Aug. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3203

OFFLIER.—A rock, awash at low water, lies with the Western King Peak bearing N. 70° E. distant 11·9 miles. Shoal water extends from this rock N. 65° W. 5 cables and S. 85° W. 3 cables, where 3 fathoms are found.

A spit, which dries for 2¾ miles from the shore, runs out 3¼ miles S. 77° W. from Cape Baskerville. The extremity of the one-fathom line lies with King Peak bearing N. 69° E. distant 10·3 miles.

TANGIERS SHOALS.—A rock, awash at low water, lies with King Peak bearing N. 88° E. distant 8·4 miles.

From this spot shoal water extends N. 24½° E. 3·3 miles to the three-fathom contour, and rocks in less than 6 ft. N. 13½° E. 5¼ cables, N. 20½° E. 14 cables, and N. 22° E. 21½ cables. A two-fathom patch lies N. 29½° W. 4 cables from the rock awash.

BASKERVILLE SHOAL.—Least water 1¼ fathoms—coral and sand—lies with the Western King Peak bearing S. 89¾° E. distant 12·4 miles.

From this spot the shoal extends, within the three-fathom line, N. 88° W. 8½ cables, N. 39° E. 5 cables, S. 88° E. 15 cables, S. 39° E. 1 cable.

SURPRISE SHOAL.—Least water 1¼ fathoms—coral and sand—lies with the Western King Peak bearing S. 63° E. 13·8 miles.

From this spot, within the three-fathom contour, the shoal runs N. 79° E. 9 cables, N. 2½ cables, S. 79° W. 9½ cables, S. half a cable.

LACEPEDE ISLANDS.—East Island, 6 ft. high, lies 14·3 miles N. 45° W. from King Peak, and is about a cable in diameter.

From East Island the west extreme of West Island bears N. 63° W. distant 6¾ miles.

West Island, 2 miles long and from 1 to 3 cables broad, lies in a W. ¼° N. direction, the east extreme bearing N. 86½° E. from the west extreme.

Middle Island, the adjacent island, separated from West Island by a channel three-quarters of a cable broad, is one mile long in a S. 72° E. direction and 2½ cables broad at its widest part.

A small island, 13 ft. high, lies N. 55° W. 2·1 miles from East Island. This island is 4 cables in a N.E. and S.W. direction, and 2 cables N.W. and S.E.

CHIEF HARBOURMASTER.

Department of Harbour and Light,
Fremantle, 18th July, 1910.

Notice to Mariners No. 87 of 1910.

OTAGO LOWER HARBOUR.—HARRINGTON POINT.—ALTERATION IN POSITION OF BEACON.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 15th August, 1910.

WITH reference to Notice to Mariners No. 79 of the 25th July, 1910, the Otago Harbour Board has notified that on and after Monday, the 22nd August, 1910, the middle red pile at the bend south of Harrington Point will be removed to a position 140 ft. further out in an E.S.E. direction.

Charts, &c., affected : Admiralty Chart No. 2411 ; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chap. viii, page 253 ; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1910, page 202.

J. A. MILLAR.

Varied Notice exempting Butchers’ Shops in the Borough of Inglewood from Requisition fixing Closing-hours.

WHEREAS by notice dated the 12th day of January, 1910, and gazetted on the 13th day of January, 1910, the Minister of Labour, in exercise of the powers in that behalf conferred upon him by section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, and acting in accordance with a requisition duly made and certified by that section, did direct that from and after the 17th day of January, 1910, all shops in the Borough of Inglewood, excepting hairdressers’, tobacconists’, fishmongers’, fruiterers’, confectioners’, and cycle-repairers’ shops, be closed at 5.30 p.m., Thursdays and Saturdays excepted : And whereas by a like requisition, duly made and certified as aforesaid, he has been requested to vary the said notice by exempting butchers’ shops from closing under such requisition :

Now, therefore, in compliance with the last-mentioned requisition, and in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, I, John Andrew Millar, Minister of Labour, do hereby vary the said notice by directing that on and after the 22nd day of August, 1910, all butchers’ shops in the Borough of Inglewood shall be exempted accordingly.

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of August, 1910.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

Notice fixing Closing-hours of Chemists’ Shops in the Borough of Masterton under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the chemists’ shops in the Borough of Masterton, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops in the borough shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows : Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 8.30 p.m. ; Saturday, 10 p.m. ; Thursday, the statutory half-holiday, at 1 p.m., opening on the same evening from 7 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. : And whereas the Masterton Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the chemists’ shops in the Borough of Masterton :

Now, therefore, I, John Andrew Millar, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, do hereby direct that, from and after the 22nd day of August, 1910, all such shops in the Borough of Masterton shall be closed in accordance with such requisition, excepting that during the evening of the statutory half-holiday such shops shall be open from 7 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. only for the supply of medicines and surgical appliances.

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of August, 1910.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

Pennyroyal and Foxglove declared to be Noxious Weeds by the Stratford County Council.—Notice No. 1423.

Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists,
Wellington, 15th August, 1910.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Stratford County Council has by special order declared pennyroyal and foxglove to be noxious weeds within the meaning of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, in the Stratford County.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Agriculture.

Rules under Section 354 of the Crimes Act, 1908.

WE, five of the Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand (of which the Acting Chief Justice is one), in pursuance of the powers conferred upon us by the 354th section of the Crimes Act, 1908, hereby make the following rules regulating practice and procedure under the said Act :—

1. Where on the trial of any accused person under the Crimes Act, 1908, such accused person shall have given evidence for himself on his trial, such person shall not be cross-examined as to any previous conviction of such person without the previous permission of the Judge presiding at the trial.

2. Where it is desired to make an application to the Judge for his permission under the last rule, the counsel or other person making such application shall, in making the same, state that he applies for permission to cross-examine the prisoner under these rules. He shall not, in making such application, in any way directly or indirectly indicate that his application is for permission to cross-examine the witness as to any previous conviction.

3. Counsel or the other person making such application may, if he so thinks fit, submit to the Judge a memorandum in writing indicating generally the questions which he proposes to ask the witness in cross-examination, and any special reasons which he may have for making such application.

4. The Judge may, if he shall think fit, hear any such application in Chambers.

5. Where a prisoner in addressing the jury makes statements of fact, the prosecutor shall, with the leave of the Judge, have the same right to call evidence to contradict such statements as if they were made on oath.

6. These rules shall come into force upon their publication in the Gazette.

Given under our hands, this 3rd day of November, 1909.

JOSHUA STRANGE WILLIAMS, A.C.J.
J. E. DENNISTON, J.
W. B. EDWARDS, J.
THEO. COOPER, J.
FREDK. R. CHAPMAN, J.