SEPT. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3191

Notice to Mariners No. 72 of 1915.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 7th September, 1915.

THE following Notices to Mariners, which have been received from the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne; Department of Trade and Customs, Melbourne; the Minister of State for Communications, Tokyo; Board of Trade, London; and the Hydrographic Office, London, are published for general information.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

AUSTRALIA—EAST COAST.

INNER BARRIER ROUTE.—HOME GROUP.—CLERKE ISLAND.—NEW LIGHT.—Mariners and others are hereby notified that the new light on Clerke Island will be exhibited experimentally on or about 15th November, 1915.

Position.—Lat. 11° 58½′ S., long. 143° 17¼′ E.

Structure.—Steel skeleton tower painted white.

Character.—Single flashing white light showing one flash every 3 seconds, thus: Flash 0·3 sec., eclipse 2·7 secs.

Elevation.—Approximately 70 ft.

Visibility.—Fourteen miles, through an arc of 255°, from 139° (S. 46° E. mag.) through south, west, and north to 34° (N. 29° E. mag.), obscured elsewhere.

Remarks.—The light will be unwatched.

Publications affected.—Admiralty Lists of Lights and Time Signals, Part vi; Australia Directory, Vol. ii; “Sailing Directions and other Information for the Ports and Harbours of Queensland.”

Charts affected.—Admiralty Charts Nos. 2919, 2920, 2354, 3088, 2764, 780.

VICTORIA.

ANDERSON’S INLET.—INVERLOCH JETTY LIGHT.—Referring to General Notice to Mariners dated 1st August, 1907, page 102, mariners and others are hereby notified that a green light, visible for about two miles in clear weather, has now been established on the outer end of the Inverloch Jetty.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

NEWCASTLE HARB.—The sig. station at Signal Hill (Fort Scratchley) has been transferred to Nobby Head (32° 55¼′ S., 151° 48′ E.), where all sigs. will continue to be exh. from masts est. for that purpose. July.

JAPAN.

GULF OF TOKYO.—Notice is hereby given that Fort No. 3 Lighthouse, Gulf of Tokyo, has been moved to S.E. ward, distant about 138 shaku from the old position.

HOKKAIDO.—HAKODATE HARBOUR.—Notice is hereby given that Hakodate Lightship, N. of Benten-zaki (Point Anama), Hakodate Harbour, Hokkaido, will be permanently withdrawn at the end of June this year, 1915, and at the same time Hakodate lighted fog-signal buoy be established as follows:—

Hakodate Lighted Fog-signal Buoy.—Description: Iron, cylindrical, red, surmounted by a latticework supporting a lantern, a fog-bell, and a fog-siren. Height of light: 15 shaku above the water. Character of light: Acetylene gas, flashing white, showing one flash every 3 seconds. Illuminated arc: The whole horizon. Candle-power: 150. Visible distance: Nine nautical miles in clear night. Fog-signals: Both the fog-bell and the fog-siren are operated automatically by the waves.

Further notice will be given after the works have been effected.

CHINA.

East Coast.—Yang-tse-kiang Approach.—Tungsha Light-vessel.—Alteration in Period of Light.

Position.—Lat. 31° 8′ N., long. 122° E.

New abridged description.—Lt. gp. fl. (3) ev. 30 secs., 34 ft., vis. 11 m.

Details.—The period of the group flashing light has been altered from forty-five to thirty seconds.

Remarks.—The light has an elevation of 34 ft., and a power of 21,000 candles; the other characteristics remain unchanged.

Charts affected.—No. 1602, Approaches to the Yang-tse-kiang; No. 1199, Kue-shan Islands to the Yang-tse-kiang.

Publications.—List of Lights, Part vi, 1915, No. 1586; China Sea Pilot, Part v, 1912, page 376.

Notice to Mariners No. 73 of 1915.

LIGHT ON KARORI ROCK, COOK STRAIT.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 7th September, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lighthouse which is being erected on Karori Rock in Cook Strait is now nearly completed, and that it is expected that the light will be exhibited on or about Wednesday, the 20th October, 1915. A notice giving the date definitely will, however, be issued later.

The light will be an unwatched acetone acetylene flash light of 2,790 candle-power, and will be exhibited at a height of 65 ft. above the sea, and should be visible at a distance of fourteen miles. It will show a flash of ½ second with an eclipse of 3½ seconds.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 2054, 3629, and 1212; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter v, page 150.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners, No. 74 of 1915.

WHAU CREEK, AUCKLAND.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 8th September, 1915.

THE Auckland Harbour Board have notified that Nos. 3 and 4 wooden beacons in the Whau Creek have been shifted approximately 300 ft. in S.S.W. and W.S.W. directions respectively, and a red painted wooden bar has been placed 2 ft. below the red triangle of No. 3 beacon, as this beacon is now the elbow and marks the turning-point of the creek.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 2546; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter ii, page 42.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Taranaki Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 6th September, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned license having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Taranaki Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

Section 4, Block XII, Upper Waitara Survey District.

TENURE: O.R.P. 647. Formerly held by Adolph Johnson.

Reason for forfeiture: Non-residence and non-improvement.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 31st August, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Monday, the 13th December, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Section 12, Block XIV, Takahue Survey District: Area, 30 acres 3 roods 35 perches.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Opening Settlement Land in Wellington Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 6th September, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 21 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 28th September, 1915.