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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 96

make dashes 5 seconds long for one minute, making their call
letters three times between each 5-second dash, and ter-
minating with the conventional signal “ K ” (go ahead).

At the expiration of the direction-determining signals the
radio compass-station (or compass-control station) will call
the vessel, make “ QTE,” and send the bearing in degrees
(0 to 359) and the name of the compass-station which obtained
the bearing, or “ QTF,” and the position in latitude and longi-
tude. Bearings and positions will always be transmitted to
the vessel in words, to avoid error.

The vessel acknowledges receipt of bearings and positions
by making the call letters of the station transmitting the
bearing or position once, “ DE,” vessel’s radio call letters,
and then repeats the bearing or position received, using
numerals.

Independent radio compass-stations keep watch on 600
metres, and this wave-length should always be used to call
these stations; but as soon as they answer naval vessels
will shift to tune “ M ” (952 metres), all transmission from
the vessel being carried out thereafter on this wave-length.

The control stations for harbour-entrance radio compass-
stations keep watch on 600 and 952 metres. Naval vessels
will call these stations on 952 metres and carry out all tests
and communication with them thereafter on 952 metres.

Merchant vessels will call all radio compass and compass-
control stations on 600 metres and carry out all tests and
communication with them thereafter on this wave-length.

Vessels should note that shore radio compass-stations can
not distinguish between the bearing of a ship and its reciprocal
unless the reciprocal bears inland. There is, therefore, a possi-
bility of an error of 180 degrees; in such cases the decision is
left to the ship as to which is her correct bearing.

Subject to the foregoing, bearings should be accurate
within 1 degree of arc. When bearings from three or more
compass-stations are not over 1 degree of arc in error but
do not meet at a fixed point, the centre of an area enclosed
by the bearings can generally be taken as the approximate
position of the vessel.

The primary object of these radio compass-stations is to
assist in the navigation of vessels during atmosphere of low
visibility. They are operated by the Navy Department, and
there is no charge for the service.

There follows a complete list of shore radio compass-stations
on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and their corrected positions.
All of these stations are not, however, in operation as yet.

Radio Compass Station. Position.
Cross Island, Me. . . Lat. 44° 36′ 22″ N. Lon. 67° 16′ 49″ W.
Bar Harbour, Me. . . Lat. 44° 18′ 36″ N. Lon. 68° 11′ 27″ W.
Damiscove Island, . . Lat. 43° 45′ 17″ N. Lon. 69° 36′ 47″ W.
Me. . .
Appledore Island, . . Lat. 42° 59′ 12″ N. Lon. 70° 36′ 42″ W.
Me. . .
Gloucester, Mass. . . Lat. 42° 35′ 19″ N. Lon. 70° 41′ 8″ W.
Deer Island, Mass. Lat. 42° 21′ 15″ N. Lon. 70° 57′ 30″ W.
Fourth Cliff, Mass. Lat. 42° 9′ 40″ N. Lon. 70° 42′ 22″ W.
Cape Cod, Mass. . . Lat. 42° 2′ 58″ N. Lon. 70° 4′ 32″ W.
Nantucket, Mass. . . Lat. 41° 14′ 42″ N. Lon. 70° 5′ 56″ W.
Prices Neck, R.I. . . Lat. 41° 27′ 6″ N. Lon. 71° 20′ 15″ W.
Watch Hill, R.I. . . (Under construction.)
Montauk, L.I. . . Lat. 41° 3′ 9″ N. Lon. 71° 57′ 27″ W.
Fire Island, N.Y. . . Lat. 40° 38′ 7″ N. Lon. 73° 12′ 32″ W.
Rockaway Beach, . . Lat. 40° 33′ 52″ N. Lon. 73° 52′ 40″ W.
N.Y. . .
Sandy Hook, N.J. . . Lat. 40° 28′ 12″ N. Lon. 74° 1′ 6″ W.
Mantoloking, N.J. . . Lat. 40° 1′ 30″ N. Lon. 74° 3′ 10″ W.
Cape May, N.J. . . Lat. 38° 56′ 41″ N. Lon. 74° 53′ 10″ W.
Cape Henlopen, Del. Lat. 38° 47′ 26″ N. Lon. 75° 5′ 16″ W.
Bethany Beach,Del. Lat. 38° 32′ 45″ N. Lon. 75° 3′ 20″ W.
Hog Island, Va. . . Lat. 37° 22′ 36″ N. Lon. 75° 42′ 37″ W.
Smith Island, Va. . . Lat. 37° 7′ 8″ N. Lon. 75° 53′ 42″ W.
Cape Henry, Va. . . Lat. 36° 55′ 16″ N. Lon. 75° 59′ 51″ W.
Cape Hatteras, N.C. Lat. 35° 14′ 22″ N. Lon. 75° 31′ 42″ W.
Cape Lookout, N.C. (Proposed.)
Cape Fear, N.C. . . „
North Island, S.C. . . „
Bull Island, S.C. . . „
Morris Island, S.C. „
St. Augustine, Fla. „
Key West, Fla. . . „
Burrwood, La. . . „
Pass a Loutre, La. . . „
Grand Island, La. . . „

RADIO TIME-SIGNALS.

On 30th March, 1919, at 2 a.m., 75th meridian time, clocks
in the United States will be set ahead one hour in accordance
with the provisions of the Daylight Saving Act.

Clocks on all naval vessels in United States territorial
waters and at naval stations will be regulated accordingly.

5. The Greenwich mean time of watch-standing periods for
   radio operators and for radio broadcast schedules, except
   radio time-signals, will not be changed and are not affected
   by the foregoing change of clock time.

The Greenwich mean time of radio time-signal broadcasts
will be one hour earlier than at present from all radio stations
concerned, except Washington.

The Greenwich mean time of the Washington radio time-
signal will remain unchanged.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Otago Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 4th August, 1919.

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

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

Section 10s, Clifton Settlement.

RENEWABLE Lease No. 300s. Formerly held by James
William Langskail. Reason for forfeiture: Lessee’s
request.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister of Lands.

Land in the Auckland Land District for Sale or Lease to
Discharged Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 6th August, 1919.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
are open for sale or lease under the Discharged
Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and the regulations there-
under; and applications will be received at the District
Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, up to 4 o’clock p.m.
on Monday, the 15th September, 1919.

The lands may be purchased for cash or on deferred pay-
ments, or selected on lease for thirty-three years, with right
of renewal for further successive terms of thirty-three years
and a right to acquire the freehold.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board
for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, on Thursday, the 18th September, 1919, at 10
o’clock a.m.

The ballot will be held at the conclusion of the examination
of applicants.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Whakatane County.—Matuku Settlement.

• Buildings. † Half-yearly payment on buildings.

NOTE.—The deferred-payment instalment includes the
value of the buildings.

The Matuku Settlement, formerly the property of E. S.
Smith, Esq., is situated in the Rangitaiki Swamp, about
five miles from Te Teko, to which there is a good road.
The land was originally swamp, but there is a ridge of higher
land running through the block from north to south. The
soil is of very good quality, with the exception of about
200 acres near the north-eastern end of the settlement, which
is of lighter nature. A dairy factory is situated close to
the settlement.