Dec. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3461

DECLARATION.

1, [Name], of [Place of abode], [Occupation], do solemnly and sincerely declare that I am Chairman [or Secretary, or Treasurer] of the [Name of institution]; that during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 1912, the receipts of the aforesaid institution for the maintenance of the library only were as follows: From rates levied by a local governing body under Part I of the Libraries and Mechanics’ Institutes Act, 1908, or the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, pounds shillings and pence; from the subscriptions of members, pounds shillings and pence; and from voluntary contributions other than members’ subscriptions, pounds shillings and pence; that the library is public in the sense of belonging to the public, and is not under the control of an association, society, or club whose membership is composed of a section of the community only; that the information hereinafter furnished by me in the appendix hereto is correct in every particular; that the abstract of accounts is a true statement of the receipts and expenditure of the institution for the year herein specified; that the whole of the subsidy received during the year was expended in the purchase of books for the library; [and that by the rules of the library it is open to the public free of charge].

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

[Signature.]

Declared at , this day of , 191 , before me— , Justice of the Peace [or Solicitor, or Notary Public].

[Here affix and cancel a stamp at 2s. 6d.]

[NOTE.—The words relating to last year’s subsidy and to free admission may be struck out if they are not applicable. The words in brackets are not part of the form, but indicate matter to be inserted or substituted.]

Copies of the form of application may be obtained from the Secretary for Education, Wellington, and from the Secretary of any Education Board.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Education.

Meetings of Westland Land Board.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 5th December, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has, in pursuance of section 48 (a) of the Land Act, 1908, approved of the meetings of the Westland Land Board being held at the District Lands and Survey Office, Hokitika, at 2 o’clock p.m. on the third Wednesday in each month during the year 1913.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Authorizing the Laying-off of Grants Road, in the Town of Marchwiel Extension No. 4, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 9th December, 1912.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of the Land Act, 1908, I hereby authorize the laying-off of Grants Road, in the Town of Marchwiel Extension No. 4, Canterbury Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft. instead of 99 ft.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Members of Police Force transferred to the Civil Service.

Police Department,
Wellington, 6th December, 1912.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to transfer

WILLIAM McGILL

from the position of Editor of the Police Gazette in the Police Force to the position of Editor of the Police Gazette in the Police Department; and

AMOS MUGGERIDGE

from the position of Storekeeper in the Police Force to the position of Storekeeper in the Police Department, under the provisions of section five of the Public Service Classification and Superannuation Amendment Act, 1911; the transfers to take effect from the 1st November, 1912.

A. L. HERDMAN,
Minister of Justice.

Notice to Mariners No. 141 of 1912.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 30th November, 1912.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Hydrographic Office, Washington, United States, America, and from the Board of Trade, London, are published for general information.

F. M. B. FISHER.

BRITISH COLUMBIA.

LAMA PASSAGE. — NAPIER POINT. — BEACON ERECTED. — A beacon, consisting of a square concrete base surmounted by a white pole 20 ft. high, carrying a slatwork drum, has been erected on Napier Point, Lama Passage, Campbell Island, British Columbia.

Approximate position on H.O. Chart No. 1765: Latitude 52° 7′ 54″ N., longitude 128° 9′ 10″ W.

QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS. — HOUSTON-STEWART CHANNEL. — LIGHT TO BE MOVED. — About 1st October, 1912, the intermittent white acetylene light recently established on Koya Point, eastern entrance of Houston-Stewart Channel, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, will be moved and re-established on the summit of the middle rock of the Danger Group.

Further notice will be given when the light is moved.

Approximate position on H.O. Chart No. 1584: Latitude 52° 11′ 36″ N., longitude 130° 57′ 45″ W.

H.O. Charts Nos. 527, 904, and 1584.

U.S. Coast Survey Charts Nos. U and 7002.

H.O. Light List, Vol. I, 1912, No. 1631a.

List of Lights on the Pacific Coast, 1912, No. 460, page 76.

H.O. Publication No. 96, The Coast of British Columbia, 1907, page 570.

VANCOUVER ISLAND. — CLAYOQUOT SOUND. — TEMPLAR CHANNEL. — LENNARD ISLAND LIGHT-STATION. — TELEPHONE INSTALLED. — For the protection of shipping, a telephone line has been established connecting Lennard Island Light-station with the Government telegraph-office at Tofino, Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. This telephone line consists of a land line from the lighthouse to a small cove at the north-eastern end of Lennard Island, distant ¼ mile 57° from the lighthouse, a cable from this cove to a small cove on the western side of Low Peninsula, distant about ¾ mile 75° from the south-eastern extremity of Village Island, and a land line over Low Peninsula to Tofino.

Caution. — Mariners are warned not to anchor in the vicinity of the cable.

Approximate position of Lennard Island light: Latitude 49° 6′ 40″ N., longitude 125° 55′ 45″ W.

BURRARD INLET. — VANCOUVER HARBOUR. — BURNABY SHOAL. — LIGHT AND FOG-BELL ESTABLISHED. — An unwatched fixed red incandescent electric light and a fog-bell operated by electricity have been established on a wooden platform buoy or float, surmounted by a steel tripod, moored on the northern edge of Burnaby Shoal, near the red spar buoy, Vancouver Harbour, Burrard Inlet, British Columbia.

Approximate position on H.O. Chart No. 1408: Latitude 49° 17′ 38″ N., longitude 123° 5′ 54″ W.

An electric cable, used in operating the light and fog-bell, is laid from the shore at Brockton Point to the float.

Mariners should give the float a good berth and should not anchor in the vicinity of the cable.

If damage is done, the cost of repairs will be collected from the colliding vessel.

VANCOUVER ISLAND. — JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT. — SHERRINGHAM POINT. — LIGHT ESTABLISHED. — The Canadian Government has given notice that a 3rd-order, dioptric, flashing white light of 55,000 candle-power showing 1 group of 3 flashes every 7½ seconds—thus, flash, ½ second, eclipsed 1¼ seconds; flash ½ second, eclipsed 1¼ seconds; flash ½ second, eclipsed 3¼ seconds—has been established on Sherringham Point, south-west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

The light is exhibited 72 ft. above high water from a white, hexagonal, reinforced-concrete tower stiffened by six flying buttresses, surmounted by a red, circular, iron lantern, standing 60 ft. back from the extremity of the point, and is visible 14 miles from all points of approach by water. The height of the tower from base to vane is 64 ft. The illuminant is petroleum vapour burned under an incandescent mantle. A rectangular wooden dwelling, painted white, with red roof, stands about 200 ft. in rear of the lighthouse. A wooden boat-house, similarly coloured, stands about 100 ft. north-eastward of the lighthouse.

Approx. position: Lat. 48° 22′ 20″ N., long. 123° 55′ 45″ W.

STRAIT OF GEORGIA. — NANAIMO HARBOUR APPROACH. — SNAKE ISLAND. — BUOY REPLACED BY BELL-BUOY. — The Canadian Government has given notice that the red nun