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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 41

British Admiralty Charts issued to U.S. Vessels.—No.*813.
Bay of Bengal Pilot, 1901, page 72. West Coast of Hindustan Pilot, 1898, page 95.

JAVA.

WEST COAST.—SUNDA STRAIT.—FIRST POINT.—LIGHT EXTINGUISHED.—PROVISIONAL LIGHT EXHIBITED.—The Netherlands Government has given notice that the revolving white light, every 30 seconds, exhibited on First Point, west coast of Java, has been temporarily extinguished, and a provisional 3rd-order intermittent white light, showing light 4 seconds every 30 seconds, visible 18 miles, has been exhibited in its place.

The provisional light is shown from a white iron truss 66 ft. high, located 70 ft. N. 65° 30' W. true (W.N.W. w'ly mag.) from the old stone tower. The stone tower will be partially or wholly removed.

Approx. position: Lat. 6° 45' 0" S., long. 105° 12' 30" E.

Hydrographic Office Charts.—Nos. 826A, 854B, 1170, and 1142. H.O. Light List, Vol. ii, No. 297. China Sea Directory, Vol. i, 1896, page 348. Eastern Archipelago, Part ii, 1904, page 30.

AFRICA.

CAPE COLONY.—CAPE ST. FRANCIS LIGHT.—INTENDED CHANGE IN CHARACTER AND INTENSITY.—Through the courtesy of the Honourable Secretary of State, information has been received from Mr. Horace Lee Washington, American Consul-General at Cape Town, South Africa, that about 15th May, 1906, the 2nd-order dioptric flashing white light with red sector, showing 1 flash ever 20 seconds, exhibited from Cape St. Francis, will be replaced by a flashing light, showing 1 flash ever 5 seconds.

The intensity of the light will also be increased from 12,500 to 120,000 candles. The flash will be visible 16¾ miles in clear weather. In all other respects the light will be unchanged, the focal plane being 118 ft. above high water. During the work of transformation a provisional flashing light of 5,000-candle power, having the same characteristics as the existing light, will be exhibited.

Approx. position: Lat. 34° 12' 30" S., long. 24° 50'20" E.

Hydrographic Office Charts.—Nos. 855A, 1133. 1131, and 1601. H.O. Light List, Vol. ii, No. 931. Africa Pilot, Part iii, 1905, page 120.

Notice to Mariners No. 42 of 1906.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 28th May, 1906.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Port Officer, Melbourne, Victoria, and the Secretary, Marine Board, Port Adelaide, South Australia, respectively, are published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

SANDBRINGHAM, PORT PHILLIP.

Notice is hereby given that submerged wreckage exists about 50 ft. eastward of the breakwater under construction off the pier at Sandringham. Vessels approaching or leaving such pier should therefore keep well clear of the existing piles of the breakwater. A small wreck buoy will be moored off the breakwater to guide vessels clear of the obstructions.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

Melbourne, 30th April, 1906.

GULF OF ST. VINCENT.—PORT ADELAIDE RIVER.

Masters of vessels, pilots, and others are informed that the lamp has been knocked off No. 3 light beacon, and that, pending its restoration, a temporary white light will be exhibited therefrom.

This affects Admiralty Charts Nos. 2389A, 2389B, 1750, and 1752.

JOHN DARBY,
Secretary to the Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 27th April, 1906.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—JOHN ROBERTSON MCSWAINE, Esq., of Durban, in the Colony of Natal, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Natal, has this day been appointed by His Honour the Chief Justice a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in Natal, under the 2nd section of “The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875,” for the purpose of administering and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington, this 25th day of May, 1906.

W. A. HAWKINS,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court.

Commissioner's Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs.
Wellington, 31st May, 1906.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the Hon. the Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided to interpret the Customs and Excise Duties Acts in relation to the undermentioned articles as follows:—

NOTE.—“Not otherwise enumerated” appears as n.o.e.; “other kinds” as o.k.; “articles and materials suited only for, and to be used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the colony” as a. & m.s. Articles marked thus * are revised decisions.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.

Commissioner’s Order No. 805.]

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 value of the land for the purposes of section 5 of the said Act being less than £100.

Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of May, 1906.

A. A. K. DUNCAN,
Deputy Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, containing 1 rood, more or less, being Allotment 309, Section 2, in the Town of Tauranga and Provincial District of Auckland.