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from 145° 30' to 150°; green from 150° to 161°; obscured elsewhere.
Approx. position: 32° 08' S., 115° 46' E.
2. The red light and bell buoy, showing a flashing white light every 5 seconds, heretofore moored in (approximately) 32° 00' S., 115° 40' E., has been moved about 1·7 miles, 41°.
3. The pilots boarding-ground is now in (approximately) 31° 58' S., 115° 39' E.
Notice to Mariners.—No. 10 of 1922.
HAURAKI GULF.—FLAT ROCK BEACON LIGHT.
Marine Department,
Wellington, 14th February, 1922.
NOTICE is hereby given that the lighted beacon situated on Flat Rock (locally known as Canoe Rock) has been readjusted, and is now exhibiting its original tabulated characteristics in accordance with the following description:—
Aga light (U) group flashing, 3 flashes every 9 seconds (0·3 second flash, 0·9 second eclipse; 0·3 second flash, 0·9 second eclipse; 0·3 second flash, 6·3 seconds eclipse).
This notice cancels Notice to Mariners No. 37 of 1920.
Publications affected.—Admiralty Charts Nos. 1198, 2543, and 3565; “New Zealand Pilot,” ninth edition, 1919, page 178; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1922, pages 158 and 285.
ROBERT DUNCAN, Secretary.
Notice to Imprestees under the Public Revenues Act, 1910.
The Treasury,
Wellington, 15th February, 1922.
EVERY officer holding advances of public money is hereby required to pay to the Public Account, at the nearest branch of the Bank of New Zealand, the unexpended balance of his account on or before Friday, the 31st March proximo, and forthwith to transmit to the Treasury at Wellington the bank receipt for such repayment, together with an account of his expenditure to the same date, as required by clause 5 of the Treasury Regulations.
With regard to disbursements which officers may require to make immediately after the close of the financial year, requisitions for the amount required are to be made in such time as to enable them to reach Wellington not later than the 17th March, so that the requisite funds may be placed at the disposal of the officer as soon after the 1st April as possible. Imprestees are further notified that telegraphic advice of remittances made by the Treasury on 1st April will not be sent. They will therefore require to ascertain from the bank if their imprest accounts have been replenished.
W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Finance.
Maori Land for Lease by Public Tender.
Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board, Auckland, 24th January, 1922.
NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations thereunder, that tenders will be received at the office of the Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board up to 4 p.m. on Thursday, the 2nd March, 1922, for lease of the land named in the Schedule hereto.
SCHEDULE.
Turoto B 2B Block, Pirongia Survey District: Area, 42 acres 3 roods 7 perches; upset annual rental, £10 15s.
CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The term of the lease shall be eighteen years from the 1st January, 1922, at the rental tendered, with right of renewal for a further term of seventeen years and a half at a rental assessed at 5 per cent. on the unimproved value of the land at the time of the renewal, such valuation, in the event of a dispute, to be determined by arbitration. Compensation for substantial improvements shall be allowed to the lessee at the expiration of the second term of the lease, as provided in section 263 of the Native Land Act, 1909.
2. Residence to commence within four years in bush lands or swamp lands, and within one year in open or partly open lands, and to be continuous for six years.
3. Lessee has no right to minerals without license, but he may use on the land any minerals for any agricultural, pastoral, household, roadmaking, or building purposes.
4. Every lessee shall bring into cultivation,—
   (a.) Within one year from the date of his lease, not less than one-twentieth of the land leased by him;
   (b.) Within two years from the date of his lease, not less than one-tenth of the land leased by him;
   (c.) Within four years from the date of his lease, not less than one-fifth of the land leased by him;
   and shall, within six years from the date of his lease, in addition to the cultivation of one-fifth of the land, have put substantial improvements of a permanent character (as defined by the Land Act, 1908) on first-class land to the value of £1 for every acre of such land, and on second-class land to an amount equal to the net price of every acre of such land: Provided that in no case shall the additional improvements required on second-class land be more than 10s. per acre, or 2s. 6d. on third-class land.
5. (a.) Rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance.
   (b.) Lessee shall not assign the lease without the consent of the Board.
   (c.) Lessee will cultivate the land in a husbandlike manner, and keep it free from noxious weeds.
   (d.) Lessee will keep fences and buildings in repair.
   (e.) Lessee will fence without any right of resort to the Board for contribution on account of the Board owning or occupying adjacent land; but this provision shall not deprive the lessee of any rights he may have against any subsequent occupier, other than the Board, of such adjacent land.
   (f.) A copy of the form of lease can be inspected at the office of the Under-Secretary for Native Affairs, Wellington, or the office of the Board.
   GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS.
6. The land to be leased subject to reserve price or rental specified in each case.
7. Every tender shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope, addressed to the President of the Board, and marked on the outside as follows: “Tender for lease of , Block (No. , in red), in sale plan No. 46.”
8. Tenders for lease must be accompanied by six months’ rent, lease fee (£4 4s.), an amount sufficient to cover stamp duty and registration fee, and the amount with which the section is loaded for improvements (if any). Note.—Stamp duty will be 6s. if rent is under £50 per annum, with an additional 3s. for each further £50 or fraction thereof; registration fee is uniformly 10s.
9. The highest tenderer to be declared the lessee, but the Board reserves to itself the right to decline to accept any tender.
10. The successful lessee will require to make a declaration to the effect that he is legally qualified to become the lessee of the land, and that he is acquiring the land solely for his own use and benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person.
11. The lands are offered under the Native Land Act, 1909, and the regulations made thereunder, and lessees shall be deemed to be acquainted with the provisions thereof, and be bound thereby as effectually as if such provisions were embodied herein.
    INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS.
    The land is described for the general information of intending tenderers, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make personal inspection, as the Board is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.
    The area may be liable to slight alterations.
    Tenders must be sent to the office of the Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board, Auckland, and must be made on the proper forms, to be obtained at the office of the Board
    Full particulars may be obtained at the office of the Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board, Auckland.
    C. E. MacCORMICK,
    President, Waikato-Maniopoto District Maori Land Board.