Public Auction, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon.
Conditions will be made known at time of sale.

J. Williamson,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

NORTH HEAD OF WAITEMATA HARBOUR.
Parish of Takapuna, County of Eden.
Sec. Lot. Area.
A. R. P.
2 38 21 2 26

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, October 23rd, 1866.

THE following Notice is published for general information.

Hugh Carleton,
Provincial Secretary.

MANUKAU HARBOUR, NEW ZEALAND.

Notice is hereby given that two Beacons, each forty feet high, painted white, cone-shaped at top, and six hundred feet apart, are now erected on the north side of the Harbour, abreast of the South Head signal station; and by keeping the same in line, bearing north ¾ west (by compass) from the line of beacons on South Head, will lead a fairway course to clear the “Tranmere” Shoal, “Emma” Bank, and South Head Spit; and when the extreme of Puponga is seen open (about two cables) off the lower part of South Head, bearing about N.E. by E. (by compass). The South Head Spit and “Emma” Bank will then have been passed, and the course to Puponga clear, having good anchorage in the vicinity of the Huia Banks.

20th October, 1866.

Thomas Wiro,
Harbour Master.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, October 23rd, 1866.

THE following Order in Council published in the New Zealand Gazette is re-published for general information.

Hugh Carleton,
For the Superintendent.

G. Grey, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington,
the 15th day of September, 1866.
Present:—His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by the “Marine Board Act, 1862” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, from time to time, to make such Regulations as may be found necessary respecting the anchoring and mooring of vessels in any port, the packing, landing, deposit and removal of gunpowder, the erection of magazines for the safe keeping thereof, the anchoring and ballasting and discharging of ballast of or from vessels, and all other matters relating to the safe and commodious navigation of any port, harbour or river, and the order and management of vessels resorting thereto; and for the purpose of giving effect to such regulations, to authorize the levying of Harbour Masters’ fees, not exceeding the rate specified in the schedule to the said Act, and to impose any penalty not exceeding twenty pounds for any offence against any provisions thereof:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the above recited power and authority, doth hereby make the following Harbour Regulations for the several Ports of Entry in the Province of Auckland, and the following Special Regulations for the Ports of Auckland and Onehunga and doth order that the same shall come into operation and take effect from and after the fifteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

Forster Goring,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

HARBOUR REGULATIONS FOR THE SEVERAL PORTS OF ENTRY IN THE PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND.

Pilots and Pilotage.

1. Every pilot shall carry his license with him, and shall produce it to the master of any ship or vessel on its being demanded, or forfeit a sum not exceeding forty shillings.

2. The rates of pilotage to and from the anchorage are as per scale annexed:—

Rates of Pilotage.
Sailing vessels under 100 tons, the sum of sixpence per ton, and for every ton above 100 tons the sum of twopence per ton shall be paid in addition to the sum before specified. Steam vessels under 100 tons the sum of fourpence per ton, and for every ton above 100 tons the sum of three halfpence per ton shall be paid in addition to the sum before specified.

3. The master of any vessel requiring a pilot to conduct her to sea must make an application at least twenty-four hours previously, at the office of the Harbour Master.

4. Pilots are not bound to conduct any vessel to sea, as aforesaid, until the pilotage and all harbour dues and port charges have been paid, and the vessel cleared at the Customs.

5. Pilots on being appointed to outward-bound vessels, before taking charge are to ascertain that their decks are clear, and that they are sufficiently manned, and in a proper state for working, as regards masts, rigging, sails, chains, and anchors.

6. Every pilot detained on board a vessel longer than twenty-four hours, whether by stress of weather, quarantine, or otherwise,