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Special Order made by the Raglan County Council merging Te Akau Road District.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 3rd February, 1910.

THE following special order, made by the Raglan County Council, is published for general information.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

RAGLAN COUNTY COUNCIL.

Special Order merging Te Akau Road District.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 31 of “The Counties Act, 1908,” the Raglan County Council, on the petition of a majority of the ratepayers of the Te Akau Road District, resolves by way of special order that, on and after the 1st day of February, 1910, the said road district shall be merged in the County of Raglan, and the Board thereof abolished.

The above special order was duly passed at a special meeting of the Raglan County Council held on the 25th day of November, 1909, and confirmed at a special meeting of the said Council held on the 17th day of January, 1910.

The common seal of the Raglan County Council has hereunto been affixed, this 17th day of January, 1910, in the presence of—

(L.S.)
BASIL HEWETT,
Chairman.
H. MARSLAND,
Clerk.

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the above special order was duly made in accordance with “The Counties Act, 1908.”

H. MARSLAND,
County Clerk.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 9th February, 1910.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of North-east Valley, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908.”

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

BOROUGH OF NORTH-EAST VALLEY.

PURSUANT to section 13 of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908,” I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of North-east Valley was taken on the 2nd day of February, 1910, on the proposal of the North-east Valley Borough Council to borrow the sum of £25,000 for water-supply purposes.

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 308. The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 442.

I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.

Dated this 2nd day of February, 1910.

JOHN CAMPBELL,
Mayor.

Hawke’s Bay Land Board.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 9th February, 1910.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Commissioner of Crown Lands for Hawke’s Bay Land District has reported to His Excellency the Governor that Mr. Eustace Lane has vacated his seat on the Hawke’s Bay Land Board by absenting himself from three consecutive meetings of the Board without leave, and that His Excellency has instructed that an election be held to fill the vacant seat on the Board.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Load-line Certificates issued by French Authorities to French Ships.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 31st January, 1910.

THE following despatch and its enclosure are published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

(New Zealand.—No. 215.)
Downing Street, 9th December, 1909.

MY LORD,—With reference to my despatch, No. 19, of the 25th of January last, I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of your Ministers, the enclosed copy of an Order of His Majesty in Council, dated the 22nd of November, providing for the recognition in this country of the load-line certificates issued to French ships by the French authorities under the French regulations of the 21st of September last.

I have, &c.,
CREWE.

Governor the Right Honourable Lord Plunket,
K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., &c.

Extract from the London Gazette of Friday, 26th November, 1909.

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 22nd day of November, 1909.

Present:

THE KING’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section four hundred and forty-five of “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,” it is enacted that where the Board of Trade certify that the laws and regulations for the time being in force in any foreign country and relating to overloading and improper loading are equally effective with the provisions of that Act relating thereto, His Majesty in Council may direct that on proof of a ship of that country having complied with those laws and regulations, she shall not, when in a port of the United Kingdom, be liable to detention for non-compliance with the said provisions of that Act, nor shall there arise any liability to any fine or penalty which would otherwise arise for non-compliance with those provisions:

And whereas by section one of “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1906,” provision, as is more particularly therein mentioned, is made for applying to foreign ships when in ports in the United Kingdom certain sections of “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,” which relate to load-line, without prejudice to any direction of His Majesty in Council given under the said section four hundred and forty-five of the last-mentioned Act:

And whereas the Board of Trade have certified that certain statutory regulations which have been approved by the French Government relating to overloading, so far as regards the assignment of load-lines to French ships, on and after the twenty-first September, one thousand nine hundred and eight, are equally effective with the corresponding regulations in force in this country respecting the assignment of load-lines to British merchant ships:

Now, therefore, His Majesty in Council doth direct that on proof that French ships have complied with the aforesaid French regulations such ships shall not, when in ports of the United Kingdom, be liable to detention for non-compliance with the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts relating to overloading, nor shall there arise any liability to any fine or penalty which would otherwise arise for non-compliance with those provisions.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

Notice to Mariners No. 8 of 1910.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 29th January, 1910.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Marine Department at Brisbane, and the Marine Board at Port Adelaide, are published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

QUEENSLAND.

North-west Channel, Moreton Bay.—Caloundra Lighthouse.

Notice is hereby given that, on and after the 20th January, 1910, the lighthouse at Caloundra will be fitted with an improved illuminant, increasing the intensity of the light.

Charts affected: Nos. 1029, 1068, and 1670A; “Australia Directory,” Vol. ii.

JOHN MACKAY,
Portmaster.

Marine Department,
Brisbane, 14th December, 1909.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Spencer Gulf.—Approach to Port Lincoln.—Unwatched Lights.

POINT FANNY.

Masters of vessels and others are hereby notified that an unwatched fixed white light, visible all round, except where