Jan. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 91

As the said area is delineated upon the plan marked as above mentioned, and deposited in the District Office of the Lands and Survey Department at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above stated.

Dated this 21st day of December, 1900.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of the Laying-off of a Road through Puhipuhi No. 5 Block, Hukerenui Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under the authority of section 92 of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” that the road described in the Schedule hereto was, on the 14th March, 1900, duly taken and laid off through the land specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said colony, by a Warrant dated the 18th March, 1898.

SCHEDULE.

As the said area is delineated upon the plan marked as above mentioned, and deposited in the District Office of the Lands and Survey Department at Auckland, in the Auckland Land District, and thereon coloured as above stated.

Dated this 21st day of December, 1900.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of the Laying-off of a Road through Block XIV., Tahoraite Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under the authority of section 16 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the road described in the Schedule hereto was, on 19th April, 1900, duly taken and laid off through the land specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said colony, by warrant dated the 13th February, 1900.

SCHEDULE.

As the said areas are delineated upon the plan marked as above noted, deposited in the District Office of the Lands and Survey Department at Napier, in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

Dated this 21st day of December, 1900.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of the Laying-off of a Road over Native Land in the Ngapaeruru Block, Mangatoro Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given, under the authority contained in section 96 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1886,” and the amendments thereof, that the road mentioned in the Schedule hereto was, in January, 1900, surveyed and laid off over the Native land therein mentioned, under my direction; and that, in terms of the said Act, the site of such road shall be deemed to be a road dedicated to the public, and shall vest in Her Majesty.

SCHEDULE.

As the said area is delineated upon the plan marked as above mentioned, deposited in the District Office of the Lands and Survey Department, Napier, in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, and thereon coloured as above stated.

Dated this 22nd day of December, 1900.

A. BARRON,
Assistant Surveyor-General.

Notice to Mariners No. 1 of 1901.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 4th January, 1901.

THE following Notice to Mariners, issued by the Marine Board of Victoria, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

VICTORIA.—PORT PHILLIP HEADS.—STEAM-PILOTAGE SYSTEM.

MARINERS are hereby notified that, on and after the 1st January, 1901, vessels arriving off Port Phillip Heads and requiring the services of pilots will be boarded by means of a steam pilot-vessel, which will be substituted for the sailing-vessels at present employed in such service as set forth in the Admiralty Sailing Directions, 1897.

Such steam pilot-vessel will cruise within the limits of the present cruising-station as defined on page 430 of the said Sailing Directions, and in clause 16 of the Victorian Pilot Regulations.

Such steam-vessel will be distinguished by the same characteristics as apply to the fore-and-aft-rigged schooners at present engaged in the service at Port Phillip Heads.

During daylight such steam-vessel while on her station will keep constantly flying at the mainmast-head (as a signal that a pilot’s services are offered to vessels) a red-and-white flag, the upper horizontal half of which shall be white and the lower half red.

From sunset to sunrise such vessel, when engaged on her station on pilotage duty and not at anchor, will, in addition to the lights required for all pilot-boats, carry, at a distance of 8 ft. below her white masthead light, a red light, visible all round the horizon, and of such a character as to be visible on a dark night with a clear atmosphere at a distance of at least two miles, and also the coloured side-lights required to be carried by vessels when under way.

When engaged on her station on pilotage duty and at anchor she will carry, in addition to the light required for all pilot-boats, the red light above mentioned, but not the coloured side-lights.

When not engaged on her station on pilotage duty she will carry the same lights as other steam-vessels.

When the steam-vessel, for purposes of coaling or provisioning, &c., leaves the cruising-station for short periods only, such station will be temporarily maintained by a fore-and-aft-rigged schooner, as set forth on page 430 of the Admiralty Sailing Directions, 1897; but, in the event of any disablement of the steam-vessel for a longer period than forty-eight hours, then a suitable steamship will be substituted.

(Signed) ARCHD. CURRIE,
President of the Marine Board.

Marine Board of Victoria,
Melbourne, 23rd November, 1900.

Time and Place for First Meeting of Mokau Harbour Board appointed.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 27th December, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance and exercise of the power conferred upon him by section 52 of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” appointed Wednesday, the 23rd January, 1901, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, as the time, and the Schoolhouse at Mokau as the place, for the first meeting of the Mokau Harbour Board.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Rates and Charges for Water from Government Water-races.

IN pursuance of the provisions of section 264 of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” I, James McGowan, Minister of Mines, acting for and on behalf of the Minister for Public Works, do hereby make the following regulation prescribing