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breaker strikes her the sea anchor will come through the water, as the water will draw through the hole in the bottom. In this manner the sea anchor will allow the boat to give a little for the breaking sea, at the same time holding her head on to the sea. The boat will then drift stern first about thirty miles in a good heavy sea in twenty-four hours. The meaning of all this is: the ‘Voss’ sea or surf anchor will keep a boat in a gale at sea head on to the sea, also keep her from drifting about thirty miles in twenty-four hours. The boat without a sea anchor, as long as nothing happens to her, drifts sideways in the sea at the rate of about sixty miles in twenty-four hours, so that the sea anchor will keep the boat from drifting about thirty miles in twenty-four hours, and keep her from getting swamped. Anything that will put a good resistance to the head of a boat will keep the boat’s head on to the sea. The ‘Voss’ sea and surf anchor acts quicker and better than anything else, and a child can use it, as it always rights itself no matter how it is put overboard.

“In the case of crossing breaking bars and making a landing through a heavy surf it is used over the stern of the boat. Headway must be kept on the boat either under sail or oars. When nearing the breakers put the sea anchor over the stern. The rope which is fastened to the mouth of the anchor is fastened to the stern of the boat with about 4 fathoms line (24 ft.). Another rope is tied on to the becket in the bottom of the anchor; this rope is the tripping line. Steer the boat straight in for the breakers with not too much headway, tow the anchor along by the tripping-line, pay out enough line until the rope which is fastened to the mouth of the anchor is almost out, and, as the anchor is very light and points towards the boat, it slips over the top of the water and will not be the least drawback to the boat, and the boat will go along the same as if it were not there until the first breaker runs under her stern; the rudder will then lose control and the boat will get sideways into the breaker, but just as soon as the rudder loses control of the boat slack the tripping-line of the anchor. The lead which is on the ring will cause the mouth of the sea anchor at once to get a grip in the water, and this puts at once a resistance to the stern of the boat and will keep her straight on the breaker, and as soon as the breaker passes under the boat and the boat is out of danger take a pull on the tripping-line; this will at once empty the water out of the anchor, the rudder will act again, the boat will go along with the same breaker as the sea anchor is slipping over the top. Keep on working until you get through the breakers, and there is no trouble in getting through and making a good landing.

“Running in a small boat before a breaking sea in a gale, and to bring the boat round head on to the wind without taking any water when she meets the sea: When a boat is running before a breaking sea, she should be put at once round head to sea, as running before is dangerous. It is only a matter of time by letting her run that a sea will go over her stern and send the boat to the bottom, for this reason: that a boat running through the water at a fast speed is kept down by the suction of the water, which will not allow the boat to rise as the sea runs up on her, and as the boat will run at the very most about eight miles an hour, and the head of the sea when it breaks is about forty miles an hour, the sea will therefore go over the stern of the boat and swamp her. Putting a boat round in a breaking sea is also dangerous, as she will still have headway on when she meets the sea, and therefore the sea will go over the top of the boat. To prevent that, the headway of the boat must be stopped when she gets her head on to the sea, and the boat will meet the sea the same as if she were lying under a sea anchor for a day. How to act in putting her round: Keep the boat straight before the wind, take the line of the sea anchor on the outside of the weather rigging, put the sea anchor in the stern of the boat, then, when on top of a sea, put helm down. When the boat is about four points round put the sea anchor over on the weather side—it will at once act; lower the sail at the same time. Rudder and sea anchor will work together, as the rudder will put her stern round and the sea anchor the bow, and as the next sea comes along she will have head to sea, and her headway is stopped. The boat will lay then to her sea anchor head on, and as the large seas are coming along the boat will meet them bow first. When she gets to the top of a breaking sea she will lie on an angle of about 25°, with the bow up, and the sea will break under her bow and lift her, instead of going over her; the sea anchor will hold her head from going broadside on to the sea. The line which is fastened to the anchor should not in any case be longer than about 100 ft., as the sea anchor should be in the same sea as the boat. The line will always be taut, and act the very second when a sea breaks under her bow. By having too long a line, so that the sea anchor is in the second or the next sea, it will probably come towards the boat and slacken the line, and therefore will not act at once, and the boat will fall broadside on to the sea. From 50 ft. to 100 ft. of line is long enough in all cases.”

WM. HALL-JONES.

Authorising the Laying-off of the Main Street in the Town of Naerui, Taranaki Land District, of a Width of 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1903.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 2 of “The Towns Main Streets Act, 1902,” I, Thomas Young Duncan, Minister of Lands, do hereby authorise the laying-off of the main street in the Town of Naerui, Taranaki Land District, of a width of 66 ft., instead of 99 ft. as prescribed by section 17 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Authorising the Laying-off of the Main Street in the Town of Turi, Taranaki Land District, of a Width of 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 23rd December, 1903.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 2 of “The Towns Main Streets Act, 1902,” I, Thomas Young Duncan, Minister of Lands, do hereby authorise the laying-off of the main street in the Town of Turi, Taranaki Land District, of a width of 66 ft., instead of 99 ft. as prescribed by section 17 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Subsidies to Public Libraries.

Education Department,
Wellington, 28th November, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sum of £3,000 has been voted by Parliament for distribution to public libraries.

The distribution will take place on the 8th February, 1904, and no claim will be entitled to consideration that shall not have been sent in in due form and received by the Secretary for Education, Wellington, on or before the 31st January, 1904.

1. A library to be entitled to a subsidy must be public in the sense of belonging to the public, and of not being under the control of an association, society, or club whose membership is composed of a section of the community only, and if within a borough it must be open to the public free of charge. The receipts for the year from subscriptions and donations must not have been less than £2, exclusive of moneys received from endowments, or from Government, or from Borough or County Councils, or for special building purposes, or as rent, hire, or consideration for the use of any room, or building, or land belonging to the institution, in respect of none of which will subsidy be allowed. The net proceeds of concerts, lectures, or other entertainments on behalf of the current expenses of the library will be regarded as voluntary contributions. A subsidy will not be given to more than one library in the same town.

2. In the division of the vote a nominal addition of £25 will be made to the amount of the income of each library derived from subscriptions, donations, and rates, and the vote will be divided according to the amounts thus augmented; but no library will receive credit for a larger income than £75—that is, in no case will the augmented amount on which distribution is based exceed £100.

3. The whole of the subsidy must be expended without delay in the purchase of books for the library.

4. Application to share in the distribution must be by means of a statutory declaration by the Chairman, or Secretary, or Treasurer of the institution on behalf of which it is made, and must be accompanied by a statement of the receipts and expenditure of the institution for the year ending on the 31st day of December, 1903; and such declaration must be on the form provided for the purpose, which form shall be as follows:—

DECLARATION.

I, [Name], of [Place of abode], [Occupation], do solemnly and sincerely declare that I am Chairman [or Secretary, or Treasurer] of the [Name of institution]; that during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 1903, the receipts of the aforesaid institution for the maintenance of the library only were as follows: From rates levied by a local governing body under “The Public Libraries Act, 1869,” or “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” pounds shillings and pence; from the subscriptions of members, pounds shillings and pence; and from voluntary contributions other than members’ subscriptions, pounds shillings and pence. And I do solemnly and sincerely declare that the information hereinafter furnished by me in the appendix hereto is correct in every particular; that the