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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 16

Removal of Shingle, Sand, &c., from North Auckland Beaches.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 17th March, 1924.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by by-law made under the provisions of the Harbours Act, 1923, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 5 of the 18th day of January, 1923, I, George James Anderson, Minister of Marine, do hereby prescribe that the rates of payment to be made in respect of all stone, shingle, sand, or shell removed from or over any portion of the shore, or bed of any harbour, or navigable river, or of the sea, shall be those set forth in the Schedule hereto.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Marine.

SCHEDULE.

FROM any portion of the foreshore extending from Rodney Point to the North Cape—
Stone and/or shingle, 1s. 6d. per cubic yard.
Sand and/or shell, 9d. per cubic yard.

Provided that—
(a.) In the case of material removed from above and below high-water mark, or removed from above high-water and deposited below high water to be washed, the rates shall be one-half of the above prescribed rates :
(b.) When dredged from below low-water mark, one-quarter prescribed rates.

The minimum rate shall be not less than 3d. per cubic yard.

Pukeokahu-Taoroa Rabbit District.—Proposed Loan of £3,000.—Notice No. Ag. 2366.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 13th March, 1924.

THE following certificate under the hand of the Chairman of the Pukeokahu-Taoroa Rabbit District is published in accordance with the requirements of section 109 (2) of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

In the matter of the Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1908, and the amendments thereto and pursuant to section 109 thereof, and in the matter of a £3,000 loan to be raised for the purpose of erecting rabbit-proof fences in the Pukeokahu-Taoroa Rabbit District, I, William Doole, Chairman of the Trustees of the Pukeokahu-Taoroa Rabbit District, certify as follows :—

1. That a petition of the ratepayers of the district has been delivered to me declaring their desire that the formality of a poll on the above loan proposal be dispensed with.
2. The total number of ratepayers signing the petition is twenty-one.
3. The total number of votes possessed by the signatories is twenty-one.
4. The total number of ratepayers to be rated for the loan is thirty-nine.
5. The total number of votes possessed by all ratepayers is thirty-nine.

I therefore declare that the proposal to raise the loan has been carried.

Wm. DOOLE,
Chairman of the Trustees of the Pukeokahu-Taoroa Rabbit District.

Dated at Taihape this 5th day of March, 1924.

Special Order made by the Bruce County Council declaring that Canadian or Californian Thistle shall be deemed not to be a Noxious Weed.—Notice No. Ag. 2368.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 17th March, 1924.

THE following special order made by the Bruce County Council is published in accordance with the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Agriculture.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT Canadian or Californian thistle shall be deemed not to be a noxious weed within the County of Bruce.

The resolution making the above special order was passed at a special meeting of the Council held on the 2nd October, 1923, and confirmed at a subsequent meeting held on the 6th November, 1923.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 13th March, 1924.

THE Loyal Birkenhead Lodge, No. 9467, situated at Birkenhead, Auckland, is registered as a branch of the Auckland District of the New Zealand Branch of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 13th day of March, 1924.

WILLIAM M. WRIGHT,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Notice to Mariners No. 16 of 1924.

WANGANUI.—EXTENSION OF CASTLECLIFF WHARF SEAWARD.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 15th March, 1924.

THE Wanganui Harbour Board notify that the white light with green sector, exhibited from the end of the present wharf (previously known as Dredge Wharf), will be removed without further notice.

A temporary white light will be shown from the outermost corner of the wharf under construction.

The outrigger for pile-driver will project several feet beyond the face-line of the present wharf, and vessels should pass with caution, especially during the ebb stream, which sets into the wharf.

Publications, &c., affected : “New Zealand Pilot,” 9th edition, 1919, page 104 ; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1924, page 227.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 17 of 1924.

KARAMEA RIVER.—POSITION OF LIGHT ALTERED.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 18th March, 1924.

NOTICE is hereby given that the flagstaff has been shifted and re-erected in a position 311°, 3·3 cables from the end of the Government Wharf.

The occasional light will now be exhibited from the staff in the new position at a height of 30 ft., and will be visible from 000 through east to 180.

Publications, &c., affected : Admiralty Chart No. 2616 ; “New Zealand Pilot,” 9th edition, page 377 ; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac, 1924,” pages 167 and 296.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 18 of 1924.

BAY OF ISLANDS.—OPUA WHARF.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 18th March, 1924.

THE Bay of Islands Harbour Board notify that a mooring dolphin has been erected at a distance of 120 ft. in a north-westerly direction from the seaward end of the Opua Wharf.

Publications, &c., affected : Admiralty Chart No. 1090 ; “New Zealand Pilot,” 9th edition, page 152.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

Officiating Ministers for 1924.—Notice No. 8.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 18th March, 1924.

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 :—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend William Trevor Fortescue Skey.

Roman Catholic Church.

The Reverend William Gill.

Salvation Army.

Adjutant Alex. Canty.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.