May 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1493

Entrance buoy No. 1, a first-class can, moored in 42 ft. of water, marks American Girl Rock, and should be left on the port hand in entering.

Entrance buoy No. 2, a first-class nun, moored in 32 ft. of water, should be left on the starboard hand in entering.

Kahului Harbour Range front beacon, a wooden triangle 30 ft. high, apex up, surmounted by a diamond painted red and white in alternate quarters, located on the beach about 1 mile N. 57° 30′ E. true (W.N.W. mag.) from Kahului Range front light.

Kahului Harbour Range rear beacon, a wooden triangle 30 ft. high, apex up, surmounted by a diamond painted red and white in alternate quarters, located 1,247 ft. S. 55° W. true (S.W. mag.) in rear of the front beacon.

Notice to Mariners No. 33 of 1908.

GREYMOUTH HARBOUR NIGHT SIGNALS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 15th May, 1908.

THE Greymouth Harbour Board has notified that on and after the 1st June, 1908, its night signals will be as under:—

1. The white harbour light on flagstaff without any additional light indicates “Wait.”

2. “Bar unsafe,” a red light under the white harbour light.

3. “Bar safe for vessels drawing 9 ft.,” a green light over the harbour light.

4. “Bar safe for vessels drawing 11 ft. 6 in.,” a green light under the harbour light.

5. “Bar safe for vessels drawing 14 ft.,” a white light over the harbour light.

6. “Bar safe for vessels drawing 16 ft.,” a white light over and a green light under the harbour light.

No vessel to enter port until the signal-lights are shown.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 2591; “New Zealand Pilot,” seventh edition, 1901, Chapter x, page 376; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1908, pages 198 and 199.

J. A. MILLAR.

Notice to Mariners No. 35 of 1908.

BLUFF HARBOUR.—NIGHT SIGNALS FROM STIRLING POINT LIGHTHOUSE.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 18th May, 1908.

WITH reference to New Zealand Notice to Mariners No. 31 of 1908, re the lighting of Bluff Harbour, the Harbour Board has given notice that the following signal will be made for the guidance of any vessels that may happen to be off the Heads during the night waiting for tides, &c., viz.:—

When the channel is engaged by an outward-going vessel during the night a bright fixed light, visible about 4 miles, will be exhibited seaward through the south channel from the light-tower of Stirling Point, and about 7 ft. below the red light.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 2540, 3484, and 2553; “New Zealand Pilot,” 1901, seventh edition, Chapter ix, page 312; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1908, page 192.

J. A. MILLAR.

Fees for Measurements, Inspections, and Surveys under “The Shipping and Seamen Act, 1903.”

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by “The Shipping and Seamen Act, 1903,” I, John Andrew Millar, the Minister of Marine, do hereby fix, direct, and determine that in lieu of the fees heretofore prescribed in respect of the same matters the fees set forth in the Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, be paid in respect of the several matters set forth in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

(a.) MEASUREMENT OF TONNAGE.

FEES for this duty are chargeable in accordance with the following scale and regulations:—

Under 50 tons (register tonnage) .. .. £1 0 0
50 to 100 tons " .. .. 1 10 0
100 to 200 " .. .. 2 0 0
200 to 500 " .. .. 3 0 0
500 to 800 " .. .. 4 0 0
800 to 1,200 " .. .. 5 0 0
1,200 to 2,000 " .. .. 6 0 0
2,000 to 3,000 " .. .. 7 0 0
3,000 to 4,000 " .. .. 8 0 0
4,000 to 5,000 " .. .. 9 0 0
5,000 to 6,000 " .. .. 10 0 0

1. The fees are to be charged on the gross register tonnage of the vessels measured.

2. In the case of vessels measured under Rule II of “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894” (Imperial), the fee to be charged will be one-fourth of the fee applicable to the case in the above scale; but not less than 10s. is to be charged in any case. When a vessel previously measured under Rule II is remeasured under Rule I the fee to be charged is to be such as will make up, with the sum previously paid for measurement under Rule II, the full fee applicable to the case in the above scale.

3. In the case of alterations in a space or spaces on the upper deck or engine-room, the fee to be charged will be one-fifth of the fee in the above scale, according to the tonnage of the vessel; but not less than 10s. is to be charged in any case.

A fee of 10s. is to be charged in all cases of minor inspections (e.g., alteration of rig, port of registry, description of engines, &c.).

4. The fee paid in accordance with the above scale will cover any number of visits that the Surveyor may find it necessary to make before he is able to fill up the formula of tonnage and grant his certificate to enable a vessel to obtain registry. It will also cover the inspection of crew-spaces and lights and fog-signals if the Surveyor is able to make these inspections on the occasion on which the measurement is performed, but not otherwise. For any further visits necessary for inspection or completion of inspection of crew-spaces and lights and fog-signals further fees in accordance with the scale below (b and c) will be charged.

(b.) INSPECTION OF THE BERTHING OR SLEEPING ACCOMMODATION OF THE CREW.

For each visit of a Surveyor to the ship .. .. £0 10 0

The aggregate amount of fees chargeable under this heading for any such inspection is not to exceed £1, whatever be the number of separate visits.

When the accommodation is inspected at the same time with the measurement of the tonnage no separate fee will be charged for such inspection.

When lights and fog-signals are inspected on the same occasion as crew-spaces the above fee covers the inspection of the lights and fog-signals. If, however, when the Surveyor is able to certify to the crew-spaces, further visits for the inspection or completion of inspection of lights and fog-signals are found to be necessary, fees in accordance with the scale below (Div. c) will be charged.

(c.) INSPECTION OF LIGHTS AND FOG-SIGNALS.

For each visit by a Surveyor, either where application for inspection is made by the owner of a vessel, or when the lights or fittings are found to be defective (viz., not in accordance with Regulations for preventing Collisions at Sea) .. £0 10 0

The aggregate amount of fees chargeable under this heading for any such inspection is not to exceed £1, whatever may be the number of separate visits.

The first fee of 10s. should be charged when the vessel is placed under detention, or when notice of intended detention for defective lights and fog-signals is given.

As witness my hand, this eighteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Marine.

Notice fixing Closing-hours of Grocers and General Storekeepers’ Shops in the Borough of Sumner under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of the grocers and general storekeepers’ shops in the Borough of Sumner, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the borough shall be closed as follows: On Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 7 p.m., the statutory half-holiday at 1 p.m., during the months of May, June, July, August, September, and October; Saturdays during the same months at 10 p.m.; and on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays,