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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 6

Wood, Edward, grocer, Great North Road, Avondale.
Wood, Tom, Te Awamutu.
Woods, Henry, grocer, Mount Eden Road, Auckland.
Woods, William James, Waihi.
Woollams, Claude, 1 Karangahape Road, Auckland.
Woollams, William Henry, chemist, Queen Street, Auckland.
Woolley, John S., chemist, Whangarei.
Worden, Thomas, Ramarama.
Wrigley, John Julius, Tauranga.
Yarborough, Archibald George Cooke, Kohukohu.
Yarborough, Randall Francis Cooke, Kohukohu.
Yates, Arthur, and Co., Albert Street, Auckland.
Young, Albert Henry (Eccles Pharmacy), Victoria Road,
Devonport, Auckland.

J. TERRY,
Registrar of Poisons.

Magistrate’s Court,
Auckland, 10th January, 1919.

Destruction of Mines around the New Zealand Coast.

THE following details relative to the destruction of mines
around the New Zealand coast are promulgated for
the information of all concerned :-

AWARDS FOR DESTRUCTION OF MINES AROUND THE NEW
ZEALAND COAST.

1. ALL merchant vessels navigating New Zealand waters
   are to make every endeavour to destroy or sink mines when
   sighted.
   This may be done by rifle fire at a distance of not less than
   200 yards.
   If a mine is thus discovered or sunk, a reward not exceeding
   £5, or in special cases £10, will be paid.
   No compensation is payable for damage sustained in de-
   stroying or sinking mines.
2. Attention is drawn to the “Instructions for Inspection,
   Destruction, and Reporting of Mines” previously promul-
   gated, a copy of which is given at the end of this memorandum.
3. Merchant vessels should not attempt to salve mines.
   If they cannot destroy or sink them in accordance with
   paragraph 1 above, they should report the position to the
   nearest Naval Authority by wireless telegraphy in plain
   language, or, if not fitted with wireless telegraphy, by visual
   signal or telegraph at the first opportunity.
   Any other shipping sighted subsequently to the discovery
   of a mine should be warned of its position.
   If the mine is moored, the position should be marked.
4. In the case of any vessel, at the request of a Naval
   Authority, exploding on the bottom a mine that can be
   verified as having been previously s und in the position stated,
   but not exploded, a reward not exceeding £5 will be paid.
5. For reporting a drifting mine (if such report leads to
   the destruction of the mine) a reward not exceeding £5, or
   in special cases £10, will be paid.
   The reward will not be paid unless every reasonable attempt
   to destroy the mine has been made.
6. For the first intimation of enemy moored mines proved
   to be accurate and valuable, and delivered at the earliest
   possible moment, a reward not exceeding £10 will be paid.
7. The reward for the first report of a mine washed up on
   shore, in cases where the mine is ultimately recovered or
   destroyed, will be £1.
8. No payment will be made for divergence from course
   or for loss of fishing.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSPECTION, DESTRUCTION, AND REPORT-
ING OF MINES BY MERCHANT SHIPS IN NEW ZEALAND
WATERS.

(Referred to at paragraph 2 above.)

A. Inspection.

It is desirable that mines and other suspicious objects
met with at sea should be examined as closely as possible,
and an accurate description noted.
A suspicious object must be approached with the utmost
caution, and as accurate an examination as possible carried
out whilst passing at close range.
Unless bad weather prevents, it is advisable to lower a
boat in order to carry out a detailed examination without
the risk incurred by attempting to manoeuvre the ship into
close proximity to the object.
Great care must, however, be exercised to prevent the
boat from touching any part of the mine, since a blow, or
even a slight jar, on one of the detonating horns is sufficient
to explode the mine.

B. Destruction.

Mines on the surface should, wherever possible, be sunk
by rifle fire at a range of not less than 200 yards.
It must be borne in mind that if a bullet should chance to
strike one of the detonating horns the mine will explode,
and serious damage may result to the ship should the mine
be too close to her.

C. Reporting Mines.

The following particulars should be noted wherever pos-
sible:-
(a.) Accurate position where supposed mine was seen.
(b.) Date and hour.
(c.) Distance at which seen.
(d.) Shape.
(e.) Appearance.
(f.) Colour.
(g.) Whether floating freely on surface or moored.
(h.) Whether it had horns, and (if so) how many, and
whether one of them was in a central position.
(i.) If moored, and (if so) at what depth.
(j.) Any other details which can throw light upon whether
it is a mine or a harmless buoy.
(k.) Whether it was sunk.
(l.) Whether position marked by buoy.

The conditions under which rifles and special hard-cased
bullets are supplied may be obtained on application to the
New Zealand Defence Department’s Ordnance Sections at
Wellington, Auckland, Lyttelton, or Dunedin.

P. H. HALL THOMPSON, Captain, R.N.,
Naval Authority.

16th January, 1919.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Wellington Land District for Disposal under
Section 14 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912.

District Lands Office,
Wellington, 12th December, 1918.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of
the Land Act, 1908, that Section 15, Block X, Mako-
tuku Survey District, Wellington Land District, will be
disposed of under section 14 of the Land Laws Amendment
Act, 1912, to the adjoining owner on or after Thursday, the
13th March, 1919.

G. H. M. McCLURE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Nelson Land District for Disposal on Renewable
Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 6th January, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to section 21 of the
Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, that the under-
mentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease ;
and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock
p.m. on Thursday, 13th February, 1919.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—MURCHISON COUNTY.—TUTAKI
SURVEY DISTRICT.—MURCHISON VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

First-class Land.

SECTION 27, Block I: Area, 2 acres. Capital value, £25 ;
renewable lease, half-yearly rent, 10s.

Weighted with £50 valuation for improvements consisting
of house and fencing.

Section fronts main Matakita ki–Murchison Main Road, and
is about one mile from village of Murchison. Level land partly
covered with birch bush and blackberries.

A. D. BURNS,
For Commissioner of Crown Lands.