Jan. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 175

as second mate on completion of the prescribed period of qualifying service, notwithstanding that he may still be under twenty years of age, provided that in all respects he complies with these rules.”
2. Rule 44 of the hereinbefore-recited rules is hereby amended by substituting “13” for “15” in line ten.

Portion of Waiapu Consolidation Scheme confirmed.

POROPORO SERIES.

In the matter of Section 6 of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1923.

NOTICE is hereby given that a scheme of consolidation, in part, dated the 16th day of December, 1930, dealing with Ahikouka 1c and other blocks, as set out in the said scheme, having been prepared by the Native Land Court in accordance with the above-mentioned Act, and submitted under the seal of that said Court to the Native Minister for his approval, I, Apirana Turupa Ngata, as such Native Minister, being satisfied that the scheme so submitted is just and equitable and is in the public interest, do hereby confirm the portion of the said scheme of consolidation which was so submitted on the 16th day of December, 1930.

Dated this 21st day of January, 1931.

A. T. NGATA, Native Minister.

Plumbers Registration Act.

RESULTS OF EXAMINATION, 31ST OCTOBER AND 1ST NOVEMBER, 1930.—(H.P.B. 44.)

THE following having now completed both portions of the examination of the Plumbers Board of New Zealand held on the 31st October and 1st November, 1930, their names have been entered in the Register of Plumbers of New Zealand in pursuance of sections 9 and 17 (b) of the Act.

Reg. No. Name. Address.
2181 Anderson, I. G. C. Dunedin.
2182 Forward, G. T. Christchurch.
2183 Oliver, G. R. Waipukurau.
2184 White, A. C. Nelson.
2185 Deans, A. C. Dunedin.

A. J. STALLWORTHY, Minister of Health.

Plumbers Registration Act.

RESULTS OF EXAMINATION, 9TH AND 10TH MAY, 1930.—(H.P.B. 42.)

THE following having now completed both portions of the Examination of the Plumbers Board of New Zealand held on the 9th and 10th May, 1930, his name has been entered in the Register of Plumbers of New Zealand in pursuance of sections 9 and 17 (b) of the Act.

Reg. No. Name. Address.
2180 Haslam, R. Auckland.

A. J. STALLWORTHY, Minister of Health.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block XIV, Waimea Survey District, for the Purposes of a Quarry.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1928, to take the land described in the Schedule hereto for the purposes of a quarry :

And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Arahura, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land required to be taken :
1 acre.

Being portion of Section 1759.

Situated in Block XIV, Waimea Survey District (Westland R.D.). (S.O. 2862.)

In the Westland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 80642, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

As witness my hand at Wellington, this 21st day of January, 1931.

W. B. TAVERNER, Minister of Public Works.

(P.W. 62/12/102/32.)

Devonport Borough Council.—Cancellation of Unexercised Loan Authority.

In the matter of Section 118 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926.

WHEREAS the Devonport Borough Council has been duly authorized to borrow by way of loan the sum of two thousand pounds (£2,000) for the installation of fire alarms, and the consent of the Governor-General in Council thereto was given by Order in Council made on the 20th day of April, 1926, and published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 27, of 6th May, 1926, at page 1215 :

And whereas in respect of the said sum of two thousand pounds (£2,000) there has been raised and borrowed for the purposes aforesaid the sum of one thousand eight hundred pounds (£1,800) :

And whereas the undertaking in respect of which the said loan was authorized has been completed, and it has not been found necessary to borrow the whole of the amount so authorized :

And whereas the Minister of Finance has duly notified the Devonport Borough Council in writing of his intention to cancel the loan authority in so far as it has not been exercised :

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers in that behalf conferred upon me by section 118 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, and of all other powers me in this behalf enabling, I, Sydney George Smith, for Minister of Finance, do hereby cancel the authority of the Devonport Borough Council to borrow, under the loan authority hereinbefore referred to, the sum of two hundred pounds (£200), being the amount in respect of which the said loan authority has not been exercised :

Provided always that this cancellation is without prejudice to the validity in all respects of the loan of one thousand eight hundred pounds (£1,800) already borrowed pursuant to the said loan authority.

Dated at Wellington, this 26th day of January, 1931.

S. G. SMITH, for Minister of Finance.

(T. 49/327.)

Notice to Mariners No. 2 of 1931.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 28th January, 1931.

NEW ZEALAND.—NORTH ISLAND.—WEST COAST.

New Plymouth : Alteration in Light.

Position : Lat. 39° 03′ S., long. 174° 03′ E.

Abridged description : Fl. G. ev. 3 secs. 48 ft. 2 M. [U].

Alteration : The light on the end of the Breakwater has been altered from flashing white every three seconds to flashing green every three seconds, thus: Flash, 0·3 sec.; eclipse, 2·7 sec.

Remarks : The visibility has been decreased to about 2½ miles.

Chart affected : 2535 (inset).

Publications affected : Admiralty List of Lights, Part 6, 1930, No. 3546. New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide-tables, 1931, page 253 and plan of harbour.

Authority : Harbourmaster, 22/1/31.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

(M. 3/3/127.)

Notice to Mariners No. 3 of 1931.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 28th January, 1931.

NEW ZEALAND.—SOUTH ISLAND.—EAST COAST.

Lyttelton Harbour : Fog-signal established.

Position : End of eastern breakwater at harbour entrance.

Abridged description : Bell.

Description : An electrically operated bell ringing continuously every twenty seconds, thus: Bell, 5 sec.; silence, 15 sec.

Remarks : The sound will be muffled in the Inner Harbour between the bearings 170° and 286°.

Chart affected : 1999.

Publications affected : Admiralty List of Lights, 1930, Part 6, No. 3528. New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide-tables, page 289, and plan of harbour.

Authority : Lyttelton Harbour Board, 24/1/31.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

(M. 3/13/600.)