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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 62

Approving and appointing Bonded Tobacco-factory.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers in me for this purpose vested by the Tobacco Act, 1908, I, Francis Henry Dillon Bell, for the Minister of Customs, do hereby, subject to the provisions of the Tobacco Act, 1908, and the regulations thereunder, approve and appoint the under-mentioned premises as a factory in which tobacco may be manufactured prior to the payment of duty thereon, namely:—

CITY OF AUCKLAND.

A brick building, comprising basement and ground floor, roofed with iron, situated on Allotment 32 of Section 36, Wakefield Street, to be known as “Pezaro’s Bonded Tobacco-factory.”

Given under my hand at Wellington, this 19th day of August, 1925.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Customs.

Notice to Mariners No. 66 of 1925.

DISTRESS SIGNALS TO BE SHOWN BY LIGHTHOUSE-KEEPERS TO VESSELS STANDING INTO DANGER, OR TO ASSIST CREW OF A WRECKED VESSEL TO LAND.

Marine Department
Wellington, N.Z., 24th August, 1925.

THE undermentioned distress-signals, which are an amended form of those issued by the Board of Trade for use in Great Britain and Ireland, are hereby prescribed and adopted for use within the Dominion of New Zealand.

Warning to Vessels standing into Danger on the Coasts of New Zealand.

In the event of a lighthouse-keeper observing a vessel standing into danger, he will inform the vessel of this fact by using one of the following signals:—
(1.) The International Code signal JD.
(2.) The letter U (- - —) flashed by lamp.

Signals to be made in order to assist Crew of a Wrecked Vessel to land.

In the event of a ship being wrecked on the coasts of New Zealand, and in the event of the crew of the wrecked vessel taking to the boats in order to get ashore, the following signals will be made by lighthouse-keepers, if they are aware of the occurrence and are on the scene of action, with the object of indicating the most suitable spot at which an attempt to land should be made.

Signal. No. 1. Signification.
By day. Flag held upright
overhead.
By night. White flare held You may attempt to land
steady or stuck in here.
ground

No. 2.
By day. Flag waved from side Landing extremely danger-
to side ous. Do not attempt to
By night. White flare waved land unless compelled to
from side to side do so.

No. 3.
By day. Flag waved to right The best landing will be
or left and then found in the direction in
pointed in direction which flag is waved and
By night. White flare held pointed, or light carried.
steady and carried
along shore to right
or left

No. 4.
By day. Two flags held up- You should attempt to land
right overhead, 50 here and by this line of
yards apart, in the approach.
line of approach, if
possible the inner-
most man being on This signal will be used
higher ground than when approach is danger-
the other ous except by a particu-
By night. White flares held or lar channel.
stuck in ground as
above, or 2 bon-
fires placed as above

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 67 of 1925.

NEW ZEALAND.—SOUTH ISLAND.—EAST COAST.—OAMARU HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 27th August, 1925.

Dredger operating.

THE Oamaru Harbour Board notify that Dredger No. 350 is operating at the entrance to Oamaru Harbour. Between sunset and sunrise during fine weather the dredger may remain at her moorings, which are eastward of the leading-beacons in transit.

Mariners are cautioned to exercise care when in the vicinity of the dredger.

Publications affected: Admiralty Chart No. 2532; “New Zealand Pilot,” ninth edition, 1919, page 356; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1925, plan facing page 262.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 68 of 1925.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 1st September, 1925.

THE following Notice to Mariners, which has been received from the Navy Office, Department of Defence, Melbourne, is published for general information.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

(Positions are approximate unless given in seconds.)

AUSTRALIA—EAST COAST, NEW SOUTH WALES, MONTAGUE ISLAND.

Existence of a Rock.

Position.—Latitude 36° 17′ 25″ south, longitude 150° 13′ 54″ east.

Remarks.—A rock with a depth of 2⅔ fathoms over it has been discovered at a distance of 2·35 miles 193 degrees from Montague Island Light House.

Charts affected: Nos. 1017, 1211.

Publication: Australian Pilot, Vol. II, page 448.

Authority: State Department of Navigation, N.S.W.

Officiating Ministers for 1925.—Notice No. 25.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 1st September, 1925.

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 John Harold Datson.

Roman Catholic Church.

The Reverend Michael J. Burke.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Westland Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 25th August, 1925.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the under-mentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Westland Land Board, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: Pas. L.R. Lease 916. Section 3196, Block XI, Waimea Survey District. Lessee: T. F. Roberts. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

Tenure: Ren. L. Lease: 477. Section 2495, Block X, Okuru Survey District. Lessee: H. M. Smith. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.