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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Treasury at Wellington the bank receipt for such repayment, together with an account of his expenditure to the same date, as required by clause 4 of the Treasury Regulations.

As respects disbursements which officers may require to make immediately after the close of the financial year, requisitions for the amount required are to be made in such time as to enable them to reach Wellington not later than the 15th March, so that the requisite funds may be placed at the disposal of the officer as soon after the 1st April as possible.

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

Certificate and Declaration of Execution of Criminal.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 1st March, 1905.

THE following certificate and declaration are published in conformity with the provisions of “The Criminals Executions Act, 1883.”

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Justice.

IN THE SUPREME COURT
OF NEW ZEALAND,
WELLINGTON DISTRICT.

In the matter of “The Criminals Executions Act, 1883”; and in the matter of the execution of James William Ellis, alias John McKenzie, for murder.

I, CLAUD DAWSON HENRY, the Medical Officer in attendance at the execution of James William Ellis, alias John McKenzie, at the prison known as the Wellington Prison, do hereby certify and declare that I have this day witnessed the execution of the said James William Ellis, alias John McKenzie, at the said prison. And I do further certify and declare that the said James William Ellis, alias John McKenzie, was, in pursuance of the sentence of the Supreme Court, hanged by the neck until his body was dead.

Given under my hand, this twenty-eighth day of February, in the year one thousand nine hundred and five, at the Wellington Prison.

C. DAWSON HENRY, M.B., B.C.

IN THE SUPREME COURT
OF NEW ZEALAND,
WELLINGTON DISTRICT.

In the matter of “The Criminals Executions Act, 1883”; and in the matter of the execution of James William Ellis, alias John McKenzie, for murder.

WE do hereby certify and declare that we have this day been present when the extreme penalty of the law was carried into execution on the body of James William Ellis, alias John McKenzie, convicted at the Criminal Sessions of the Supreme Court held at Wellington on the 1st day of February instant, and sentenced to death, and that the said James William Ellis, alias John McKenzie, was, in pursuance of the said sentence, hanged by the neck until his body was dead.

Dated this twenty-eighth day of February, in the year one thousand nine hundred and five, at the Wellington Prison.

D. G. A. COOPER, Sheriff.
P. S. GARVEY, Gaoler.
S. G. MILLINGTON, Chief Warder.
J. COYLE, Principal Warder.
E. ARNOLD, Visiting Justice.
HAMILTON A. H. GILMER.
T. E. RICHARDSON.
J. BARR, New Zealand Times.
M. C. KEANE.

Authorising the Laying-off of Kingsland Terrace, in the Town of Kingsland Extension, of a Width of 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st February, 1905.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 2 of “The Towns Main Streets Act, 1902,” I, Thomas Young Duncan, Minister of Lands, do hereby authorise the laying-off of Kingsland Terrace, in the Town of Kingsland Extension, Wellington Land District, of a width of 66 ft., instead of 99 ft. as prescribed by section 17 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Authorising the Laying-off of Seddon Street, in the Town of Bentinck Extension, of a Width of 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st February, 1905.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 2 of “The Towns Main Streets Act, 1902,” I, Thomas Young Duncan, Minister of Lands, do hereby authorise the laying-off of Seddon Street, in the Town of Bentinck Extension, Wellington Land District, of a width of 66 ft., instead of 99 ft. as prescribed by section 17 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Notice to Mariners No. 11 of 1905.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 24th February, 1905.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, Victoria, are published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

VICTORIA.

Picnic Point.—Jetty Light.

REFERRING to General Notice to Mariners, dated 24th September, 1901, page 88, it is hereby notified that on and after the 1st March, 1905, the exhibition of the red and green light from the outer end of the jetty at Picnic Point will be discontinued.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

Melbourne, 25th January, 1905.

Position of Green Light, Warrnambool.

REFERRING to General Notice to Mariners, Victoria, dated 24th September, 1901, page 50, it is hereby notified that the fixed green light exhibited from a lamp-post on the end of the Warrnambool Tramway Jetty, which is now closed against traffic, will be exhibited, on and after the 1st March, 1905, from a lamp-post on such jetty further shoreward than the present lamp-post.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

Melbourne, 31st January, 1905.

Notice to Mariners No. 12 of 1905.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 25th February, 1905.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Board of Trade, London, are published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

NOTICE TO MASTERS OF BRITISH MERCHANT VESSELS.

MASTERS of British merchant vessels are informed that in the event of relations becoming strained between this country and any naval Power an Examination Service will come into force at such ports in the United Kingdom and H.M. possessions abroad as are defended by means of mines or batteries. When the Examination Service is put into force, masters will receive confidential notice of ports at which it is est. Masters are warned that before attempting to enter such ports they must in their own interests strictly obey all instructions given to them by the vessels which will be charged with the duty of examining ships desiring to enter the ports and of allotting positions in which the ships shall anchor. The pilots attached to the defended ports will be acquainted with the regulations to be followed. Note.—This notice will be distributed to shipmasters periodically. Dec.

EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO, ETC.

BANKA STRAIT.—Tanjong Kalian lt. (2° 5′ S., 105° 8′ E.) is to be altered from F. white to fl. white every 15 secs., the dura. of each fl. being 3 secs. Jan.

CHINA SEA, ETC.

Annam.

CAPE VARELLA.—On 1st Dec., 1904, a group-fl. white lt., showing groups of 2 fls. at intervals of 3 secs. every 12 secs., vis. from S. 4° E., through W., to N. 2° W., elev. 318 ft. above H.W., was to be exh. exper. from a white masonry tower, in 12° 53⅓′ N., 129° 26¼′ E., on the ern. extr. of the cape. Jan.

China.

CANTON APPROACH.—PARKER ISL.—A group-occ. white lt., with groups of 4 ecls. every 30 secs.—lt. 16 secs., ecl. 2 secs., lt. 2 secs., ecl. 2 secs., lt. 2 secs., ecl. 2 secs., lt. 2 secs., ecl. 2 secs.—is exh. in 22° 54′ N., 113° 35¼ E., on Blake Pt., Parker Isl. Jan.