JUNE 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1499

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd June, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the undermentioned persons:—

J. G. WARD.

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 4th June, 1904.

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

JAS. McGOWAN,
Acting Minister for Public Works.

HEALTH DEPARTMENT LABORATORY, IN MUSEUM STREET, WELLINGTON, CONTRACT.

Accepted.

Sanders Bros., Wellington .. .. £ s. d.
797 18 0

Declined.

Cooper and Son, A., Wellington .. .. 832 1 0
Lamb, J., Wellington .. .. 974 13 0
Wakelin, R. A., Wellington .. .. 1,023 1 8
Connan, G., Wellington .. .. 1,033 0 0
Howie and Matthews, Wellington .. .. 1,143 0 0
McLean, D., Wellington .. .. 1,167 13 6
McGill and French, Wellington .. .. 1,172 0 0
Helliwell, J. W., Wellington .. .. 1,463 0 0

PUKAKI HOTEL ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS CONTRACT.

Accepted.

Petersen, J. P., Invercargill .. .. £ s. d.
915 15 0

Declined.

Foden, Thos., Fairlie .. .. .. 990 2 6
Forbes, J., Cust .. .. .. 1,094 0 0

Notice to Mariners No. 40 of 1904.

KAIPARA HARBOUR.—SEMAPHORE SIGNALS FROM NORTH HEAD.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 25th May, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that on and after Monday, the 11th July, 1904, the following semaphore signals will be shown from the signal-staff on the North Head, at the entrance to Kaipara Harbour :—

Both semaphore-arms horizontal signifies “The tug is not available.”

N. arm horizontal, S. arm upward, signifies “Keep handy; tug is coming.”

N. arm upward, S. arm horizontal, signifies “The tug will not be out to-day.”

Both arms upward signifies “You are standing into danger.”

N. arm upward, S. arm downward, signifies “Little or no wind inside the bar.”

Both arms downward signifies “Wait for flood tide.”

C. H. MILLS,
Acting Minister of Marine.

Notice to Mariners No. 44 of 1904.

EXHIBITION OF LIGHT ON JACK’S POINT, NEAR TIMARU, SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 6th June, 1904.

WITH reference to preliminary Notice No. 31 of 1904, issued by this Department on the 19th April last, notice is hereby given that on and after Friday, the 1st July, 1904, a light will be exhibited from sunset to sunrise from the lighthouse which has been erected on Jack’s Point, about 3 miles south of Timaru, East Coast, South Island, in latitude 44° 27′ S. and longitude 171° 14′ E. (approximate).

The light, which is a dioptric fixed white light of the fourth order, is about 94 ft. above the level of the sea at high water, and is visible to seaward over an arc of 168 degrees of the horizon for a distance of about 14 miles from the deck of a vessel 15 ft. above the sea.

The tower is an octagonal cast-iron structure, and is painted white. It is 29 ft. in height from the surface of the ground at the base to the top of the lantern.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty charts Nos. 1212 and 2532; “New Zealand Pilot,” seventh edition, 1901, Chap. viii., pages 285 to 287.

C. H. MILLS,
Acting Minister of Marine.

Despatch.—Notice to Shipbuilders and Others as to Duties and Liabilities during Russo-Japanese War.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 7th June, 1904.

THE following despatch, received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Secretary.

(Circular.)
Downing Street, 8th April, 1904.

Sir,—I have the honour to transmit to you, for publication in the colony under your government, copies of a notice issued by the Home Office to shipbuilders in this country, calling attention to their duties and liabilities both as regards vessels ordered by a belligerent prior to the outbreak of the war between Russia and Japan, and also as regards the making of overtures for the purchase of vessels by persons who do not disclose the intended ultimate destination of such vessels.

I have, &c.,

ALFRED LYTTELTON.

The Officer administering the Government
of New Zealand.

“FOREIGN ENLISTMENT ACT, 1870.”

Notice to Shipbuilders and Others.

With reference to the war now in progress between Russia and Japan, the attention of shipbuilders and others is called to the provisions of “The Foreign Enlistment Act, 1870” (33 and 34 Vict., cap. 90), sections 8, 9, and 23, which indicate their duties and liabilities in the matter of building and equipping ships which are intended to, or may, be used in the military or naval service of the belligerents.

Section 8 provides that any person within His Majesty’s dominions who without Royal licence builds, commissions, equips, or despatches any ship with intent or knowledge, or having reasonable cause to believe, that the same will be employed in the military or naval service of the belligerents shall be liable to fine and imprisonment and the forfeiture of the ship and equipment.

Any person building or equipping such a ship in pursuance of a contract made before the commencement of the war shall not be liable to these penalties if—

(i.) Forthwith upon a proclamation of neutrality being issued by His Majesty he gives notice to the Secretary of State that he is so building, causing to be built, or equipping such ship, and furnishes such particulars of the contract, and of any matters relating to or done or to be done under the contract, as may be required by the Secretary of State.

(ii.) He gives such security, and takes and permits to be taken such other measures, if any, as the Secretary of State may prescribe for insuring that such ship shall not be despatched, delivered, or removed without the licence of His Majesty until the termination of such war as aforesaid.

In any case in which overtures are made for the purchase or equipment of such ships by persons who do not satisfactorily disclose the ultimate destination of the ships, it would be the duty of all persons having knowledge of the fact to give notice to the Home Secretary, in order that he might take the steps which he is empowered by the 23rd section of the said Act to take so as to insure that such vessels should not be employed in contravention of the said Act.

Whitehall, 1904.