BRITISH COLUMBIA.

DISCOVERY PASSAGE.-SEYMOUR NARROWS.-MAUD ISLAND.-
LIGHT ESTABLISHED.-The Canadian Government has given
notice that an unwatched intermittent red light, automatic-
ally eclipsed at short intervals, has been established on the
western side of Maud Island, southern entrance to Seymour
Narrows, Discovery Passage, British Columbia.

The light, which is visible 6 miles from all points of ap-
proach by water, is exhibited 25 ft. above high water from a
beacon consisting of a cylindrical steel tank standing on a
steel truss and surmounted by a pyramidal steel frame sup-
porting a lantern, the whole painted red.

Approx. position on H.O. Chart No. 2091 : Lat. 50° 07' 28"
N., long. 125° 20' 07" W.

SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN.

D'ENTRECASTEAX ISLANDS.-ISLAND NORTH-EASTWARD.-
Captain W. C. Haynes, of the British steamer "Vermont,"
reports that on 9th June, 1907, in (approximately) lat. 9° 14'
S., long. 151° 55' E., he sighted a small uncharted island
about 1 mile in circumference, heavily wooded and having a
sandy beach.

NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN.

PALAO OR PELEW ISLANDS.-KEIL ISLAND.--NON-EXISTENCE.
-Captain W. C. Haynes, of the British steamer "Ver-
mont," reports that on 15th June, 1907. at noon, he passed
within 1 or 2 miles of the charted position of Keil Island,
Palao or Pelew Islands, North Pacific Ocean, and saw no
sign of the island or of shoal water. The day was clear.

Approx. position: Lat. 7° 15' N., long. 134° 0' E.

AFRICA.

EAST COAST.-DELACOA BAY.-BUOYAGE.-The Portuguese
Government has given notice that a cylindrical buoy with
a square top-mark has been moored 2,460 yards S. 53° 10'
E. true (S.S.E. 3 e'ly mag.) from the lighthouse on Cock-
burn Shoal, Delagoa Bay, east coast of Africa, and that the
conical buoy at the entrance to the channel has been with-
drawn.

Notice to Mariners No. 77 of 1907.

DISAPPEARANCE OF BELL ON BUOY AT ENTRANCE TO TAURANGA
HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 23rd October, 1907.
NOTICE is hereby given that the bell which was recently
placed on the buoy at the entrance to Tauranga
Harbour (see Notice No. 48 of 1907) has disappeared.
Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 2521, "New
Zealand Pilot," seventh edition, 1901, Chap. iv, page 135,
and "New Zealand Nautical Almanac," 1908, page 258.

J. A. MILLAR.

Authorising the Laying-off of certain Streets in the Township
of Dartmoor Extension No. 1 of a Width of not less than
66 ft. each.

Department of Lands,
Wellington, 25th October, 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 Dorset Avenue, Dartmoor
Avenue, Watson Street, Burns Street, Webster Street, and
Price Street, in the Township of Dartmoor Extension No. 1,
Taranaki Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft.
each, instead of 99 ft. as prescribed by section 17 of "The
Land Act, 1892."

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Officiating Ministers for 1907.-Notice No. 43.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 30th October, 1907.
PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand passed in the fourth year
of the reign of His Majesty King Edward VII, and in-
tituled "The Marriage Act, 1904," the following name of
an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act
is published for general information:-

Methodist Church of Australasia in New Zealand.
Mr. Nicholas Turner.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

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Officiating Ministers for 1907.-Notice No. 44.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 30th October, 1907.
AT the request of the President of the Conference of the
Methodist Church of Australasia in New Zealand,
the name of the Reverend Richard F. Williams has been
withdrawn from the list of Officiating Ministers in connec-
tion with that religious body, under "The Marriage Act,
1904," for the year 1907.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15
of "The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894."

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 28th October, 1907.
NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken
out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in
the office of the Supreme Court at Wellington an election
to administer the several intestate estates of the persons
deceased whose names, residences, and occupations, so far
as known, are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross
properties being estimated not to exceed £250 in each
case.

Ann Goodwood, late of Sculcoates, in the County of
Kingston-upon-Hull, in England, charwoman. Filed on
the 17th day of October, 1907.

Florence Murray Gibbs, late of Otaki, in the Provincial
District of Wellington, confectioner. Filed on the 21st day
of October, 1907.

William Carpenter Hichens, late of Bannockburn, in the
Provincial District of Otago, miner. Filed on the 28th day
of October, 1907.

Martin Segedin, late of Gumtown, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Auckland, gum-digger. Filed on the 28th day of
October, 1907.

Charles Mitchell, late of Foxton, in the Provincial District
of Wellington, flax-mill hand. Filed on the 28th day of
October, 1907.

James Cuthbertson, late of Methven, in the Provincial
District of Canterbury, agricultural manager. Filed on the
28th day of October, 1907.

John Henderson, late of Berwick, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Otago, shepherd. Filed on the 28th day of October,
1907.

Alexander Cameron, late of Goodwood, in the Provincial
District of Otago, old-age pensioner. Filed on the 28th day
of October, 1907.

Philip Alexander, late of Reefton, in the Provincial
District of Nelson, carpenter. Filed on the 28th day of
October, 1907.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

Half-yearly Statement of Liabilities and Assets of the Bank
of Australasia in New Zealand.

HALF-YEARLY return of the aggregate average
amount of the weekly liabilities and assets of the
Bank of Australasia within the Dominion of New Zealand
from the 16th day of April, 1907, to the 14th day of October,
1907, inclusive. (Published pursuant to the Royal Charter
of Incorporation.)

£ s. d.
Bills in circulation not bearing interest .. 16,602 13 9
Notes in circulation not bearing interest .. 140,027 6 2
Bills and notes in circulation bearing interest ..
Balances due to other banks ..
Cash deposited not bearing interest .. 1,394,284 5 0
Cash deposited bearing interest .. 561,550 13 8

Total liabilities within the Dominion £2,112,464 18 7

£ s. d.
Coin and bullion .. .. .. 508,717 14 9
Landed property (bank premises) .. 47,418 4 6
Notes and bills of other banks .. .. 28,448 8 7
Balances due from other banks ..
Debts due to the corporation, including
notes, bills, and other securities .. 2,907,343 9 7

Total assets within the Dominion £3,491,922 17 5

A. P. WEBSTER, for the Inspector.
JNO. A. MACLEOD, Accountant.

18th October, 1907.