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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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north-eastern boundary-line of Section No. 2091; towards
the south-east by the south-eastern boundary-lines of Sec-
tions Nos. 2091, 2171, and 812; and towards the south-west
by the south-western boundary-line of Section No. 812.

Also all that area in the Westland Land District, contain-
ing by admeasurement 30 acres, more or less, being Sec-
tion No. 2083, Kanieri Survey District. Bounded towards
the north-west by the road forming the north-western
boundary of the said Section No. 2083 (Hokitika Flat Road);
towards the north-east and south-east by the north-eastern
and south-eastern boundary-lines of that section; and
towards the south-west by the road forming its south-
western boundary.

As the same are delineated on the plan marked S.G. 18920,
deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and
Survey, at Wellington.

2. The Minister’s Classification of the Land—

First-class .. .. .. .. .. 4,993 Acres.

The area being shown on the said plan in distinctive
colours.

3. The land intended to be taken is the whole of the
   estate.

4. Name and Address of the Owner of the Estate.—The
   owner in fee-simple is Henry Diedrichs, of Kokatahi, West-
   land, settler.

As witness my hand, this 24th day of June, 1901.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Lands.

Notice to Mariners No. 39 of 1901.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 22nd June, 1901.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the
Portmaster, Brisbane, Queensland, is published for
general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

WESTERN APPROACHES, TORRES STRAIT.—REPORTED REEF
NORTH-WEST OF COOK REEF.

Notice is hereby given that Mr. H. D. Kerrison, master of
the barquentine “Sketty Belle,” reports the existence of a
reef about eight miles N.N.W. from Cook Reef, in, approxi-
mately—

Latitude .. .. .. 10° 15′ south
Longitude .. .. .. 140° 30′ east

The reef is one-third (⅓) mile in length and two hundred
(200) yards in breadth.

Chart affected—No. 447; and Australia Directory, Vol. ii.

T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster.

Marine Department, Brisbane, 25th May, 1901.

Notice to Mariners No. 40 of 1901.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 24th June, 1901.

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

WM. HALL-JONES.

AFRICA.

Delagoa Bay.

MAGNETIC DISTURBANCE.—Recent obsers. point to a consider-
able 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 Gibbon 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 has not
yet been received to enable the chart to be corrected.

A F. white lt., elev. 43 ft. above H.W., R. 10 miles, is
exh. from an iron pile structure est. in approx. 25° 51½′ S.,
32° 53½′ E., on the Cockburn Shoal. May.

The pilot’s hulk has been moved, and is again near the
Cockburn Shoal buoy, in approx. 25° 53′ S., 32° 53¾′ E.,
with the Pile Lt.-H., S. 10° W., 4 cables. Pilots can be
obtained from, and discharged to, this hulk. Caution.—As
the pilot hulk appears to be liable to be shifted in position
without notice, it is evident it cannot be relied on as a nav.
mark. May.

CHINA SEA, ETC.

Yang tse Kiang.

The Kiutoan (surveying) beacon No. 44, srn. entr. to the
Yang tse, has been replaced by a pyra. openwork structure,
70 ft. high, 680 ft. S. 87° W. from its prev. site, owing to
the washing away of the river-bank. May.

Mud Fort beacon lt. has been moved 370 yd. N. 81° E., on
account of the washing-away of the river-bank. May.

Kiukiang.

Buckminster Isl. beacon lt. has been moved from
Chin-tê-chow Isl. to T’u-ch’iao, on the left (wrn.) bank
of the river, just below the mouth of the creek, and is
renamed “Buckminster beacon lt.” May.

A new F. white lt., Shensi Pt. beacon lt. is exh. May.

A new F. white lt., Tdngliu Isl. beacon lt., is exh. on
the lower, or nrn., end of the isl. May.

Formosa.—Paksa Pt.

On 15th Jan., 1901, an alt. red and white lt. every 10 secs.,
elev. 122 ft. above H.W., R. 18 miles, was to be exh. from a
white Lt.-H. 74 ft. high, in 25° 3′ N., 121° 3′ E., on the pt.
May.

PACIFIC OCEAN.

Sandwich Islands.

OAHU ISL.—HONOLULU HARB.—The following lts. will be
exh. on the buoys when large steamers require to enter or
leave the harb. : a. A white lt., on one or on each of the red
conical buoys Nos. 2, 3, 4, and 5, marking the starb. side of
the chan. b. One red lt. or two red lts. close together, on
the outer buoy (white can) marking the port side of the
chan., and a green lt. on the 6th or 7th pile. The pilots may
sometimes place a red lt. on No. 5 red buoy (in approx.
21° 17′ N., 157° 52′ W.), in which case no other lt. will be
shown. May.

LAYSAN ISL.—A F. white lt. (est. by a private company),
elev. about 52 ft. above H.W., R. five miles, is exh. during
the shipping season annually from April to September,
from a Lt.-H. 38 ft. high, in 25° 48′ N., 171° 52′ W., on the
n.-ern. pt. of the island. May.

Notice to Mariners No. 41 of 1901.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 24th June, 1901.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the
United States Hydrographic Office, Washington, D.C.,
are published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

CALIFORNIA.

San Francisco Light-vessel replaced on Station.

With reference to Notice to Mariners No. 11 (274) of 1901,
further notice is given that, May 2, 1901, San Francisco
light-vessel, No. 70, was replaced on her station about three
miles and a quarter outside the bar off the entrance to San
Francisco harbour, and the gas buoy temporarily marking
the station was withdrawn.

No change has been made in light-vessel No. 70 as to
characteristics of lights, fog-signal, or general appearance.

BRITISH COLUMBIA.

Vancouver Island—Parry Bay.—Buoy removed from William
Head Quarantine-station.

The mooring-buoy heretofore maintained on the quaran-
tine-station at William Head, Parry Bay, south coast of
Vancouver Island, has been removed, and should be taken
off the charts.

Georgia Strait — Ballinac Islands. — Amended Height and
Position of Light.

With reference to, and in amendment of, Notice to
Mariners No. 51 (1453) of 1900, information has been re-
ceived that Ballinac Island light is elevated 100 ft. above
high-water mark, and is visible seventeen miles in clear
weather.

The lighthouse is on the summit of a rounded knoll on
the south side of the south-eastern part of the more easterly
island.

Approximate position on H. O. chart No. 1455, latitude
49° 20′ 30″ N., longitude 124° 9′ W.

In other respects the light is as described in the Notice
referred to above.