APRIL 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1031

And in pursuance of the power conferred upon me by section 23 of the said Act I do hereby make the following rules for the conduct of the examinations and the qualification of the applicants for such certificates.

WM. HALL-JONES.

RULES FOR EXAMINATION FOR CERTIFICATES AS MASTER OF RESTRICTED-LIMIT SAILING-SHIPS OVER 5 TONS AND UP TO 25 TONS REGISTER CARRYING PASSENGERS.

1. The general rules as to the conduct of examinations and for the examination in sight-tests contained in the Regulations for the Examination of Masters and Mates which were made on the 2nd April, 1898, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 24, of the 7th day of the same month, shall apply to these examinations.

2. A candidate must be not less than twenty-one years of age, and have served four years at sea or in extended river limits, two years of which must have been served in a somewhat similar class of sailing-vessel.

3. Examination in Navigation.—He must be able to read and to write a legible hand and understand the first five rules of arithmetic. He must be able to take a bearing by compass, be conversant with the use of Mercator’s chart, and be able to find on a magnetic chart the course to steer and the distance from one given position to another; to find the ship’s position on the chart from cross-bearings of two objects, and from two bearings of the same or different objects, the course and distance run between taking the bearings being given, also the distance of the ship from the object at the time of taking the second bearing. He must be able to find the deviation of the compass by bearings of two objects in a line. He must be able to find the times of high and low water at the different places given in the “New Zealand Nautical Almanac.” He must also pass an examination in the International Code of Signals, the New Zealand General Harbour Regulations, and the colonial bar and tidal signals.

4. Examination in Seamanship.—He must possess a thorough knowledge of the rule of the road as regards both steamers and sailing-vessels, their regulation lights and fog and sound signals. He must be able to describe the signals of distress and the use and management of the rocket apparatus in the event of his vessel being stranded, and the ports in New Zealand where such rocket apparatus for saving life has been placed. He must be able to mark and use the lead and log lines, to manage a ship’s boat in a surf or in heavy weather, to bend, unbend, set, reef, take in, and furl sail, to know how to act for the safety of the vessel if caught in a sudden squall, and what action to take if a man falls overboard, or if spars carry away; also any other questions of a like nature appertaining to the duties of the master of this class of vessel.

RULES FOR EXAMINATION FOR CERTIFICATES AS MASTER OF FISHING-BOATS AND CARGO-SHIPS OVER 5 TONS AND UP TO 25 TONS REGISTER.

1. The general rules as to the conduct of examinations and for the examination in sight-tests contained in the Regulations for the Examination of Masters and Mates which were made on the 2nd April, 1898, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 24, of the 7th day of the same month, shall apply to these examinations.

2. A candidate must be not less than twenty-one years of age, and have served four years at sea or in extended river limits, the last two years of which service must have been in the same class of vessel as that for which the certificate is desired.

3. Examination in Navigation.—He must be able to read and to write a legible hand and understand the first five rules of arithmetic. He must be able to take a bearing by compass, be conversant with the use of Mercator’s chart, and be able to find on a magnetic chart the course to steer and the distance from one given position to another, to find the ship’s position on the chart from cross-bearings of two objects, and from two bearings of the same or different objects, the course and distance run between taking the bearings being given, also the distance of the ship from the object at the time of taking the second bearing. He must be able to find the deviation of the compass by bearings of two objects in a line. He must be able to find the times of high and low water at the different places given in the “New Zealand Nautical Almanac.” He must also pass an examination in the International Code of Signals, the New Zealand General Harbour Regulations, and the colonial bar and tidal signals.

4. Examination in Seamanship.—He must possess a thorough knowledge of the rule of the road as regards both steamers and sailing-vessels, their regulation lights and fog and sound signals. He must be able to describe the signals of distress and the use and management of the rocket apparatus in the event of his vessel being stranded, and the ports in New Zealand where such rocket apparatus for saving life has been placed. He must be able to mark and use the lead and log lines, to manage a ship’s boat in a surf or in heavy weather, to bend, unbend, set, reef, take in, and furl sail, to know how to act for the safety of the vessel if caught in a sudden squall, and what action to take if a man falls overboard, or if spars carry away; also any other questions of a like nature appertaining to the duties of the master of this class of vessel.

Meetings of Otago Land Board.

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

His Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 48 of “The Land Act, 1892,” approved the following resolution, which was passed by the Otago Land Board at a meeting held on the 5th day of April, 1905:—

“That on and after the 1st day of July, 1905, the ordinary meetings of the Otago Land Board be held at Dunedin on the last Thursday in each month, at 10 o’clock a.m.”

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds in the Borough of Tauranga, the Hawke’s Bay County, and the Mount Somers Road District.—Notice No. 958.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 25th April, 1905.

It is hereby notified for public information that the undermentioned local governing bodies have by special order declared the plants enumerated opposite each to be noxious weeds within the meaning of “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,” in the district under the jurisdiction of each respectively:—

Local Bodies. Plants.
Tauranga Borough Council Bathurst burr, gorse, and ragwort.
Hawke’s Bay County Council Gorse.
Mount Somers Road Board Ragwort.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Gisborne Borough Council’s Abattoir made available for the Purposes of Part of the Cook County.—Notice No. 957.

In pursuance of section 15, subsection 6, (a), of “The Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1900,” it is hereby notified that the abattoir established by the Gisborne Borough Council for the district comprising the Borough of Gisborne has by agreement between the said Borough Council and the Cook County Council been made available for the purposes of the district described in the Schedule hereto, and that the Gisborne Borough Council is the controlling authority of the said abattoir.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Cook County commencing at the mouth of the Hamanatua Stream; thence northerly along the right bank of that stream to the south-east corner of Section 278, Kaiti Block; thence along the north-east boundary of that section and Sections 277 and 268 of the said Kaiti Block to the Waimata River; thence by a right line across the Waimata River to the most southern angle of Section 21, Whatapoko G Block; thence northerly along the right bank of the Waimata River to the Horeka Stream; thence westerly along the right bank of that stream to the south-east boundary of the Kopa-atuaki No. 2; thence south-westerly along that boundary to the north-east boundary of Waihirere Block; thence north-westerly along that boundary and along north-east boundaries of Sections 74, 69, 67, 66, 81, 77, 58, 76, and 65 of Muhunga Block to the Waiapoa River; thence southerly along the left bank of that river to the south-east boundary of Section 43 of Muhunga Block; thence south-west by a right line, being a continuation of the last boundary produced to the road intersecting Pukepapa F Block; thence southerly along the road until it strikes the Whakaahu Stream north of Patutahi Township, and across that stream until it reaches the right bank of that stream; thence south-westerly along the said stream and the Aroha Stream to the south-west boundary of Section 62, Block IV., Patutahi Survey District; thence along the south-west boundaries of Sections 62, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 13, Block IV. aforesaid, and along the south-west and south boundary of Section 12, Block I., Turanganui Survey District, to the most southerly angle of that section; thence southerly along the west boundary of Whatatuna No. 10 Block to the road forming the south boundary of this subdivision; thence easterly along that road to the Kohangakarearea Block; thence along western boundary of this block