Oct. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3261

For each succeeding half-day or fraction thereof .. .. .. $10.00
(b.) For Class B barges having a capacity of over 1,799 cubic feet and less than 2,800 cubic feet, first day .. .. .. .. .. 20.00
For each succeeding half-day or fraction thereof .. .. .. .. 5.00
(c.) For Class C barges having a capacity of less than 1,800 cubic feet, first day .. .. .. .. 10.00
For each succeeding half-day or fraction thereof .. .. .. .. 2.50
(d.) Each day of service to be computed on 24-hour basis.
(e.) For flat barges, the same rate will apply as for open barges of the same dimensions.
7. Pangas or Whaleboats.—(a.) For service of pangas or whaleboats (without motor), first hour .. 1.00
For each succeeding half-hour or fraction thereof .. .. .. .. 0.50
(b.) For service of pangas and whaleboats with motor, first hour .. .. .. .. 1.50
For each succeeding half-hour or fraction thereof .. .. .. .. 0.75
For services during an extended period, in remote localities, or under special conditions, special rates may be made, with the approval of the Governor.
8. Rates for use of floating equipment not listed above will be furnished by the official in charge, upon approval of the Governor.

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
KAUAI ISLAND.—SOUTH-EAST COAST.—NAWILIWILI HARBOUR.—KUKII (KUKU) POINT.—LIGHT ESTABLISHED.

On 1st August, 1916, a flashing white light, of 60 candle-power, every 2·5 seconds—thus, flash 0·5 second, eclipsed 2 seconds—was established on Kukii (Kuku) Point. The light is exhibited, 47 ft. above the water and 20 ft. above the ground, from a white pyramidal concrete tower, on the bearings—
Nurini Point, tangent .. .. 100° 30′
Kawai Point, tangent .. .. 175° 00′
End of wharf .. .. 311° 30′
The light is obscured from 175° to 278°.
Approx. position : Lat. 21° 57′ 26″ N., long. 159° 21′ 2″ W.

CEYLON.
WEST COAST.—COLOMBO.—ALTERATION IN TIME-SIGNAL.
Position.—At the Master Attendant’s Office, lat. 6° 56′ N., long. 79° 50½′ E.
Details.—The semaphore time-signal has been discontinued and replaced by a time-ball. The ball is hoisted halfway up at 5 minutes, close up at 2 minutes before the signal, and dropped at 1 h. 00 m. 00 s., 4 h. 00 m. 00 s., 21 h. 00 m. 00 s. standard time, corresponding to 19 h. 30 m. 00 s., 22 h. 30 m. 00 s., 15 h. 30 m. 00 s. Greenwich mean time. Should the signal fail, the ball will remain hoisted for 15 minutes, and a green flag will be shown from the Colombo signal-mast. On Sundays and public holidays the signal will only be made at 21 h. 00 m. 00 s. standard time.
Note.—The note on the charts with reference to time-signals is to be amended accordingly.

AUSTRALIA.
EAST COAST.—INNER BARRIER ROUTE.—BEACON REPLACED.
Position.—Dee (d) Reef, black square beacon on north-west end. Lat. 15° 30′ S., long. 145° 19½′ E.
Remarks.—The beacon, which was recently destroyed, has been replaced.
Publications affected.—“Australian Directory,” Vol. II, 1907, page 350; “Sailing Directions and other Information for the Ports and Harbours of Queensland.”
Charts affected.—(a) Admiralty Chart No. 2923, Hope Island to Turtle Group; (b) Admiralty Chart No. 2764, Coral Sea, sheet 2.

Notice to Mariners No. 82 of 1916.

AUCKLAND HARBOUR.—DEVONPORT SANDSPIT BEACON LIGHT.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 11th October, 1916.

THE Auckland Harbour Board has notified that the red flashing light off the Sandspit at Devonport will be removed for repairs on Monday, 16th October, and that a white fixed light will be displayed instead for that night.
Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 1896 and 1970.

GEORGE ALLPORT,
Secretary.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Canterbury Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 9th October, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash, at the New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Sale-rooms, Rangiora, at 2 o’clock p.m., on Tuesday, 21st November, 1916, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—RANGIORA COUNTY.—MAIRAKI SURVEY DISTRICT.

Reserve 1240, Block VII: Area, 5 acres 0 roods 6 perches; upset price, £30.
Mostly hillsides, fair soil, stony in places. Access by good road, about three miles from Cust Railway-station.

Reserve 629, Block VII: Area, 9 acres; upset price, £54.
All flat land, fair soil, mostly covered with gorse and broom. Access by good road, about a mile and a half from Cust Railway-station.

Reserve 1078, Block VIII: Area, 5 acres 1 rood 31 perches; upset price, £17 10s.
About half open flat land of fair quality, remainder steep faces covered with gorse and broom. Access by good road, about four miles and a half from Stoke Railway-station.

TERMS OF SALE.

One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee (£1), within thirty days thereafter; otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land be null and void.

Titles will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1908.
Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

W. H. SKINNER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Otago Land District for Sale to Owners of Adjoining Lands.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 19th September, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the land described in the Schedule below, being land formerly reserved for railway purposes, will be sold to the owners of adjoining lands, in terms of section 131 of the Land Act, 1908, on or after Thursday, 28th December, 1916.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—TUAPEKA COUNTY.—BEAUMONT SURVEY DISTRICT.

SECTION 40, Block III .. .. .. Area, 0 2 28
,, 41 ,, .. .. ,, 4 0 25

ROBT. T. SADD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District for Disposal.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 20th July, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given, in accordance with section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that an area of about 27 acres of Crown land situated in Block X, Otanewainuku Survey District, will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Thursday, the 19th day of October, 1916.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Auckland Land District for Disposal.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 20th July, 1916.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that Section 92, Block III, Patetere North Survey District, Selwyn Settlement, Mata-