JUNE 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1737

Notice to Mariners No. 29 of 1929.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 18th June, 1929.

NEW ZEALAND.—NORTH ISLAND.—SOUTH-EAST COAST.

Honeycomb Rock.—Light to be established.

Former Notice: Wellington Preliminary Notice No. 11 of 1929 (hereby cancelled).

Position: Inshore from Kahau Rocks, at a position 058°.1, 27·7 miles from Cape Palliser Lighthouse. Lat. 41° 22′ S., long. 175° 49′.45 E. (approx.), on Admiralty Chart No. 2528.

Date of Establishment: 30th June, 1929.

Abridged Description: (U) Fl. W. R. ev. 20 sec., 88 ft., 15 M.

Character: Flashing white with red sector every twenty seconds, thus: Flash two seconds; eclipse eighteen seconds.

Power: 2,100 H.C.P.

Sectors: White from 233° to 267°; red thence to 279°; white thence to 053°; obscured elsewhere.

Elevation: 88 ft. (26ᵐ8).

Visibility: White 15 miles; red 6½ miles.

Structure: White iron tower, 10 ft.

Remarks: The red sector shows over Kahau Rocks. The site of the light is on the summit of a high limestone rock (locally known as Honeycomb) isolated on the foreshore at high-water mark. Kahau Rocks are 25 ft. above M.H.W.S. The largest and northernmost rock is 400 ft. in length in a north-south direction and 80 ft. in width (approx.).

Note: The light is unwatched.

Caution: The contour of the coast-line and the position of Kahau Rocks are incorrectly shown on the charts; and the bottom in this locality has been only partially examined.

Charts affected: 2528—1212.

Publications: “New Zealand Pilot, 1919,” page 279; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide-tables, 1929,” page 160 No. 60, and page 303.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

(M. 3/3/175.)

Notice to Mariners No. 30 of 1929.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 19th June, 1929.

NEW ZEALAND.—SOUTH ISLAND.—NORTH-WEST COAST.

Kahurangi Point Light.—Destroyed by Earthquake.

Position: Lat. 40° 46′ S., long. 172° 13′ E. (approx.).

Details: The lighting equipment was destroyed and the station buildings considerably damaged during the earthquake which occurred on 17th June, 1929. It is expected a considerable period will elapse before repairs are effected and the light re-exhibited.

Charts affected: 2616—3629—1212.

Publications: “List of Lights, 1927,” Part VI, No. 3668; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide-tables, 1929,” page 165 No. 172; “New Zealand Pilot, 1919,” page 376.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

(M. 8/34/7.)

Notice to Mariners No. 31 of 1929.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 19th June, 1929.

NEW ZEALAND.—NORTH ISLAND.—PORT NICHOLSON.—LAMBTON HARBOUR.

Jerningham Point.—Light-buoy replaced by Light-beacon and Light altered from fixed to flashing.

Former Notice: Wellington Notice (PRELIMINARY) No. 4 of 1929 (hereby cancelled).

Position: 000°, 195 yards from Jerningham Point extremity. Lat. 41° 17′ S., long. 174° 48′ E. (approx.).

Alteration: The black buoy showing a fixed red light has been discontinued, and a concrete beacon showing a flashing-red light has been installed.

Abridged Description: Fl. R. ev. 3 sec., 20 ft., 6 M.

Character: Flashing red every three seconds, thus: Flash ⅓ sec.; eclipse, 2⅔ sec.

Elevation: 20 ft. (6ᵐ1).

Visibility: 6 miles.

Structure: Concrete cylindrical beacon, 9½ ft. in diameter and 14 ft. above M.H.W.S.

Charts affected: 803—1423.

Publications: “New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide-tables, 1929,” page 161 No. 69, and page 218; “New Zealand Pilot, 1919,” page 119.

Authority: Wellington Harbour Board, 14/6/29.

(M. 3/3/210.) G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in Nelson Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 11th June, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases of the undermentioned lands have been declared forfeited by resolution of the Nelson Land Board, the lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

Tenure: R.L. Lease No. 573. Section 7, Block XVI, Maimai Survey District. Lessee: R. J. Pedder. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

Tenure: R.L. Lease No. 184. Section 6, Block VIII, Waitapu Survey District. Lessee: F. G. Rose. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

Tenure: L.P. Lease No. 118. Sections 18, 19, and 20, Block IV, and Section 7, Block VI, Totaranui Survey District. Lessee: Cecil Morrison. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

Tenure: L.P. Lease No. 197. Sections 21 and 22, Block IV, Totaranui Survey District. Lessee: Cecil Morrison. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

Tenure: L.P. Lease No. 196. Section 6, Block VI, Totaranui Survey District. Lessee: Cecil Morrison. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Land in Taranaki Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 18th June, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned section is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 1st July, 1929.

Preference at the ballot will be given to landless applicants who have one or more children dependent on them; to landless applicants who, within two years immediately preceding date of ballot, have applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully; to applicants who have served beyond New Zealand as members of the Expeditionary Force; to persons engaged on military service beyond New Zealand in connection with the late war, if such persons immediately prior to the war were bona fide residents of New Zealand; and to applicants who, while domiciled in New Zealand, have served beyond New Zealand as members of any of His Majesty’s Forces in connection with any war other than the war with Germany.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Ohura County.—Ohura Survey District.

(Exempt from Rent for Seven Years.)

Lots 1 and 2 of Section 10, Block XI: Area, 875 acres. Capital value, £540; half-yearly rent, £10 16s.

Exempt from payment of rent for a period of seven years, provided improvements to the value of £54 are effected annually during the exemption period.

Weighted with £540, value of improvements, comprising whare, 600 chains fencing, 100 acres in grass, 775 acres felled and grassed, now deteriorated. Of this sum a deposit of £40 is payable, the balance being secured by way of first mortgage to the State Advances Superintendent.

A grazing property situated on the Kakahi and Kururau Roads, thirteen miles from Toitoi Railway-station, a quarter of a mile from Roto School, and twenty miles from Matiere Dairy Factory. The land varies from easy to steep with sandstone and papa faces showing, part of which is fairly light.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, sixty-six years, with a perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of sixty-six years.

2. Rent, 4 per cent. per annum on the capital value, payable on 1st January and 1st July in each year.

3. Applicants to be seventeen years of age and upwards.

4. Applicants to furnish statutory declaration with applications, and, on being declared successful, deposit £1 1s. (lease