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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 45

OTOKIA DRAINAGE BOARD.

Result of Poll.

A vote of the ratepayers of the Otokia Drainage District was taken on Monday, 1st May, 1905, in the Board’s Office, Otokia, on a proposal to raise a special loan of £150 for drainage-works, and the following is the result: For the proposal, 33 votes; against the proposal, 23 votes.

The total number of valid votes recorded at the poll in favour of the proposal do not amount to three-fifths of the total number of valid votes recorded: I therefore declare the proposal to be rejected.

JAMES T. GIBSON,
Chairman, Otokia Drainage Board
(per John Grant, Clerk).

Notice to Mariners No. 33 of 1905.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 4th March, 1905.

REFERRING to Notice of Mariners No. 14 of 1905, issued by this Department on the 4th March last, the following notice, received from the Portmaster, Brisbane, Queensland, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

NEW ENTRANCE CHANNEL, PORT DOUGLAS, QUEENSLAND.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 1 of 1905, the directions to enter the New Channel into Port Douglas state that the marks and lights bear in line N.E. by N. ½ N. and N. ½ E. respectively. These bearings from seaward should read S.W. by S. ½ S. and S. ½ W. respectively.

“Australia Directory,” Vol. ii.; Admiralty chart No. 2924 (old).

JOHN MACKAY,
Portmaster.

Marine Department, Brisbane,
14th April, 1905.

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 16th May, 1905.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

NELSON POST-OFFICE CONTRACT.

Accepted.

Cooper, A., and Son, Wellington .. .. 6,840 0 0

Declined.

Robertson Bros. (Limited), Nelson .. 6,917 18 2
Wakelin, R. A., Wellington .. .. 6,929 17 6

PAEROA–WAIHI RAILWAY.—WAIHI STATION-BUILDINGS CONTRACT.

Accepted.

Hay, William M., Waihi .. .. .. 1,764 3 6

Declined.

Palmer and Judge, Waihi .. .. .. 1,905 5 0
Butler, H., Waihi .. .. .. 1,970 12 8
Beetham, A. H., Waihi .. .. .. 2,041 2 8
Guthrie, H. W., Karangahake .. .. 2,066 0 0
Hutchinson, W. E., Auckland .. .. 2,118 17 0
Baldock, G., Auckland .. .. .. 2,302 3 4
McAdam, C., Auckland .. .. .. 2,327 0 0
Mathieson, J. G., Auckland .. .. 2,338 2 3

Restricted Limits for Sailing-ships of over 5 Tons and up to 25 Tons Register carrying Passengers.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 6th May, 1905.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance of the provisions of clause (g) of section 21 of “The Shipping and Seamen Act, 1903,” the limits set forth in the Schedule hereto have been approved as the restricted limits within which a master holding a certificate as master of restricted-limits sailing-ship may command a sailing-ship of over 5 tons and up to 25 tons register carrying passengers.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister of Marine.

SCHEDULE.

Officiating Ministers for 1905.—Notice No. 17.

“THE MARRIAGE ACT, 1904.”

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 10th May, 1905.

AT the request of the authorities of the Church of Christ at Gore the name of the Rev. William Garnet Alcorn has been withdrawn from the list of Officiating Ministers under the Act, he having ceased to be a minister of that denomination on and from the 15th May, 1905.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1905.—Notice No. 18.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 13th May, 1905.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand passed in the fourth year of the reign of His Majesty King Edward VII., and intituled “The Marriage Act, 1904,” the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Roman Catholic Church.

The Reverend Michael Edge.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

[It is also notified that the names of the Revs. Laurence King and George Wüst, of the Roman Catholic Church, have been withdrawn from the list.]