Nov. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2659

Notice to Mariners No. 74 of 1904.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 28th October, 1904.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, South Australia, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Spencer Gulf.

MASTERS of vessels, fishermen, and others concerned are hereby informed that an uncharted rock has been discovered between Howard Rock and Porter Rock, near the approach to Port Lincoln, in lat. 34° 51′ 40″ S., long. 136° 7′ 30″ E., and in which position 10 fathoms is shown on the chart.

It consists of isolated, bare, jagged granite rocks, with from 3 ft. to 6 ft. on them at L.W.S., on which the sea has not been seen to break. Its extent is about 200 yards east and west and 50 yards north and south, and the water gradually deepens to 7 fathoms at a quarter of a mile all round. This affects Admiralty chart 2389b.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide,
10th October, 1904.

Requisition as to taking Land compulsorily under “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and its Amendment.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is intended, on behalf of His Majesty, to take compulsorily, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and its amendment, the land the acreage, description, and classification of which, as also the names and addresses of the owners of such land, are specified in the Schedule hereto; and every owner of the land, and also every other person having any estate or interest therein, is hereby required to serve their respective claims for compensation on the Minister of Lands, in the form and manner and within the period provided by the said Acts.

SCHEDULE.

TAWAHA ESTATE.

1. ACREAGE and Description.—All that parcel of land situate in the Land District of Wellington, containing by admeasurement 3,350 acres, more or less, being part of Sections 19, 20, 36, and 87, Block V., Huangarua Survey District; Sections 103, 104, and part Ngapuki Block, Block IX., Huangarua Survey District; and part of Sections 21, 90, and 91, Block VIII., Wairarapa Survey District, together with right of way over part of Section 91, Moroa Block; being bounded towards the north-west by part of Section 68, Sections 88 and 89, Ward’s Road, Battersea Road, and the Martinborough Road, the Otukura Stream, Sections 80, 28, 79, and part of 78; towards the south-west by part of Section 91; towards the south-east by the Te Maire Road; again towards the south-west by part of Sections 91, 90, 21, and 78n to the Ruamahanga River; again towards the south-east by the Ruamahanga River to Section 36; towards the north, east, and south-east by the Otaraia Road and the Kaitara Road; and again towards the north-east by Section B1 and the Tawaha Block to the starting-point: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked S.G. 19309, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged with red.

2. The Minister’s Classification of the Land.—First class; 3,350 acres, more or less.

3. The land intended to be taken is the whole of the owner’s estate.

4. The acreage and the Minister’s classification of the whole estate is: Acreage, 3,350 acres, more or less; Minister’s classification, first class.

5. (a.) The registered owners are William Edward Bidwill and Ernest Tancred Dillon Bell.

(b.) The registered owners of any lesser estate or interest are as set out hereunder:—

Francis Henry Dillon Bell, John Duncan, Arthur Edward Pearce, all of Wellington, New Zealand; and George Beetham, of London, England.

Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of October, 1904.

R. J. SEDDON,
For Minister of Lands.

Alterations to the Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges in Force upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

IN pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me under “The Government Railways Act, 1900,” I, Joseph George Ward, Minister for Railways, do hereby make the following alterations in the scale of fares, rates, and charges in force on the New Zealand Government railways open for traffic, such alterations to come into force on and after the 13th day of November, 1904:—

PART I.—PASSENGERS.

Regulation 3:—

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Single tickets are available for day of issue only.

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Single tickets are available as follows:—

For distances up to and including 20 miles, for day of issue only.

For distances over 20 miles, for one month* from date of issue.

• That is to say, from the 15th of one month to the 15th inclusive of the succeeding month. But in all cases single tickets issued on the last day of any month are available only up to and including the last day of the succeeding month. Thus, a ticket for 50 miles, issued on the 31st January, would be available only up to and including the 28th—or, in leap year, the 29th—being the last day of February.

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Regulation 5.

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5. Except in cases where break of journey is necessitated by the train service, single or return tickets for distances of 10 miles and under will not be available for break of journey. Passengers holding single or return tickets for distances over 10 miles may break the journey, at any station at which the train is timed to stop, after traveling 10 miles from the original starting-station. In the case of single tickets for distances under 21 miles the journey must be completed on the day the ticket is taken out.

LOCAL FARES AND REGULATIONS.

THROUGH BOOKING BY RAIL AND STEAMER TO QUEENSTOWN.

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Single tickets are available for eight days, including day of issue.

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Single tickets are available for one month from date of issue.

PART III.—GOODS: REGULATIONS.

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Regulation 41. Marlborough Industrial Exhibition.

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41. New Plymouth Industrial Exhibition.

In consideration of their being carried solely at the risk of the consignors, and of the Government being freed of all liability in connection therewith, exhibits consigned for exhibition at the New Plymouth Industrial Exhibition, to be held at New Plymouth from 26th December, 1904, will be carried free on the New Zealand Government railways, provided that each package shall be consigned to the secretary of the Exhibition and marked legibly “For exhibition at New Plymouth District Industrial Exhibition.”

All loading and unloading shall be done at the expense of the consignors, and, in the event of the exhibits being sold, the full ordinary railage charges must be paid.

Under similar conditions, and on the production of a certificate from the secretary of the Exhibition stating that the exhibits have not been transferred, exchanged, or sold, and are still the property of the original consignors, free railage will be granted on the return journey.

As witness my hand, this first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and four.

J. G. WARD,
Minister for Railways.

Notice of Intention to take Land for a Road through Section 30, Block I., Whakatane Survey District, Whakatane County.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” to