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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 6

SCHEDULE.

All in the Taranaki Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plans marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

Dated this 14th day of January, 1908.

ROBERT McNAB,
For Acting Minister for Public Works.

Notice of Intention to take Lands for a Road through Blocks VII and XI, Waitara Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1905,” to execute a certain public work, to wit, for the construction of a road through Blocks VII and XI, Waitara Survey District, and for the purposes of such public work the lands described in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken. And notice is further given that the plan of the said road and of the lands so required to be taken is deposited in the Post-office at Waitara, and is there open for inspection. And notice is also hereby given that all persons affected by the execution of such public work or the taking of such lands shall, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such lands, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister for Public Works, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

The parcels of land mentioned hereunder :-

All in the Taranaki Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this twentieth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Acting Minister for Public Works.

Revocation of Appointment of Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the authority in me for this purpose vested, I, the Minister of Customs, do by this order under my hand revoke and annul the appointment of the undermentioned warehouse for the reception and security of goods entered to be warehoused without payment of duty upon the first entry thereof, namely,—

Port of Lyttelton.

The warehouse known as

BROWN’S BOND,

as appointed and described in Minister’s Order No. 713, of the 16th day of April, 1903.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Customs.

Minister’s Order No. 863.

Notice to Mariners No. of 1908.

WESTPORT HARBOUR NIGHT SIGNALS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 21st January, 1908.

THE Westport Harbour Board has notified that on and after the 14th day of February, 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 the port until the signal lights are shown.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 2616; “New Zealand Pilot,” seventh edition, 1901, Chapter ix, pages 375 and 376; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1908, page 204.

J. A. MILLAR.

Inspector of Stock, &c., retired.—Notice No. 1176.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 21st January, 1908.

IT is hereby notified for public information that

CAMPBELL THOMSON

has retired from the positions held by him as Inspector of Stock and Agent to sue for Rates in terms of “The Stock Act, 1893,” Inspector under “The Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1882,” Inspector under “The Dairy Industry Act, 1898,” Inspector under “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,” Inspector under “The Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1900,” and Inspector under “The Fertilisers Act, 1904,” as from 31st December, 1907.

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister for Agriculture.

Subsidies to Public Libraries.

Education Department,
Wellington, 6th November, 1907.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sum of £3,000 has been voted by Parliament for distribution to public libraries.

The distribution will take place on the 4th February, 1908, and no claim will be entitled to consideration that shall not have been sent in in due form and received by the Secretary for Education, Wellington, on or before the 27th January, 1908.

1. A library to be entitled to a subsidy must be public in the sense of belonging to the public, and of not being under the control of an association, society, or club whose membership is composed of a section of the community only, and if within a borough it must be open to the public free of charge. The receipts for the year from subscriptions and donations must not have been less than £2, exclusive of