THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 571

FORM OF NOTICE.

He Pukapuka tono ki te Kooti Whakawa Whenua Maori kia
whakawakia etahi take whenua.

E Kara, -Ko matou ko nga tangata no ratou nga ingoa e
mau i te Pukapuka rarangi ingoa e piri ake nei e whai take ana
ki tetahi pihi whenua e tata ana ki.

Na he tono tenei na matou mo to matou iwi hapu ranei kia
whakawakia aua take ki te Kooti Whakawa mo nga Whenua
Maori he mea kia riro mai ai te memoriara mo aua whenua.
Ki te Tumuaki Whakawa Whenua Maori.

PUKAPUKA RARANGI INGOA.

| Te ingoa o
te whenua. | Nga ingoa o
nga Kaitono. | Nga Nohoan-
ga o nga
Kaitono. | Te iwi hapu
ranei. | Nga rohe. |
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No te , o te tau, 187 .

VIII. All rents payable into Court under clause
64 shall be paid to the person acting in the district
as Clerk or Secretary to the Judge, under section 11,
and shall be kept by him, subject to the order of the
Court.

IX. The note required to be minuted by section 38
shall be minuted on the application, otherwise called
"notice of claim," or "claim."

Witness our hands this 24th day of June, 1874.

F. D. FENTON, Chief Judge.
J. ROGAN, Judge.
THOS. H. SMITH, Judge.
HENRY A. H. MONRO, Judge.
F. E. MANING, Judge.
W. HIKAIRO, Assessor.
HORI TE WHETUKI, Assessor.
ENOKA TE WHANAKE, Assessor.

Approved in Council, 25th August, 1874.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Importation into Victoria of Grape-vines or Grape-
vine Cuttings prohibited.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 24th August, 1874.

THE following notice received from the Govern-
ment of Victoria, prohibiting the importation
into that colony of Grape-vines or Grape-vine
cuttings, is published for general information.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

It is hereby notified for general information, that
the Governor, with the advice of the Executive
Council, and in accordance with the provisions of
the Act 37 Victoria, No. 457, has prohibited the
importation into Victoria of grape-vines and grape-
vine cuttings.

EDWARD COHEN,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Melbourne, 28th July, 1874.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 19, of 1874.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 26th August, 1874.

THE following Notice to Mariners received from
the Portmaster, Brisbane, is published for
general information.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

WIDE BAY BAR.

In consequence of the decrease in the width and
depth of water in the North Channel over Wide Bay
Bar, the leading Beacons have been removed and
shifted to the Middle Channel. These leading
Beacons are square, are painted white, and now lead
through the centre of the Middle Channel, on a due
west bearing, in 2 fathoms low water springs.

On Inskip Point, two Beacons, triangular and
white (not visible from outside the Bar), lead in clear
of the Spit off Hook Point, on a S.W. by W. bearing.

G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N., Portmaster.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 17th July, 1874.

Report on the Waitara Harbour.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 21st August, 1874.

THE following report on the entrance to the
Waitara River is published for general infor-
mation.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

Marine Department, 11th August, 1874.

SIR,-Agreeably with your instructions I examined
the River Waitara as to its capabilities for trade, and
after taking the opinion of the Chief Harbour Master
of the province, the Harbour Master at the Waitara,
and masters of ships who have frequented the place,
I have now the honor to submit the following
report:-

The bar at the entrance to the river projects
but little seaward outside of the line of coast at low
water, and is much sheltered from the prevailing S.W.
swell by a reef, but is open to the N.W., from which
quarter at times heavy sea sets in. During winter
and spring the river is subject to heavy freshes, which
generally come down about twelve (12) hours after
rain has fallen inland. In the months of February,
March, and April little rain falls, and the water
immediately inside of the bar occasionally becomes
very low, where sandbanks are formed, and remain
there until a fresh comes down that washes them
away, which usually happens about the middle of
May. From the above circumstances great and
sudden changes often occur in the channel over the
bar, as well as in the entrance to the river, both as to
the direction of the channel and as to the depth of
water in it. After a long dry season as little as
five (5) feet six (6) inches of water in neaps, and
six (6) feet six (6) inches in spring tides at high
water has been known; while often after a heavy fresh
as much as thirteen (13) feet has been found with a
straight channel seaward. Inside the bar the river
is navigable as far up as the bridge, a distance of
about three-quarters of a mile, and near Messrs.
Webster's wharf strong moorings are laid to secure
vessels to, without which, during heavy freshes, they
would be liable to be driven out to sea or on the bar.
Occasionally, no doubt, ships drawing 10 feet of
water could enter the river with safety. I am
however of opinion that vessels drawing over seven
(7) feet are unsuitable for the trade, and for want of
sufficient water would often be liable to detention
inside the river, as well as outside of the bar.
Compared with similar rivers, the Waitara is
neither dangerous nor difficult to enter, except
during heavy freshes, and then it should never be
attempted.

In order to give greater safety and facility to
vessels, I am of opinion that the following suggestions
should be carried out, viz.,-

1st. That the signal man should reside at the -
Signal Station.