3026

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 90

Details.—The revolving white light will be replaced by a
group flashing white light, having the undermentioned
characteristics :—

Character. — Group flashing white light showing three
flashes in quick succession every nine seconds, thus—
flash 1/2 sec., eclipse 1 sec.; flash 1/2 sec., eclipse 1 sec.;
flash 1/2 sec., eclipse 6 secs.

Power.—3,000 candles.
Visibility.—17 miles.
Caution.—The light will not be visible within a radius
of about 4 miles of Deal Island.
Remarks.—The light will be unwatched. The signal-
station will be discontinued. The other details of the light
will remain unchanged.
Note.—Further notice will be issued when the alterations
have been effected.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 63 of 1920.
WAIKATO BAR.—BEACONS ALTERED.
Marine Department,
Wellington, 3rd November, 1920.
NOTICE is hereby given that the bar at the entrance of
the Waikato River has again shifted a little to the
northward. The beacons have been shifted, and now bear,
when in line, 70° 45' (N. 55° 45' E. mag.). Notice to Mariners
No. 52 of 1919 is hereby cancelled.
Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 2535; “New
Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, page 220; “New Zealand
Pilot,” ninth edition, pages 75 and 76; “New Zealand Nautical
Almanac,” 1920, pages 427 and 428.
ROBERT DUNCAN, Secretary.

Officiating Ministers for 1920.—Notice No. 33.
Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1920.
PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908,
the following names of Officiating Ministers within
the meaning of the said Act are published for general information :—
Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called
the Church of England.
The Reverend George Gordon Bell, M.A.
Congregational Independents.
Mr. John Harrison.
The Reverend Henry Joseph Huffadine.
Brethren.
Mr. Frank Bickerton.
W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Public Trust Office.—Appointment of District Manager,
Rangiora.
IT is notified for public information that a branch of the
Public Trust Office, under the control of Mr. W. J.
Turnpenny will be opened at Rangiora, as from the lst
proximo.
Dated at Wellington this 27th day of October, 1920.
ROBERT TRIGGS, Public Trustee.

Public Trust Office.—Appointment of District Manager, Waipukurau, and Closing of Agency at Waipawa.
IT is notified for public information that a branch of
the Public Trust Office, under the control of Mr. A. O.
Williams, will be opened at Waipukurau, as from the 1st
proximo.
The agency now existing at Waipawa will be terminated
on the 31st instant.
Dated at Wellington this 29th day of October, 1920.
ROBERT TRIGGS, Public Trustee.

Estimated Areas under Wheat and Oats, Season 1920–21.
Census and Statistics Office,
Wellington, 3rd November, 1920.
AS in previous years, cards were sent out by post to grain-
growers throughout the Dominion, asking them to
state what areas they had sown or proposed to sow in wheat
and oats this season.
The subjoined estimates are based on the figures obtained
by a tabulation of the cards returned.

WHEAT AND OATS.—APPROXIMATE AREAS 1919–20, AND
AREAS ESTIMATED AS SOWN OR TO BE SOWN 1920–21.
Wheat. Oats.
Acres. Acres.
Areas, 1919–20 : For threshing .. 139,601 179,734
For chaffing .. 2,049 321,461
Total harvested .. 141,650 501,195
Not harvested .. 737 14,810
Grand totals .. 142,387 516,005

Areas, 1920–21 (estimated) :-
North Island .. 5,600 60,500
South Island .. 208,300 408,200
Totals .. 213,900 468,700

Particulars as to varieties sown or intended to be sown
were again asked for. The following table gives a summary
of results in cases where varieties were specified :-

Tuscan Hunter's Velvet or Total
or Long- (Varieties). Pearl. Specified
berry. Varieties.
Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres.
North Island .. 3,334 980 226 4,540
Nelson, Marlborough, 1,777 573 218 2,568
and Westland
Canterbury .. 92,543 45,493 10,987 149,023
Otago and Southland 18,355 10,379 7,799 36,533
Dominion totals 116,009 57,425 19,230 192,664

MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.

Population of the Dominion.
RETURN of the Estimated Population of the Dominion of New Zealand on the 30th September, 1920.

BIRTHS.
The births registered during September quarter numbered 7,698, an increase of 286 on the number for the preceding
quarter, and of 1,866 when compared with September quarter, 1919. The birth-rate for the nine months ended 30th
September is equal to an annual rate of 25·68 per 1,000 of mean population, as compared with a rate of only 21·55 for the
year 1919.
Census and Statistics Office,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1920.

MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.