MAR. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 903

BOROUGH OF HOKITIKA.

I, HENRY LESLIE MICHEL, Mayor of the Borough of Hokitika, hereby give notice that the result of the poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Hokitika taken at Hokitika on the 11th day of March, 1904, on the proposal—“That under and by virtue of the provisions of ‘The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,’ and ‘The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,’ the Hokitika Borough Council proposes to borrow, by way of special loan, the sum of £23,000 for the following purposes: £10,000 for the construction of drainage-works for the Borough of Hokitika; £4,000 for the construction of water-supply works for the Borough of Hokitika; £5,000 for the construction of other sanitary works, namely, sewers, for the Borough of Hokitika; £4,000 for the purpose of making streets within the Borough of Hokitika: total, £23,000: such loan to bear interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum for a period of forty-one years, at the expiration of which period the liability of the said Council shall cease without further payment; and for the purpose of providing security and making provision for the payment of interest and the repayment of the said loan it is proposed to make and levy an annual-recurring special rate of 5½d. in the pound on the unimproved value of the rateable property in the Borough of Hokitika; it is also proposed to pay out of the said loan the cost of raising the same, and the interest thereon for the first year”—was as follows:—
Number of votes recorded for the proposal, 193; number of votes recorded against the proposal, 185; informal, 4.
I therefore declare the said proposal to be carried.
Town Hall, Hokitika, 11th March, 1904.
H. L. MICHEL,
Mayor.

Notice to Mariners No. 23 of 1904.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 18th March, 1904.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 65 of 1903, issued by this Department on the 14th September last, the following notice, received from the Chief Harbourmaster, Fremantle, Western Australia, is published for general information.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Marine.

FINAL NOTICE.—WESTERN AUSTRALIA, WEST COAST.

THE Government of Western Australia give notice that on and after the 15th day of April, 1904, a double-flashing white dioptric light, showing two flashes in quick succession every ten seconds, thus—flash, 0·15 second; eclipse, 2·5 seconds; flash, 0·15 second; eclipse, 7·2 seconds—will be exhibited from a masonry tower of a natural grey colour, 33 ft. in height from the ground-level to the lantern-gallery, and approximately 62 ft. in height from the ground-level to the wind-vane, erected in latitude 33° 32′ south, longitude 115° 2′ east, about 1 mile south 67° east from the extremity of Cape Naturaliste, at the western entrance to Geographe Bay. The focal plane of the light will be elevated at a height of 404 ft. above sea-level, and will be visible between the bearings of north 20° east and north 63° west (bearing magnetic and given from seaward). The light will be visible in clear weather from a distance of 29 nautical miles.
Charts affected: 1034, Cape Naturaliste to King George’s Sound; 1033, Champion Bay to Cape Naturaliste.
C. J. IRVINE,
Chief Harbourmaster.
Harbourmaster’s Office,
Fremantle, 5th February, 1904.

Notice to Mariners No. 24 of 1904.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 21st March, 1904.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 19 of 1904, issued by this Department on the 8th instant, the following notice, received from the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, Victoria, is published for general information.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Marine.

VICTORIA.

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

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners. Victoria, No. 97, dated 8th February, 1904, it is hereby notified that the Gellibrand Light-vessel has been remoored in position, and the temporary gas buoy has been removed
C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.
Melbourne, 25th February, 1904.

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1904.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is published for general information.
JAS. McGOWAN,
Acting Minister for Public Works.

SUNNYSIDE AUXILIARY ASYLUM ADDITIONS CONTRACT.

Accepted.
£ s. d.
J. Smith, 275, St. Asaph Street West, Christchurch 1,692 0 0

Declined.
Graham and Greig, St. Asaph Street, Christchurch 1,834 0 0
John H. Maynard, Christchurch 1,896 0 0
W. and A. Gee, 239, Tuam Street, Christchurch 1,977 8 0
Peter Hyndman, 321, Colombo Street, Christchurch 2,057 0 0
F. Turvey, Woolston 2,089 0 0

Disestablishment of Palmerston North District High School and Establishment of High School.

Education Department,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1904.

UNDER the authority conferred upon the Minister of Education by “The Secondary Schools Act, 1903,” I do hereby, as from the 1st day of April, 1904, disestablish the Palmerston North District High School, and as from the same date do establish in the Town of Palmerston North a high school, to be called “The Palmerston North High School”; and I do hereby appoint Monday, the 11th April, 1904, as the day for the first election of Governors by the parents of the pupils, and WALTER RUTHERFURD, Accountant, of Palmerston North, to be the Returning Officer in respect of such election.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Education.

Scheme for the Control of Palmerston North High School (established 1904, under Section 6 of “The Secondary Schools Act, 1903”).

IN accordance with the provisions of “The Secondary Schools Act, 1903” (hereinafter called “the Act”), and with the powers thereunder, the following shall be the scheme for the Palmerston North High School (hereinafter called “the school”), which is established under section 6 of the Act.

1. The school shall be controlled by a Board of Governors under the name of “The Board of Governors of the Palmerston North High School” (hereinafter called “the Board”). The Board shall be a body corporate, shall have a perpetual succession and a common seal, and may acquire and hold lands, and sue and be sued, and may do and suffer all such things as corporate bodies may do and suffer.
2. There shall be nine Governors, of whom a group of three shall be appointed by His Excellency the Governor, a group of three by the Wanganui Education Board, and a group of three shall be elected by the parents of the pupils.
3. The Governors appointed by the Wanganui Education Board shall be appointed by a resolution of such Board, and the first appointment shall be made not later than thirty days after the first publication of this scheme in the New Zealand Gazette.
4. In regard to the election of Governors by the parents of the pupils the following provisions shall apply:—
   (1.) The first election shall be held on a date to be appointed by the Minister, and thereafter every such election shall be held on a date to be fixed by the Board in accordance with this scheme.
   (2.) The Returning Officer shall, in the case of the first election, be a person appointed by the Minister, but thereafter the Secretary to the Board of Governors shall be the Returning Officer.
   (3.) For the purposes of the election of Governors by the parents of the pupils the Returning Officer shall prepare a roll, and shall enter therein the name, occupation, and address of every person qualified to be enrolled as a parent of a pupil of the school.