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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 3

Poututu A Block, the said Cook County Council do hereby make and levy a special rate of 3d. in the pound upon the rateable valuation of all rateable property comprised in the Motu Special-rating District, as defined in the Schedule hereto. such special rate to be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the 1st day of June in each and every year during a period equal to the currency of such loan, being a period of forty-one years, or until the loan is fully paid off. The rate of interest to be 3½ per cent.

“Schedule.

“Starting from a point on the Motu River, at the junction of the Kaitawa Stream; thence by said stream to south-east corner of Section 12, Block III., Motu; thence by a line south-easterly to junction with Rangariri Stream, at south-east corner of Section 3, Block VII., Motu; thence by said stream, in a south-westerly and south-easterly direction, to north-west boundary of Section 13, Run 61; thence by a line north-easterly to Trig. P.C.; thence by a line south-easterly to Popouaha; thence by a line south-easterly to Trig. 3; thence by lines north-easterly and easterly to the junction with the Umukokomoko Stream, at the north-west boundary of the Manukawhitikitiki No. 2 Block; thence by lines in a south-easterly direction to junction with the Wheao Stream; thence in a south-westerly direction by said stream to north-west corner of Puhatikotiko No. 6B; thence by a line in a south-westerly direction to Trig. P.D.; thence by a line in a south-westerly direction to junction with the Waikohu Stream; thence by the said stream in a westerly direction to the north-east corner of Waikohu-Matawai No. 1 Block; thence by the south-east and south-west boundaries of said block to junction with south-eastern boundary of Section 1, Block XVI., Ngatapa Survey District; thence by south-western boundary of Section 6, Block XVI., Ngatapa Survey District; thence to south-west corner of said section; thence in a north-westerly direction by a line to north-east corner of Section 6, Block XI., Motu Survey District; thence in a westerly direction to south-east corner of Section 5, Block XI., Motu; thence in a northerly direction by the eastern boundaries of Sections 5, 4, 7, 8, Block XI., Motu, and by 6, 7, 8, 9, 5 of Block VII., Motu; thence to north corner of Section 1, Block VII., Motu; thence in a south-westerly direction to the intersection with the Motu River; thence generally in a northerly direction to the starting-point at the junction with the Kaitawa Stream.”

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Cook was hereto affixed in the presence of—

JOHN WARREN,
Clerk, Cook County Council.

I certify that the foregoing special order has been made in accordance with law, and that all the provisions of “The Counties Act, 1886,” and of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” have been complied with.

JOHN WARREN,
Clerk.

Notice to Mariners No. 1 of 1904.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 11th January, 1904.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Presidency Port Officer, Madras, and the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, Victoria, are published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

INDIA.—WEST COAST.—SOUTH CANARA DISTRICT.

Lights at Malpe and Kundapur.

Notice is hereby given that the lights at Malpe and Kundapur, which have been extinguished annually from 1st June to 14th September, will in future be exhibited throughout the year.

T. G. R. FINNY,
Commander, R.I.M., Presidency Port Officer.
Presidency Port Office, Madras,
17th November, 1903.

NOTE.—This notice affects the following Admiralty charts: India (sheet 2), West Coast, Vengurla to Cape Comorin, No. 827; and India, West Coast, Viziadrug to Cochin, with the Laccadive Archipelago, No. 2737.

INDIA.—PORT OF CAPE COMORIN.

Notice is hereby given that a fixed white light, to be known as the Cape Comorin Port Light, will be exhibited occasionally on and after the 15th January, 1904, from the Cape Comorin Port flagstaff—position, 8° 6′ 30″ N. latitude and 77° 37′ 20″ E. longitude approximately. The light will be 60 ft. above sea-level, and shown from a globular lantern, and will, in clear weather, be visible for a distance of three miles or thereabout in all directions seaward.

N.B.—This light is intended to indicate the position of Port flagstaff for purposes of anchorage, but is not to be relied on for purposes of navigation.

A. W. L. VERNEDE,
Ag. Master Attendant.
Master Attendant’s Office, Alleppey,
12th November, 1903.

VICTORIA.—PORT PHILLIP HEADS.

Electric Light.

It is notified that from dusk on the 16th and 30th January, 1904, to daylight on the following mornings, and from dusk on the 8th February, 1904, to daylight on the 14th February, 1904, the electric light will probably be used at Queenscliff and Nepean Forts, in connection with defence operations.

Should the light be so powerful as to dazzle the mariner and render the passage through the entrance to Port Phillip or through the channels uncertain and hazardous, he is warned to exhibit a blue light, when the use of the electric light will be discontinued until the vessel has passed beyond its influence.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.
Melbourne, 11th December, 1903.

Notice to Mariners No. 2 of 1904.

“VOSS” SEA AND SURF ANCHOR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, New Zealand, 12th January, 1904.

CAPTAIN VOSS, who is making a voyage round the world in the “Tilikum,” a canoe 30 ft. long, has furnished this Department with a description of a sea and surf anchor which he has used during his voyage, and which he states has proved very valuable. On one occasion he was running before a gale, making eight miles an hour, when he approached a reef on which the sea was breaking heavily. When he got close to the reef he put the anchor over the stern, and as the boat got into the breakers the rudder did not act. She at once made a move to come round sideways, but was stopped by the anchor, and went across without taking in any water. The following is his description of it:—

“The ‘Voss’ sea or surf anchor is made as follows: A round wooden ring, measuring 20 in. in diameter, made out of bamboo 1½ in. thick, with 1 lb. of sheet lead on one side twisted round the ring; No. 3 canvas sewed round the ring, about 3 ft. long, running out in the shape of a funnel, a 2 in. hole left in the lower end. In the top end are four eyelet-holes; in each one fasten a small rope—that is, two pieces of rope 3 ft. long, each end spliced into one of the holes. The two holes are put together for the anchor-rope to fasten. In the lower end of the anchor is a becket for the tripping-line, which is used in crossing breaking bars or surfs. This completes the anchor. It is light and acts at once.

“How to use it at sea in a heavy breaking sea, to keep a boat’s head on to the sea: In case of a shipwreck the ship’s boats are put out to save the lives of the passengers and crew, and as any boat, small or large, by taking the driving-power from the boat will at once get broadside on to the sea, and therefore a ship’s boat will get swamped at once, the thing is to keep her head on to the sea under the sea anchor, and the boat will outide any gale, while the occupants can lie down and go to sleep. When I was making in for Sydney, all by myself in the boat, I got into a four days’ gale. My boat lay under a sea or surf anchor most comfortably for the four days and nights, and never took a bit of water over her deck. In the evenings, at dark, I put a light on deck, went to bed and slept all night until I felt like getting up. After getting up in the morning I went to the forward end of the boat to see if the anchor-rope was O.K., without oilskin and with slippers on, and never even got my feet wet.

“The Voss sea or surf anchor should be placed in the bow of every boat on board of all steam or sailing ships, with 50 ft. 2 in. rope put on to the mouth of the anchor and the other end on the bow of the boat. It will not take up any room, and the weight is only about 3 lb. It is then always ready for use, and a woman could then put a boat through a heavy gale as well as any experienced man, as all you have to do is to throw it over the bow, and it will always right itself no matter how it is thrown over, and will always act as soon as it strikes the water, as the lead will tip it at once and the sea anchor will fill with water; the boat will then lie head on to the sea. When she gets up to the top of a high breaking sea the boat will lie on an angle of about 25°, headway up; the breaking sea will strike her under the bow, and as the