TARANAKI GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

G. F. Bowen, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Militia Act, 1865," it is provided that the Governor may from time to time, by Proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette, call out the whole or any part of the Militia in any district for actual service:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the power and authority vested in me in this behalf, do hereby call out for actual service the whole of the Militia of the District, whereof the boundaries are as follows:—On the South by the River Hangatahua from its mouth to its source, thence a straight line to the summit of Mount Egmont, thence by a straight line running due East to the eastern boundary of the said Province; on the East by the eastern boundary of the said Province; on the North by the northern boundary of the said Province; on the West by the sea—to be a District within which "The Militia Act, 1865," shall henceforth be in operation.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, at the Government House, at Wellington; and issued under the Public Seal of the said Colony, this twenty-sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

J. C. Richmond.

G. F. Bowen, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Militia Act, 1865," it is provided that the said Act shall come into operation in such districts as the Governor may from time to time, on and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, specify and appoint by Proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette:

Now therefore I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the power and authority vested in me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim, specify, and appoint all that part of the Colony situated in the Province of Taranaki, whereof the boundaries are as follows:—...

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, at the Government House, at Wellington; and issued under the Public Seal of the said Colony, this twenty-sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

J. C. Richmond.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

SNAG IN ENTRANCE TO BULLER RIVER.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 7th April, 1869.

NOTICE is hereby given that there is a large snag on the bar of the Buller River, which, in the present state of the channel, is right in the fairway of the North Channel.

The snag will be removed, or marked by buoys or beacons, as soon as practicable; and in the meantime masters of vessels are warned of its existence, and requested to observe closely the following directions:—

When entering in daylight, the flagstaff and the beacon carrying the red flag must be kept in one, and, failing this, vessels must be steered in close accordance with the directions of the semaphore arm at the flagstaff.

When entering by night, the (outer) red light and the (inner) bright light must be kept in one, if practicable, or, failing this, the bright light must be opened to the S.W. of the red light (or towards Cape Foulwind).

On no account must the line of the leading lights be crossed towards the N.E. till the vessel is inside the Bar.

James M. Balfour,
Colonial Marine Engineer.

Printed under the authority of the Government of the Province of Taranaki, by W. H. Sarjant, of Devon-street, New Plymouth, Printer to the Provincial Government for the time being.