Nov. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 3043

SCHEDULE.

In the Taranaki Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the District Lands Office, at New Plymouth.

Dated this 17th day of November, 1909.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Notifying Land in the Otago Land District subject to “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1908.”

Office of Board of Land Purchase Commissioners,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1909.

PURSUANT to the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1908,” and its amendments, I hereby notify that the undermentioned Crown land, being the land known as the Kauroo Hill Settlement, which has been acquired under the said Acts, is subject to the said Acts, as from the 1st day of March, 1909.

SCHEDULE.

KAUROO HILL SETTLEMENT.

ALL that area situated in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 19,114 acres 3 roods 36 perches, being the land comprised in certificate of titles, Vol. 121, folios 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, being Sections 1, 10, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9, part 11, part 12, part 30, part 31, part 32, part 33, part 66, Block I; Sections 1A, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, Application 2687, Application 2688, part 1, part 9, part 13, part 16, Block II; Sections 3, 17, 19, 20, 23, part 4, part 5, part 18, part 21, Block III; part Section 1, Block IV; Sections 12, 13, 14, 16, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, part 1, part 7, part 11, part 15, part 20, Block V; Section 3, part 1, part 5, Block VI; Sections 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, Block VIII, Kauroo District; and Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 23, 24, part 9, Block X, Oamaru District; and bounded as follows: Commencing at the south-west corner of Section 14, Block VIII, Kauroo District: thence 360°, 11836·5 links, by Run 217: thence by Sections 9, 10, Block VIII, 78° 28′, 12369·9 links; across a public road, 101·1 links: thence by Sections 3, 2, 1, Block VIII, and 23, Block V, Kauroo District, 72° 40′ 30″, 3608·1 links; 72° 31′ 30″, 1132·9 links; 75° 15′ 20″, 5354·9 links; 75° 15′, 5892·6 links: thence by Section 18, Block V, Kauroo District, 180°, 6993 links; 90°, 7258·4 links: thence in a northerly direction by Fuchsia Creek, 21370 links; across a public road, 55 links; and again by said creek, 250 links: thence by Sections 3 and 20, Block IV, Kauroo District; 360°, 4833·6 links; 45° 36′, 13006·5 links: thence in a generally east direction by Fuchsia Creek, 8050 links; by right lines, 99° 23′, 811·8 links; across a public road, 325° 22′, 52·6 links: thence 155° 10′, 646·7 links; 168° 31′, 1806 links; 139° 31′, 1149·6 links; 44° 57′, 751·7 links; 128° 8′, 372 links, to Fuchsia Creek: thence in a generally south-easterly direction by said creek to its junction with the Kakanui River, and by said river, 5300 links; across a public road, 150 links; and again by said river to the Kakanui Valley Main Road, 12750 links: thence by said road, 150° 38′, 1109 links (approximately): thence across the said road, 150 links (approximately), and in a generally easterly direction by shingle reserve and road reserve, and again by shingle reserve on the banks of the Kakanui River, 3530 links, to the north-west corner of Section 5, Block XIV, Oamaru District: thence by said section, 179° 55′, 4600 links; across the Kakanui Valley Main Road, 204·4 links; and again by said section, 179° 55′, 143 links, to the north bank of the Kauroo River: thence in a generally westerly direction by said bank to the south-west corner of Section 6, Block II, Kauroo District, 5900 links: thence across the Kauroo River to the north-west corner of Section 25, Block X, Oamaru District, 950 links (approximately): thence by said Section 25 and Sections 26 and 27, Block X, Oamaru District, and a public road to a point due west from the south boundary of said Section 27, 180° 3′, 5012·9 links: thence by a public road and Section 22 of said Block X, 270°, 4427·2 links; across a public road, 90°, 50 links: thence by the said road to its junction with the Kauroo and Maheno Road, 179° 59′, 13684·9 links: thence across and by the said road, 100·9 links (approximately), 87° 16′, 33·6 links, and 138° 45′, 9·2 links: thence through Section 9, Block X, Oamaru District, in the Serpentine Creek, 226° 9′, 2438·9 links: thence in a generally westerly and south-westerly direction by said creek, 42375 links, to a point on the western boundary of Section 4, Block VI, Kauroo District: thence by said section and a public road, 192° 58′ 48″, 2109·4 links; across a public road, 246° 6′, 100·1 links; and again by said section, 246° 6′, 2011·2 links; 231° 47′, 1671 links: thence by Runs 217A and 98, 5′, 23916·8 links; and again by Run 98, 270°, 36460·6 links, to the point of commencement: excepting out of the above boundaries the Kauroo River, as defined by Crown Grant Survey, and all public roads as shown on the map deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, numbered L. and S. 19396, whereon the above-described area is bordered with a green colour.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Notifying Land in the Canterbury Land District subject to “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1908.”

Office of Board of Land Purchase Commissioners,
Wellington, 23rd November, 1909.

PURSUANT to the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1908,” and its amendments, I hereby notify that the undermentioned Crown land, being the land known as the Fyvie Settlement, which has been acquired under the said Acts, is subject to the said Acts, as from the 10th day of October, 1909.

SCHEDULE.

FYVIE SETTLEMENT.

ALL that land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 1,585 acres, more or less, being sections numbered 26940, 26941, 26942, 26943, and 26944, situated in Blocks V, VI, IX, and X of the Selwyn Survey District, being all the land contained in certificate of title, Vol. 114, folio 107, District Land Registry Office, Christchurch; as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 19407, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged pink.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Notice to Mariners No. 98 of 1909.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 15th November, 1909.

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

J. A. MILLAR.

CHINA SEA.

GASPER STRAIT.—BILLITON ISLAND.—WEST COAST.—SHOALS.

The commander of the Netherlands surveying-vessel “Lombok” reports the discovery of a number of reefs in Gasper Strait, west coast of Billiton Island, China Sea, located as follows:—

A reef, consisting of coral and stones, with a least depth of 4½ fathoms over it, about 44 yards in diameter, called “Sir Manggar,” in (approximately) latitude 2° 36′ 44″ S., longitude 107° 34′ 10″ E.

A reef, with a least depth of 2½ fathoms over it, about 50 yards in diameter, consisting of coral and stones, and named “Sir Tadjem,” in (approximately) latitude 2° 37′ 29″ S., longitude 107° 33′ 18″ E.

A reef, with a least depth of 4½ fathoms over it, about 65 yards in diameter, consisting of coral and stones, and surrounded by depths of 6 to 9 fathoms, sandy bottom, in (approximately) latitude 2° 44′ 18″ S., longitude 107° 30′ 28″ E.

The 2-fathom reef shown on the charts ⅓ mile N. 69° W. from the last-mentioned reef is about 300 yards long in an east and west direction and 130 yards wide.

A small coral reef, with a least depth of 3 fathoms over it, surrounded by depths of 9 to 11 fathoms, sandy bottom, in (approximately) latitude 2° 45′ 25″ S., longitude 107° 30′ 44″ E.

(See Notice to Mariners No. 35 (1960) of 1909.)

A small coral reef, with a least depth of 4 fathoms over it, surrounded by depths of 7 to 10 fathoms, sandy bottom, in (approximately) latitude 2° 51′ 20″ S., longitude 107° 30′ 32″ E.