Nov. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2735

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 21st November, 1905.

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

ALBERT PITT,
For Colonial Treasurer.

BOROUGH OF GISBORNE.

NOTICE is hereby given that a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Gisborne, including all persons entitled to vote on proposals to raise loans, was duly taken at the Council Chambers, Lowe Street, Gisborne, on Wednesday, the 15th November, 1905, upon the proposal of the Gisborne Borough Council to raise a special loan of £5,500 for the erection of a bridge across the Taruheru River, Gisborne, at the south end of Wi Pere Street, to connect with Roebuck Road (such bridge to have an iron superstructure, with a draw span); and to make an annually recurring rate of 1½d. in the pound on the annual rateable value of all rateable property in the said borough as security for the interest and sinking fund in connection with such loan. The whole of the loan is to be repayable at the expiration of thirty years from the raising of the loan. It is proposed to pay out of the loan-moneys the cost of raising the loan, preliminary expenses, and the first year’s interest of the loan during the construction of the said work. And at such poll the number of votes recorded was 351 votes for the said proposal, and 116 votes against the proposal; informal votes, 14.

I do hereby declare the said proposal to be carried.

Dated at Gisborne, this 16th day of November, 1905.

JNO. TOWNLEY,
Mayor, Borough of Gisborne.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 21st November, 1905.

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

ALBERT PITT,
For Colonial Treasurer.

MANAIA TOWN BOARD.

RESULT of a poll taken on the 15th day of November, 1905, upon a proposal by the Manaia Town Board to raise a special loan of £1,000 for the purpose of erecting and completing a Town Hall for the Town District of Manaia:—

The number of valid votes given for the proposal was 56; the number of valid votes given against the proposal was nil.

I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

JOHN HUNT,
Chairman, Manaia Town Board.

“The Shops and Offices Act, 1904,” and “The Shops and Offices Act Amendment Act, 1905.”

AMENDED NOTICE SPECIFYING COMBINED DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 8 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1904,” and section 8 of “The Shops and Offices Act Amendment Act, 1905,” I, Albert Pitt, acting for and on behalf of the Minister of Labour, do hereby specify that the combined district of Christchurch comprises the City of Christchurch and the Borough of Woolston.

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of November, 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Labour.

Notice fixing Closing-hours of Chemists and Druggists’ Shops in the City of Wellington under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the chemists and druggists’ shops in the City of Wellington, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the city shall be closed at 8 o’clock p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, at 1 o’clock p.m. on Wednesdays (the weekly half-holiday), and at 10 o’clock p.m. on Saturdays, except on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, when the closing-hour shall be 11 p.m.: And whereas the Wellington City Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the chemists and druggists’ shops within the city:

Now, therefore, I, Albert Pitt, acting for and on behalf of the Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 21 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1904,” and section 5 of “The Shops and Offices Act Amendment Act, 1905,” do hereby direct that from and after the 27th day of November, 1905, all chemists and druggists’ shops in the City of Wellington shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of November, 1905.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Labour.

Notice to Mariners No. 92 of 1905.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 13th November, 1905.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Hydrographic Office, Washington, D.C., United States of America, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

CHINA.

EAST COAST.—DOME ISLAND.—ROCK TO WESTWARD.—Information dated 7th August, 1905, has been received from Commander R. W. Glennie, H.B.M. surveying-vessel “Waterwitch,” that a rock with a depth of 17 ft. over it at low water exists in a position from which the centre of Dome Island bears N. 78° E. true (E.N.E. ⅓ E. e’ly mag.), distant 800 yards, and the tall chimneys on Three Chimney Bluff, Namoa Island, N. 4° W. true (N. ⅓ W. mag.).

Approx. position: Lat. 23° 21′ 0″ N., long. 117° 07′ 15″ E.

Hydrographic Office Charts.—No. 798.

British Admiralty Charts issued to U.S. Vessels.—Nos. 1968, 1962, and 1957. “China Sea Directory,” Vol. iii., 1904, page 157.

CHINA.

EAST COAST.—KYAUCHAU BAY.—HYDROGRAPHIC INFORMATION.—Lieutenant J. R. Defrees, U.S. Navy, commanding the U.S.S. “Chauncey,” furnishes the following hydrographic information concerning Kyauchau Bay, China:—

The German Government has made extensive harbour improvements in Kyauchau Bay, China, such as basins and piers. A breakwater running south-westward and southward from Womans Island encloses the large harbour (Handels Hafen), which is almost circular in shape, about 1,600 yards in diameter, and dredged to 5½ fathoms. The breakwater is not quite completed. In the southern part of the basin there are two large stone piers about 500 yards in length and 100 yards wide, and very strongly constructed. The space between these two piers is about 200 yards. These two piers are large enough for twenty-five or thirty large ships to moor alongside. In the western part of the basin there will be placed a large floating dry dock, large enough to dock a 12,000-ton ship. This floating dock is under construction at Tsingtau, and is ready for launching.

The entrance to this harbour is about 300 yards wide, and is marked by four buoys, two red spar buoys on the starboard side and two black conical buoys on the port side of the channel. The channel is also marked by two red iron latticed beacons. The rear beacon stands on the enclosing dam, and the front beacon on the outer corner of pier No. II. They bear a red and white quartered basket. At night they each show two orange-coloured lights, placed 6 ft. apart, vertically, visible at a distance 2½ miles. They generally appear as one light. The head of the northern pier shows a red light; that of the southern pier a green light.

Just southward of pier No. I. there is being dredged a small basin for junks and small boats. The breakwater for this basin is nearly completed.

About ¾ mile south-west of the large basin is another small basin (Boots Hafen), about 350 yards in diameter, and dredged to 16 ft. There is one small pier in this basin for torpedo-boats and vessels drawing not more than 12 ft. Vessels can moor on both sides of this pier. The end of the pier is marked by a red-and-green light. This small harbour is surrounded by a breakwater, and has an entrance