APRIL 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1123

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block VI, Tangihua
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 Puwera, 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 0 38 Allotment 104, Maungatapere Parish.
0 0 17 ” ”
Situated in Block VI, Tangihua Survey District (Auckland
R.D.). (S.O. 23741.)
In the North Auckland Land District; as the same are
more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D.
67272, 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
April, 1927.

RICH'D. F. BOLLARD,
For Minister of Public Works.

(P.W. 33/1156.)

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block VIII, Heretaunga
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 Taradale, 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:
4·3 perches.
Being portion of Lots 29 and 30, Part Meeanee SS 44.
Situated in Block VIII, Heretaunga Survey District
(Hawke’s Bay R.D.). (S.O. 894.)
In the Hawke’s Bay Land District; as the same is
more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D.
68490, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works
at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon
coloured pink.

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

O. HAWKEN, for Minister of Public Works.

(P.W. 62/5/28/2.)

Sitting of the Native Land Court at Opotiki on the 17th May,
1927.

Registrar’s Office,
Rotorua, 14th April, 1927.

NOTICE is hereby given that the matters mentioned in
the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the
Native Land Court sitting at Opotiki on the 17th day of
May, 1927, or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court
will allow.

T. ANARU, Registrar.

[Waiariki, 1927–2.]

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SCHEDULE.

No. 37. Name of applicant: Minister of Public Works.
Name of land: Opape 6G, 6H, 6J. Nature of application:
Assessment of compensation for land taken for a road.

No. 38. Name of applicant: Minister of Public Works.
Name of land: Opape 5D, 4D, 4B. Nature of application:
Assessment of compensation for land taken for a road.

Notice to Mariners No. 27 of 1927.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 20th April, 1927.

THE following notices, which have been received from the
Department of Trade and Customs, Melbourne, are
published for general information.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

Astronomical positions are approximate unless seconds are
given. All bearings are True and in degrees from 000° (North)
to 359°, measured clockwise, and those relating to lights are
from seaward. Visibility of lights is that in clear weather.
Fog-signals are sounded only during thick or foggy weather.
Elevation given is the height of focal plane above mean H.W.
springs.

AUSTRALIA—EAST COAST—INNER BARRIER ROUTE.

Grassy Hill Light—Intended Alteration in Characteristics—
Signal-station to be discontinued.

Mariners and others are hereby notified that the fixed
white light on Grassy Hill will be replaced by a group-flashing
white light (U), and the signal-station will be discontinued
on or about 30th June, 1927.

Position.—Near summit. Lat., 15° 27½′ S.; long.,
145° 15′ E., on Chart No. 1350.

Details.—
Character.—Group-flashing white, showing two flashes
every six seconds, thus: Flash ½ sec., eclipse 1 sec.;
flash ½ sec., eclipse 4½ secs.
Power.—1,500 candles.
Visibility.—15 miles at full power from 192° through
west to 316°; obscured elsewhere.
[NOTE.—The light will be unwatched. The signal-station
will be discontinued, and the signalling hitherto carried out
at Grassy Hill will be transferred to Archer Point Signal-
station. The lightkeeper will be withdrawn.]
Remarks.—In other respects the light will remain unaltered.
Further notice will be given when the alterations have been
carried out.

Charts affected.—
Admiralty Chart No. 1350—Cook Harbour.
” No. 2923—Hope Islands to Turtle Group.
” No. 2764—Coral Sea and Great Barrier
Reefs.
” No. 2759A—Australia, northern portion.
” No. 780—Pacific Ocean, south-west sheet.

Publications affected.—Admiralty List of Lights and Time
Signals, Part VI, 1924, No. 2741. Sailing Directions with
other information relating to the Ports and Harbours of
Queensland, 1926, pages 44 and 158.

AUSTRALIA—SOUTH COAST—BACKSTAIRS PASSAGE.

Cape Jervis—Intended Alteration in Light—Signal-station to
be discontinued—Temporary Light to be exhibited.

[Mariners and others are hereby notified that the fixed
white light on Cape Jervis will be altered, and the signal-
station discontinued on or about 20th June, 1927; and further,
that from about 9th May, 1927, until about 20th June, 1927,
while the alterations are being effected, a temporary light
will be shown.]

Position.—Near north extreme. Lat., 35° 37′ S.; long.,
138° 6′ E., on Chart No. 25.

Alterations.—
(a) The character of the light will be altered from fixed
white to group-flashing white (U), showing four
flashes every twenty seconds, thus: Flash ½ sec.,
eclipse 1 sec.; flash ½ sec., eclipse 1 sec.; flash
½ sec., eclipse 1 sec.; flash ½ sec., eclipse 15 secs.
(b) The elevation will be increased from 74 ft. to 76 ft.
(c) The power will be increased from 3,000 to 5,000
candles.
(d) The height of the white circular stone tower and
lantern will be increased from 28 ft. to 31 ft.
(e) The light will be unwatched.

Signal-station.—The signal-station will be discontinued and
the keepers withdrawn.