APRIL 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1013

Notice to Mariners No. 28 of 1904.

AUCKLAND HARBOUR.—EXHIBITION OF LIGHT ON HOBSON STREET WHARF.

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

THE Auckland Harbour Board has given notice that a fixed green light, showing all round the horizon, is exhibited from sunset to sunrise on the northern apex of the new shed (“O”) on Hobson Street Wharf, as a permanent harbour light.

This light is 37 ft. above high water spring tides, and 30 ft. from the extreme (northern) end of the wharf, and it should be visible in clear weather at a distance of eight miles.

C. H. MILLS,
Acting Minister of Marine.

Notice to Mariners No. 29 of 1904.

TIMARU HARBOUR.—LIGHT ON EASTERN EXTENSION OF BREAKWATER RELIT.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 11th April, 1904.

WITH reference to Notice to Mariners No. 61 of 1903, issued by this Department on the 3rd September last, the Timaru Harbour Board have notified that the eastern extension staging for the Timaru breakwater has been re-erected, and that the bright light shown from the end of the staging has been relit.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Marine.

Notice to Mariners No. 30 of 1904.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 11th April, 1904.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, Victoria, is published for general information.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Marine.

VICTORIA.

Port Phillip Heads.—Blasting and Sweeping Operations.

Pilots, exempt masters, and boatmen are hereby notified that it is intended to commence blasting and sweeping operations in the fairway entrance to Port Phillip on or about the 27th instant.

The following signals will be shown from the masthead of the steamer engaged on the work: Letter B when on blasting, and code-signal XHC when on sweeping duty.

Mariners and boatmen are cautioned not to approach the boats engaged on blasting-work nearer than a quarter of a mile, and warning will be given by prolonged whistle-blasts from the attendant steamer when a charge is about to be exploded. Mariners are specially requested to keep clear of the steamer when sweeping, as the apparatus will render the vessel’s movements slow and uncertain.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

Melbourne, 22nd February, 1904.

Special Order made by the Hutt River Board.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 13th April, 1904.

THE following special order, made by the Hutt River Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

J. CARROLL,
For Colonial Treasurer.

HUTT RIVER BOARD.

Hutt River District Loan.

I, DILNOT SLADDEN, Chairman of the Hutt River Board, hereby certify that at a meeting of the Board held on the 4th day of February, 1904, the following resolution was passed by way of special order:—

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £15,000, authorised to be raised by the Hutt River Board (£10,000 of which it is proposed to expend in two successive years), under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for the construction of further protective works in the Hutt River District, and the acquisition of lands in connection with the carrying-out of the said work, and the payment of compensation to any persons in connection with the existing river-protective works or the said further works, or the acquisition of lands for such works, and for paying engineering or other expenses and contingencies in connection with the said loan, the said Hutt River Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of ⁹⁄₁₆d. in the pound to be made and levied within the Hutt River District on Class 1 of the lands within the said district (being the lands liable to great actual damage), and a special rate of ⁵⁄₁₆d. in the pound to be made and levied within the said district on Class 2 of the said lands (being the lands liable to less actual damage), and a special rate of ³⁄₁₆d. in the pound to be made and levied within the said district on Class 3 of the said lands (being the lands indirectly liable to damage); and that such special rates shall be annual-recurring rates during the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly on the 1st day of June and the 1st day of December in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of twenty-six years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

DILNOT SLADDEN,
Chairman Hutt River Board.

Special Order made by the Oakura Road Board, County of Taranaki, making By-laws.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 13th April, 1904.

THE following special order, made by the Oakura Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Secretary.

OAKURA ROAD BOARD.

Special Order.

To regulate and control the traffic on the metalled portions of the Koru and Plymouth Roads, the Oakura Road Board hereby make the following by-laws:—

By-laws made in pursuance of the Powers conferred by Section 130, “Public Works Act, 1894,” and its Amendments, to regulate Traffic on Metalled Portions of Koru and Plymouth Roads.

1. No person or persons shall, from the 1st day of May, 1904, to the 30th day of September, inclusive, in any year, use any portion or the whole of the metalled part of the Koru and Plymouth Roads, situate in the Oakura Road District, by the traction thereon by means of bullocks of any vehicle, engine, machine, or thing.

2. No person or persons shall use any portion or the whole of the metalled part of the Koru and Plymouth Roads, situate in the Oakura Road District, by the traction thereon at any time of any year of any dray, wagon, cart, machine, or vehicle whatsoever carrying sawn or split timber, unless the tire of each wheel of such conveyance, if drawn by not more than two horses or four bullocks, be at least 4 in. in width, and 5 in. in width if drawn by more than two horses or four bullocks.

3. No person or persons shall use any portion or the whole of the metalled part of the Koru and Plymouth Roads, situate in the Oakura Road District, by the traction thereon at any time of any year of any vehicle carrying sawn timber unless such vehicle shall be licensed for the year in which it is so used by the payment of a license fee of £10.

4. The transportation or haulage of any traction or other engine which shall of itself, or together with any thing or things being transported thereon, weigh more than 1½ tons avoirdupois to each pair of wheels is prohibited on any portion or the whole of the metalled part of the Koru and Plymouth Roads situate within the Oakura Road District, from the 1st day of May to the 30th day of September, inclusive, in any year.

5. The penalty for a breach of the foregoing by-laws shall be—For the first offence, not more than £2; and for a second or other offence, not more than £5.

6. These by-laws shall come in force on the 1st day of May, 1904.

FREDK. MORRIS,
Chairman.

I hereby certify that the above by-laws were made by special order in accordance with section 75 of “The Road Boards Act, 1882,”

F. LISLE,
Clerk to Board,