THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Trinity House, London,
29th October, 1869.
NOTICE is hereby given, that on or about the 15th
March next, and thereafter during the time of
building the Lighthouse on the Great Basses Rocks
off the S.E. Coast of Ceylon, a Light Vessel will be
placed in 12 fathoms water about one mile N.N.E.
of the rocks; and in order to distinguish her from
the Light Vessel at the Little Basses, which exhibits
a white flash every 1½ minute, and which is twenty
miles distant, the Light shown will be Red revolving
at intervals of 45 seconds.
By day she will be distinguished by carrying two
Balls vertically at the main-mast head.

By order.
ROBIN ALLEN,
Secretary.

SNAPPER POINT, PORT PHILLIP BAY.
NOTICE is hereby given, that on and after the 1st of
January, 1870, a Bright Light will be exhibited from
a patent dioptric lantern erected on shore at Snapper
Point, 50 feet above high-water level. The Light will
be visible all round to seaward in ordinary weather
within a range of about ten miles.
The present Dioptric Light at the end of the
Jetty will be replaced by a Red Light shown from
an ordinary lantern, having a range of about three
miles in ordinary weather.

W. COLLINS REES,
Secretary for Harbours and Navigation.
Office of Harbours and Navigation,
Melbourne, 9th December, 1869.

LIGHTHOUSE, SANDY CAPE.
THE tower of the new Lighthouse at Sandy Cape
being now in course of erection, the Light will
probably be exhibited some time in March next.
The illuminating apparatus will be of the first
order dioptric, revolving, attaining its greatest
brilliancy every two minutes. The Light will be at
an elevation of about 385 feet above the level of the
sea, and will be visible from the deck of a vessel
about 26 miles, being six miles beyond the end of
Breaksea Spit.
The Light will be visible all round the horizon,
except where intercepted by the land of Great Sandy
Island.
The tower will be 97 feet high from base to vane,
and painted white.
Vessels should not attempt to make the Light on
a southerly bearing, except in very fine weather.
Due notice will be given of the date upon which
the Light will be exhibited, and the necessary
directions published for its use in rounding the Spit.

G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N.,
Portmaster.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 6th November, 1869.

TORRES STRAITS, PRINCE OF WALES CHANNEL.
CAPTAIN CHARLES EDWARDS, of the "Melanie"
schooner, reports having seen a small sunken rock,
with about one fathom water on it, lying from 1¼
to 1¾ mile S.W. from East Strait Islet.
As this danger is off the track recommended,
vessels running should carefully follow the course
laid down on the Admiralty Charts; and, in working
through the Straits, should avoid a near approach to
this islet, especially when it is nearly in a line with
the east extreme of Double Island.

G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N., Portmaster.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 6th November, 1869.

NORTH CHANNEL, PORT DENISON.
MASTERS of vessels of heavy draught calling at this
port are cautioned that the North Channel has silted
up two feet; and that at low water springs there is
only fourteen feet, instead of sixteen as formerly.
The South Channel still retains a depth of twenty-
two feet.

G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N., Portmaster.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 6th November, 1869.

TOWNSHIP OF GISBORNE, Poverty Bay.—
The following Town and Suburban Sections in
and adjoining the Township of Gisborne, situate at
Turanganui, Poverty Bay, on land purchased by
Government from the Natives, will be sold by auction
at the Crown Lands Office, Napier, on the 13th day
of April, 1870.
Subjoined are the Regulations under which the
sale will be conducted, and a Schedule of the Sections
to be submitted for sale.
Plans can be seen on application at the General
Government Agents' Offices at Auckland and Napier,
at the Office of the Secretary for Crown Lands, Wel-
lington, and at the Crown Lands Commissioners'
Offices in the other Provinces.

J. D. ORMOND,
General Government Agent,
East Coast District.
Napier, 16th February, 1870.

THE following are the Regulations and Conditions
under which the land will be sold :---

1. The sale will be conducted by the Agent at
   Napier of the General Government, or such person
   as he shall authorize to conduct the sale.
2. The said Agent may order any lot to be with-
   drawn at any time before it is put up.
3. The land will be sold in lots by auction to the
   highest bidder. In case of doubt as to the highest
   bidder for any lot, or in case the person to whom a
   lot has been knocked down shall fail to make the
   deposit hereinafter mentioned, the lot will be at once
   put up again.
4. The purchase money of every allotment shall be
   paid by the purchaser thereof, or his agent, to the
   said Agent of the General Government, as follows,
   viz.:-
   One fourth at the time of sale or selection by way
   of deposit, and the remaining three-fourths within
   three calendar months after such sale or selection.
   In the event of the second payment not being made
   as aforesaid, the sale shall be void, and the deposit
   forfeited.
5. Any land that shall have been put up to auction
   and not sold may be purchased by any person for cash
   at the upset price at which the same was put up for
   sale, at any time, unless it shall have been specially
   withdrawn from sale by order of the Government
   Agent at Napier: Provided always that it shall be
   lawful for the said Agent, instead of permitting any
   land to be purchased under this regulation, to cause
   the same to be put up again to auction.
6. Any land that shall have been put up to auction
   and sold, but the purchase whereof shall not have been
   completed, may be purchased at the price at which it
   shall have been sold as aforesaid, deducting the
   amount of deposit paid, unless withdrawn from sale
   as in manner provided in the last preceding section.
7. Every person desiring to select land, open for
   selection after auction under these Regulations, shall
   describe the same by the number of the allotment, so