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lished in the New Zealand Gazette of the 19th day of the same month, the owner or master shall make written application to a Collector of Customs for a license to do so, specifying the number and description of live-stock for which the license is required; and the Collector may, after inspection of the ship by a surveyor or officer approved by him, grant a special license for such number as he is satisfied she is able to carry with safety to the ship and the people on board. The license may be granted for the home trade generally, or for such parts of the coast as are deemed safe by the inspecting officer.

DIVISION A, CLASS III.—INTERCOLONIAL AND HOME-TRADE SAILING-SHIPS, WITH OR WITHOUT PASSENGERS.

Special Licenses, Class B.

1. Special licenses of this class will be granted to sailing-ships for carrying a specified amount of timber or other cargo as deck cargo, subject to the rules and regulations herein stated.

2. Sailing-ships with good sheer, and raised poop or quarter-deck and forecastle, and great beam, solely laden with timber, will be granted licenses of this class to carry timber on deck as measurement deck cargo, and such deck cargo shall not exceed a quantity equal to 30 per cent. of the net register tonnage of the ship, allowing 500 ft. to each ton, and shall not be carried higher than the topgallant rail.

3. Sailing-ships of this description laden with timber and carrying timber on deck must have their holds full, and if ballast is required it must be of such a nature that it will not wash away into the bilges in the event of the ship leaking or getting water in the hold, and it must also be so stowed that it cannot shift. A license for this class will only be given provided that such vessel is inspected by an officer approved by the Collector of Customs, and he is satisfied about her seaworthiness and ability to carry the same with safety to the ship and people on board.

4. Sailing-vessels with flat bottoms, centre-board keels, and beam four times or more the depth of vessel, built expressly for carriage of deck cargo, and having no hatches, may be allowed to carry all their cargo on deck, provided the height of cargo from keel or bottom of vessel does not exceed half the beam, and the load-line is not submerged; also provided that such ship is inspected by a surveyor or officer approved by the Collector of Customs, and he is satisfied about her seaworthiness and her ability to carry the same with safety to the ship and the people on board. These vessels will only be allowed to trade with this license to such parts of the New Zealand coast as are deemed safe by the inspecting officer, and he will take into consideration the length of voyage and season of the year. In the case of vessels loaded with kauri and white-pine logs the height of cargo may be allowed to be slightly in excess of the above rule, provided the load-line is clear of the water; but when dead-weight cargo is carried the vessel must have one-third greater freeboard than with the ordinary timber load.

5. Sailing-vessels built expressly with flat bottoms, and having reliable centre-boards, and beam three and a half times or more the depth of vessel, but with hatches, and holds for the carriage of cargo, may be allowed to carry one-third of their cargo of timber on deck, provided the hold is full, and the height of cargo from keel or bottom of vessel does not exceed half the beam, and the load-line is not submerged; also provided that such ship is inspected by a surveyor or officer approved by the Collector of Customs, and he is satisfied about her seaworthiness, and her ability to carry the same with safety to the ship and the people on board. These vessels will only be allowed to trade with this license to such parts of the New Zealand coast as are deemed safe by the inspecting officer; and he will take into consideration the length of voyage and season of the year.

6. Vessels of similar construction to that of clause 5 may be allowed to carry a larger percentage of cargo on deck in the intercolonial trade than is allowed by clause 2. The amount allowed will be left to the discretion of the surveyor or officer appointed by the Collector of Customs, who will take into consideration the nature of the voyage and cargo; the construction, strength, rig, &c., of the vessel; and the means for properly securing the cargo on deck, which might be exposed to very high seas striking it. In no case shall it exceed 40 per cent. of the net register tonnage of the vessel.

7. All oil-engine vessels of similar construction to that of clause 5 will be allowed to load according to the same rule.

8. Vessels of similar construction to that of clauses 4 and 5 may be allowed by the Collector of Customs to carry live-stock or other cargo on deck according to the deck-space available, instead of by the percentage on the registered tonnage. The number of live-stock or amount of other cargo which may be carried will be left to the discretion of the Collector of Customs, as it will depend greatly on the length and kind of voyage to be made, and the fitness of the vessel to carry such cargo.

9. In all cases where timber is carried on deck proper life-lines must, before the vessel leaves port, be fitted for the use and safety of the crew.

10. Every vessel carrying sawn timber shall have proper chains, not more than twelve (12) feet apart, and secured with union screws; and vessels carrying logs shall have securing-chains not more than eight (8) feet apart, and secured with union screws.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Marine.

Varied Notice fixing Closing-hours of Shops in the Borough of Hawksbury.

WHEREAS by notice dated the 23rd day of October, 1906, and gazetted on the 25th day of October, 1906, the Minister of Labour, in exercise of the powers in that behalf conferred upon him by section 21 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1904,” and section 5 of “The Shops and Offices Act Amendment Act, 1905,” and acting in accordance with a requisition duly made and certified as required by those sections, did direct that from and after the 1st day of November, 1906, all shops in the Hawksbury Borough should be closed at 6 p.m. on four days in the week—viz., Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays—at 9 o’clock p.m. on Saturdays, and at 1 o’clock on Wednesdays, the weekly half-holiday (Christmas and New Year’s Eves to be excepted): And whereas by a like requisition, duly made and certified as aforesaid, he has been requested to vary the said notice by exempting hairdressers’ saloons, and fixing the hours for closing of same at 8 p.m. on four days in the week—viz., Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays—at 10 p.m. on Saturdays, and at 1 o’clock on Wednesdays, the weekly half-holiday (Christmas and New Year’s Eves to be excepted):

Now, therefore, in compliance with the last-mentioned requisition, and in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the above-mentioned sections, I do hereby vary the said notice by directing that on and after the 18th day of February all hairdressers’ saloons shall be closed accordingly.

Dated at Wellington, this 6th day of February, 1907.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

Varied Notice fixing Closing-hours of Fruiterers’ and other Shops in the Inangahua County.

WHEREAS by notice dated the 18th day of December, 1906, and gazetted on the 20th day of December, 1906, the Minister of Labour, in exercise of the powers in that behalf conferred upon him by section 21 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1904,” and section 5 of “The Shops and Offices Act Amendment Act, 1905,” and acting in accordance with a requisition duly made and certified by those sections, did direct that from and after the 1st day of January, 1907, all shops in the Inangahua County should be closed at 6 p.m. on four days in the week—viz., Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays; the hours for booksellers and stationers to be 8 p.m. on those days; that all shops shall be closed at 10 p.m. on Saturdays, except one Saturday in each month (locally known as pay-Saturday), when the closing-hour shall be 11 p.m., and at 1 o’clock on Wednesdays, the weekly half-holiday (Christmas and New Year’s Eves to be excepted, when the hour shall be 11 p.m., or when Christmas Day and New Year’s Day fall on Monday the closing-hour on the preceding Saturday shall be 11 p.m.): And whereas by a like requisition, duly made and certified as aforesaid, he has been requested to vary the said notice by fixing the closing-hour at midnight on all working-days for all shops in which are exclusively carried on the businesses of a fruiterer, a confectioner, and a restaurant-keeper:

Now, therefore, in compliance with the last-mentioned requisition, and in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 21 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1904,” and section 5 of “The Shops and Offices Act Amendment Act, 1905,” I do hereby vary the said notice by directing that on and after the 18th day of February, 1907, all fruiterers’, confectioners’, and restaurant-keepers’ shops shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington, this 9th day of February, 1907.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.