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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 38

Result of Election of Members of River Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1927.

THE following result of election of members of a River Board has been received from the Returning Officer, and is published in accordance with the provisions of the River Boards Amendment Act, 1913.

G. P. NEWTON, Assistant Under-Secretary.

Makarewa-Hedgehope River District, County of Southland—
Peter Adamson.
James Fleming.
John Laurie.
Angus McIntyre.
Henry Horton.

Notice to Mariners No. 34 of 1927.

SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN.—KERMADec ISLANDS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 27th May, 1927.

Raoul, or Sunday Island, now uninhabited.

Previous notice: No. 73 of 1926.
Position: Lat., 29° 15′ S; long., 177° 57′ W (approx.).
Details: There are now no human inhabitants residing on Sunday Island.
Charts affected: Nos. 568—788—2283.
Publications: New Zealand Pilot, 9th edition, page 476.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 35 of 1927.

NEW ZEALAND.—NORTH ISLAND.—HAURAKI GULF.—RIVER THAMES.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 30th May, 1927.

(1) Harbour lighted leading beacon;
(2) Eastern tidal wall lighted beacon in course of erection;
(3) Western tidal wall light proposed.

Position: Lat. 37° 08′ S.; long. 175° 32′ E. (approx.).
Details: (1) A four-pile beacon, having a black and white surmount, is in course of erection on the southern portion of the tidal wall embracing the tidal basin now under construction. When completed, this beacon will show a flashing white light over the entrance channel to the tidal basin. (2) A four-pile beacon, having a black surmount, is in course of erection at the outer end of the eastern tidal wall. When complete, this beacon will show a fixed green light. (3) It is proposed to install a four-pile beacon, having a red surmount and showing a fixed red light, at the outer end of the western tidal wall.

Remarks: The harbour-improvement scheme, providing for an enclosed tidal basin and an entrance channel to be dredged to a depth of 6 ft. at M.L.W.S. is now being proceeded with.
Further notice: Further notice concerning characteristics, &c., of these lights will be given.
Charts affected: Nos. 1108 (plan)—2543.
Publications: New Zealand Pilot, 9th edition, page 213 et seq.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 36 of 1927.

NEW ZEALAND.—SOUTH ISLAND.—FOVEAUX STRAIT.—BLUFF HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 31st May, 1927.

No. 3 Lighted Beacon replaced and Temporary Buoy withdrawn.

Previous notice: No. 67 of 1926.
Position: Lat., 46° 37′ S.; long., 168° 20′ E. (approx.).
Details: No. 3 lighted beacon, which was destroyed as the result of a collision in November, 1926, has been replaced, and the temporary red conical buoy which marked its position has been withdrawn.
Charts affected: Nos. 2540—3484 (plan).
Publications: New Zealand Pilot, 9th edition, page 466, line 38; New Zealand Nautical Almanac, 1927, page 305, and plan facing page 308.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

Surveyors licensed.

Surveyors’ Board of New Zealand,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1927.

IT is hereby notified for general information that licenses under the Surveyors’ Institute and Board of Examiners Act, 1908, have been issued by the Surveyors’ Board to the following surveyors:—

Hyauiaison, David Selwyn, of Onehunga,
Pascoe, Ralph William, of Wairoa, H.B.

M. CROMPTON SMITH,
Secretary, Surveyors’ Board.

Sitting of the Native Land Court at Whangarei on 29th June, 1927.

Registrar’s Office,
Auckland, 27th May, 1927.

NOTICE is hereby given that the matters mentioned in the Schedule hereunder written will be heard by the Native Land Court sitting at Whangarei on Wednesday, the 29th day of June, 1927, at 10.30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the business of the Court will allow.

Upon conclusion of the sitting at Whangarei the Court will adjourn to Kawakawa.

E. P. EARLE, Registrar.

(Tokerau, 1927-9.)

SCHEDULE.

APPLICATION FOR COMPENSATION.

No. 132. Applicant: Whangarei County Council. Name of land: Parimata-Mokau 2, Lot 6, D.P. 7246. Nature of application: Assessment of compensation for land taken for a road.

Officiating Ministers for 1927.—Notice No. 18.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 31st May, 1927.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

The Methodist Church of New Zealand.
Mr. Reginald Grice.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Canterbury Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 24th May, 1927.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-mentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Canterbury Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: R.L. 747. Section 2, Isleworth Settlement. Formerly held by J. P. Horgan. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

O. HAWKEN, for Minister of Lands.

Reserve in Otago Land District for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 25th May, 1927.

NOTICE is hereby given that a lease of the undermentioned reserve, for a term of twenty-one years, will be offered for lease by public auction at this office on Thursday, 30th June, 1927, at 10.30 o’clock a.m., under the provisions of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, and amendments.