Oct. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2731

round side up, and painted red and white (horizontal bands),
will be placed in 5 fathoms L.W.S. on the N.W. side of the
Yatala Shoal.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 12th September, 1906.

NORTH COAST OF AUSTRALIA.—MELVILLE ISLAND AND DUNDAS
STRAIT.

Parry Shoal.

Masters of vessels and others are notified that the master
of the s.s. “Empire” reports that when passing Parry
Shoal at 6 p.m. on the 6th May, 1906, at a distance of
half a mile, he noticed a very heavy break on the 5-fathom
patch, marked on the chart lat. 11° 10′ S., long. 129° 40′ E.
From this the master presumed that the depth of water
as shown on the chart is incorrect.
Mariners are warned to avoid the vicinity.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 14th September, 1906.

SPENCER GULF.—CORNY POINT LIGHTHOUSE.

Alteration of Light.

Notice is hereby given that it is intended, on or about the
1st January, 1907, to alter the characteristics of the above
light in the following respects:—
Instead of the light being obscured over the Webb Rock
and thence inshore as at present, a red sector will be shown
over this arc—i.e., between the bearings of N.E. ½ E. and
N.E. by N. ¾ N.—where it is shut in by the first point to
the southward of the lighthouse.
The red sector will be visible for 14 miles, the full range
of the light.
This affects Admiralty Chart No. 2389a.
This notice amends that of the 28th August, 1906, which
is hereby cancelled.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 21st September, 1906.

SPENCER GULF.

Middle Bank Lightship.

Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 6 (New Zealand,
No. 23) of 1906, advising the removal of the light-vessel
from Middle Bank for overhaul, masters of vessels and
others are informed that the lightship has been replaced.
This affects Admiralty Chart 2389B.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 14th September, 1906.

Notifying Land in the Wellington Land District subject to
“The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900.”

Office of Board of Land Purchase Commissioners,
Wellington, 8th October, 1906.

PURSUANT to the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and its amendments,
I hereby notify that the undermentioned Crown land, being
the land known as the Dyer Settlement, which has been
acquired under the said Acts, is subject to the said Acts.

SCHEDULE.

DYER SETTLEMENT.

ALL that parcel of land in the Land District of Wellington,
containing by admeasurement 16,657 acres, more or less,
being parts of Sections 8, 12, and 14 of Block XVI,
Wairarapa Survey District; parts of Sections 4, 10, 32, and
39, and Sections 11, 35, 36, 37, 38, and 65 of Block XIII,
Huangarua Survey District; and Sections 33, 34, 66, 67, 68,
69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 89, and 90 of Block I, Waipawa
Survey District; Section 1, Block III, Sections 2, 64, 75, 76,
86, and 100 of Block IV, and Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 101 of
Block VIII, Haurangi Survey District. Bounded towards
the north generally by Section 9 and part of 8 of Block XVI
of Wairarapa Survey District, and Section 7, the Lower
Valley Road, Lots 10 and 11, the Wharekaka Road, and
Lot 6 of Section 4 of Block XIII, Huangarua Survey
District: towards the east by Awhea Road, and Section 31 of Block XIV, Huangarua Survey District; by
Sections 27, 26, 25, 24, 23, and 22 of Block I, Waipawa Survey District, the Ruakokopatuna Stream, and
Sections 6 and 3 of Block V, Waipawa Survey District: towards the south generally by Section 5 of
Block VIII, Haurangi Survey District, the Ruakokopatuna
Stream, and by a forest reserve and road: towards the west
by forest reserve, by Section 93 of Block III, by Sections 91
and 77 of Block IV of Haurangi Survey District, by the
Dry River to the south-east boundary-line of Section 2
produced; to the south-east by the Dry River, and by Section 13 of Block XVI of the Wairarapa Survey District;
again towards the west by Section 13 of Block XVI of
Wairarapa Survey District, by the crossing of the Lower
Valley Road, by the north-west side of the Lower Valley
Road, the abutment of and south-west side of the Pukeo
Road, a plantation reserve, the north-west side of Lower
Valley Road, by Sections 13, 15, 3, 2, and 1 of Block XVI of
Wairarapa Survey District, and by the Ruamahanga River
to the point of commencement: as the same is delineated on
the plan numbered L. and S. 19338, deposited in the Head
Office of the Lands and Survey Department, at Wellington,
and thereon edged with red.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE.—FRANK TYSON, Jun., Esq., of 57 Cameron
Street, Launceston, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court
of Tasmania, has this day been appointed by His Honour
the Chief Justice a Commissioner of the Supreme Court
of New Zealand in Tasmania, 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 10th day of October, 1906.

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

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and
Assets of the Bank of New Zealand, in New Zealand,
during the Quarter ended 24th September, 1906.

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 836,518 4 6
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 49,509 12 9
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 18,690 10 4
Government deposits .. .. .. 2,072,290 6 0
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 4,893,838 10 0
Bearing interest .. .. .. 4,564,342 12 7
Total average liabilities ..£12,435,189 16 2

ASSETS.
Coined gold and silver and other coined £ s. d.
metals .. .. .. .. 1,871,228 5 11
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. 93,307 15 11
Notes and bills of other Banks .. 102,869 3 9
Balances due from other Banks .. .. 893 2 9
Landed property .. .. .. 103,376 8 9
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. 872,522 16 8
2. Colonial Government securities .. 892,040 0 0
3. Other funded securities .. .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 5,132,911 18 3
5. Securities not included under the
   above heads .. .. .. 503,712 7 5
   Total average assets .. .. ..£9,572,866 19 5

4-per-cent. guaranteed stock, £1,000,000. (Interest, £20,000
for six months, paid 1st May, 1906.)
Preference shares fully paid up issued to the Crown under
“Bank of New Zealand Act, 1903,” £500,000.
Ordinary share capital (paid up to £500,000), £500,000.
Rate of the last dividend declared to shareholders, 5 per cent.
Amount of the last dividend declared on preference shares,
£25,000.
Amount of the last dividend declared on ordinary shares,
£25,000.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such
dividend, £81,294 10s 3d.
Dated at Wellington, this 11th day of October, 1906.

ALEX. MICHIE, General Manager.
F. E. CORKILL, Accountant.