3516
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 118

The front and rear lights should be seen in clear weather for three and six miles respectively.
Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 2543; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter iv, page 92.
GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 85 of 1915.

AUCKLAND HARBOUR.—PROTECTED AREAS FOR YACHTS AND LAUNCHES.

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

THE Auckland Harbour Board have notified that with reference to Notice No. 61 of 1913 regarding the above, it has been found necessary to make slight alterations to two of the existing protected areas for yachts, and they are now defined as follows:—

Area No. 3, Stanley Bay.—That area of Stanley Bay east of and enclosed by the east side of the Stanley Bay Wharf, and thence by a line from the S.E. corner of the landing-stage at the end of the Stanley Bay Wharf, N. 85° E. magnetic, to the S.W. corner of the Sheerlegs Wharf, Calliope Dock, and thence by the embankment to the shore.

Area No. 4, Devonport.—That area enclosed by a line starting from a position approximately 120 ft. east of the base of H.M.C.S. “Iris” Wharf, thence by a line S. 2° E. magnetic 740 ft., thence by a line S. 80° E. magnetic 350 ft., thence by a line N. 80° E. magnetic 660 ft., thence by a line N. 61° E. magnetic 175 ft. to the western dolphin of the vehicular landing-stage, Victoria Wharf, thence by a line N. 1° W. magnetic 445 ft. to the shore.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 1896 and 1970; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter ii, page 39; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1915, page 425.
GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 86 of 1915.

AUCKLAND HARBOUR.—TIME-SIGNAL.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 11th October, 1915.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 77 of 1915, the Auckland Harbour Board have notified that on the nights when the time-signal is expected but does not come through, the red light will remain burning until 9.5 p.m., thereby notifying shipping that the signal has not been received.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 1970 and 1896; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter ii, page 41; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1915, page 260.
GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 87 of 1915.

ASTROLABE ROAD.—BEACON ON HAPUKA REEF.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 12th October, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that a beacon has been erected on Hapuka Reef. The beacon is 22 ft. high and 12 ft. above high water. It has a cage surmount of 5 ft. 2 in. diameter. The buoy referred to in Notice to Mariners No. 92 of 1911 will be removed in about six weeks time.

Charts, &c., affected: Nos. 2616 and 3629; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chapter vi, page 193.
GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

Public Service Stores Tender Board.—Supply and Delivery of Stores.

Wellington, 6th October, 1915.

TENDERS will be received at the office of the Chairman (Government Printing Office) not later than 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the 8th December, 1915, for the supply and delivery of the undermentioned material:—

12 clocks, English, double dial, 24 in. bracket.
6,700 cords, telephone.
120 miles wire, rubber-insulated, twin-twisted, 1/18.
11,200 lb. twine, fine, Italian hemp.
20,000 yards forfar.

Particulars and conditions of tendering may be obtained at the office of the Controller of Stores, Post and Telegraph Department, Wellington; the District Storekeeper, Post and Telegraph Department, Christchurch; or the Telegraph Engineers at Auckland and Dunedin.
J. MACKAY,
Chairman.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Pastoral Run in Marlborough Land District classified.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the Commissioners appointed to classify and report on rural lands in Marlborough Land District have classified the pastoral run in the Schedule hereto as therein noted.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

Class A.—Pastoral Land.

Being Land suitable exclusively for Pasturage and not capable of being used with Profit in a Smaller Area.

RUN 110, Marlborough County: Area, 14,000 acres.

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

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

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 11th October, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms 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 17th day of January, 1916.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

PART township reserve, Block XI, Omona Survey District: Area, 109 acres (approximate).

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Run in Marlborough Land District for License by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 11th October, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run will be offered for license by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Blenheim, on Friday, the 26th day of November, 1915, at 11 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

Class A.

RUN 110: Area, 14,000 acres; term, twenty-one years; upset annual rental, £200.

Situated about twenty miles from Blenheim. Access by good metalled road for about seventeen miles, balance by unformed road up Omaka River. Altitude from 500 ft. to 6,000 ft. The lower portions of the spurs and valleys contain fair summer feed, chiefly tussock and native grass; the balance is high barren country.

The improvements which go with the run consist of fencing valued at £105.

Possession will be given on 1st March, 1916.

H. G. PRICE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Village-homestead Allotments in Nelson Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 12th October, 1915.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lands described in the Schedule hereto are open for selection on renewable lease under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and amend-