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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 81

Tenders for Indiarubber Goods.

Railway Department (Head Office),
Wellington, 4th May, 1917.

THE undermentioned tender-rates for the supply and delivery of indiarubber goods for the New Zealand Government Railways from 1st April, 1917, to 31st March, 1919, are published for general information.

E. H. HILEY,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.

Contractor: THE COLONIAL RUBBER COMPANY (Limited),
40 Albert Street, Auckland.

SCHEDULE No. 1.

HOSE, INDIARUBBER, VULCANIZED, IN 30 FT. AND 60 FT. LENGTHS.

Quality: Colonial Rubber Company’s Standard.

SCHEDULE No. 2.

INDIARUBBER SHEET AND INSERTION-SHEET, VULCANIZED, WHITE OR GREY.

Officiating Ministers for 1917.—Notice No. 16.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 9th May, 1917.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
Mr. EBENEZER SWINERD.

Roman Catholic Church.
The Reverend RICHARD HEGARTY.

Methodist Church of New Zealand.
Mr. JAMES HENRY ALLEN.
Mr. CYRIL BROWN.
Mr. THOMAS HERBERT BURTON.
Mr. NORMAN CHALLENGER.
The Reverend FRED COPELAND.
The Reverend FRED GREENWOOD.
The Reverend GEORGE W. JACKSON.
Mr. ALFRED ERNEST JEFFERSON.
Mr. FRANK C. PACE.
Mr. CHARLES JOHN PEALE.
Mr. W. RICHARDS.
Mr. WILLIAM WALLACE.

Unitarian Church.
The Reverend J. H. G. CHAPPLE.

[ERRATUM.—In Notice No. 1, page 305, et seq., of Gazette of 25th January, 1917, under Methodist Church of New Zealand, for “The Reverend Brooks, Leslie A. G.” read “Mr. Brooks, Leslie A. G.”; for “Mr. Costain, Alfred M.” read “The Reverend Costain, Alfred M.”; for “Mr. Nelson, John R.” read “The Reverend Nelson, John R.”; for “Mr. Dent, Tom” read “The Reverend Dent, Tom.”]

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

Officiating Ministers for 1917.—Notice No. 17.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 9th May, 1917.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned names have been withdrawn from the list of Officiating Ministers by request:—

Methodist Church of New Zealand.
Mr. JAMES WILLIAM BAYLISS.
Mr. WESLEY BRATT.
Mr. FREDERICK GARDINER BROWN.
Mr. JOHN D. BURNAND.
Mr. JOHN H. COMBES.
Mr. JOHN COMMON.
Mr. JAMES CRAWFORD.
The Reverend MATTHEW J. EVANS.
The Reverend PAUL W. FAIRCLOUGH, F.R.A.S.
Mr. TOM FLOWER.
Mr. W. A. HITCHINSON.
Mr. HARRY STANLEY KINGS.
Mr. JAMES A. LAMOND.
Mr. JOHN OLIVER.
The Reverend CHARLES PENNEY.
Mr. PHILIP BRENTON STRONGMAN.

W. W. COOK,
Registrar-General.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 37 of 1917.

AUCKLAND HARBOUR.—ERECTION OF BEACON OFF ST. MARY’S BAY.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 7th May, 1917.

THE Auckland Harbour Board have notified that on and after 9th May, 1917, two single pile beacons surmounted by staff and cage, the whole painted black, will be displayed in the following positions off St. Mary’s Bay, Ponsonby:—

Eastern Beacon.—Trig. Station, Stokes Point, 338½° (N. 37° W. magnetic); Trig. Station, Watchman Island, 276½° (S. 81° W. magnetic).

Western Beacon.—Trig. Station, Stokes Point, 15½° (north magnetic); Trig. Station, Watchman Island, 266° (S. 80° W. magnetic).

Charts, &c., affected.—Admiralty Charts Nos. 2546, 1970, and 1896; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter ii, page 42; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac, 1917,” plan facing page 244.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 38 of 1917.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 8th May, 1917.

THE following Notices to Mariners, which have been received from the Minister of State for Communications, Tokyo; the Governor, Balboa Heights; the Department of Navigation, Sydney; the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne; the Harbour Board Offices, Adelaide; the Hydrographic Office, London; and the Hydrographic Office, Washington, are published for general information.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

CHINA.

SOUTH-EAST COAST.—KAP SING MUN APPROACH.—THE BROTHERS.—WRECK EASTWARD OF.

Position (approximate).—At a distance of about one mile eastward from the northern extremity of Motce (East Brother) Island. Lat. 22° 20′ 30″ N., long. 114° E.

Description.—Sunken wreck of the French steamer “American,” with mast showing above water.

JAPAN.

INLAND SEA.—SHIMONOSEKI STRAIT APPROACH.—WRECK.—GAS-BUOY ESTABLISHED.

A green conical gas-buoy showing, 10 ft. above the water, an occulting green light every 8 seconds—thus, light 4 seconds,