SEPT. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2175

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury.
Wellington, 5th September, 1904.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of
the Waitara West Road Board, is published in ac-
cordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans
Act, 1901.”

J. G. WARD,
For Colonial Treasurer.

WAITARA WEST ROAD BOARD.

Notice is hereby given that at a poll taken at Mr. W.
Brown’s house, Lepperton, on Thursday, 18th August, 1904,
on a proposal to raise a loan of £400, under “The Local
Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for construction of the Wortley
Road, the following votes were recorded:—
For the proposal, 7 votes; against the proposal, none.
As the whole of the valid votes recorded at the poll are in
favour of the proposal, I declare the said proposal carried.

S. TURNBULL,
Chairman.

Lepperton, 20th August, 1904.

Notice to Mariners No. 63 of 1904.

AUCKLAND TIME-SIGNAL DISCONTINUED.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 29th August, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Auckland time-ball
which was dropped from the Post-office flagstaff at
noon has been discontinued.

Books affected: “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1904,
pages 246 and 247.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Altering Regulations for Examination of Engineers.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 8th September, 1904.

WHEREAS by Warrant dated the 4th day of June,
1902, and published in the New Zealand Gazette
No. 43, of the 5th day of the same month, regulations for
the conduct of the examination of engineers were made, and
were amended and altered by Warrant dated the 3rd day of
August, 1903, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of
the 6th day of the same month:

And whereas it is desirable to revoke certain of the said
regulations and to alter and add to the same:

Now, therefore, I, the Minister having charge of the
Marine Department, in pursuance and exercise of the
powers vested in me by section 24 of “The Shipping and
Seamen’s Act, 1877,” do hereby revoke regulation numbered
57, and paragraph (a) of regulation numbered 30, of the said
regulations of the 4th day of June, 1902, and in lieu thereof
and in addition thereto do hereby make and prescribe the
several regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto.

WM. HALL-JONES.

SCHEDULE.

57. If the applicant for a first- or second-class certificate
    fails in practical knowledge he may not present himself for
    re-examination until he can produce proofs of three months
    further service at sea as engineer on watch on the main
    engines or boilers from the date of failure. If he fails in
    arithmetic, elementary questions, or drawing only, he may
    come up again at any time. If a candidate for a third-class
    certificate fails to pass he may not present himself for re-
    examination until after the expiration of three months.

30 (a). He must have served one year as engineer in the
foreign or intercolonial trade, or eighteen months in the
home trade, with a third-class certificate, or a Minister’s
certificate of exemption from the third class examination.

32 (a1). Or he must have served two years and a half with
a second-class certificate of competency or service as third
engineer of a home-trade steamship of not less than 99
nominal horse-power, if during the whole of that period he
has been the senior engineer in charge of a watch on the
main engines and boilers.

28 (a1). When the workshop service has been performed
in a place where engines are made, and the department in
which the applicant has been principally engaged is not
“fitting or erecting,” the case must be referred to the
Marine Department, with a report upon the service per-
formed. If the service be such as is useful training for an
engineer the Department may accept the service.

91. After the word “steam” in paragraph 2 of regulation
    number 91 the following words are hereby inserted, viz.:
    “which is by law required to carry a certificated engineer.”

APPENDIX B.
Elementary Questions.

303. What precautions should be taken before removing a
     manhole-door of a steam-boiler? In the absence of such
     precautions what casualties might occur?

304. Describe the chief features of the engine-governor
     fitted to a steamer you have served in. Describe its action.
     Give the maker’s name, and name of ship.

305. Name the principal parts of an oil-motor, and briefly
     state their functions. Give the name of the makers of the
     motor.

306. What kind of oil is usually employed in oil-motors?
     What is its flash-point? What its specific gravity? What
     its calorific power? What precautions are taken in its stor-
     age to guard the public against casualty by fire or explosion?

307. How many cylinders are generally used in oil-
     motors? What kind of pistons are fitted? How frequently
     (measured in revolutions) is explosion per cylinder effected?
     How is explosion in the cylinder carried out?

308. Describe how an oil-motor is started. If starting
     prove difficult, where would you chiefly look for defects?
     How is piston-speed modified? How is the speed of vessel
     varied? How is reversing effected?

309. Before examining an oil-motor with a naked light
     what steps should be taken for safety’s sake?

310. How frequently should an oil-motor, working twelve
     hours a day, be opened up for examination, cleaned, and its
     parts readjusted? What difficulty arises when the internal
     parts become foul with carbonised oil?

Remeasurement of French and Spanish Ships in British
Ports.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 30th August, 1904.

THE following despatch and its enclosures, received from
the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the
Colonies, are published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister of Marine.

(Circular.)
Downing Street, 3rd March, 1904.

SIR,—With reference to Lord Kimberley’s circular despatch
of the 20th of May, 1873, I have the honour to transmit to you,
for the information of your Government and for publication
in the colony, copies of two Orders in Council made under
the provisions of section 84 (3) of “The Merchant Shipping
Act, 1894,” providing for the remeasurement of French and
Spanish ships in British ports.

2. From the accompanying letter from the Board of Trade
   it will be seen that it is proposed to bring these Orders into
   operation on the 1st of April next.

I have, &c.,
ALFRED LYTTTELTON.

The Officer administering the Government
of New Zealand.

(Enclosure to Circular dated 3rd March, 1904.)

Marine Department, 7, Whitehall Gardens,
London, S.W., 5th February, 1904.

SIR,—I am directed by the Board of Trade to state for the
information of Mr. Secretary Lyttelton that, in view of the
material difference now existing between the British rules of
tonage measurement and those in force in France and
Spain, Orders in Council have been made under the pro-
visions of section 84 (3) of “The Merchant Shipping Act,
1894,” providing for the remeasurement of French and
Spanish ships in British ports.

Copies of these Orders are forwarded herewith, and I am to
state that it is proposed to bring them into operation on the
1st of April next*, from which date French and Spanish ships
will be subject to remeasurement unless they are provided
with certificates of British tonnage.

I am also to forward to you 200 additional copies of each
Order for transmission to the colonies.

I am, &c.,
WALTER J. HOWELL

The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,
The 29th day of January, 1904.

Present:

THE KING’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the 5th day of May,
1873, after reciting that by “The Merchant Shipping Act

• Later instructions from the Secretary of State for the Colonies
  notified that, as regards French ships, the Order came into force on the
  1st July, 1904.