MAR. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 851

Netherlands Government has given further notice that the fixed white light of Tanjong Kalian, Banka Strait, has been changed to an intermittent white light every 15 seconds—thus, light 3 seconds, eclipsed 12 seconds, total 15 seconds.
Approx. position: Lat. 2° 05′ S., long. 105° 08′ E.
Hydrographic Office Charts.—Nos. 826A, 854B, and 1170.
British Admiralty Charts issued to U.S. Vessels.—Nos. 1263, 2757, 2149, and 2597. H.O. Light List, Vol. ii, No. 275. “China Sea Directory,” Vol i, 1896, page 414.

EAST INDIA ISLANDS.

ARU ISLANDS.—WAMMER ISLAND.—ULAR POINT.—LIGHT ESTABLISHED.—Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 18 (677) of 1905, the Netherlands Government has given further notice that, according to a telegram received from the Governor-General of the Netherland East Indies, an intermittent white light every 30 seconds—thus, light 15 seconds, eclipsed 3 seconds, light 3 seconds, eclipsed 3 seconds, light 3 seconds, eclipsed 3 seconds, total 30 seconds—has been exhibited from a white iron openwork truss, 42 ft. high, at Ular Point, Wammer Island, Aru Islands. The focal plane is 72 ft. above sea-level.
Approx. position: Lat. 5° 45′ 30″ S., long. 134° 11′ 12″ E.
Hydrographic Office Charts.—No. 826A.
British Admiralty Charts issued to U.S. Vessels.—Nos. 942B, 470, and 1460. H.O. Light List, Vol. ii, No. 387r. Eastern Archipelago, Part I, 1902, page 478.

Notice to Mariners No. 23 of 1906.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 16th March, 1906.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, South Australia, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

SPENCER GULF.

THE attention of masters of vessels, pilots, and others is called to the undermentioned preliminary notices, which will be followed at an early date by notices giving more definite information:—

Middle Bank Lightship.

This vessel will be removed on or about the 1st March next for repairs and overhaul, during which period the light will be exhibited from a three-masted vessel painted black. The light will be shown from the foremast in a position under the forestay. During daylight a diamond-shaped object, painted red, will appear on her foretopmast stay.

Shoalwater Point Obelisk.

It is proposed to place a white ball on the top of this obelisk during the next few days.

Port Victoria.—Rocky Island Channel.

In the course of a few days this channel will be marked by two cheese-buoys.

Ward Spit.

On or about the 2nd March, 1906, a black beacon will be erected on Ward Spit, in lieu of the black buoy now there and the beacon which disappeared some time ago.

Tumby Bay.

The north end of Tumby Reef has been marked by a black can buoy surmounted by a square-shaped cage-head. The buoy is moored in three fathoms and a half.

Jarrold Point.

It is intended to at once replace the bell buoy on this point, and remove the red buoy which has been there temporarily.

This notice affects Admiralty Chart No. 2389B.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board.
Marine Board Office, Port Adelaide,
26th February, 1906.

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.

Part of a brick building roofed with iron, situate on Town Reserve No. 122, part of Sections 16 and 17, Eton Place, off Manchester Street South, City of Christchurch, to be known as the

“EXPRESS COMPANY’S BOND.”

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and six.

C. H. MILLS,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner’s Order No. 797.]

Special Books in Languages and Literature for Certificate and Civil Service Examinations, 1907 and 1908.

Education Department,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1906.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Education Act, 1904,” and under “The Civil Service Examination Act, 1900,” notice is hereby given that at the examination for Class C and at the Civil Service Senior Examination of January, 1907, and of January, 1908, the special books of which a knowledge will be required will be as follows:—

ENGLISH.—1907: Eliot, “Romola; Shakespeare, “King Lear” and “The Tempest”; Emerson, “Representative Men.” As an alternative, in lieu of a knowledge of Emerson, “Representative Men,” a knowledge of the period of literature, the reign of Elizabeth, will be accepted. 1908: Burke, “Reflections on the French Revolution”; Macaulay, “Essays on Bacon and Walpole”; Shakespeare, “Hamlet,” “Romeo and Juliet.” In addition a knowledge of the period of literature, 1625–1688, will be required.

GREEK.—1907: Xenophon, “Memorabilia,” Books I and II; Euripides, “Hecuba.” 1908: Demosthenes, Olynthiacs and Philippic I; Sophocles, “Philoctetes.”

LATIN.—1907: Livy, Book VIII; Virgil, “Aeneid,” Book VI. 1908: Cicero, “Pro Milone”; Horace, Odes, Books III and IV.

FRENCH.—1907: Theuriet, “L’Abbé Daniel” (P. Desages ed., Macmillan); Racine, “Athalie” and “Andromaque.” 1908: A. de Tocqueville, “L’Ancien Régime et la Révolution”; Regnard, “Le Joueur”; Scribe, “Le Verre d’eau.”

GERMAN.—1907: Lessing, “Minna von Barnhelm”; Goethe, “Faust,” Theil I. 1908: Heine, “Harzreise”; Goethe, “Egmont”; Schiller, “Wilhelm Tell.”

ITALIAN.—1907 and 1908: Manzoni, “I Promessi Sposi.”

SPANISH.—1907 and 1908: Ayala, Camprodón, and Eguilaz, “Teatro Moderno Español” (David Nutt, 3s. 6d.); Trueba and La Quintana, “El Cid Campeador” (David Nutt, 3s. 6d.).

MAORI.—No special books in Maori will be prescribed for the examination of 1907, nor of 1908.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Education.

Officiating Ministers for 1906.—Notice No. 10.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 21st March, 1906.

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:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

Mr. Edward Bishop.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Easter Holidays.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 20th March, 1906.

IT is hereby notified for general information that Friday, the 13th, Saturday, the 14th, and Monday, the 16th day of April, will be observed as holidays in the public offices of the Government of New Zealand.

By order.

HUGH POLLEN,
Under-Secretary.