2558

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 54

Mining Privilege struck off Register.—Notice under the Mining Amendment Act, 1914.

Office of the Mining Registrar,
Reefton, 10th August, 1926.
NOTICE is hereby given, in accordance with the provisions of section 30 (4) of the Mining Amendment Act, 1914, that, no cause having been shown to the contrary, the mining privilege mentioned in the Schedule hereto has this day been struck off the Register.
O. B. A. SHARPE, Mining Registrar.
SCHEDULE.
No. 1865. Date : 14th December, 1906. Nature of privilege : Special quartz claim. Locality : Section XIII, Block X, Reefton Survey District. Registered holder : The Ready Bullion Mining Company (Limited).
Notice to Mariners No. 42 of 1926.
NEW ZEALAND.—NORTH ISLAND.—HAURAKI GULF.—AUCKLAND HARBOUR.
Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 13th August, 1926.
Establishment of Light-buoy.
THE Auckland Harbour Board notify that a light-buoy has been established to mark the limit of approach to the end of the western tide-deflector during reclamation operations.
Position.—008° 360 ft. from end of tide-deflector.
Description.—A black light-buoy exhibiting a flashing red light every six seconds, thus: flash 1 sec., eclipse 5 sec.
Caution.—Vessels should not pass between the light-buoy and the end of the tide-deflector.
Chart affected : 1970 (plan).
Publications affected : “New Zealand Pilot,” 1919, page 191; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1926, page 241 and plan facing page 244.
G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.
Notice to Mariners No. 43 of 1926.
NEW ZEALAND.—NORTH ISLAND.—BAY OF PLENTY.—TAURANGA HARBOUR.
Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 13th August, 1926.
Light established on Private Wharf.
NOTICE is hereby given that an unwatched fixed white light is exhibited from a height of 21 ft. (6m4) at the end of a wharf erected by the White Island Agricultural Chemical Company at Sulphur Point.
Position.—013° 4-3 cables from flagstaff (Monmouth Redoubt).
Chart affected : Plan 2521.
Publications affected : “New Zealand Pilot,” 1919, page 240; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1926, page 248.
G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.
Notice to Mariners No. 44 of 1926.
NEW ZEALAND.—SOUTH ISLAND.—EAST COAST.—PORT LYTTELTON.
Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 18th August, 1926.
Conversion of Leading Lights to Automatic.
THE Lyttelton Harbour Board notify that the fixed lights on the beacons leading through the outer dredged channel have been discontinued, and the following automatic lights established :—
Front Beacon.—A flashing red light every one and a half seconds, thus : flash 0·5 sec., eclipse 1 sec.
Rear Beacon.—An occulting white light every five seconds, thus : light 2·5 sec., eclipse 2·5 sec.
Charts affected : No. 1999 (plan).
Publications affected : “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1926, pages 203, 316, and plan facing page 318; Admiralty List of Lights, Part VI, 1924, Nos. 3029 and 3030.
G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.
CROWN LANDS NOTICES.
Land in Wellington Land District forfeited.
Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 16th August, 1926.
NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the undermentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Wellington Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown, under provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and amendments.
SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
TENURE : L.S.R.L. Lease No. 575. Section 16s, Waddington Settlement. Formerly held by D. Handley. Reason for forfeiture : Non-compliance with conditions of lease.
A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.
Land in Nelson Land District for Lease by Public Auction.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Nelson, 13th August, 1926.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section will be offered on renewable lease by public auction at the District Lands and Survey Office, Nelson, on Wednesday, the 22nd day of September, 1926, at 11 o'clock a.m., under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.
SCHEDULE.
NELSON LAND DISTRICT.
SECTION 60, Block V, Kawatiri Survey District : Area, 640 acres ; capital value, £240 ; upset annual rental, £9 12s. Situated at Fairdown, on the main Westport – Mokihinui Road. Access from Westport, seven miles distant, or one mile from Fairdown Railway-station. Undulating to steep hilly country. About 140 acres in light bush, balance covered with small manuka and light scrub. Soil of poor quality.
Abstract of Terms and Conditions.
Renewable Lease.

1. Term of lease sixty-six years, with perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of sixty-six years, but without right of purchase.
2. Rent payable half-yearly in advance on the 1st January and 1st July in each year.
3. Applicants to be seventeen years of age and upwards.
4. The highest bidder shall be the purchaser, and shall immediately upon the fall of the hammer furnish statutory declarations and deposit a half-year's rent, together with broken-period rent from date of sale to 31st December, 1926, and £1 1s. lease fee.
5. Successful bidder to execute lease within thirty days after being notified that it is ready for signature.
6. Residence is to commence within four years in bush land or swamp land, and within one year in open or partly open land, and to be continuous for ten years. Under certain conditions personal residence may be dispensed with.
7. Improvements.—Lessee is required to improve the land within one year to the value of 10 per cent. of the price, within two years to the value of another 10 per cent. of the price, and thereafter, but within six years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the price. In addition to the foregoing, and within six years, improvements are also to be effected to the value of £1 for every acre of first-class land, 10s. for every acre of second-class land, and 2s. 6d. for every acre of third-class land.
8. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.
9. Transfer not allowed until completion of two years' continuous residence, except under extraordinary circumstances, and then only with permission.
10. Roads may be taken through the lands at any time within seven years, twice the original value to be allowed for area taken for such roads.
11. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated. Title is subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1924.
    Full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Nelson.
    A. F. WATERS,
    Commissioner of Crown Lands.