Aug. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2327

PACIFIC OCEAN.

ARU ISLS.—TRANGAN ISL.—A shoal, carrying 4 ft. to 12 ft., extends about 2 miles N. 58° W. from the srn. pt. of the entr. to Serwatti River. Its N.-wrn. end is in approx. 6° 25½′ S., 134° 5′ E. June.

CHINA STRAIT.—A shoal, coral heads, ¼ cable in extent, carrying a least depth of 2½ fms. L.W. springs, steep-to, is reported to exist in approx. 13° 35¼′ S., 150° 41¼′ E., in the strait, with Isu Bobo Pt. S. 16° W., 4 cables, and Siro Siro Mai Pt. S. 54° E. It has been charted as carrying 2½ fms. June.

NORTH AMERICA.—WEST COAST.

DIXON ENTR.—PORT SIMPSON APPROACH.—Information has been received respecting the following danger and isls. in the entr.: 1. McCullough Rk., which appeared to carry about 6 ft., is in approx. 54° 35′ N., 131° 12′ W., with E. Devil Rk. N. 12° E., 7 miles, and Barren Isl. centre N. 55° W., and was obser. to be breaking in a comparatively smooth sea. At 1 mile there are depths of over 50 fms. N.-wrd. and 16 fms. nrd. from it. Vessels are warned against passing to the erd. of this rk. or between it and Zayas Isl. until this passage has been exam. 2. White Isls. are a group of wooded isls., extending about 1 mile from the N.-wrn. extr. of N. Dundas Isl., with foul ground between. The nrn.-most isl. is about 5¼ miles S. 80° W. from Table Hill summit (54° 36¾′ N., 130° 46½′ W.). 3. Zayas Isl. is about 3 miles long nly. and sly. and 2 miles broad; the summit, which is near the srn. end, is flat-topped, and 295 ft. above H.W.; the N.-wrn. extr. of the isl., a low wooded pt., is about 11 miles S. 69° W. from Table Hill summit. Dry ledges extend for about ½ mile from this pt. There are several rks., 20 ft. above H.W., off the srn. extr. of Zayas Isl. The position of this isl. appears to differ considerably from that shown on the chart. June.

A bank, carrying 7 fms., exists in approx. 54° 15¾′ N., 130° 38′ W., in the approach to Brown Passage, 2¹⁄₁₀ miles S. 8° E. from the ern. extr. of Lucy Isl. Vessels are recommended not to pass between this bank and the Lucy Isls., as further dangers probably exist. June.

BELLINGHAM BAY.—A red bell buoy, No. O, is moored in 34 ft. to mark the wrn. extr. of the shoal off Post Pt., and lies with Post Pt., right tangent, S. 62° E., and Pt. Frances, left tangent, S. 46° W. June.

CALIFORNIA.

CRESCENT CITY LT.—On 18th May, 1907, this lt. (41° 44½′ N., 124° 12′ W.) was to be altered from F. and fl. white every 90 secs. to fl. white every 15 secs. In other respects the lt. remains as before. (Note.—The exact periods of fl. and ecl. are not stated.) June.

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Notice to Mariners No. 52 of 1907.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 25th July, 1907.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Premier’s Office, Nukualofa, Tonga, is published for general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

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NOTICE TO MARINERS.

MASTERS of vessels and others are hereby informed that an eruption has occurred thirty miles, more or less, south-west from the western point of Togatabu (Niuaonofo). Steam and smoke are visible at daytime, fire visible at night, and land is forming around the eruption.

J. T. MATEIALONA,
Premier.

Premier’s Office,
Nukualofa, 24th June, 1907.

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Authorising the Laying-off of Henry Street, in the Township of Upper Hutt Extension No. 1, Wellington Land District, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 19th July, 1907.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 2 of “The Towns Main Streets Act, 1902,” I, Robert McNab, Minister of Lands, do hereby authorise the laying-off of Henry Street, in the Township of Upper Hutt Extension No. 1, Wellington Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft., instead of 99 ft. as prescribed by section 17 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

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Native-school Site at Waikare.

Education Department,
Wellington, 29th July, 1907.

THE following report of the person appointed by the Governor, under the provisions of “The Native Schools Sites Act, 1880,” to ascertain the title of certain Natives to land at Waikare, in the County of Bay of Islands, having been adopted by the Governor, is published in accordance with the said Act.

GEO. FOWLDS.

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REPORT UNDER “THE NATIVE SCHOOLS SITES ACT, 1880.”

WHEREAS certain Natives have consented to appropriate for a school-site a portion of Waikare No. 1 Block, situate in Block XI, Russell Survey District, more fully described in the Schedule hereto, the title to which has not been finally determined by the Native Land Court:

And whereas His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand appointed me, the undersigned, to inquire into and ascertain the title to the said piece of land, and to obtain the consent of such Natives as may be deemed to be the owners thereof to such appropriation, and otherwise to proceed in respect of such land in accordance with the provisions of the said Act: And whereas I have made such inquiry as commanded:

Now, therefore, I do hereby report that, having duly notified in the Kahiti and a local newspaper the time and place of holding such inquiry, I sat at the Courthouse, Russell, on Thursday, the 11th day of July, 1907, at 11 of the clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of such inquiry, when several Natives of adult age were present claiming interests in the said Waikare No. 1 Block, within which the proposed school site is situated.

The notice convening the meeting and the description of the land proposed to be appropriated were duly read over in the Maori language to those assembled, and Plan No. 14121, delineating the position of the said land, was laid before them and likewise explained to them in their own language to their full comprehension and satisfaction. It was then agreed unanimously that Dave Wherekake, Kereama Hoori, Henare Hemara, and Mita Wepiha should be named as owners of the proposed school-site; it being expressly decided that such fixing of owners should in no way be made use of in the claims now or hereafter to be before the Native Land Court in respect of the surrounding lands, nor prejudice the rights of any person or persons whomsoever to such adjacent lands.

Subject to such reservation, and on the condition that the reserve for a school-site already appropriated by the Natives to the Crown in the neighbouring block to Waikare No. 1, and known as “Waihaha” Block, should cease to be a reserve for a school-site and be returned to the true owners thereof, the said Dave Wherekake, Kereama Hoori, Henare Hemara, and Mita Wepiha, claiming interest in the said Waikare No. 1 Block, consented to the appropriation by the Crown of the land hereinafter described for a school-site under the provisions of the above-mentioned Act.

As witness my hand, at Russell, in the Provincial District of Auckland, in the said Colony of New Zealand, this 17th day of July, 1907.

R. STONE FLORANCE, S.M.

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SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND REFERRED TO.

ALL that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 5 acres, more or less, situated in Block XI, Russell Survey District, and being a portion of Waikare No. 1 Block, No. 7260 (red). Commencing at survey peg vi at the northernmost angle of the aforesaid site, being 848232·3 links to the northward and 239382·3 links to the westward of Trig. 16, Mount Eden. Bounded towards the north-east by a line running on a bearing of 140° 29′ 30″, 686·6 links; towards the east by a line bearing 195° 03′, 382 links; towards the south by a line bearing 285° 04′ 45″, 810·81 links; towards the west by a line bearing 15° 04′ 45″, 513·55 links; and towards the north-west generally by lines bearing 34° 43′, 169·14 links, and 76° 14′ 30″, 221·85 links respectively, to the commencing-point: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on Map No. 14121, deposited in the office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Auckland, in the Auckland Land District, and thereon edged pink.