July 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1769

such watercourse or channel as aforesaid, pay at the time hereinafter mentioned an annual charge of 3½d. per acre on all such lands : Provided nevertheless in respect of all land of whatever area a minimum annual charge of 10s. shall be paid by each occupier of such land, but in cases where the acreage charge payable in respect of any land exceeds the minimum charge payable in respect of such land such minimum charge shall not be payable.

No. 8. The said annual charges and rates shall be payable at the office of the Board at Oxford on the 1st day of July in each year, the first of such payments to become due on the 1st of July, 1904. And if any person shall fail to pay the annual charge or charges for which he is liable for fourteen days after demand thereof, the local authority may recover the same as a debt in any Court of competent jurisdiction, and any person authorised by a resolution or under the seal of the Board may sue for the same in the name of the local authority, and for that purpose may make all affidavits and declarations, and do all such other acts, deeds, matters, and things, as the plaintiff is required to do in the Court in which he is suing.

I hereby certify that the above special order for repealing and making the above by-laws was duly confirmed by the Oxford Road Board at its meeting held on the 6th July, 1904.

Given under my hand, this 8th day of July, 1904.
R. H. GAINSFORD,
Clerk to the Oxford Road Board.

Special Order made by the Council of the Borough of Carterton.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 18th July, 1904.

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

J. G. WARD,
For Colonial Treasurer.

BOROUGH OF CARTERTON.

Drainage Loans.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “ The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the Carterton Borough Council hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on loans of £4,000 and £2,000 respectively, authorised to be raised by the Carterton Borough Council under the above-mentioned Act for providing a system of drainage for No. 1 Drainage District of the Borough of Carterton, the said Carterton Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of ⅝d. in the pound on the loan of £4,000, and a special rate of ¼d. in the pound on the loan of £2,000, upon the rateable value of all rateable property of No. 1 Drainage District Special-rating District of the Borough of Carterton, comprising part of the Sections Nos. 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, and 214, on the plan of the Taratahi Plain Block, and part Sections Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, and 29, on the plan of the Township of Carterton; and that such special rates shall be annual-recurring rates during the currency of such loans, and be payable half-yearly on the 1st day of January and the 1st day of July in each and every year during the currency of such loans, being a period of forty-one years on the £4,000 loan, and for a period of thirty-two years on the £2,000 loan, or until the loans are fully paid off.

GEO. A. FAIRBROTHER,
Mayor.

I hereby certify that the foregoing special order was adopted at a special meeting of the Carterton Borough Council held on Tuesday, the 7th day of June, 1904, and confirmed at a subsequent special meeting held on Thursday, the 7th day of July, 1904.

J. MONCRIEFF, Jun.,
Town Clerk.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 18th July, 1904.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Featherston County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “ The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

J. G. WARD,
For Colonial Treasurer.

FEATHERSTON COUNTY COUNCIL.

In the matter of “ The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and amendments.

At the poll of ratepayers within the Featherston Town District held on 7th July, 1904, to consider the proposal to raise a loan of £3,500 for forty-one years at 4 per cent., for the purpose of providing a high-pressure water-supply for the Town of Featherston, the following were the votes recorded:—

For the proposal, 109; against the proposal, 45; informal, 5.

As the number of valid votes recorded for the proposal is more than three-fifths of the total number of valid votes recorded at the poll, I hereby declare the proposal carried.

Dated the 8th day of July, 1904.

ALEX. D. MCLEOD,
Chairman.

Notice to Mariners No. 55 of 1904.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 12th July, 1904.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the United States Hydrographic Office, Washington, D.C., are published for general information.

C. H. MILLS,
Acting Minister of Marine.

CHINA.

EAST COAST.—KYAUCHAU BAY.—TSINGTAU.—PILOT REGULATIONS.—Information has been received that the Government of Tsingtau has issued the following pilot regulations:—

Entering and leaving great and small harbours and making fast to the mole of Tsingtau is prohibited to all vessels of over 100 tons register without a pilot. Pilots are appointed by the Government.

Masters of vessels trading regularly with Tsingtau may be furnished with a pilot certificate by the Government.

The pilot must be taken on board in the outer roadstead, on the line between Huitshin Point and Cape Jaschke. As soon as the pilot is on board, or if the vessel is commanded by a captain holding a pilot certificate or license, the pilot flag will be hoisted on the vessel.

Pilot fees, including harbour fees, are $25 for vessels over 100 tons register with draft up to 12 ft., and for each additional foot $3 more.

If the draft is different coming in from going out, the greatest draft will be counted.

EAST COAST.—KYAUCHAU BAY.—HORSESHOE REEF.—LIGHT ESTABLISHED.—DIRECTIONS.—The German Government has given notice that a round tower has been erected, painted green and white in horizontal bands, and 52 feet high, with the letters H. R. painted in white 40 feet above the sea, from which an intermittent red and white light is exhibited every 6 seconds—thus, light 5 seconds, eclipse 1 second—and visible all over the inner bay. It shows intermittent red from S. 43° E. true (S.E. ⅜ S. S’ly mag.) to S. 23° E. true (S. by E. ¾ E. mag.) over an arc of 20°.

Vessels entering the Great Harbour will keep in the fixed white sector of the Yu-nui-san light until the intermittent red light of Horseshoe Reef appears, and then turn to starboard on the range of the Great Harbour range lights, which will soon be established.

Approx. position: Lat. 36° 4′ 36″ N., long. 120° 17′ 5″ E.

British Admiralty charts (issued to U.S. vessels): No. 857; H.O. Light List, Vol. ii., No. 132b*; China Sea Directory, Vol. iii., 1904, page 529.

EAST COAST.—KYAUCHAU BAY.—ARKONA ISLAND.—LIGHT ESTABLISHED.—The German Government has given notice that a round granite tower has been erected in the position of the red lantern light on Arkona Island, from which an intermittent red light is exhibited every 6 seconds—thus, light 5 seconds, eclipse 1 second—and visible 4 miles.

The tower is 40 feet above the ground, and the light is elevated 91 feet above high water.

Approx. position: Lat. 36° 3′ 12″ N., long. 120° 18′ 49″ E.

British Admiralty charts (issued to U.S. vessels): No. 857; H.O. Light List, Vol. ii., No. 132a; China Sea Directory, Vol. iii., 1904, page 531.