Aug. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3047

Details.—The new wharves to the northward of the Queen’s Wharf have been completed, the Government Wharf being marked by two fixed green lights. The two fixed green lights formerly exhibited from the Queen’s Wharf have been discontinued.

RED SEA, ETC.

CAUTION WITH REGARD TO EXTINCTION OF LIGHTS.

Former notice hereby cancelled.

1. The lights at the following places have been extinguished :—

Aden, Jibuti and vicinity (except Ras al Bir), Cape Monze, Karachi, Bombay and vicinity, Colombo, Barberyn, Madras, Calcutta and Hughli River approaches, Rangoon River approaches, Port Blair in the Andaman Islands, Penang, Singapore.

Vessels are prohibited from entering the Port of Massawa between sunset and 6 a.m., and they should not approach the port between these hours.

2. All lights in the Persian Gulf and on the coasts of India, Ceylon, and the Bay of Bengal are liable to be extinguished without notice. Vessels should arrange to arrive at their destinations during daylight hours.

CHINA SEA AND PACIFIC OCEAN.

CAUTION WITH REGARD TO EXTINCTION OF LIGHTS, AND DISCONTINUANCE OR WITHDRAWAL OF AIDS TO NAVIGATION.

Former notice hereby cancelled.

I. Hong Kong.

Green Island light is extinguished.

Gap Rock light, Wag Lan Islet light, and Cape Collinson lights are liable to be extinguished without notice.

Vessels are warned not to approach Hong Kong except during daylight hours.

II. Russian Maritime Province.

All lights are liable to be extinguished, and aids to navigation discontinued or withdrawn on the coasts of the Russian Maritime Province.

III. Sandwich Islands, Honolulu.

All lights in Honolulu Harbour are extinguished, and the harbour is closed by night.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

SPENCER’S GULF.

Approaches to Ports Pirie and Germein, Cockle Spit.

Masters of vessels and others are hereby notified that a beacon is being erected, from which a light will be exhibited on and after the night of 13th July, 1917.

Approximate position.—The northern side of Cockle Spit, about one cable N.E. of existing beacon, in 18 ft. of water at L.W.S.T. Lat. 33° 3′ 20″ S., long. 137° 56′ 10″ E.

Character.—The beacon is an open iron piles structure, painted red, surrounded with timber piling and surmounted with an “ A.G.A.” single flashing light, flashing 40 times per minute, and showing white over an arc of 195° between the bearing of 277° 50′ (N. 87° 30′ W. mag.) and 81° 50′ (N. 76° 30′ E. mag.). The remainder of the light will show red over the spit.

Elevation.—25 ft. above high water.

Visibility.—In clear weather, white 10 miles, red 3 miles.

Note.—The above light is unwatched.

Port Germein.

Also, on the same date the fixed light at present exhibited from the lighthouse at sea end of Port Germein Jetty will be replaced by an “ A.G.A.” single flashing light, flashing 15 times per minute. The sectors remain unaltered, and are as follows: White over an arc of 8° between the bearings of 355° (N. 10° 20′ W. mag.) and 3° (N. 2° 20′ W. mag.); red over an arc of 70° between the bearings of 3° (N. 2° 20′ W. mag.) and 73° (N. 67° 40′ E. mag.); then white over an arc of 12° between the bearings of 73° (N. 67° 40′ E. mag.) and 85° (N. 79° 40′ E. mag.).

Approximate position.—Lat. 33° 2′ S., long. 138° E.

Elevation.—28 ft. above high water.

Visibility.—In clear weather, white 10 miles, red 3½ miles.

Note.—The above light is unwatched.

Charts affected.—Admiralty Charts Nos. 403 and 2389.

Publications affected: “ Australian Directory,” Vol. I, 1907, page 263.

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Town of Rotorua.—Order levying a Hospital Rate, 1917–18.

WHEREAS by the Rotorua Town Act, 1907, provision is made for the management of the Town of Rotorua by the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts, and the said Department is, in respect of the said town, created a body corporate:

And whereas by section 5 of the said Act it is enacted that for the purposes of any Act relating to local authorities the said Department shall, in respect of the said town, be deemed to be a local authority, and that the provisions of any such Act shall (subject to such modifications or exceptions as the Governor by Order in Council directs) extend and apply as if the said town were a borough:

And whereas by section 80 of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1909, and the Sixth Schedule thereto, it is provided that the said Department shall be deemed to be a contributory local authority of the Waikato Hospital District, and that the said Department, for the purpose of providing funds for the payment of contributions payable to the Waikato Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, shall have the same power of making, levying, and collecting rates in the Town of Rotorua as if the town were a borough and the Department were a Council thereof:

And whereas on the 11th day of April, 1908, His Excellency the Governor, in exercise of the powers conferred in that behalf by the Rotorua Town Act, 1907, did by Order in Council make certain regulations for the effectual carrying-out of that Act, which regulations appear in the New Zealand Gazette of the 16th day of April, 1908:

And whereas by clause 3 of the said regulations it is provided that an order or direction in writing, signed by the General Manager of the said Department, shall be sufficient in all cases in which (amongst other things) a resolution or special order of a Council is necessary in a borough:

Now, therefore, I, the undersigned, Benjamin Marcus Wilson, the General Manager of the said Department, in exercise of the powers given to local authorities by the Rating Act, 1908, and also in exercise of the powers and authorities given by the Rotorua Town Act, 1907, and the said regulations, do hereby order, direct, and declare that a rate of one-eleventh of a penny in the pound on the capital value of all rateable property in the Town of Rotorua is hereby made and levied for the year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1917, and ending on the 31st day of March, 1918, and that such rate shall be payable in one sum on the 1st day of August, 1917.

As witness my hand this 30th day of July, 1917.

B. M. WILSON,
General Manager.

Witness—W. H. Frethey.

Town of Rotorua.—Order levying a Library Rate, 1917–18.

WHEREAS by the Rotorua Town Act, 1907, provision is made for the management of the Town of Rotorua by the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts, and the said Department is, in respect of the said town, created a body corporate:

And whereas by section 4 of the said Act it is enacted that the said Department shall have and may exercise within the said town all the powers and authorities conferred by law on Borough Councils to make and levy a library rate:

And whereas by section 5 of the said Act it is enacted that, for the purposes of any Act relating to local authorities, the said Department shall, in respect of the said town, be deemed to be a local authority, and that the provisions of any such Act shall (subject to such modifications or exceptions as the Governor by Order in Council directs) extend and apply as if the said town were a borough:

And whereas on the 11th day of April, 1908, His Excellency the Governor, in exercise of the powers conferred in that behalf by the Rotorua Town Act, 1907, did by Order in Council make certain regulations for the effectual carrying-out of that Act, which regulations appear in the New Zealand Gazette of the 16th day of April, 1808:

And whereas by clause 3 of the said regulations it is provided that an order or direction in writing, signed by the General Manager of the said Department, shall be sufficient in all cases in which (amongst other things) a resolution or special order of a Council is necessary in a borough:

Now, therefore, I, the undersigned, Benjamin Marcus Wilson, the General Manager of the said Department, in exercise of the powers and authorities given by the Rotorua Town Act, 1907, and the said regulations, and by the Rating Act, 1908, do hereby order, direct, and declare that a rate of one-fortieth of a penny in the pound on the capital value of all rateable property in the Town of Rotorua is hereby made and levied as a library rate for the year commencing