Notice of the Taking and Laying-off of a Road in Blocks IV,
Otanake, and XVI, Orahiri Survey Districts.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency
the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand,
under the authority of section 93 of the Public Works
Act, 1908, that the road described in the Schedule hereto
was taken and laid off through the land specified in the said
Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said
Dominion, by Warrant dated the 22nd day of July, 1909.

SCHEDULE.

• Otanake Survey District. † Orahiri Survey District.

All in the Auckland Land District; as the said road is
more particularly delineated on the plans marked and coloured
as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Minister
of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land
District.

Dated this 4th day of May, 1920.

W. NOSWORTHY,
For Minister of Public Works.

Notice respecting Proposed Borough of Morrinsville.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 7th May, 1920.

PURSUANT to section 13 of the Municipal Corporations
Amendment Act, 1913, it is hereby notified that a
petition, in accordance with regulations, signed by not less
than one-fifth of the electors of the area described in the
Schedule hereto, being the Morrinsville Town District, has
been presented to His Excellency the Governor-General,
praying that the said area may be constituted a borough
under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908. All persons
affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections
to or petitions against the proposed constitution within
one month from the first publication of this notice. Such
objections or petitions are to be addressed and forwarded to
the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

PROPOSED BOROUGH OF MORRINSVILLE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District bounded by a
line commencing at the southernmost corner of Subdivision 4
of Motumaoho No. 2 Block; thence north-easterly along the
south-eastern boundary of the said Subdivision 4 about
37 chains to the northernmost corner of part of Subdivision 19
of the said Motumaoho No. 2 Block, and south-easterly along
the north-eastern boundary of the said part of Subdivision 19
to the westernmost corner of Allotment 39 on plan No. 7150,
deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at
Auckland; thence along the north-western boundary of that
allotment, across David Street, along the north-western
boundaries of Allotments 40 and 41, across Bank Street,
along the north-western boundaries of Allotments 42 and 43,
across George Street, and along the north-western and north-eastern boundaries of Allotment 44 on plan No. 7150 aforesaid;
along the north-western boundaries of Allotments 45
and 47 on plan No. 7445, deposited as aforesaid, and along
the north-eastern boundary of the last-mentioned allotment
to and across Coronation Street, and along its south-eastern
side to Allotment 48; along the north-eastern and south-eastern boundaries of that allotment and the south-eastern
boundary of Allotment 46 on plan No. 7445 aforesaid, and
along the north-eastern boundaries of Allotments 7 and 6 on
plan No. 7150 aforesaid to the easternmost corner of the
last-mentioned allotment; thence along the north-eastern
boundary of part of Subdivision 19 of Motumaoho No. 2 Block
to the westernmost corner of Subdivision 23; thence along
the north-western boundaries of Subdivisions 23 and 22 to
the northernmost corner of Subdivision 22, along the south-western boundary of Subdivision 21, and along the north-western side of the road forming the south-eastern boundary
of that subdivision to a point in line with the south-western
boundary of Subdivision 24, Motumaoho No. 2 Block, across
the road, and along the south-western boundary of the said
Subdivision 24, across the railway reserve, and along the
south-eastern side of that reserve to the Piako River; thence
south-westerly along the left bank of that river and the
Topehahae and Waitakaruru Streams to the road forming the
south-western boundary of Subdivision 28, Motumaoho No. 2
Block, along the north-eastern side of that road, across the
railway, and along the continuation of the said road and the
road forming the south-western boundary of Subdivision 10
to Subdivision 7 of the said Motumaoho No. 2 Block; along
the south-eastern boundary of the last-mentioned subdivision
to its easternmost corner, and along the north-eastern
boundary of that subdivision to the southernmost corner of
Subdivision 4, the place of commencement.

F. H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 22 of 1920.

DREDGING OPERATIONS.—AUCKLAND HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 11th May, 1920.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Auckland Harbour
Board’s dredger “Hapai” has finished dredging off
the Queen’s Wharf, and is now engaged in dredging off Freeman’s Bay Reclamation in connection with the new coal and
oil wharf (Western Wharf), and has six moorings laid out to
the eastward of the western tide-deflector in north, south,
east, and west directions.

Notice to Mariners No. 10 of 1920 is hereby cancelled.

Charts, &c., affected.—Admiralty Chart No. 1970; “New
Zealand Pilot, 1908,” Chapter ii, page 39; “New Zealand
Nautical Almanac,” 1920, page 257.

ROBERT DUNCAN,
Secretary.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 23 of 1920.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 11th May, 1920.

THE following Notices to Mariners, which have been
received from the Department of Navigation, Sydney,
and the Department of Trade and Customs, Melbourne, are
published for general information.

ROBERT DUNCAN,
Secretary.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

UNCHARTED ROCK NEAR MONTAGU ISLAND.

MASTERS of vessels are hereby notified that a pinnacle rock,
carrying 19 ft. low-water springs, has been discovered in the
following position:—

1. Montagu Lighthouse, bearing N. 9° E., correct magnetic.
2. Glasshouse Rocks, bearing N. 62½° W., correct magnetic.

Care should be taken by masters of vessels when navigating
westward of Montagu Island.

TASMANIA.

SOUTH COAST.—DERWENT LIGHT (“IRON POT”).—INTENDED
ALTERATION IN CHARACTERISTICS.

Mariners and others are hereby notified that the fixed white
light on Iron Pot Island, Derwent River entrance, will be
replaced by a group flashing white light (U) on or about
31st July, 1920.

Position.—Lat. 43° 4′ S., long. 147° 26′ E., on Chart No. 960.
Details.—The fixed white light will be replaced by a new
light having the undermentioned characteristics:—

Character.—Group flashing white light showing three
flashes in quick succession every nine seconds, thus—
flash ⅓ sec., eclipse 1 sec.; flash ⅓ sec., eclipse 1 sec.;
flash ⅓ sec., eclipse 6 secs.

Visibility.—11 miles.

Power.—1,500 candles.

Remarks.—The light will be unwatched. The lightkeepers
will be withdrawn. The other details of the light will remain
unchanged.

Note.—No further notice will be given.