Dec. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2897

12, 15, Blocks II. and III., of Mangatu No. I.; Section 14, Block XIV., Arowhana Survey District; Section 16, Mangatu No. I.; Part 6, Lot 2 of 3, Mangatu No. I.; Subsection 7, 2 of 4, and 1 of 3, Mangatu I.; part Section 10, Blocks I., II., VI., Mangatu; Section 25, Blocks XI. and XV., Arowhana Survey District; part Section 10, Blocks I., II., VI., Mangatu: and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the 1st day of July in each and every year during a period equal to the currency of such loan, being a period of forty-one years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Cook was hereto affixed in the presence of—

W. H. TUCKER,
Chairman.

J. WARREN,
Clerk.

I, John Warren, Clerk, do hereby certify that the foregoing special order has been made in accordance with law, and that all the requirements of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” have been complied with.

JOHN WARREN,
Clerk.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 6th December, 1904.

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

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

MATAONGAONGA ROAD BOARD.

RESULT of poll taken on the 16th day of November, 1904, upon a proposal of the Mataongaonga Road Board to raise a loan of £2,800, under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for the purpose of constructing a new road from Durie Creek to the junction of the No. 3 line with the River-bank Road:—

For the proposal, 152; against the proposal, 1.

I therefore declare the proposal to be duly carried.

ROBERT NEILSON,
Chairman, Mataongaonga Road Board.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 6th December, 1904.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Palmerston North, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

BOROUGH OF PALMERSTON NORTH.

RESULT of poll taken on the 30th day of November, 1904, at the Borough Council Chambers, Main Street, on a proposal to borrow the sum of £3,500, under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for the purpose of completing and furnishing the building for municipal functions and recreation to be known as the Palmerston North Opera House:—

Number of votes given for the proposal, 396; number of votes given against the proposal, 92; number of informal votes, 6.

A majority of votes having been given in favour of the proposal, I hereby declare it to be carried.

E. O. HURLEY,
Mayor.

Palmerston North, 1st December, 1904.

Notice to Mariners No. 82 of 1904.

MINEFIELD IN EVANS BAY, WELLINGTON HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 1st December, 1904.

NOTICE has been received from the Defence Department that it is intended to lay down a practice minefield in the small bay immediately to the south of Shelly Bay. The minefield will be bounded by a line drawn west (magnetic) for 610 ft. (approximate) from a rocky peak on the south point of Shelly Bay, a line drawn west 660 ft. from telegraph pole on south extreme of bay, and a line joining the seaward extremities of the above lines, running due south 1,300 ft. (approximate) from the first-named extremity.

The mines will be moored so as to be on the surface at all tides.

Two red posts will mark the points at which the sides of the field start from the land, and a red buoy will mark each outer corner.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Notice to Mariners No. 83 of 1904.

TOWN LIGHTS OF MANAIA, TARANAKI.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 1st December, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Town Manaia (about twenty-five miles south-east of Cape Egmont) is illuminated by electricity, and it is reported that the lights have been seen distinctly at a distance of fourteen miles.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Notice to Mariners No. 84 of 1904.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 5th December, 1904.

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

WM. HALL-JONES.

CALIFORNIA.

San Francisco Light-vessel No. 70 — Change in Character of Fog-signal.—The Lighthouse Board has given notice that about 26th November, 1904, the characteristic of the fog-whistle on San Francisco Light-vessel No. 70, stationed about 3¼ miles outside the bar off the entrance to San Francisco Harbour, and about 500 feet to the northward of the range-line marked by Fort Point light and Alcatraz light, will be changed to blasts of 2 seconds duration, separated by silent intervals of 28 seconds.

BRITISH COLUMBIA.

Strait of Georgia — Malaspina Strait — Nelson Rock — Beacon erected.—A day beacon has been erected by the Government of Canada on Nelson Rock, Malaspina Strait, 1 mile S.86° W. true (S.W. by W. ½ W. mag.) from Fearney Point, Nelson Island.

Approx. position: Lat. 49° 38′ 50″ N., long. 124° 8′ 19″ W.

The beacon consists of a frustum of a square pyramid in stonework, 14 feet square at the bottom, 9 feet at the top, by 16 feet high, surmounted by a wooden staff carrying a lattice-work drum 6 feet high by 6 feet in diameter, the whole painted black, and showing 26 feet above high water.

Nelson Rock dries about 6 feet at low water, and extends half a cable in a north-east and south-west direction, with a width of 75 feet. The beacon is on the north-east end of the ledge, and can be approached on the north-east within 100 yards.

Vancouver Island—Strait of Georgia—Nanaimo Harbour and Departure Bay approaches — Shoals located — Hydrographic information.—Captain J. F. Parry, R.N., H.B.M. surveying-ship “Egeria,” engaged in a resurvey of British Columbian waters, reports the following information from the resurvey of the approaches to Nanaimo Harbour and Departure Bay:—

A shoal of about 200 yards in extent, and having several heads, was found outside the 10-fathom line off Angle Point, Newcastle Island. The outermost and shoalest of these heads has 18 feet on it on the following bearings: McKay Point, N. 78° W. true (W.S.W. ⅞ W. mag.), distant 1,100 yards; Snake Island summit, N. 35° E. true (N. ⅞ E. mag.), distant 1 mile 840 yards; Southern West Rock, N. 22° W. true (N.W. ¼ W. w’ly mag.), distant 1 mile 1,460 yards.

Two shoals, 500 yards apart, with least water of 30 feet over them, surrounded by deep water, were found off Hammond Bay. From the more westerly of these—Five-Finger Island summit bears S. 76° E. true (E. by N. mag.), distant 1 mile 900 yards; Southern West Rock, S. 49° E. true (E.S.E. ½ E. e’ly mag.), distant 1 mile 440 yards; Lagoon Head, S. 13° E. true (S.E. ⅝ S. mag.), distant 1,040 yards. From the more southerly — Five-Finger Island summit bears S. 81° E. true (E.N.E. ½ E. mag.), distant 1 mile 500 yards; Southern West Rock, S. 49° E. true (S.S.E. ½ E. e’ly mag.), distant 1,940 yards; Lagoon Head, S. 12° 30′ W. true (S. by E. ¼ E. mag.), distant 700 yards.

Hammond Bay is not recommended as an anchorage owing to the swell usually prevailing there at all seasons.

Ships should not pass between Five-Finger Island and the West Rocks, several 18-foot patches having been found in this locality.