Nov. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2653

It is proposed to strike a special rate of ½d. in the pound on the unimproved value of all rateable property in the Borough of Hamilton; such rate, together with the revenue to be derived from the saleyards, to be pledged as security for the payment of interest and sinking fund. It is not proposed to pay out of the loan the cost of raising the loan or the interest thereon for the first year.

And that the number of votes recorded respectively for and against the proposal were as follows: For, 194; against, 90; informal, 3.

I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

Dated the 8th day of November, 1905.

JAS. S. BOND,
Mayor, Borough of Hamilton.

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 10th November, 1905.

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

WM. HALL-JONES.
Minister for Public Works.

ERECTON OF POST-OFFICE AT COLLINGWOOD.

Accepted. £ s. d.
McNabb and Johnson, Collingwood .. 1,106 5 0

Declined.
Davies, J. M. .. .. 1,119 4 1

Notice to Mariners No. 89 of 1905.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 1st October, 1905.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Marine Board of Victoria, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

PRIVATE SIGNALS.

Public notice is hereby given, in pursuance of the provisions of section 231 of “The Marine Act, 1890,” that the following signals have been registered with the Marine Board of Victoria by Messrs. James Paterson and Co. for use on steamships belonging to the said firm while being navigated off the coasts of Victoria, viz.:

One red light over one white light, 6 ft. apart, shown perpendicularly on signal-halyards amidships.

By order.

J. GEO. McKIE,
Secretary.

Marine Board of Victoria,
Melbourne, 6th October, 1905.

Notice to Mariners No. 91 of 1905.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 7th November, 1905.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Marine Board Office, Hobart, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

On and after the evening of Saturday, the 11th November, the two leading-lights at the entrance into the River Mersey will show red.

THOS. M. FISHER,
Master Warden.

Marine Board Office,
Hobart, 27th October, 1905.

Authorising the Laying-off of Windsor Road, in the Township of Waipawa West, of a Width of 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 14th November, 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 Windsor Road, in the Township of Waipawa West, Hawke’s Bay 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 the Main Street in Huntly Township Extension No. 1 of a Width of 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 14th November, 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 the main street in Huntly Township Extension No. 1, Auckland 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.

Approving and appointing a Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this purpose vested by “The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882.” I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do hereby approve and appoint the undermentioned warehouse to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under bond, namely,—

Port of Lyttelton.

Cellar and part of first floor of a brick building situate on part of Town Section 1144, St. Asaph Street, Christchurch, to be known as

GLASGOW BOND.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this eighth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and five.

C. H. MILLS,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Commissioner’s Order No. 789.]

Tenders for Iron Castings for New Zealand Railways, 1905-6.

Railway Department (Head Office),
Wellington, 8th November, 1905.

THE undermentioned successful and unsuccessful tenders for the supply of iron castings at Auckland for New Zealand railways for 1905-6 are published for general information.

T. RONAYNE,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.

Junior National Scholarships.—Date of Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 26th June, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that the next examination for Junior National Scholarships and for free places in secondary and technical schools will be held on Tuesday, 12th, and Wednesday, 13th December, 1905.

GEORGE HOGBEN,
Inspector-General of Schools.

Drawing at Junior National Scholarship Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 10th August, 1905.

NOTICE is hereby given that at the Junior National Scholarship Examination to be held on the 12th and 13th December, 1905, the exercises in freehand drawing may include drawing from actual objects, or from a representation of some natural or conventional form with simple outlines. (Public-school Syllabus, clause 44.)

GEORGE HOGBEN,
Inspector-General of Schools.