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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 37

Notice to Mariners.—No. 22 of 1923.

BAY OF ISLANDS.—OPUA WHARF.—EXTENSION IN PROGRESS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 24th April, 1923.

THE Bay of Islands Harbour Board notify that widening operations at the Opua Railway Wharf are in progress, and the eastern berth of the wharf will be closed to shipping until further notice.

During progress of the widening operations any vessels using the eastern berth will do so at their own risk.

Between the hours of sunset and sunrise the closed portion of the wharf will be defined by three fixed white lights, horizontally disposed, six feet apart, outside of which floating pile-driving gear will be moored, which latter will be defined by riding lights.

Vessels are warned that mooring and anchor lines are laid out in several directions, and care should be exercised when navigating in the vicinity of the widening operations.

Publications affected.—Admiralty Chart 2525, and plan 1090; “New Zealand Pilot,” ninth edition, 1919, page 152.

A. D. PARK, Secretary.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 23 of 1923.

COOK STRAIT.—ENTRANCE TO PORT NICHOLSON.—OCCASIONAL LIGHTS FOR FISHERMEN.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 24th April, 1923.

NOTICE is hereby given that two occasional green electric lights, five feet apart vertically and seventy feet apart horizontally, have been placed on the western shore of Island Bay situated two and a half miles to the westward of the entrance to Port Nicholson, for the use of fishermen employed in this locality.

These lights, which are of low power and which will not be lighted on moonlight nights, may, when in use, be visible seaward through the small channel between the island and the westward foreshore of Island Bay.

Mariners are warned that these lights are placed solely for the use of fishermen, and are not intended to be used for general purposes of navigation.

A. D. PARK, Secretary.

Mining Privileges to be struck off the Register.—Notice under the Mining Amendment Act, 1914.

Warden’s Court,
Collingwood, 5th April, 1923.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 30 of the Mining Amendment Act, 1914, that unless sufficient cause to the contrary is shown to the Minister within three months from date hereof the mining privileges mentioned in the Schedule hereto will be struck off the Register.

C. JOSS, Mining Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Pastoral Run in the Marlborough Land District liable for Forfeiture.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 23rd April, 1923.

PURSUANT to section 251 of the Land Act, 1908, notice is hereby given to the occupier of the undermentioned pastoral run that the pastoral license thereof is liable to forfeiture, and that if the rent overdue thereon, together with the full amount of the penalty, be not paid within three months after the date of the insertion of this notice in the Gazette the license will be declared forfeited.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

LICENSE No. 225; Pastoral Run 128, (Snowflake) Mount Fyffe Survey District; area, 9,530 acres; Roderick Alexander Kennedy, licensee.

JOHN COOK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Nelson Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 23rd April, 1923.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned reserve will be offered for lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Tuesday, the 29th May, 1923, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 4, Block II, Rotorua Survey District: Area, 185 acres; upset rental, £10 per annum.

LOCALITY AND DESCRIPTION OF RESERVE.

The reserve is situated close to the northern shore of Lake Rotoroa, about fourteen miles from Glenhope Railway-station, eight miles by main road, and six miles by Gowan Valley Road. Consists of undulating land, partly open, and partly bushclad with inferior birch bush and the usual undergrowth.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, twenty-one years from 1st July, 1923, without right of renewal.
2. A half-year’s rent at the rate offered and the lease fee (£1 1s.) is to be paid on the fall of the hammer.
3. The rent is to be paid half-yearly in advance on the 1st July and 1st January in each year, free from all deductions whatsoever.
4. The lessee will have no right to sublet, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the land comprised in the lease except with the prior consent in writing of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
5. The lessee shall prevent the growth and spread of gorse, broom, sweetbrier, or other noxious weeds or plants on the land comprised in the lease, and he shall with all reasonable despatch remove, or cause to be removed, all gorse, sweetbrier, broom, or other noxious weeds or plants as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
6. The lessee shall within one year from the date of the lease erect on the land an accommodation-house of at least twenty rooms with necessary outbuildings, at a cost of not less than £3,000, and maintain them in good order and condition during the term of the lease. The plans and specifications and the site of the buildings are to be approved by the Commissioner of Crown Lands before building operations are commenced.
7. The lessee shall pay all rates, taxes, and other assessments that may become due or payable.
8. After the expiration of six years from the date of the lease the lessee shall have the right to purchase the freehold of the land comprised therein for the sum of £250, provided that he has fulfilled the conditions of the lease to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
9. Should the lessee not exercise the right of purchase before the termination of the lease, the improvements effected by him will become the property of the Crown without entitling the lessee to any compensation therefor.
10. The lease shall be liable to forfeiture in case the lessee shall fail to fulfil any of the conditions of the lease within thirty days after the date on which the same ought to have been fulfilled.

H. D. McKELLAR,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.