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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 15

in the pound sterling upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the special-rating area known as the Queenstown and Seacliff Roads Area-bounded on the east by the Borough of Onehunga to the south-east corner of Lot 20 of Allotment No. 3 of Section 13, Suburbs of Auckland; thence by south and west boundaries of said Lot 20 and part of Allotment 3 to Mount Albert Road; on the north by Mount Albert Road to north-east corner of Allotment 5 of Section 13, Parish of Titirangi; on the west and north by said Allotment 5 to Hillsborough Road; again on west by same road to north-west corner of Allotment 12, and by the western boundary of said Allotment 12 to its north-eastern corner; thence on west again by Allotments 12, 16, and 18, the western boundary of Lot 8 of Block XII and of Lots 7 and 8 of Block XIII to Belfast Street; thence by Belfast Street along southern boundaries of Lots 6 and 7 to Frederick Street; thence across said street and by southern boundary of Lot 6 of Block XII to Manukau Harbour; thence by Manukau Harbour to point of commencement: and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the 1st day of December in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of forty-one years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly passed in accordance with "The Road Boards Act, 1908."

Dated this 14th day of February, 1910.

CHAS. BAGLEY,
Chairman, Mount Roskill Road Board.

Authorising the Laying-off of Tau-Mahi Street, in the Town of Bull's Extension No. 1, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 14th February, 1910.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of "The Land Act, 1908," I do hereby authorise the laying-off of Tau-Mahi Street, in the Town of Bull's Extension No. 1, Wellington Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft., instead of 99 ft.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

Authorising the Laying-off of Bolton Street, the Esplanade, Joyce and Edward Streets, in the Town of Kaitaratahi, of a Width of not less than 66 ft. each.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 14th February, 1910.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of "The Land Act, 1908," I, Joseph George Ward, Minister of Lands, do hereby authorise the laying-off of Bolton Street, the Esplanade, Joyce and Edward Streets, in the Town of Kaitaratahi, Hawke's Bay Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. each, instead of 99 ft.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands

Notifying Land in the Canterbury Land District subject to "The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1908."

Office of Board of Land Purchase Commissioners, Wellington, 15th February, 1910.

PURSUANT to the provisions of "The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1908," and its amendments, I hereby notify that the undermentioned Crown land, being the land known as the Buddo Settlement, which has been acquired under the said Acts, is subject to the said Acts, as from 17th November, 1909.

SCHEDULE.

BUDDO SETTLEMENT.

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 70 acres 1 rood 7 perches, more or less, being Lot No. 19 and parts of Lots Nos. 14 and 20 of D.P. 593, Block III, Christchurch Survey District, being all the land comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 219, folio 32, District Land Registry Office, Christchurch; as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 19409, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged pink.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Exempting Swedish Vessels from the Provisions of "The Imperial Merchant Shipping Act, 1894," relating to Life-saving Appliances.

Marine Department,
Wellington, Sth February, 1910.

THE following Order in Council, received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

Extract from the London Gazette of Friday, the 26th day of 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 of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1906," it is provided that sections four hundred and twenty-seven to four hundred and thirty-one of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894" (hereinafter called "the principal Act"), relating to life-saving appliances, shall, after the appointed day, apply to all foreign ships, while they are within any port of the United Kingdom, as they apply to British ships:

Provided that His Majesty may by Order in Council direct that those provisions shall not apply to any ship of a foreign country in which the provisions in force relating to life-saving appliances appear to His Majesty to be as effective as the provisions of Part V of the principal Act, on proof that those provisions are complied with in the case of that ship:

And whereas by section five of the said Act it is provided that the said appointed day shall be the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and nine, or such other day, not being more than twelve months later, as the Board of Trade may appoint:

And whereas the Board of Trade have appointed the first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and nine, to be the day after which the provisions of the principal Act relating to life-saving appliances shall apply to all foreign ships, while they are within any port of the United Kingdom, as they apply to British ships:

And whereas it appears to His Majesty that the provisions in force in Sweden relating to life-saving appliances are as effective as the provisions of Part V of the principal Act:

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, is pleased to direct that the provisions of sections four hundred and twenty-seven to four hundred and thirty-one of the principal Act shall not apply to any Swedish ship, while within any port of the United Kingdom, if it is proved that the aforesaid Swedish provisions relating to life-saving appliances are complied with in the case of that ship.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

Notice to Mariners No. 12 of 1910.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 11th February, 1910.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Port Officer, Madras, is published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

INDIA.-EAST COAST.-BAY OF BENGAL.

Specifying Exact Date of Removal of the Lights at the Old Entrance and of Exhibition of Lights at the New Entrance to the Madras Harbour.

It is hereby notified for the information of mariners that the old entrance to the Madras Harbour will be closed, and the changes in lights of the description given in this office Notice to Mariners No. 38 of 1909 will be made on 1st January, 1910.

W. MITCHELL,
Commander, R.I.M., Presidency Port Officer.
Presidency Port Office,
Madras, 13th December, 1909.

Notice fixing Closing-hours of Drapers', Clothiers', Mercers', Milliners', Grocers', Ironmongers', and Crockery-ware Shops in the Town District of Martinborough under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of all the occupiers of all the shops wherein is carried on the trade of a seller of drapery, or of clothing and mercery, or of millinery, or of grocery, or of iron-mongery, or of crockery, in the Town District of Martin-