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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

General Post Office,
Auckland, 8th December, 1864.
THE following Notice to Mariners, issued by the
Government of Victoria, is re-published for
general information.
J. L. C. RICHARDSON.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
Lightning Rocks, Port Phillip Heads.
In consequence of the frequent statements that have
appeared in the public papers, that the rocks have
been removed: Notice is hereby given that they still
remain. The least water found on the shoalest head
is eighteen (18) feet at low water.
The clearing marks for avoiding these dangers are
as follow:-

Day Marks.
The Obelisk on Shortland's Bluff in line with East
tangent of High Light, N. 32° E., clears them to
the Westward.
Point Lonsdale Flagstaff, open on either side of
Point Lonsdale Telegraph House (white with a slate
roof), clears them to the Northward and Southward.

Night Marks.
The Light on Point Lonsdale showing green about
N.W. by N. leads South of them. The same light
showing red from W.N.W. to W. by. N. leads North
of them.
[All bearings are magnetic. Variation 8° 16' East.]
HENRY L. Cox,
Commander, R.N.
Admiralty and Colonial Survey Office,
7th October, 1864.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

General Post Office,
Auckland, 8th December, 1861.
THE accompanying Notice to Mariners, issued
by the Government of Victoria, is re-published
for general information.
J. L. C. RICHARDSON.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
Tidal Signals, River Yarra.
Masters of vessels and others navigating the River
Yarra, are hereby informed that the Tidal Signals
hitherto hoisted on board the "Sir Harry Smith"
will, on and after the 12th instant, be discontinued,
and the height of water in the Yarra be shown from
that date by a self-acting tide-guage erected on the
outer red dolphin at the entrance of the river.
To assist persons on board vessels at a distance in
ascertaining the height of water shown by the self-
acting tide-guage, six projecting arms are fixed on
its South side, the upper edge of each arm coinciding
with the lower part of each figure on the face of the
tide-guage, which commence with the ten feet mark.
N.B.—The top of the indicator, as it is moved up
or down by the tide, shows on the face of the guage
the height of water over the shoalest part of the
fairway.
CHAS. FERGUSON,
Chief Harbor Master.

Crown Lands' Office,
Auckland, November 25, 1864.
THE following Agreements with the natives of the
Coromandel District in this Province, as to the
terms on which mining for gold will be authorised
in future on their land at Kapanga, Ngaurukehu,
and Matawai, are published for general information.
ALFRED DOMETT,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

THIS AGREEMENT, made at Kapanga this
eleventh day of October, in the year of Our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, witnes-
seth the consent of the Chiefs and People, the names
of whom are hereunto subscribed, to the following
conditions, under which Europeans and others shall
be permitted to "mine for gold" on their lands
situated at Kapanga, Ngaurukehu, and Matawai, in
the District of Coromandel, in the Province of
Auckland, viz. :-

1. All Native Lands at Kapanga, Ngaurukehu,
   and Matawai shall be open to "Gold Miners"; ex-
   cept pieces reserved for cultivation, burial grounds,
   and sacred places.

2. No person shall be allowed to "Mine for Gold"
   on the said lands, unless he is the holder of a License
   duly empowering him in that behalf.

3. Every License shall be issued by an officer
   duly authorised by the Governor, and shall bear on
   it the date of issue, and the name of the block of
   native land on which the holder shall be entitled to
   mine for gold, cut timber (other than "kauri") for
   gold-mining purposes, and erect buildings.

4. Whenever any person shall desire to commence
   gold mining operations on a block of native land
   other than that for which his license shall have been
   originally issued, he shall not remove to such new
   locality until he receives permission from the Com-
   missioner so to do. The date of such authorized
   removal shall be endorsed on his license, and entered
   in the "Gold Fields' Register."

5. In consideration of the natives allowing gold
   mining over the lands specified in this agreement,
   the boundaries of which are more particularly defined
   in the map hereunto annexed, the Government
   hereby agree to pay, on the 23rd day of July in
   every year of the continuance of this agreement,
   the sum of one pound (£1) for each and every
   "Gold Mining License" which shall have been issued
   as aforesaid during the previous twelvemonths; the
   money to be apportioned amongst the owners of
   the Kapanga, Ngaurukehu, and Matawai blocks, in
   proportion to the number of gold miners who shall
   have been employed on each, as shown by the "Gold
   Fields' Register."

6. The Government also agree to pay the sum of
   One Pound (£1) for every "Business License," and
   the sum of Two Pounds (£2) for every "Publican's
   License," which shall be issued for buildings or tene-
   ments situated on the native lands herein described.
   All payments in respect of such licences to be made
   annually, on the twenty-third day of July. The first
   payment to be made on the twenty-third day of
   July which shall be in the year of Our Lord one
   thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.

In witness of the consent of the said Chiefs and
People to all the terms and conditions of this agree-
ment, they have hereunto set their hands, on the day
and in the year first above written; and in witness
of the consent of the Government to their part of
this agreement, the name of James Mackay the
younger, Civil Commissioner of the District of
Waihou, is hereunto attached.

TANEWHA, his (X) mark RENATA
PETA TAUMA
PATENE PUHATA his (X) mrk.
KAPANGA
EMA, her (X) mark
MAKOARE
WIREMUEPIHA his (X) mrk.
JAMES MACKAY, junior RAWIRI TAKUMA

Signed in the presence of us—

H. CHARLES LAWLOR
ALAN BAILLIE
H. CLINTON BADDELEY.