JUNE 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1789

the undertakings and works are comprised within the said Ellerslie Subdivision.

2. Out of the said loan of £5,000 to pay the preliminary expenses incurred in connection with the scheme for which the loan is to be raised and the cost of raising the loan, also the first year’s interest on the loan.

Security.

3. A special rate of ½d. in the pound on the rateable value of all rateable property of the Board in the said Ellerslie Subdivision, such special rate being an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, payable half-yearly on the 31st day of March and the 30th day of September in each year until the loan is fully paid off.

Provision for Repayment.

4. To pledge for repayment of such loan and the interest thereon the undertaking and works proposed situate in the said Ellerslie Subdivision, the profits from supplying water, and the revenue from the general rates within such subdivision.

5. The whole of the loan is repayable on the 30th day of September, 1931, and will bear interest not exceeding £5 per centum per annum.

We hereby give notice that the number of valid votes recorded on the proposal was as follows: For the proposal, 98; against the proposal, 2; majority for the proposal, 96.

The total number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal being more than three-fifths of the total number of valid votes recorded, I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

Dated at Ellerslie, this 20th day of June, 1906.

A. S. THOMPSON,
Chairman.

ALEX. BELL,
Returning Officer.

Notice fixing Closing-hours of Drapers’, Clothiers’, and Mercers’ Shops in the Wyndham Town District under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of the drapers’, clothiers’, and mercers’ shops in the Town District of Wyndham, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the town district shall be closed at 6.30 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, at 10 p.m. on Saturdays, and at 1 p.m. on Wednesdays: And whereas the Wyndham Town Board has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the drapers’, clothiers’, and mercers’ shops in the town district: Now, therefore, I, William Hall-Jones, the Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 21 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1904,” and section 5 of “The Shops and Offices Act Amendment Act, 1905,” do hereby direct that from and after the 9th day of July, 1906, all drapers’, clothiers’, and mercers’ shops in the Wyndham Town District shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington, this 25th day of June, 1906.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister of Labour.

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 25th June, 1906.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

ERECTI0N OF POLICE RESIDENCE, HELENSVILLE.

Accepted.

Frankham, C. H., Auckland .. .. .. 668 0 0

Declined.

McAdam, C., Auckland .. .. .. 720 0 0
Kay, R., " .. .. .. 744 0 0
Baldock, G., " .. .. .. 850 18 9

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 25th June, 1906.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

ERECTI0N OF NATIVE SCHOOL AND RESIDENCE AT TOKIKUKU:

Accepted.

Morris, James, Auckland .. .. .. 765 9 2

Declined.

Frankham, C. H., Auckland .. .. .. 907 0 0
Larkin, James, Auckland .. .. .. 951 7 2

Authorising the Laying-off of Monrad Street, Township of Ronberg, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th June, 1906.

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 Monrad Street, in the Township of Ronberg, Wellington Land District, of a width of not less than 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 Bluff Harbour.

Southern portion of galvanised-iron building, roofed with iron and lined with wood, situate on Section 1, Block I, East Campbelltown, to be known as

THOMSON’S BOND.

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

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

Commissioner’s Order No. 806.]

Notice to Mariners No. 48 of 1906.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 18th June, 1906.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 4 of 1906, the following further notice, received from the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, South Australia, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

GULF OF ST. VINCENT.—PORT ADELAIDE RIVER.

Notice is hereby given that, in accordance with Notice to Mariners No. 1 of 1906, eight extra beacons have been placed on the north and east side of the cutting. The beacons are painted black, and the lanterns green, from which a green light showing towards the cutting is exhibited; a white light is also exhibited from the back of each lantern showing towards the shore.

All the green-light beacons are numbered from the first or seaward beacon with the letter “G” added, as follows: No. 0G being outside beacon; No. 1G, near the reflecting beacon; No. 2G, opposite the old boat-channel. This light indicates the turning-point from No. 2 (red) lead towards No. 3. All the others—that is, Nos. 3G to 9G, both inclusive—are placed opposite the corresponding numbers of the white-light beacons on the other side of the cutting.

All the single-light beacons are placed about 15 ft. back from the cutting, and painted red to starboard and black to port. The lights are white to starboard and green to port from seaward.

The red light on the pile beacon south of No. 3, being no longer required, will on and after the 1st June, 1906, be discontinued.

In consequence of the above alterations the sailing directions have been amended to read as follows:—

Sailing Directions.

By NIGHT.—In approaching the anchorage, vessels of deep draught should not bring the white light on the old structure to bear north of N.E. by E. in order to avoid the four-fathom patch, which bears N.W. half N. from the light on Wonga Shoal; then get No. 1 lead (which consists of two red lights vertical 10 ft. apart, and two white lights vertical