MAY 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1695

Acceptance of Services of a Defence Rifle Club.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 29th April, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under section 43 (1) and (2) of the Defence Act, 1909, the services of the

Enfield Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Enfield (Otago Military District). Date of acceptance, 29th April, 1915.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Acceptance of Services of a Defence Rifle Club.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 29th April, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under section 43 (1) and (2) of the Defence Act, 1909, the services of the

Kinohaku Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Kawhia (Auckland Military District). Date of acceptance, 29th April, 1915.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Acceptance of Services of a Defence Rifle Club.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 29th April, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept, under section 43 (1) and (2) of the Defence Act, 1909, the services of the

C Squadron, Poverty Bay Legion of Frontiersmen Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Gisborne (Wellington Military District). Date of acceptance, 29th April, 1915.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Department of Defence,
Wellington, 29th April, 1915.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of a Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

Lieutenant EDWARD HENRY FISHER, Unattached List (b),

he having a total service to the 27th March, 1915, entitling him thereto of twenty years one hundred and forty-two days.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 3rd May, 1915.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Christchurch Tramway Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Finance.

CHRISTCHURCH TRAMWAY BOARD.

Sumner Tramway Special-rating Area.—Result of Loan Poll.

In the matter of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and the Christchurch Tramway District Act, 1906.

PUBLIC notice is hereby given that a poll of the electors of the Sumner Tramway Special-rating Area on the proposal to borrow £2,000, being one-third cost of constructing a rubble causeway over a portion of the sea-front at the base of the Sumner Cliffs, was taken on Wednesday, 28th April, 1915. The votes recorded for and against the proposal were as follows: For the proposal, 341 votes; against the proposal 107 votes. There were 5 informal votes.

I hereby declare that the proposal was carried.

J. A. FLESHER,
Chairman, Christchurch Tramway Board.
Christchurch, 29th April, 1915.

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Plants declared by the Franklin County Council to be Noxious Weeds.—Notice No. 1780.

Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce,
Wellington, 3rd May, 1915.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Franklin County Council has, by special order, declared the following plants to be noxious weeds within the meaning of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1908, in the district under its jurisdiction: Gorse, ragwort, and fennel.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Agriculture and of Industries and Commerce.

Defining Riverton Restricted Limits.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 189 of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, I, William Herbert Herries, Minister of Marine, do hereby define the Riverton limits within which restricted-limit steamships and ships propelled by gas, oil, fluid, electricity, or any mechanical power other than steam, and to which restricted-limit certificates are issued, may ply to be those set forth herein, and I do divide such limits into river and extended-river limits.

River Limits.—Inside the Bar of Jacobs River.

Extended-river Limits.—All the navigable water inside a right line drawn from the mouth of the Waimatuku Stream to a point one mile seaward of the outermost point of Pig Island, thence to the landing-place on the north-eastern side of Centre Island, and thence to Hinitui or Oraka Point.

All former river and extended-river limits for Riverton are hereby revoked.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 10th day of April, 1915.

W. H. HERRIES,
Minister of Marine.

Notice to Mariners No. 37 of 1915.

NOUMEA.—SOUNDINGS IN GRAND BAY.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 26th April, 1915.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Government of New Caledonia, is published for the information of mariners and others:—

The commander of the “ Kersaint ” notifies that soundings made in the Grand Bay of Noumea have not found the depth of 4 meters shown on Chart No. 1939, about 850 meters N. 15° W. of the upper line of beacons of Nou Island (position bordering on L. 22° 16′ 22.5″, G. 164° 5′ 31″ E. of Paris), but on the contrary have discovered a sandbank on which the least depth found is from 4 m. 80 gr. to 720 meters N. 24° 10′ W. of the same line of beacons.

The zone in which are found depths of less than 10 meters around this point is about 120 meters in diameter. There is every reason to believe that this sandbank should be shown further north on the chart.

A second sandbank with a depth of 4 m. 80 cor. has been discovered 1,280 meters N. 11° 45′ W. of the same upper line of beacons of Nou Island. The zone in which are found depths of less than 10 meters around this point is about 60 metres in diameter.

The above information has been placed by the commander of the “ Kersaint ” on the chart of the port authorities, where mariners and pilots may consult it.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 39 of 1915.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 28th April, 1915.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Hydrographic Office, London; the Hydrographic Office, Washington; the Marine Board, Adelaide; the Department of Port and Harbours, Melbourne; the Marine Department, Brisbane; and the Department of Communications, Tokyo, are published for general information.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN.—SAMOA ISLANDS, UPOLU ISLAND.

APIA HARBOUR.—REAR LEADING-LIGHT EXTINGUISHED.—
Position on charts: On Mount Vaea, lat. 13° 49¾′ S., long.