Oct. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3003

Vessels are cautioned against anchoring over the “cable ground” in the area enclosed by a line drawn from Northcote Wharf (Stokes Point) to Ponsonby Wharf, and a line drawn 198° S. 3° W. (magnetic) from east extreme of Stokes Point to east point of Ponsonby.

The following plan shows approximately the position of cables in prohibited anchorage area :-

[Diagram showing area with labels: Stanley Point, Pacific Cable shown thus ——, Existing, To Watemata, Ponsonby, Sentine Rk]

Charts, &c., affected : Admiralty Chart No. 1970 ; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter ii, page 39.

F. M. B. FISHER.

Notice to Mariners No. 123 of 1912.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 15th October, 1912.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Marine Department, Brisbane, Queensland, is published for general information.

F. M. B. FISHER.

QUEENSLAND.

Prince of Wales Channel.—Torres Strait.

NOTICE is hereby given that the buoy marking the Harrison Rock, Prince of Wales Channel, Torres Strait, is reported to have disappeared.

It will be replaced as soon as practicable.

Charts affected : Nos. 437 and 691 ; “Australia Directory,” Vol. ii.

JOHN MACKAY,
Portmaster.

Marine Department.
Brisbane, 26th September, 1912.

Notice to Mariners No. 124 of 1912.

AUCKLAND HARBOUR.—BEAN ROCK LIGHTHOUSE.—CHANGE IN CHARACTERISTIC OF LIGHT.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 15th October, 1912.

NOTICE is hereby given that on and after the night of Monday, the 21st instant, the light on Bean Rock, in Auckland Harbour entrance, will be converted from an oil-burning to an unwatched acetone-gas light, and the characteristic of the light will at the same time be changed from fixed to flashing, with a flash of one second followed by four seconds darkness. The colours of the various sectors will remain as at present.

Charts, &c., affected : Admiralty Charts Nos. 1212, 1896, 1970, and 2543 ; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter ii, page 38 ; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1912, pages 174 and 177.

F. M. B. FISHER.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block V, Mangaorongo Survey District, for Road Purposes.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to execute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of a road in Block V, Mangaorongo Survey District, and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Otorohanga, and is there open for inspection ; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of such public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

In the Auckland Land District ; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 11th day of October, 1912.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

Forbidding Money-order and Postal Correspondence for Samuel Freshman, Sydney.

THE Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand having reasonable ground for supposing that the person whose name and address are shown in the Schedule hereunder is engaged in advertising the treatment of diseases of the sexual organs, it is hereby ordered, under section 28 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, that no money-order in favour of the said person shall be issued, and that no postal packet addressed to the said person (either by his