May 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 557

Notice to Mariners, No. 12 of 1886.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 5th May, 1886.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, and the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, South Australia, are published for general information.

Jos. A. TOLE,
(For the Minister having Charge of the Marine Department.)

ANSEN ISLANDS, BASS STRAITS.—SUNKEN ROCK.

ADVERTING to notice dated the 5th October, 1885, mariners are now notified that a recent survey by Commander Hcs'kyn, of H.M. ship “Myrmidon,” fixes the exact position of the rock upon which the “Gulf of Carpentaria” struck as follows:—

From the rock: The summit of Anser Island bears N. 79° E., distant, 1·3 miles. The summit of the middle island of the group bears S. 57½° E., distant, 1·05 miles. The summit of Clef t Island bears S. 7½° E., distant 0·8 mile. Bearings magnetic. Variation 9° 40′ E. The rock is of small extent, and 6ft. at low-water ordinary springs is the least water over it.

Mariners are still cautioned against navigating the passages between either the north and south Anser Islands, or between Clef t Island and Citadel Island.

ALEXR. WILSON,
Engineer in Charge, Ports and Harbours.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 24th March, 1886.

GULF OF ST. VINCENT.—HULK AT GLENELG.

NOTICE is hereby given that a hulk with one mast and painted black has been moored in 27ft. at low-water spring tides, distant from Glenelg Jetty about one nautical mile; the lighthouse on the end of the jetty bearing E. by N. ¼ N. (magnetic) from the hulk.

On and after the 23rd March, 1886, two ordinary bright lights, 6ft. apart, will be exhibited from the hulk during the night.

R. H. FERGUSON,
President, Marine Board.
Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 23rd March, 1886.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 3rd May, 1886.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is published for general information.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

UPPER ASHBURTON BRANCH RAILWAY.—MOUNT SOMERS EXTENSION CONTRACT.

Accepted.

Winsley and Bignell, Oamaru .. .. £ 2,245 10 0

Declined.

J. W. Thomas, Ashburton .. .. 2,307 15 2
H. Mackenzie and Son, Dunedin .. .. 2,379 18 9
Barnes and Smith, Ashburton .. .. 2,513 0 0
W. Stock, Christchurch .. .. 2,595 0 0
R. Carmichael and Son, Christchurch .. .. 2,813 7 7
Roberts and Norman, Ashburton .. .. 2,817 18 9
Lake and Wadey, Christchurch .. .. 3,125 5 2
A. Swanston, Christchurch.. .. .. 3,503 10 1

Notice of Intention to take Land for Defence Works at Watts Peninsula, Wellington.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and “The Public Works Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1885,” to execute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of works for the purpose of defence at Watts Peninsula, near Wellington, and for the purposes of such public work the lands described in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken; and notice is further given that the plans of the said works and of the lands so required to be taken are deposited in the Public Works Office at Wellington, and are there open for inspection: And notice is hereby given that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said lands shall, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such lands, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister for Public Works, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

THE several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

All in the Provincial District of Wellington; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 13746, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon edged pink.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of March, 1886.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

Notice under “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883.”

WHEREAS the estate and interest of Kirimangu and Te Amo te Kehu, aboriginal natives of New Zealand, in the land described in the Schedule hereto, is vested in Uru te Angina and Aromona te Whio, as Trustees under the provisions of “The Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1867,” and the several amendments thereof, subject to certain restrictions on the alienation of such land, and application has been made for the removal of such restrictions:

It is hereby notified that it is intended, immediately after the expiration of sixty days from the publication of this notice in the Gazette and in the Kahiti, to remove the said restrictions on the alienation of the said land in respect of the interests aforesaid, in order that the said lands may be leased by the said Trustees for twenty-one years from the 10th February, 1886.

Dated at Wellington, this nineteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece of land situated in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing by admeasurement sixty-one and one-half acres, more or less, being that part of the section numbered 80 on the plan of the Waitotara District which lies to the north of the main road from Whanganui to Waitotara, running through the said section. Bounded towards the North by the Koheroa Stream; towards the East by Section No. 79; towards the South by the said main road; and towards the North-west by the Waitotara River.

Notice under “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883.”

WHEREAS the estate and interest of Hoani Kuru, Heni Whanau Kuru, Harata Kuru, and Hinerapa Kuru, aboriginal natives of New Zealand, in the land described in the Schedule hereto, is vested in Topi Kuru and Rawinia Tukeke, as Trustees under the provisions of “The Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1867,” and the several amendments thereof, subject to certain restrictions on the alienation of such land, and application has been made for the removal of such restrictions:

It is hereby notified that it is intended, immediately after the expiration of sixty days from the publication of this notice in the Gazette and in the Kahiti, to remove the said restrictions on the alienation of the said land in respect of the interests aforesaid, in order that the said land may be leased by the said Trustees for a term of twenty-one years from the 28th October, 1885.

Dated at Wellington, this twelfth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that block of land, situate in the District of Porangahau, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, known as Mangaorapa, and containing by admeasurement 16,761 acres, little more or less. Bounded on the East by the Porangahau River; towards the South-east by the Mangaorapa Stream and by the Te Tohe Stream; towards the South by the Manawaangiangi Block, 300 links, 4068 links, and 14403