APRIL 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1027

Now, therefore, His Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order that the merchant ships of the said Kingdom of Spain, the certificates of registry or other national papers of which are dated on or after the 1st April, 1910, shall be deem d to be of the tonnage d: noted in such certificates of registry or other national papers in the same manner, to the same extent, and for the same purposes as the tonnage denoted in the certificate of registry of a British ship is deemed to be the tonnage of that ship.

And His Majesty is further pleased to direct that the Orders of Her late Majesty in Council, dated respectively the 17th day of March, 1875, and the 5th day of August, 1875, together with the Order of His late Majesty in Council dated the 29th day of January, 1904, be, and the same are hereby revoked.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

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AGREEMENT.

Article 1. The certificates of tonnage issued by the Spanish authorities to vessels of their country shall be considered as valid and legal in the ports of Great Britain, as from the first of April, 1910, and these certificates shall bear the following notice at the top :—“ The tonnage measurements and deductions inserted in this certificate have been carried out in accordance with the rules issued by the Board of Trade.”*

Article 2. The certificates issued by the British authorities to vessels of their country shall likewise be recognized in Spanish ports.

Article 3. The benefits arising out of this Agreement shall be applicable only to Spanish vessels whose certificates fulfil the conditions above referred to, those vessels which do not comply with the conditions in question being required to be re-measured in British ports when the British Authorities consider this necessary.

• In Spanish:—“El cálculo de arqueos y los descuentos en este certificado insertos se han llevado a cabo con sujecion a las reglas dictadas por el Board of Trade.”

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Notice of Intention to take Land in Blocks X and XI, Christchurch Survey District, for the Purposes of a Sub-station in connection with the Lake Coleridge Hydro-electric Power Scheme.

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N OTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to take the land described in the Schedule hereto for the purposes of a sub-station in connection with the Lake Coleridge hydro-electric power scheme.

And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the Public Works Office at Christchurch, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking thereof, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington.

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SCHEDULE.

All in the Canterbury Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 31st day of March, 1913.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works

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Officers appointed under the Immigration Restriction Act, 1908.

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Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 1st April, 1913.

H IS Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned persons to be officers to carry out the provisions of Part II of the Immigration Restriction Act, 1908 :—

Port of Lyttelton—
WILLIAM JOHN WRATT, vice Alfred Elliott, deceased.

Port of Invercargill—
WILLIAM JAMES HAWLEY, vice William John Wratt, transferred.

Port of Timaru—
WILLIAM ROSE, vice William James Hawley, transferred.

Port of Greymouth—
THOMAS RIDDLE HERD, vice William Howarth, transferred.

F. M. B. FISHER,
Minister of Customs.

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Appointment of Members of the Egmont National Park Board.

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Department of Tourist and Health Resorts,
Wellington, 25th March, 1913.

T HE following gentlemen have been appointed members of the Egmont National Park Board by the respective local bodies in terms of the Egmont National Park Act, 1900 :—

WILLIAM ANDREW COLLIS, Esq., representing Borough Council of New Plymouth ;
JAMES ROBERT HILL, Esq., representing Taranaki County Council ;
WILLIAM ROGERS, Esq., representing Stratford County Council ;
CHARLES GOODSON, Esq., representing Hawera Borough Council ;
ROBERT MCKINNEY MORISON, Esq., representing Stratford Borough Council ; and
FREDERICK WILLIAM WILKIE, Esq., representing Hawera County Council.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Minister for Tourist and Health Resorts.

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Notice of Election to be held of Members of the Board of Appeal under the Public Service Act, 1912.

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Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 19th March, 1913.

N OTICE is hereby given that an election will be held for the purpose of electing members of the Public Service Board of Appeal as under :—

(1.) The said election will be held on Monday, the 5th day of May, 1913, at Wellington.

(2.) The poll will be closed at five o’clock p.m.

(3.) A ballot will be taken of the officers of the Postal Branch of the Post and Telegraph Department for the election of one of their number; also a separate ballot of the officers of the Telegraph Branch of the same Department for the election of one of their number; and also a separate ballot of the remaining officers of the Public Service for the election of two of their number.

(4.) Nominations, to be made on forms obtainable from the Secretary to the Public Service Commissioner, must reach the Returning Officer by noon of Saturday, the 5th April, 1913, and the electoral lists will be closed on that day at the same hour.

(5.) Each nomination must bear the signed consent to nomination of the candidate for election.

(6.) No officer of the Post and Telegraph Department shall be eligible for election unless he is nominated in writing by at least three officers of the same branch (Postal or Telegraph) of the Post and Telegraph Department as himself.

(7.) An officer of the Public Service, other than the Post and Telegraph Department, to be eligible for election must be nominated in writing by at least three officers of the Public Service other than those of the Post and Telegraph Department.

A. J. H. BENCE,
Secretary to the Commissioner.