Aug. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1601

"The Whangape Riding.—Amended Boundaries.

"All that area in the Auckland Land District commencing at a point on the eastern boundary of Te Akau Road District being the south-western angle of the Onewhero Riding. Bounded towards the north generally by the southern and south-eastern boundaries of the Onewhero Riding to the Waikato River; towards the north-east by the Waikato River to the northern boundary of the Waingaro Riding; towards the south by the northern boundary of the Waingaro Riding to the eastern boundary of Te Akau Road District; and towards the west by part of the eastern boundary of Te Akau Road District aforesaid to the commencing-point."

The above special order was confirmed at a subsequent special meeting, held on the 25th day of May, 1899.

I hereby certify that the above special order was made in accordance with "The Counties Act, 1886."

W. J. CONRADI,
County Clerk.

County Office,
Raglan, 15th August, 1899.

Notice to Mariners, No. 29 of 1899.

EXHIBITION OF LIGHT ON CAPE SORELL, ENTRANCE TO MACQUARIE HARBOUR, TASMANIA.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 29th August, 1899.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners, No. 11 of 1899, published by this department on the 25th of March last, the following notice, received from the Government of Tasmania, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

With reference to the preliminary notice issued by this Board, dated the 7th March, 1899, it is hereby notified that on and after the 2nd day of October, 1899, a light will be exhibited from a lighthouse erected on Cape Sorell, at the entrance to Macquarie Harbour, the position and characteristics of such light being as follow:—

The lighthouse is situated on the outer end of Cape Sorell, in latitude 42° 11' S. and longitude 145° 10' 30" E., approximately.

It is a second-order dioptric light, showing white and red flashes with eclipses. White flash visible 3 seconds, and eclipse 19½ seconds. Red flash visible 3 seconds, and eclipse 19½ seconds. The apparatus shows four white and four red flashes, and eight eclipses, in a complete revolution of three minutes.

The light is fixed in a circular brick tower, painted white, the height of which to base of lantern is 100 ft.; height of focal plane of light above sea-level, 186 ft.; and allowing 15 ft. for height of the eye of mariner above sea-level, the light will be visible as follows: White, twenty miles; red, twelve miles in clear weather, and at a lesser distance according to the state of the atmosphere.

Arc of visibility, all round, as far as the land will allow.

J. W. EVANS,
Master Warden.

Marine Board Office,
Hobart, 12th August, 1899.

Officiating Ministers for 1899.—Notice No. 28.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 30th August, 1899.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand passed in the forty-fourth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act, 1880," the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Wesleyan Methodist Church.

The Reverend Ernest Patchett.

The Reverend Arthur Cyril Randerson.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Notice of Vesting of Land in the Public Trustee under "The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894."

WHEREAS I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee, have, for the purposes of "The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894," made due inquiries with respect to the land described in the Schedule hereunder written, and the owner thereof, and have, in respect of the said land, given the notices prescribed by section 4 of the said Act, and have in all respects complied with the provisions of the said section: And whereas I have not thereby ascertained who the owner is, and believe that such owner is not in the colony, nor has such owner established his title to the said land, as required by the said Act: I hereby give notice that the said land is, under and by virtue of the said Act, vested in me, as the Public Trustee as aforesaid, as from the date of the publication hereof, and will be administered under the said Act, the assessed value of the said land being less than £100.

Dated at Wellington, this 24th day of August, 1899.

J. J. M. HAMILTON,
Deputy Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, containing 8 perches, more or less, being Sections 746 and 331, Town of Hokitika, in the Provincial District of Westland, having frontages to Revell and Tancréd Streets.

Notice of Vesting of Land in the Public Trustee under "The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894."

WHEREAS I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee, have, for the purposes of "The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894," made due inquiries with respect to the land described in the Schedule hereunder written, and the owner thereof, and have, in respect of the said land, given the notices prescribed by section 4 of the said Act, and have in all respects complied with the provisions of the said section: And whereas I have not thereby ascertained who the owner is, and believe that such owner is not in the colony, nor has such owner established his title to the said land, as required by the said Act: I hereby give notice that the said land is, under and by virtue of the said Act, vested in me, as the Public Trustee as aforesaid, as from the date of the publication hereof, and will be administered under the said Act, the assessed value of the said land being less than £100.

Dated at Wellington, this 24th day of August, 1899.

J. J. M. HAMILTON,
Deputy Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, containing 15 perches, more or less, being Sections 18, 19, and 20, Block II., on the record map of the Town of Cromwell, in the Provincial District of Otago, situate at the corner of Melmore Terrace and Sligo Street.

Notice of Vesting of Land in the Public Trustee under "The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894."

WHEREAS I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee, have, for the purposes of "The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894," made due inquiries with respect to the land described in the Schedule hereunder written, and the owner thereof, and have, in respect of the said land, given the notices prescribed by section 4 of the said Act, and have in all respects complied with the provisions of the said section: And whereas I have not thereby ascertained who the owner is, and believe that such owner is not in the colony, nor has such owner established his title to the said land, as required by the said Act: I hereby give notice that the said land is, under and by virtue of the said Act, vested in me, as the Public Trustee as aforesaid, as from the date of the publication hereof, and will be administered under the said Act, the assessed value of the said land being less than £100.

Dated at Wellington, this 24th day of August, 1899.

J. J. M. HAMILTON,
Deputy Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, containing 36 perches, more or less, being Lot 36 on deposited plan, part of Rural Section 3124, Templeton Road District, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, having a frontage to Bricknor Street of 180 links, and to Railway Terrace of 125 links.

Notice by the Public Trustee under "The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894."

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land in the Provincial District of Canterbury, containing 6¼ perches, more or less, being part of Rural Section 320, Town of Kaiapoi, having a frontage to Sewell Street of 43 links, by a depth of 91 links. The last registered owner is Philip James Ennes Mouritz, said to have been of Christchurch, carpenter, who cannot be traced. The land is in the occupation of Mr. Wm. Fergie.

WHEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted inquiries, and has not thereby ascertained who the owner or owners of the above-described land is or are, and believes that such owner is, or owners are, not in the colony :

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