
Burrell, A. B., Hawera .. .. .. 896 9 0
Mannix, J. F., New Plymouth .. .. .. 930 0 0
Wallath, H., New Plymouth .. .. .. 990 0 0

CATLIN’S RIVER RAILWAY—STATION BUILDINGS CONTRACT.

Accepted.
£ s. d.
Wilson, R., Dunedin .. .. .. 527 10 11

Declined.
Lyders, H., Dunedin .. .. .. 590 0 0
McLean and Cox, Owaka .. .. .. 672 16 6

Geologist wanted.

Mines Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 3rd March, 1904.

WRITTEN applications, addressed to the Hon. Minister of Mines, stating qualifications, and accompanied by testimonials, will be received at this office up to 1st August, 1904, for the position of Geologist to the Department of Mines of the Colony of New Zealand, at a salary of £600 a year.

Should the candidate selected reside outside New Zealand, his passage to the colony will be paid by the New Zealand Government.

JAS. McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.

Authorising the Laying-off of the Main Streets in the Town of Eketahuna Extension No. 5 of a Width of 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 4th March, 1904.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 2 of “The Towns Main Streets Act, 1902,” I do hereby authorise the laying-off of the main streets in the Town of Eketahuna Extension No. 5, Wellington Land District, of a width of 66 ft., instead of 99 ft. as prescribed by section 17 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Lands.

Officiating Ministers for 1904.—Notice No. 8.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 9th March, 1904.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand passed in the forty-fourth year of the reign of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend Richard Twitchell Mathews.*

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

Mr. Frank William Robertson.

Baptists.

The Reverend David Parry.

Salvation Army.

Lonnie, George W., Adjutant.
Brown, William Alfred, Adjutant.
Armstrong, Alexander, Adjutant.
Hildreth, Joseph, Adjutant.
McKay, James, Captain.
Fry, Albert, Captain.

• This name is entered in substitution for that of Richard T. Mathews, previously entered and published in the New Zealand Gazette of 4th February, 1904, Notice No. 3.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of “The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894.”

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 8th March, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in the Office of the Supreme Court at Wellington an election to administer the several intestate estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations, so far as known, are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross properties being estimated not to exceed £250 in each case.

Jozo Rossich, late of Tokatoka, in the Provincial District of Auckland, gum-digger. Filed on the 5th day of March, 1904.

Edward Faulkner, late of Waikai, in the Provincial District of Otago, miner. Filed on the 5th day of March, 1904.

Theodore Levy (otherwise known as “Theodore Simon”), late of Bourbonne-les-Bains, in France, gentleman. Filed on the 7th day of March, 1904.

John Graham, late of Ashburton, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, dyer. Filed on the 7th day of March, 1904.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.