SEPT. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2797

The weights will be computed as follows:—
Bran .. .. .. .. 15 sacks to the ton.
Barley .. .. .. .. 12 ,,
Chaff .. .. .. .. 20 ,,
Carrots .. .. .. .. 12 ,,
Grass-seed .. .. .. 15 ,,
Malt .. .. .. .. 12 ,,
Onions .. .. .. .. 12 ,,
Oats .. .. .. .. 12 ,,
Pollard .. .. .. .. 12 ,,
Potatoes .. .. .. .. 12 ,,
Sharps .. .. .. .. 12 ,,
Vegetables .. .. .. 12 ,,
Other goods (in sacks) .. .. 10 ,,
Goods not otherwise specified .. By weight.

Charges for Use of Wharf.
For every vessel under 20 tons gross register, and
every vessel trading within the Manukau Heads, s. d.
lying at the wharf, per quarter, payable in advance 10 0
For every other vessel lying at the wharf, per working-
day or part thereof, per ton gross register .. 0 0½
Minimum charge per working-day or part thereof .. 1 0
For every wagon drawn by one horse, each time .. 1 0
For each additional horse, each time .. .. .. 0 6
For each express, cart, or other vehicle, drawn by one
horse, each time .. .. .. .. .. 0 6
For every barrow or hand-truck, each time .. .. 0 2
Carts, barrows, or hand-carts, with local ships’ stores,
and tools and materials for ships’ repairs .. Free.

Cranage.
For use of crane on wharf, per ton .. .. .. 0 6
Exceptional cargoes (as may be determined by the Railway
Department) to be charged per day, or otherwise by special
arrangement. The charge for cranage does not include the
cost of haulage to the crane when the goods have been pre-
viously deposited at a distance therefrom.
The working-hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on week-days.

As witness my hand this 8th day of September, 1913.
W. H. HERRIES,
Minister of Railways.

Revocation of Appointment of Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the authority in me for this
purpose vested, I, the Minister of Customs, do, by
this order under my hand, revoke and annul the appoint-
ment of the undermentioned warehouse for the reception
and security of goods entered to be warehoused without
payment of duty upon the first entry thereof, namely,—

Port of Wanganui.

The warehouse known as

TURNBULL’S BOND,

as appointed and described in Minister’s Order No. 718, of
the 9th day of June, 1903.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this 5th day of
September, 1913.

F. M. B. FISHER,
Minister of Customs

Minister’s Order No. 1048.]

Ratification by the King of Denmark of the International Mari-
time Conventions relating to Collisions and Salvage.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 2nd September, 1913.

A NOTIFICATION has been received from the Secretary
of State for the Colonies that the Belgian Government
have notified the deposit, on the 18th June last, of the ratifi-
cations by His Majesty the King of Denmark of the Inter-
national Maritime Conventions relating to collisions and
salvage, signed at Brussels on the 23rd September, 1910.

F. M. B. FISHER.

Shipping and Seamen Fees in the Solomon, Gilbert, and Ellice
Islands Protectorates.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 9th September, 1913.

THE following regulation repealing Regulation No. IV of
1912, fixing the fees to be charged in the Solomon,
Gilbert, and Ellice Islands Protectorates in connection with
shipping and seamen, and making other provisions in lieu
thereof, is published for general information.

F. M. B. FISHER.

[L.S.] BICKHAM ESCOTT,
High Commissioner.
[No. V of 1913.

KING’S REGULATION.

TO REPEAL REGULATION NO. IV OF 1912 AND TO MAKE
OTHER PROVISIONS IN LIEU THEREOF.

Made by His Britannic Majesty’s High Commissioner
for the Western Pacific under the provisions of the
Pacific Order in Council, 1893.

In the name of His Majesty, George the Fifth, by the Grace
of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas
King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India.

1. This Regulation may be cited as the Merchant Shipping
   (Fees) Regulation, 1913.

2. The Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulation, 1912, is
   hereby repealed.

3. Whenever any act mentioned in the schedule hereto
   which shall, under the provisions of the Merchant Shipping
   Act, 1894, of the Imperial Parliament, or any Act amending
   the same, be done by, to, or before, a British Consular officer
   is, in the Protectorates of the British Solomon Islands and of
   the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, done by, to, or before, an officer
   for the time being performing the duties of port officer, or
   which shall, under the provisions of the Acts aforesaid, be
   done by, to, or before, a Superintendent, is, in Ocean Island,
   done by, to, or before, a Deputy Commissioner for the Western
   Pacific, there shall be paid in respect of that act the fee
   specified therefor in the said schedule.

4. All fees levied under this Regulation shall be accounted
   for by the officer levying the same to the Resident Commis-
   sioner in the Solomon Islands or Gilbert and Ellice Islands,
   as the case may be, and, when so accounted for, shall form
   part of the revenue of the Protectorate in which they are
   levied.

5. All fees of the kind specified in the schedule hereto
   hitherto levied by any officer of the Government of the
   Protectorates aforesaid are hereby declared to have been
   properly charged and collected.

SCHEDULE.

1. For every declaration taken or recorded under
   the Merchant Shipping Act, with a view to the
   registry, transfer, and transmission of ships,
   interests in ships, or mortgages of ships .. £ s. d.
   .. 0 5 0
2. For indorsing a memorandum of change of
   master upon the certificate of registry, and
   initialling his signature on agreement with
   crew, if required .. .. .. .. 0 4 0
3. For granting a provisional certificate of registry,
   exclusive of fees on declarations .. .. 1 0 0
4. For recording a mortgage of a ship, or share
   in a ship .. .. .. .. .. 1 0 0
5. For recording the transfer of a mortgage of a
   ship, or shares in a ship .. .. .. 1 0 0
6. For recording the discharge of a mortgage of
   a ship, or shares in a ship .. .. .. 1 0 0
7. For every sale of a ship, or shares in a ship .. 1 0 0
8. For inspection of the register book of transac-
   tions in ships, kept in pursuance of the Mer-
   chant Shipping Act .. .. .. .. 0 1 0
9. For certified copy of extract from register book
   of transactions in ships .. .. .. 0 2 6
10. For every seaman engaged .. .. .. 0 2 0
11. For every alteration in agreements with seamen 0 2 0
12. For every seaman discharged or left behind
    with the sanction of a port officer or Deputy
    Commissioner .. .. .. .. .. 0 2 0
13. For every desertion certified .. .. .. 0 2 0
14. For indorsing a ship’s agreement with respect
    to the death of any person on board .. .. 0 2 0
15. For attesting the execution of a seaman’s will.. 0 2 0
16. For certification of form of claim for wages, &c.,
    of a deceased seaman .. .. .. .. 0 1 0
17. For examination of provisions, or water, to be
    paid for by the party who proves to be in
    default, in addition to costs of survey .. 0 10 0
18. For every salvage bond made in pursuance of
    section 560 (1) of the Merchant Shipping Act,
    1894, to be paid by the master or owner of
    the property saved .. .. .. .. 2 0 0
19. For making indorsement on ship’s papers as
    required by section 257 of the Merchant
    Shipping Act, 1894 (to include the fee for
    inspection of ship’s papers—see No. 41) .. 0 2 0
20. For noting a marine protest and furnishing one
    certified copy if required .. .. .. 0 7 6