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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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or combined: (a.) By fl. lamp, 4 short fls. followed by 1 long fl. (b.) By whistle, siren, or fog-horn, 4 short blasts followed by 1 long blast. Whenever possible, both fl. lamp sigs. and sound sigs. should be used. On these sigs. being made, the searchlights will be worked so as to cause the least inconvenience, being either doused, raised, or their direction altered. The sigs. should not be used without real necessity, as unless the vessel is actually in the rays of the searchlight it is impossible to know which searchlight is affected. Note.—These sigs., which will come into force after 14th March, 1912, are designed to assist mariners, and do not render the Government liable in any way. Sept.

COMMUNICATIONS WITH LLOYD’S SIG. STATIONS BY MORSE.

LLOYD’S SIG. STATIONS.—At the following stations, in addition to the ordinary pyrotechnic night sigs., arrangements have been made to take in any messages made by a fl. lamp with the Morse code: Dover, Horse Sand Fort (Spithead), St. Catherine Pt., Prawle Pt., Lizard, Inisht rahull, Old Head of Kinsale, Brow Head, Fastnet Rk. Lt.-h. Similar arrangements of a temp. and exper. char. are in force at Dungeness, Beachy Head, Barry Isl., and Dunnet Head. Lloyd’s Sig. Stations at Gibraltar and Perim have also been equipped for Morse sig. by fl. lamp. July.

AFRICA.

BURRA FALSA.—The Portuguese s.s. “Africa,” drawing 23 ft., is reported to have touched on a shoal, in 22° 32′ S., 35° 36′ E., abreast of 400 ft. sandhill and about 4½ miles from the shore. A shoal marked “P.A.” has been charted in above position. Sept.

BEIRA HARB. AND APPROACH.—ALTERATIONS IN BUOYAGE.—The descriptions of the buoys in Rambler Chan. are now as follows: No. 3, black spar buoy with ball as topmark; No. 8, black spher. buoy; No. 9, black conical buoy; No. 10, white conical lt.-buoy; No. 12, white conical lt.-buoy; No. 5, black conical buoy.

INDIAN OCEAN.

CORRECTIONS TO CHART NO. 3772.—(1.) The height of this lt. (15° 51⅞′ N., 94° 16⅞′ E.) should read “164 ft.” and the R. “15 miles.” (2.) 19 fms. should be substituted for the 10 fms. charted in 16° 55′ N., 94° 20½′ E., about 2¾ miles 269° (S. 89° W. mag.) from the nrn. extr. of Broken Pt. Sept.

EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO, ETC.

SUGI STRAIT.—1. The shoal or obstruction on which the s.s. “Japara” was reported to have touched, in 0° 52′ N., 103° 42⅞′ E., 8 cables 199° (S. 18° W. mag.) from the small islet srd. of Pulo Jangka, does not exist. 2. (a.) A shoal, carrying 1½ fms., exists in 0° 51′ 36″ N., 103° 42′ 53″ E., 11 cables 187° (S. 6° W. mag.) from the small islet srd. of Pulo Jangka. (b.) A shoal, carrying 2 fms., exists in 0° 51′ 30″ N., 103° 42′ 48″ E., 12 cables 190° (S. 9° W. mag.) from the above islet. (c.) A shoal, carrying 5½ fms., exists in 0° 51′ 18″ N., 103° 42′ 50″ E., 14¼ cables 188° (S. 7° W. mag.) from the above islet. Sept.

Prohibition of Money-order and Postal Correspondence for Oxypathor Company, &c.

THE Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand having reasonable ground for supposing that the companies and person whose names and addresses are shown in the Schedule hereunder are engaged in a fraudulent business, it is hereby ordered, under section 28 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, that no money-order in favour of either of the said companies or the said person shall be issued, and that no postal packet addressed to either of the said companies or the said person (either by their own name, or any fictitious or assumed name), or to the manager, secretary, or other officer of either of the said companies, or addressed to either of the two last addresses in the Schedule hereunder without a name, shall be either registered, forwarded, or delivered by the Post Office of New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.

OXYPATHOR COMPANY, Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.A.
N.Z. OXYPATHOR COMPANY, Commercial Buildings, Lambton Quay, Wellington.
B. C. WARNES, Post-office Box 683, Wellington.
Dated this 5th day of November, 1912.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Postmaster-General.

Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver.

Mines Department.
Wellington, 18th April, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of fourpence (4d.) per pound will be paid on the production of the first one hundred thousand pounds weight (100,000 lb.) of good marketable retorted quicksilver, free from all impurities, from any mine in New Zealand, on the following conditions, that is to say:—

1. That at least one-third of the quantity is produced on or before the 31st March, 1914, and the remaining two-thirds on or before the 31st March, 1915.
2. No bonus will be payable until the whole of the one hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.) of quicksilver has been produced as stipulated to the satisfaction of an officer to be appointed by the Minister of Mines, and on whose certificate alone the bonus will be paid.
3. In the event of more than one person producing the required quantities of quicksilver before the dates named, inquiry will be made by the officer above referred to, when, if it is found that each applicant is equally entitled to a bonus, the amount will be divided in proportion to the quantities produced by each applicant, but in no case shall any bonus be paid until at least one hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.) of quicksilver has been produced in the aggregate.

JAMES COLVIN,
Minister of Mines.

Shorthand-writers and Typistes, Department of Internal Affairs, appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 4th November, 1912.

IT is hereby notified that the following Shorthand-writers and Typistes have been appointed to the Department of Internal Affairs under the Civil Service Acts, as from the date set opposite the name of each respectively, viz.:—

Name. Date of Appointment.
DOROTHEA MARY COAD 13th May, 1912.
KATHLEEN MONA BRYCE 1st October, 1912.
GWENLLIAN AMY FOX .. "
J. HISLOP, Under Secretary.

Results of Election of Trustees of Drainage Districts.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 6th November, 1912.

THE following results of the election of Trustees of drainage districts have been received from the Returning Officers, and are published in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.

J. HISLOP,
Under-Secretary.

Moutoa Drainage District, County of Manawatu:
Walter E. Barber.
Frederick S. Easton.
Bernard Gapper Gower.
Henry Godfrey Hammond.
Octavius Roland Robinson.

Taihei Drainage District, Counties of Waikato and Piako:
W. B. Martyn.

Frankton Drainage District, County of Waipa:
Charles Ernest Hanson Allen.
George Cornfoot.
Frederick Cooper Smith.
William Tapp, jun.
George Watt, jun.

Wainono Drainage District:
Walter Hayman.
Henry Dohrmann.
George Flint Richardson.
Paul Studholme.
Harry Bell Spearman Johnstone.