Oct. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2367

annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly on the 1st day of April and the 1st day of October 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 cost of raising the loan and the interest for the first year shall be paid out of the aforesaid sum of £1,150.

I, Samuel J. Carman, Chairman of the Kiwitea County Council, do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the special order adopted at a special meeting of this Council held on the 17th day of June, 1905, and confirmed at a special meeting held on the 15th day of July, 1905.

SAMUEL J. CARMAN,
Chairman.

F. J. ALFORD,
Councillor.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 2nd October, 1905.

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

ALBERT PITT,
For Colonial Treasurer.

WOODVILLE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Notice is hereby given that a poll was taken this 23rd day of September, 1905, on the proposal of the Woodville Borough Council to borrow the sum of £7,000 for the purpose of establishing gasworks to light the roads, streets, and public places of the borough, and to supply gas to the inhabitants thereof, under the provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and “The Local Elections Act, 1904.”

The number of votes recorded are as under, viz.:

Votes for the proposal, 138; votes against the proposal, 81; informal, 4.

A majority of the district electors having voted in favour of the proposal, I declare the proposal carried.

HUBERT BURNETT,
Mayor.

Vogel Street, 25th September, 1905.

Declaration.

I, William Gibb Crawford, Town Clerk of the Borough of Woodville, do solemnly and sincerely declare that all proceedings required by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and “The Local Elections Act, 1904,” to be taken in or towards obtaining the sanction of the district electors to the proposal to borrow the sum of £7,000 to construct gasworks to supply the Borough of Woodville with gas have been duly taken, and that the resolution in favour of the proposal was duly carried; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and in virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

WM. G. CRAWFORD,
Town Clerk.

Declared at Woodville, this 25th day of September, 1905 —F. M. Kenney, Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

Notice to Mariners No. 77 of 1905.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 26th September, 1905.

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

WM. HALL-JONES.

AFRICA.

DELAGOA BAY.—On 1st July, 1905, a F. white lt., R. 8 miles, was to be exh. from the beacon on Inyack (Inhaca). Also, on the same date, the lt. of Ponta Vermelha lt.-buoy was to be altered to a red lt., and the buoy moved more to the S.-wrd. Aug.

KOREA.

NAN HOW GROUP. — PORT HAMILTON. — An alt. fl. white and red lt. every 30 secs.—fl. white ¹⁄₆ sec.; ecl. 14⁴⁄₆ secs.; fl. red ¹⁄₆ sec.; ecl. 14⁴⁄₆ secs.; vis. from S. 29° W., through W., N., and E., to S. 64° E., elev. 220 ft. above H.W., R. 22 miles—is exh. from a white cyl. brick lt.-h. 20 ft. high in 34° 0′ N., 127° 19½′ E., on the srn. extr. of San To or Sodo Isl., at the entr. to Port Hamilton, and the temp. F. white lt. has been disc. Aug.*

FUSAN HARB.—On 10th June, 1905, a F. white lt. (U), elev. 30 ft. above H.W., R. 6 miles, was to be exh. from a stone beacon, red and black hor. surm. by a white iron structure, on Channel Rk. (35° 7′ N., 129° 4′ E.). Aug.

NEW ZEALAND.

ADMIRALTY CHARTS that have received large corrections:—
No. 3436. New Zealand, North Isl., E., Bay of Plenty, Plate Isl. to Cape Runaway. April.*
No. 3490. New chart, New Zealand, South Isl., Buller Bay and Westport Harb. April.
No. 3484. New chart, New Zealand, South Isl., Awarua or Bluff Harb. April.

NEW GUINEA.

PORT MORESBY.—A small patch, carrying 3½ fms. at L.W., marked by a buoy, exists in approx. 9° 28¾′ S., 147° 8½′ E., in the port, 2¾ cables N. 56 W. from the pier-head. Aug.

MACFARLANE HARB. — A large shoal exists in approx. 10° 15′ S., 148° 1½′ E., in the approach to the harb. Aug.

ORIOBU.—A large shoal exists in approx. 10° 23′ S., 149° 24½′ E., about 1½ miles N.-wrd. from Oriobu, in the approach to Launoka Dudu. Aug.

HOLNICOTE BAY.—A coral patch, about 1 cable in extent, carrying appar. about 1 fm., on which a vessel stranded some years ago, exists in approx. 8° 26¼′ S., 148° 31½′ E., in the approach to the bay. Aug.

DYKE ACLAND BAY.—Two or three coral patches exist in approx. 8° 55½′ S., 149° 1¾′ E., in the approach to the Bay. Aug.

Notice to Mariners No. 78 of 1905.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 26th September, 1905.

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

WM. HALL-JONES.

ARGENTINA.

RIO DE LA PLATA.—LIGHT-BUOYS TO BE ESTABLISHED.—The Argentine Government has given notice that it is intended to mark the channel at the entrance of the Rio de la Plata with light-buoys. The portion of the channel between the Recalada light-vessel and Point Indio light-vessel will be the portion lighted. Six pairs of buoys will be used, the six on the starboard hand entering being painted red and showing fixed red lights, and the six on the port hand being painted green and showing fixed green lights. The outer or seaward pair of buoys will be moored about 2,187 yards N. 46° W. true (N.W. ¾ W. mag.) from Recalada light-vessel, and the channel will extend in a N. 88° W. true (W. ⅜ S. s’ly mag.) direction until 2,187 yards past the “Pilot Hulk,” where the course is changed to N. 48° W. true (N.W. ⅞ W. mag.). The inner or sixth pair of buoys will be moored about 6,014 yards S. 73° E. true (E. ⅞ S. mag.) from Point Indio light-vessel. Between the outer and inner pairs of buoys four other pairs will be moored at equal intervals of about 2½ miles. The buoys of each pair will be 328 yards apart, and the lights will be visible about 5 miles.

Hydrographic Office Charts.—Nos. 1130, 1132, 616, and 930. H.O. Light List, Vol. i., No. 679A (remarks). H.O. Publication No. 88, East Coast of South America, 1904, page 573.

CHINA.

KWANGTUNG PENINSULA.—CAMBRIAN COVE. — ROCK IN APPROACH.—The Japanese Government has given notice that the steamer “Ishibashi Maru” reports having stranded on an uncharted rock in a position from which Lau hu tan bore N. 74° W. true (W. by N. ¾ N. mag.), distant about 1,400 yards, when navigating off Cambrian Cove. The rock has less than 6 ft. of water over it.

Approx. position: Lat. 38° 51′ 03″ N., long. 121° 40′ 44″ E.

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

MAUI.—MAALAEA BAY.—CORRECTED POSITION OF BELL BUOY.—Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 50 (1788) of 1904, further notice is given that the bell buoy in Maalaea Bay, Maui, is moored in 24 ft. of water on the following bearings:—
Kihei Plantation, pumping-station chimney, S. 85° E. true (E. ⅞ N. n’ly mag.).
Maalaea, south-west point, left tangent, S. 49° W. true (S.W. ½ S. mag.).
Maalaea light, N. 64° W. true (W.N.W. ½ W. w’ly mag.).