1872
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 53

Loans Amendment Act, 1902," the Waipukurau Town Board hereby resolves, "That the interest and sinking fund on the loan of £600, authorised to be raised at a poll of rate-payers held on Monday, 4th March, 1907, for the purpose of erecting a public library and Town Board offices, be provided out of the general fund during the currency of the said loan."

I hereby certify that the above special order was made at a special meeting of the Waipukurau Town Board held on the 6th day of May, 1907, and confirmed at a subsequent meeting held on the 3rd day of June, 1907.

W. A. CHAMBERS,
Chairman.

Notice to Mariners No. 41 of 1907.

NAPIER HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 13th June, 1907.

ON and after the 8th July, 1907, two new beacon lights will be brought into use within the Napier Harbour. The front light is red and about 50 ft. above sea-level, back light white and about 70 ft. above sea-level. The lights are in white ferro-concrete towers, and will be visible at from seven to eight miles on a S. 86° 0' 36" W. magnetic bearing, leading half-way between the Pania Rock and Breakwater. The lights will be unwatched Wigham's patent 31-day lamps.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 2528 and 2513; "New Zealand Pilot," seventh edition, 1901, Chap. iv, page 159; "New Zealand Almanac," 1907, page 111.

J. A. MILLAR.

Notice to Mariners No. 42 of 1907.

DREDGING OPERATIONS OFF TIMARU HARBOUR ENTRANCE.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 18th June, 1907.

THE Timaru Harbour Board have given notice that dredging operations are proceeding between entrance to the inner harbour and the outer end of the eastern extension mole. Masters of vessels entering or leaving the port when the dredge is not working are requested to keep a look-out for the small can buoys indicating the positions of dredge-moorings.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 2532; "New Zealand Pilot, seventh edition, 1901, Chap. viii, page 286.

J. A. MILLAR.

Regulations relating to the Examination of Engineers in the Mercantile Marine.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 14th June, 1907.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in me by "The Shipping and Seamen Act, 1903," I, the Minister of Marine, do hereby make the following regulations for the conduct of examinations of engineers, and as to the qualification of candidates, and direct that the fees specified in such regulations shall be paid to the Chief Examiner. These regulations shall come into force on the 1st day of September next, and shall then supersede any rules or regulations heretofore existing and affecting such examinations, qualifications, and fees.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Marine.

REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS IN THE MERCANTILE MARINE.

PRELIMINARY.

Engineers must have certificates.—"The Shipping and Seamen Act, 1903," section 21.

1. UNDER the provisions of "The Shipping and Seamen Act, 1903," every intercolonial steam-ship or sea-going home-trade steamship* is required to have engineers according to the following scale:—

Indicated horse-power shall be assessed on the average horse-power indicated during the previous six months, as shown by the engineer's log-book.

For the purposes of this schedule, the expression "terminal port" means the port from which the steamship first takes her departure, and the last port at which she calls before commencing her return voyage.

Every foreign-going steamship trading beyond intercolonial limits of 100 nominal horse-power or upwards must have first- and second-class engineers, and every such steamship less than 100 nominal horse-power must have one engineer with a second-class certificate, or one of a higher grade.

Penalty on engineers serving without certificate, and owners employing engineers without certificate.—"The Shipping and Seamen Act, 1903," section 21, (2).

2. Every person who is not possessed of a valid certificate appropriate to his grade who suffers him-

• By a "home-trade ship" is meant one which is employed in trading on the coasts of New Zealand, but not to or from the Cook Islands, Kermadec Islands, Chatham Islands, Auckland Islands, Campbell Island, Antipodes Island, or Bounty Island.