578
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

forming the frustum of a cone, with a base of 21 feet
diameter, and is painted white. The upper light is
a white revolving dioptric light of the second order,
with an interval of flash of 40 seconds, visible for
about 18 miles from the deck of a vessel, and has a
seaward range of 263°. The lower subsidiary is
fixed, and is a fourth order dioptric light, with verti-
cal prisms, so disposed as to give two strong beams
of red light; the Northern arc gives a ray of 28°,
the bearing of the seaward side of angle being North
30° East (magnetic), and the Southern arc shows a
ray of 23°, the bearing of the seaward side of the
angle being South 2º East, leading two miles outside
of African Reef. The height from high water to
centre of lantern is 110' 4"; the height of tower
from base to vane is 114' 6", and from base to focal
plane of light 101' 3".
Lighted on the 19th of March, 1878.
JAS. H. THOMAS,
Director of Public Works.
Public Works Office, Perth,
23rd March, 1878.

Authority to Frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 7th May, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize
The RAILWAY MANAGER at Auckland, New Plymouth,
" " Napier,
" " Wellington, and
" " Wanganui,
to frank, free from the prepayment of postage, letters
and parcels posted on the Public Service.
J. T. FISHER,
Postmaster-General.

Designation of Post Office changed.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 7th May, 1878.
IT is hereby notified for general information that
the designation of the Post Office in the Welling-
ton Provincial District, known as Upper Taueru, has
been changed to
BIDEFORD.
By order of the Postmaster-General.
W. GRAY,
Secretary.

Commissioner of Westland Land Board appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 7th May, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM SIMPSON SMITH, Esq.,
to be a Commissioner of the Land Board of the Land
District of Westland.
J. MACANDREW.

Change of Purpose of Reserve at Ashburton,
Canterbury.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 9th April, 1878.
IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Go-
vernor intends, under the provisions of the 148th
section of "The Land Act, 1877," to change the
specific purpose of the land described in the second
column of the Schedule hereto for which the land was
heretofore set apart as a reserve, as specified in the
first column of the said Schedule, to the specific
purpose specified in the third column of the said
Schedule.

Description and
Purpose of
Reserve.
Lot 411 of
the Town of
Hamilton East,
in the Provin-
cial District of
Auckland, con-
taining nine (9)
acres. As a site
for a redoubt.
Notice whereof
is published in
the New Zea-
land Gazette,
1868, No. 48,
page 403.

Lot 412 of the
Town of Hamil-
ton East, in the
Provincial Dis-

SCHEDULE.

Description and
Purpose of
Reserve.
Sections
marked O and
P, two (2)
roods, Town of
Ashburton,Pro-
vincial District
of Canterbury.
For municipal
purposes. Pro-
vincial Govern-
ment Gazette,
No. xx., Vol.
xi., 1864, p. 85.

Area of which the Purpose is
intended to be Changed.
All that piece or parcel of
land in the Town of Ash-
burton, in the Provincial
District of Canterbury, con-
taining two (2) roods, more
or less, being Section No.
769 (in red). Bounded
towards the North-east by
Section No. 238 for a dis-
tance of two (2) chains ;
towards the North-west by
Baring Square for a distance
of two (2) chains fifty (50)
links; towards the South-
east by Section No. 228 for
a distance of two (2) chains
fifty (50) links; and towards
the South-west by Havelock
Street for a distance of two
(2) chains: as the same is
delineated on the plans de-
posited in the Provincial Dis-
trict Survey Office, Christ-
church.

Intended Purpose.
As a site for
Ashburton
County Council
Offices.

J. MACANDREW,
Minister of Lands.

Change of Purpose of Reserve at Hamilton East, in
the Provincial District of Auckland.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1878.
IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Go-
vernor intends, under the provisions of the
148th section of "The Land Act, 1877," to change
the specific purposes of the lands described in the
second column of the Schedule hereto, for which the
lands were heretofore set apart as reserves, as speci-
fied in the first column of the said Schedule, to the
specific purposes specified in the third column of the
said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Description and
Purpose of
Reserve.
Lot 411 of
the Town of
Hamilton East,
in the Provin-
cial District of
Auckland, con-
taining nine (9)
acres. As a site
for a redoubt.
Notice whereof
is published in
the New Zea-
land Gazette,
1868, No. 48,
page 403.

Area of which the Purpose is
intended to be Changed.
All that parcel of land in
the Provincial District of
Auckland, in the Colony of
New Zealand, being part of
Lot numbered four hundred
and fifteen (415) of the Town
of Hamilton East, containing
by admeasurement two (2)
roods, more or less. Bounded
towards the North-east by a
road line, one hundred and
sixty-seven (167) links; to-
wards the South-east by a
road line, three hundred and
one (301) links; towards the
South-west by Lot numbered
411, one hundred and sixty-
seven (167) links; and to-
wards the North-west by
other part of said Lot num-
bered 415, three hundred
and one (301) links: be all
the aforesaid linkages more
or less; as the same is de-
lineated on the plan depo-
sited in the Survey Office,
Auckland.

Intended Purpose.
As a site for
Waikato County
Council build-
ings.

All that parcel of land
situated in the Town of
Hamilton East, Parish of
Kirikiriroa, Hamilton Survey

For a recrea-
tion ground.