THE GAZETTE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2263, 15 July 1897, Page 27

THE GAZETTE.

' The Gazette contains a proclamation allowing the importation of grape vine cuttings from Australia accompanied by a certificate. Rooted , Tines and grapes, however, are still prohibited. ' New regulations are promulgated for the ad- ! justment of compasses — a question which has been the cause of much heartburning lately among nautical men. Any qualified person can now obtain a license as au adjuster for £1, and others can qualify by passing au , examination. A master of a foreign-going j ship can get a license to adjust his own com- . passes for 10s. ; The marriage district formerly known as Wainui in Hawke's Bay and Wellington is now divided into two under the names of Weber and Wainui. Oamaru, Patea, Gisborne, and Tauranga are i declared as ports at which custom house agents I musts be licensed. ; The Public .Trustee notifies that three un- ! claimed sections in Campbelltown hundred, ( Otago, are now vested in him. 1 Amended regulations are made with the object of preventing the introduction into New Zealand of animal manures, bones, and hides affected with disease. In future bones ia a raw or a geeen state, animal manures, and hides may be landed in New Zealand if accom- < panied by a statutory declaration that , the same are shipped from Brisbane and have not come from any place outside the district — _ namely, all that portion of Queensland south of i the twenty-fifth parallel of latitude. The statutory declaration is to be endorsed by an inspector of stock in Queensland.