Oct. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3259

Recognition of Tonnage Regulations of the Government of Latvia.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 26th September, 1927.

THE following order, issued by His Majesty the King in Council, relating to the recognition of the Tonnage Regulations of the Government of Latvia, is published for general information.

G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Marine.

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 25th day of July, 1927.

Present:

The King’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council.

WHEREAS by subsection (1) of section 84 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vic. c. 60), it is enacted that whenever it appears to His Majesty the King in Council that the tonnage regulations of the said Act have been adopted by any foreign country and are in force there, His Majesty in Council may order that the ships of that county shall, without being remeasured in His Majesty’s Dominions, be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in their certificates of registry or other national papers, in the same manner, to the same extent, and for the same purposes, as the tonnage denoted in the certificate of registry of a British ship is deemed to be the tonnage of that ship:

And whereas it appears to His Majesty that the tonnage regulations of the said Act have been adopted by the Government of Latvia and are now in force in that country:

Now, therefore, His Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows;—

1. This Order may be cited as the Latvian Tonnage Order, 1927.

2. Latvian ships, the certificates of registry or other national papers of which are dated on or after the 4th June, 1925, shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in such certificates of registry or other national papers in the same manner, to the same extent, and for the same purposes as the tonnage denoted in the certificate of registry of a British ship is deemed to be the tonnage of that ship.

M. P. A. HANKEY.

Fixing Charge to be made on Kauri-gum exported from New Zealand.

Office of the Kauri-gum Control Board,
Auckland, 5th October, 1927.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Kauri-gum Control Board, acting under the power conferred on it by section 17 of the Kauri-gum Control Act, 1925, has fixed the charge to be made by way of levy on all kauri-gum exported from New Zealand on and after the 1st day of November, 1927, until further notice, at fifteen shillings per centum on the current f.o.b. export value of such kauri-gum.

M. H. WYNWARD, Chairman.

Notice to Mariners No. 64 of 1927.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 11th October, 1927.

NEW ZEALAND.—NORTH ISLAND.—HAURAKI GULF.—
AUCKLAND HARBOUR.

Dredging Operations.

NOTICE is hereby given that the dredger “Hapai” is working to the southward from a position 314° 850 ft. from the light-tower on King’s wharf.

At night time the dredger will heave towards the King’s wharf and will exhibit the regulation anchor lights and a red light on the channel or clear side.

Six moorings are laid out in north-south-east and west directions.

Notice to Mariners No. 5 of 1927 is hereby cancelled.

Charts affected: 1970 (plan).

Publications: New Zealand Pilot, 1919, page 192; New Zealand Nautical Almanac, 1927, page 222.

Authority: Auckland Harbour Board, 5/10/27.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 65 of 1927.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 12th October, 1927.

SUMMER TIME.

INFORMATION is hereby given that the time for general purposes in New Zealand shall, during the period of summer time, be one hour in advance of New Zealand standard time.

The use of summer time does not affect the use of New Zealand standard time for purposes of astronomy, meteorology, or navigation, or affect the construction of any document mentioning or referring to a point of time in connection with any of those purposes.

The Summer Time Act, 1927, prescribes the period of summer time shall be taken to be the period beginning at two o’clock, New Zealand standard time, in the morning of the first Sunday in November, 1927, and ending at two o’clock, New Zealand standard time, in the morning of the first Sunday in March, 1928.

The attention of mariners is drawn to the several elements contained in New Zealand Nautical Almanac which are given in terms of New Zealand standard time, and to the necessity for adding one hour to all such times if desiring to obtain them in terms of summer time.

Admiralty publications for navigational purposes will be similarly affected.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

Result of Land Surveyors Examination, September, 1927.

Office of the Surveyors’ Board,
Government Buildings,
Wellington, 6th October, 1927.

AT the examination of candidates for a surveyor’s license held in September, 1927, under the Surveyor’s Institute and Board of Examiners Act, 1908, and conducted by the Federated Surveyors’ Boards of Australia and New Zealand, thirty-three candidates presented themselves in New Zealand; fifteen of these candidates succeeded in obtaining passes, as under:—

Bishop, Alec Cyril, of Auckland.
Bygrave, William Leonard, of Hamilton.
Clark-Walker, Alexander McGregor, of Whangarei.
Drummond, Ronald George, of Wellington.
Empen, Leslie John, of Auckland.
Fletcher, Alfred Manby, of Wellington.
Fraser, Donald Hume, of Westport.
Gilders, Digby Te Ohia, of Christchurch.
Hawcridge, John Robert Arthur, of Dunedin.
Little, Francis Stothart, of Dunedin.
Pickmere, Arthur Hereward, of Whangarei.
Service, Eric Edward, of Auckland.
Simcock, Russell Aubrey, of Napier.
Wareing, John, of Nelson.
Wood, Foster Lionel, of Wellington.

M. CROMPTON-SMITH,
Secretary, Surveyors’ Board.

Result of Election of Trustees of a Drainage District.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 4th October, 1927.

THE following result of the election of trustees of a drainage district has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of the Land Drainage Act, 1908.

G. P. NEWTON, Assistant Under-Secretary.

TAHUNA DRAINAGE DISTRICT: COUNTY OF PIAKO.

Northern Ward—
Frank Herald Barnett.

Western Ward—
Edward Robert Whitechurch.

Eastern Ward—
Walter Clifford Smyth.

Central Ward—
Frederick George Abbott.

River Ward—
Jans Peter Jensen.

[This notice is published in substitution of notice published in Gazette No. 69, of 6th October, 1927.]

(I.A. 19/10/60.)

Member of House of Representatives elected, Raglan Electoral District.

Clerk of the Writs’ Office,
Wellington, 10th October, 1927.

THE Clerk of the Writs has received a return to the writ issued on the 12th day of September, 1927, for the election of a member of Parliament to serve in the House of Representatives for the Electoral District of Raglan, and by the endorsement of such writ it appears that

William Lee Martin

has been duly elected to serve as a member for the said district.

(I.A. 14/3/25.) J. HISLOP, Clerk of the Writs.