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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 38

Public Service Stores Tender Board.—Supply and Delivery of Grass-seed.

Wellington, 1st April, 1914.

TENDERS are invited for the supply and delivery of 9,900 lb. of mixed grass-seed for Alton Survey District, Southland. Tenders, addressed to the undersigned, marked on the covering envelope “Tender for Grass-seed, Alton Survey District,” will be received up till 5 p.m. on Wednesday, the 15th April, 1914, at the office of the Public Service Stores Tender Board, Wellington. Specifications and conditions of tender may be obtained at the offices of the Commissioner of Crown Lands at Invercargill and Dunedin. A deposit of £5 must accompany each tender.

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

J. MACKAY,
Chairman.

Public Service Stores Tender Board.—Supply and Delivery of Meat.

Wellington, 3rd April, 1914.

TENDERS are invited for the supply and delivery of meat to the Government Sanatorium, Rotorua, for a period of three years from the 1st April, 1914. Tenders, addressed to the undersigned, will be received up till 5 p.m. on Wednesday, the 15th April, 1914. Copy of conditions of supply, with the form of tender, may be obtained from the Tourist Agent, Rotorua. A deposit of £10 must accompany each tender.

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

J. MACKAY,
Chairman.

Public Service Stores Tender Board.—Supply and Delivery of Forage.

Wellington, 4th April, 1914.

TENDERS are invited for the supply and delivery of forage as may be required by the New Zealand Government at Palmerston North during the twelve months, 1st April, 1914, to 31st March, 1915.

Tenders, addressed to the undersigned, marked on the covering envelope “Tender for Forage,” will be received up till 5 p.m. on Wednesday, the 15th April, 1914, at the office of the Public Service Stores Tender Board, Wellington. Copies of conditions of supply, with forms of tender, may be obtained at the District Headquarters, New Zealand Military Forces, Palmerston North, and at the office of the Secretary to the Board, Post and Telegraph Stores, Waterloo Quay, Wellington. A deposit of £10 must accompany each tender.

The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

J. MACKAY,
Chairman.

Applications invited for the Position of Chief Draughtsman, District Office, Lands and Survey Department, Hokitika.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 8th April, 1914.

APPLICATIONS will be received by the undersigned up till noon on the 30th April, 1914, from officers of the Lands and Survey Department for the position of Chief Draughtsman in the District Office of the Lands and Survey Department, Hokitika.

Applications must be forwarded through the Head of the Department, and addressed to the Secretary to the Public Service Commissioner, Wellington, and must embrace a statement of education and experience, particulars of age, &c.

Applications must be made on forms obtainable from the Permanent Head of the Lands and Survey Department, or from any Commissioner of Crown Lands.

It is necessary that applicants should be licensed surveyors. The position is graded in Class D, Professional Division. Maximum £345.

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.

Applications invited for the Position of Chief Draughtsman, District Office, Lands and Survey Department, Nelson.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 8th April, 1914.

APPLICATIONS will be received by the undersigned up till noon on the 30th April, 1914, from officers of the Lands and Survey Department for the position of Chief Draughtsman in the District Office of the Lands and Survey Department at Nelson.

Applications must be forwarded through the Head of the Department, and addressed to the Secretary to the Public Service Commissioner, Wellington, and must embrace a statement of education and experience, particulars of age, &c.

Applications must be made on forms obtainable from the Permanent Head of the Lands and Survey Department, or from any Commissioner of Crown Lands.

It is necessary that applicants should be licensed surveyors. The position is graded in Class D, Professional Division. Maximum £365.

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.

Applications invited for the Position of Chief Clerk, District Office, Lands and Survey Department, Dunedin.

Office of Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 8th April, 1914.

APPLICATIONS will be received by the undersigned up till noon on the 30th April, 1914, from officers of the Lands and Survey Department for the position of Chief Clerk in the District Office of the Lands and Survey Department, Dunedin.

Applications must be forwarded through the Head of the Department, and addressed to the Secretary to the Public Service Commissioner, Wellington, and must embrace a statement of education and experience, particulars of age, &c.

Applications must be made on forms obtainable from the Permanent Head of the Lands and Survey Department, or from any Commissioner of Crown Lands.

The position is graded in Class IV, Clerical Division. Maximum £370.

A. J. H. BENGE,
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 29 of 1914.

NAUTICAL PUBLICATION.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 13th March, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Marine Department has just published a small book entitled “Modern Up-to-date Navigation: Position-finding by the Improved Sumner Method contrasted with the New Navigation (Marcq St. Hilaire System) and the Old ‘Sumner’ Method, together with a few Special Star Reduction and Azimuth Tables,” by H. S. Blackburne, Principal Examiner of Masters and Mates in New Zealand, and Nautical Adviser to the Government. Published by direction of the Hon. the Minister of Marine.

The book contains some nautical tables of great value for ready position-finding from observations of two stars out of the meridian. They also give by simple inspection the true bearing within certain limits of a few bright stars, and the calculated reduction to the meridian up to about an hour or a little over from the meridian, enabling a navigator to determine his latitude and position-line from a single observation of a star, with little more trouble than when the star is on the meridian. The book also contains several fully worked-out examples showing the use of the tables, with some well-executed diagrams illustrating the problems; the different methods of determining the ship’s position by the “Old Sumner Method,” the “Improved Sumner Method,” and the “New Navigation Method” are contrasted, and the author clearly exposes some of the fallacious claims which have been made by one or two recent writers for the so-called “New Navigation,” or “Marcq St. Hilaire” system of dealing with observations for position-finding.

The book is sold in New Zealand at the shipping offices and Customhouses, and by nautical-book sellers. Price, 1s. 6d.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 35 of 1914.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 25th March, 1914.

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

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.