Feb. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 575

Death of Member of the House of Representatives for the Northern Maori Electoral District.

Prime Minister's Office,
Wellington, 25th February, 1909.

WHEREAS the House of Representatives is not now in session, and there is no Speaker of the said House: Now, therefore, pursuant to the provisions of “The Legislature Act, 1908,” His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that Hone Heke, Esquire, member of the House of Representatives for the Northern Maori Electoral District, died on the 9th day of February, 1909; and that the seat in the House of Representatives for the said electoral district is vacant by reason of such death.

J. G. WARD,
Prime Minister.

Notice to Mariners No. 12 of 1909.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 19th February, 1909.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Department of Harbours and Lights, Fremantle, Western Australia; the Marine Department, Brisbane; the Port Officer, Melbourne; the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, South Australia; and the Marine Board, Hobart, are published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
South-east Coast.

Notice is hereby given that an uncharted rock, about 30 ft. high, has been reported to exist in lat. 34 deg. 15 min. S., long. 122 deg. 14 min. E.

Charts affected: No. 1059, Doubtful Island Bay to the head of Great Australian Bight; No. 3189, Cape Le Grand to Cape Paisley.

C. J. IRVINE,
Chief Harbourmaster.

Department of Harbours and Lights,
Fremantle, 4th January, 1909.

QUEENSLAND.
Prince of Wales Channel.

Notice is hereby given that the beacon on Ipili Reef, Prince of Wales Channel, has been blown down. The beacon will be restored as soon as practicable.

Charts affected: Nos. 2354 and 691; “Australia Directory,” Vol. ii.

JOHN MACKAY,
Portmaster.

Marine Department,
Brisbane, 28th January, 1909.

VICTORIA.
Eastern Lighthouse, South Channel, Port Phillip.

Referring to General Notice to Mariners, dated 1st August, 1907, page 71, mariners and others are hereby notified that the light shown from the Eastern Lighthouse, South Channel, has been increased in brilliancy, therefore distances from the light should not be estimated upon its former intensity.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

Melbourne, 12th January, 1909.

VICTORIA.
Harbour Light, Portland Bay.

Referring to General Notice to Mariners, dated 1st August, 1907, page 44, it is hereby notified that on or about the 1st March, 1909, the green harbour light shown from Whaler Point will be altered so as to be visible from seaward between the bearings of N. 50 deg. W. and S. 49 deg. W., consequently the north cutting will be visible about half a mile outside of Minerva Reef.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

Melbourne, 12th January, 1909.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
Gulf St. Vincent, Troubridge Hill.

Masters of vessels, pilots, and others are notified that the s.s. “Clan Ranald,” 2,285 tons, has sunk in about 15 fathoms, approximately one mile off shore near Troubridge Hill. This affects Admiralty Chart 2389A.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 2nd February, 1909.

TASMANIA.
River Derwent.

Notice is hereby given that a black buoy has been placed to mark the bank off Cemetery Point, and another to mark the bank off Stanhope Point. These buoys are in 24 ft. of water at low tide, and are to be kept on the port side of vessels when proceeding up the river. Chart affected, No. 3090.

Notice is also given that the upper black buoy off the reclamation-works, near Macquarie Point, has been removed. Chart affected, No. 105.

J. ADAMS,
Secretary.

Marine Board Office,
Hobart, 25th January, 1909.

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 23rd February, 1909.

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

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

ERECTON OF POLICE-STATION AT TAKAKA.

Accepted.
Sloan and Bensom, Nelson .. .. .. 733 5 6

Declined.
Green and Hunter, Takaka .. .. .. 733 10 0
Davies, J. M., Collingwood .. .. .. 796 17 0
Stent, C., Takaka .. .. .. 854 0 0
Stringer, J. A., Nelson .. .. .. 922 15 7
Johnston, J. K., Nelson .. .. .. 930 10 6

ERECTON OF STATION BUILDINGS AT NGAHERE.

Accepted.
Mordaunt, R., Greymouth.. .. .. 884 15 8

Declined.
Sweetman, E. and W., Greymouth.. .. 1,124 5 6

Notice of the Taking and Laying-off of Road through Kapakapa and Maputahi No. 2 Blocks, Block V, Wangaehu Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, under the authority of section 93 of “The Public Works Act, 1908,” that the road described in the Schedule hereto was, on the 9th day of August, 1899, duly taken and laid off through the land specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said Dominion, by Warrant dated the 19th day of January, 1897.

SCHEDULE.

All in the Wellington 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 Land District, and lettered B.C. and F.G.

Dated this 20th day of February, 1909.

A. W. HOGG,
Minister in Charge of Roads Department.

Notice of Intention to take Lands for a Road through Block XV, Pouatu Survey District, Whangamomona County.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1908,” to execute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of a road through Block XV, Pouatu Survey District, and for the purpose of such public work the lands described in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken. And notice is hereby 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 Whangamomona, and is there open for inspection. And notice is also hereby given that all persons