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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

south of Malpala. The sound is of great extent,
studded with small islands, and affords many and
good anchorages, though in mostly rather deep
water. The Chart No. 214 gives, on a very small
scale, some idea of the entrances, of which there are
three principal ones. One to the southward, through
which the "Sandfly" entered, over a mile in width,
leaving all the small outlying islands well on the
starboard hand, leads up to this entrance.
There is an entrance between Malpala Island and
the mainland, off which lies a small island to be left
on the starboard hand entering, and another between
Malpala and the easternmost large island, easily
made out from seaward.

INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM LIEUT. HORNE, OF
H.M.'S SCHOONER "SANDFLY."

Port Resolution, Tanna. - The following information
respecting the Harbour of Port Resolution, Tanna,
was received from Mr. Neilson, the resident mis-
sionary :-

On the 10th January, 1878, there was a very severe
earthquake, the land on the north shore rising some
20 feet or more.

On the 14th February there was another very
severe shock, when the same land rose another 12
feet as near as he could calculate, also a reef extend-
ing about 200 yards in a north-easterly direction
from Cook's Pyramid, awash at all states of the tide.
At the same time the small bay to the north of this
harbour was filled in entirely by the falling forward
into the sea of upwards of 150 acres of earth and
rock, making the coast line almost straight, and
about 150 feet high.

For 3 square miles to the northward of Port
Resolution it is one mass of loose earth and rock with
numerous hot springs. The harbour is much con-
tracted and the dangers much increased.

When the second shock took place there was a
surf from 20 to 30 feet high, raised by the land
falling into the sea; this rushed into the harbour,
taking everything before it.

On entering the harbour in the "Sandfly," the
leadsman got as little as a quarter less two, but I
failed to find the spot when away sounding in the
gig.

St. Bartholomew, New Hebrides. - I found a very
good anchorage for small crafts off the east end of
St. Bartholomew and inside some small islets which
are connected at low water with St. Bartholomew
by the southermost of the three.

Espiritu Santo. - Chart No. 1380 is so very much
out about Espiritu Santo that it was impossible to
fix my position.

"The Otago Dock Trust Ordinance, 1865."

Treasury,
Wellington, 14th August, 1878.

IT is hereby notified that the principal moneys
secured by the debentures issued under the
Ordinance above cited, and falling due on the 1st
November next, will be paid on presentation of the
bonds on or after that date at the Bank of New
Zealand, London, or at the Bank of New Zealand,
Dunedin, whichsoever was the place at which the
last payment of interest on the respective bonds was
paid, viz. :-

At the Bank of New Zealand, London, Bonds
Nos. 418-427, 433-452, 471-490.

At the Bank of New Zealand, Dunedin, Bonds
Nos. 301-302, 364-417, 42-432, 453-470,
491-494, 496-500.

J. BALLANCE,
Colonial Treasurer.

Authority to Frank.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 25th September, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
authorize

THE RESIDENT ENGINEERS FOR PUBLIC WORKS,
DUNEDIN AND INVERCARGILL, also
THE OFFICE ENGINEER FOR PUBLIC WORKS,
DUNEDIN,
to frank, free from the prepayment of postage,
letters and parcels posted on the public service.

J. T. FISHER,
Postmaster-General.

Change of Purpose of Reserve at Carlyle, in the
Provincial District of Taranaki.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 2nd September, 1878.
IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the
Governor intends, under the provisions of the
one hundred and forty-eighth 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.

SCHEDULE.

| Description and
Purpose of
Reserve. | Area of which the Purpose is
intended to be changed. | Intended Purpose. |
|---|---|---|
| Sections 1, 2,
3, 10, 11, 12,
13, of Block
XXXV., Town
of Carlyle, Pro-
vincial District
of Taranaki.
Sites for public
buildings. Ga-
zetted in New
Zealand Ga-
zette, No. 7, of
18th January,
1877. | All that parcel of land in
the Provincial District of
Taranaki, containing by ad-
measurement one (1) acre
and four (4) poles, more or
less, being Sections Nos. ten
(10), eleven (11), twelve (12),
and thirteen (13), Block
thirty-five (XXXV.), Town
of Carlyle, as the same is
delineated on the plan de-
posited in the Survey Office,
New Plymouth. | Site for offices
for the Patea
County Coun-
cil. |

ROBERT STOUT,
Minister of Lands.

Change of Purpose of Reserves in the Provincial
District of Canterbury.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 25th September, 1878.
IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the
Governor intends, under the provisions of the
one hundred and forty-eighth 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 purposes specified in the
third column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE No. 1.

| Description and
Purpose of Reserve. | Area of which the Purpose is
intended to be changed. | Intended
Purpose. |
|---|---|---|
| Section No. 702
(in red), 930 acres,
in the Christ-
church District, | All that parcel of land in the
Provincial District of Canter-
bury, containing one hundred
and six (106) acres, more or | For a
recreation
ground. |