1772
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 82

Notice of Intention to take Land for a Road in Section 22,
Block II., Makuri Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the
provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” to
execute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of a
road in Makuri Survey District, 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 land so required to be taken are deposited
in the Post-office at Makairo, and are there open for inspec-
tion. 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 publi-
cation of this notice, to the Minister of Lands, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.
MAKAIRO ROAD.

The parcels of land mentioned hereunder:—

All in the Wellington Land District; as the above areas
are delineated on the plan marked as above mentioned, de-
posited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and
Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and
thereon coloured red.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-first
day of September, one thousand nine hundred.
T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Revocation of Appointment of Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the authority in me for this
purpose vested, I, the Commissioner of Trade and
Customs, do, by this order under my hand, revoke and
annul the appointment of the under-mentioned warehouse
for the reception and security of goods entered to be ware-
housed without payment of duty upon the first entry thereof,
namely,—

Port of Lyttelton.

The warehouse known as
THE GLADSTONE BOND,
as appointed and described in Commissioner’s Order No. 511,
of the 13th day of March, 1895.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-
fourth day of September, one thousand nine
hundred.
R. J. SEDDON,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner’s Order No. 647.]

Approving and appointing a Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this
purpose vested by “The Customs Laws Consolidation
Act, 1882,” I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do
hereby approve and appoint the under-mentioned ware-
house to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under
bond, namely,—

Port of Lyttelton.

Divisions 2, 3, 4, and 5 of a cellar, the walls of which are
of stone and the floors of concrete, beneath the Custom-
house, Lyttelton, situated on the Government Reserve,
Norwich Quay and Oxford Street, to be known as
THE GLADSTONE BOND.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-
fourth day of September, one thousand nine
hundred.
R. J. SEDDON,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner’s Order No. 648.]

Examination-shed appointed.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this
purpose vested by “The Customs Laws Consolidation
Act, 1882,” I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do
hereby appoint that the under-mentioned building shall be
a place where goods may be deposited for examination on
the landing thereof, namely,—

WHARF SHED, DUNEDIN,
situated partly on the cross Wharf and partly on the street
at the back thereof, and marked N.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-first
day of September, one thousand nine hundred.
R. J. SEDDON,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner’s Order No. 645.]

Notice to Mariners No. 46 of 1900.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 21st September, 1900.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the
Board of Trade, London, are published for general
information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

AFRICA.
East Coast.

DELAGOA BAY.—MAGNETIC DISTURBANCE.—Recent obsers.
point to a considerable local magnetic disturbance in different
parts of Delagoa Bay, the variation at Lorenzo Marques and
in English River for the year 1900 being about 23° 15′ W.,
while at Timpson Pt., Shefina Isl., it is 20° 55′, and at Gib-
bon Pt., Elephant Isl., about 20° only. Obsers. by swinging
at sea off this place also point to the probability of the
variation off this part of the coast being less than that given
on Variation Chart by about 1½°, but sufficient data have not
yet been received to enable the chart to be corrected. Aug.
On 16th Feb., 1900, the S. buoy, red, moored 7⅕ miles
N. 3° E. of Cape Inyack Lt.-H., and marking the Hope
Shoals, had disappeared. A hulk, black, with 3 pole masts,
is moored in approx. 25° 53′ S., 32° 54′ E., with Inyack Lt.-H.
S. 20° E., 7½ miles, and Black Bluff S. 14° W. Pilots can
be obtained from, and discharged to, this hulk. Also, with
reference to Admiralty Notice to Mariners No. 184 of 1900:
Further information has been received that it is not intended
to abandon the constr. of the Lt.-H. on the Cockburn Shoal,
as a pile-driving apparatus for constr. the Lt.-H. has been
est. about one cable S. of Cockburn Shoal buoy (black pyra.),
from which a F. white lt. is exh. As a F. white lt. (indif-
ferent) is also exh. from the pilot hulk, situated about 3 cables
to the nrd., mariners are cautioned not to mistake one for
the other. June.
The following changes have taken place in the configura-
tion of Elephant Isl. affecting the position of Gibbon Pt.
and beacon: (a.) Gibbon Pt. has extended to the wrd., and
the small white beacon thereon is now in approx. 25° 58¼′ S.,
32° 54¼′ E., about 100 yds. erd. of the extr. of this extension,
S. 25° E., 2 cables from the obser. spot. (b.) A shoal, with
depths of from 2½ to 3 fms., extends to the nrd. from Gibbon
Pt. about ¾ mile. Its nrn. extr. lies with Gibbon Pt. beacon
(new position), S. 3° E., 8 cables. From discolouration of
the water this shoal would now appear to form part of the
Cockburn Shoal. Caution.—Considerable changes appear
to have taken place in this vicinity; the chart should there-
fore be used with caution, and the leading-marks into Port
Melville given in Africa Pilot, Part iii., page 204, are no
longer available. July.
RIVER PUNGUE ENTR.—A black buoy, surm. by staff and
globe, is moored in approx. 19° 56½′ S., 34° 56½′ E., about 2½
miles N. 88° W. of the fairway or outer buoy (conical, with
staff and globe No. 2), to mark the srn. edge of the 17 ft.
shoal. A shoal, carrying 13 ft., is reported to exist about
6 cables S. 74° W. from the above buoy, and with Pt. Jea
N. 22° W., 7¹⁄₁₀ miles. Caution.—As the banks and buoys
are subject to change and alteration, local knowledge is
absolutely necessary before attempting to enter. Aug.
Beira.—On 1st June, 1900, the buoyage is to be changed
to a uniform system as follows: Buoys on the star. side
of the chan. in entering will be red, and numbered from
seaward Nos. 2, 6, 8; buoys on the port side of the chan.
will be black, and numbered Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, and 9. The
colour only, not the shape or topmark, the distinctive char.
showing on which side the buoy should be passed. In Feb.,
1900, No. 5 buoy was found to be then in approx. 19° 55¾′ S.,
34° 49′ E., with the S. extr. of Massique Pt. N. 29° W.,
2¼ miles, and Pt. Jea tower N.E. Also, there were, after
passing No. 6 buoy, two nav. chans. to the anchorage, the
wrn. of the two, passing close to Massique Pt. and the coast