MAR. 17. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 681

Approval of Fees for Licensing of Vehicles fixed by Joint By-laws.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1927.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with section 109 of the Counties Act, 1920, that so much of the joint by-laws made by the Dannevirke, Hawke’s Bay, Patangata, Waipawa, Waipukurau, Wairoa, Weber, and Woodville County Councils, and sealed with the seal of each Council on the 3rd December, 1926, 13th December, 1926, 14th December, 1926, 13th December, 1926, 11th December, 1926, 14th December, 1926, 13th December, 1926, and 10th December, 1926, respectively, as appoints the several sums to be paid to the county fund of each county for the licensing of vehicles plying for hire, has this day been approved by His Excellency the Governor-General.

R. A. WRIGHT,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block IV, Maramarua Survey District, for the Purposes of a Road.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to execute a certain public work—to wit, the construction of a road, and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Maramarua, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land required to be taken: 3 acres 3 roods 3·9 perches.
Being portion of Allotment 64, Maramarua Parish, Block IV, Maramarua Survey District. (S.O. 24136.)

In the Auckland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 67671, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 9th day of March, 1927.

K. S. WILLIAMS, Minister of Public Works.
(P.W. 34/1708.)

Notice of Intention to take Land in Blocks XIV and XV Maramarua Survey District, for the Purposes of a Road.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to execute a certain public work—to wit, the construction of a road; and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Rangiriri, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land required to be taken:—

A. R. P. Being Portion of
0 1 19·2 Section 387, Blocks XIV and XV.
0 0 13·9 ,, 387, Block XV.

Situated in Maramarua Survey District, (Auckland R.D.). (S.O. 23662/1.)

In the Auckland Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 64600 (sheet I), deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 14th day of March, 1927.

O. HAWKEN,
For Minister of Public Works.

(P.W. 62/2/1/12.)

Hauraki Plains Rating District.—Penalty on Overdue Rates.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 9th March, 1927.

IN pursuance of section 76 of the Rating Act, 1925, and the Hauraki Plains Act, 1908, the ratepayers within the district constituted by the last-mentioned Act are hereby notified that 10 per cent. additional will be added to all rates for the year ended 31st March, 1927, unpaid on the 19th April, 1927. Rates may be paid at any money-order office or to the “Collector of Rates,” Box 1659, Auckland.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

General Council of Education.—Appointment of Returning Officer.

Education Department,
Wellington, 4th March, 1927.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the regulations for the election of Members of the Council of Education, I hereby appoint

Herbert Valentine Croxton, Senior Clerk, Secretary’s Office, Education Department, Wellington,

to be Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the election of members of the Council, and name the Education Department, Government Buildings, Wellington, as the address at which the business of the election shall be conducted.

R. A. WRIGHT, Minister of Education.

Notice to Mariners No. 14 of 1927.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 14th March, 1927.

THE following Notice to Mariners which has been received from the Admiralty, London, is published for general information.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN.—GILBERT ISLANDS.

Tapeteua (Drummond) Island.—Information re Reefs.

Position.—Off Te Kapuipui, the northern end of Eanikai. Lat. 1° 09′ S., long. 174° 40′ E. (approx.).

Details.—The M.S. “Doris Crane” reports the existence of coral reefs which extend 4½ miles westward of the northern point of Tapeteua Island.

The existing note on the chart westward of Te Kapuipui is to be amended to read “Reef reported to extend 4½ miles to the westward.” (Notice No. 108 of 1927, dated 22nd January, 1927.).

Chart affected.—No. 731.

Publication.—“Pacific Islands Pilot,” Volume 2, 1918, page 574; Supplement No. 6, 1925.

Authority.—U.S. Hyd. Office Notice No. 4282 of 1926.

Notice to Mariners No. 15 of 1927.

NEW ZEALAND.—NORTH ISLAND.—EAST COAST.—ARIEL BANK.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 16th March, 1927.

Reported Obstruction unsuccessfully searched for.

Previous Notice: Marine Department’s wireless navigational warning No. 15.

Position: At a distance of 9·8 miles 196° from Gable Islet Light. Lat. 38° 41½′ S.; long. 178° 14½′ E. (approx.).

Details: The reported obstruction, which caused severe damage to s.s. “Northumberland” on 25th January, 1927; and which was reported by that vessel to exist in the above position, has been unsuccessfully searched for by the Government steamer “Tutanekai.”

NOTE.—The search, which continued for five days, was carried out with a 40-feet iron bar submerged 35 ft. suspended athwartships, and an anchor suspended 50 ft. Frequent soundings obtained were found to be in agreement with charted depths. Owing to local currents attaining 2 knots it was found impossible to keep the vessel on definite lines of transit and bearings.

Caution: This locality should be avoided until it has been closely examined.

Charts affected: Nos. 3343, 2527, 1212.

Publications: “New Zealand Pilot” 9th edition, 1919, page 259; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1927, page 114 et seq.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.