Nov. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3049

Convention to any country in respect of which such notification of accession has been given. In the absence of such notice, the termination of the Convention under Article 16 shall not effect its application to any such country.

(c) Any notification made under paragraph (a) of this Article may include any dependency or mandated area administered by the Government of the country in respect of which the notification of accession is given; and any notice of termination given under paragraph (b) shall apply to any such dependency or mandated area which was included in such notification of accession.

In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Convention and have affixed thereto their seals.

Done in duplicate at London, the 20th day of March, 1928.

[L.S.] AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN.
[L.S.] STHAMER.

Notice to Mariners No. 65 of 1929.

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

(PRELIMINARY.)

NEW ZEALAND.—SOUTH ISLAND.—COOK STRAIT.—TORY CHANNEL EASTERN ENTRANCE.

1. Leading Beacons, lights: Intended alteration to automatic.

2. West Head: Intended installation of light.

3. Position: About one mile north-westward of the eastern entrance to Tory Channel. Lat. 41° 12' S., long. 174° 19' E. (approx.).

Date of Intended Alteration: During January, 1930.

Alteration: The existing fixed lights are to be altered to automatic occulting, as follows:—
Front: Occulting with one eclipse every 6 seconds, thus: Light 3 sec., eclipse 3 sec.
Rear: Occulting with one eclipse every two seconds, thus: Light 1.0 sec., eclipse 1.0 sec.

Remarks: The lights will be unwatched.

2. Position: On the summit of West Head, at the western side of the eastern entrance to Tory Channel. Lat. 41° 13' S., long. 174° 20' E. (approx.).

Date of Intended Installation: During January, 1930.

Installation: An automatic group-flashing light, showing two flashes every twenty seconds, thus: Flash 1.0 sec., eclipse 1.0 sec., flash 1.0 sec., eclipse 17 secs.

Remarks: The light will be unwatched.

Further notice will be issued.

Charts affected: 2685—695—2054—3629—1212.

Publications: List of Lights, 1927, Part VI, Nos. 3580 and 3581; New Zealand Pilot, 1919, page 318; New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide-tables, 1929, page 162 No. 112, and 1930, page 165 Nos. 125 and 126, and page 324.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

(M. 8/54/1.)

Notice to make Returns of Income under the Land and Income Tax Act, 1923, and Amendments.

Land and Income Tax Department,
Wellington, 21st November, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in pursuance of the above Act and the regulations made thereunder, every person and company, whether a taxpayer or not, having derived income from the use or occupation of lands used for agricultural or pastoral purposes, if the unimproved value of all such lands owned or occupied by such person or company at any one time during the income year was not less than fourteen thousand pounds, or from the removal and sale of flax during the year ended 31st March, 1929, is hereby required to make and furnish to me returns of such income on or before the 6th December, 1929; and, further, notice is hereby given that such returns shall in all cases be delivered at or forwarded to the office of the Commissioner of Taxes in the Government Buildings, at Wellington.

E. J. R. CUMMING,
Commissioner of Taxes.

NOTE.—Forms of return may be obtained at any post-office.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Taranaki Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 20th November, 1929.

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

SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: R.L.L.S. Lease No. 55. Section part 1s and 3s. Huatoki Settlement. Lessee: A. Avery. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

Tenure: R.L. Lease No. 212. Section 21, Block XV, Ngatimaru Survey District. Lessee: T. G. F. Lowe. Reason for forfeiture: At request.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Land in Marlborough Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 20th November, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the undermentioned land having been declared forfeited by resolution of the Marlborough Land Board, the said land has thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.
MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE: S.G.R. Lease No. 32. Section 5, Block I, Tennyson Survey District. Lessee: John Joseph Gould. Reason for forfeiture: Non-compliance with terms of lease.

GEO. W. FORBES, Minister of Lands.

Land in Wellington Land District for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 20th November, 1929.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land will be opened for selection in terms of the Land Act, 1924; and application will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, up to 12 o'clock noon on Tuesday, 10th December, 1929.

The land may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or on deferred payments, or be selected on renewable lease.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, at 10.30 o'clock a.m. on Wednesday, 11th December, 1929, but if any applicant so desires he may be examined by the Land Board or any other district.

The ballot will be held immediately after the examination of applicants.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Pahiatua County.—Makuri Survey District.

SECTION 27, Block VII: Area 120 acres. Capital value, £180. Deposit on deferred payments, £10; half-yearly instalment on deferred payments, £5 10s. 6d. Renewable lease: Half-yearly rent, £3 12s.

Weighted with £152 10s., value of improvements comprising felling, clearing, grassing, and fencing. This amount may either be paid in cash or by a cash deposit of £57 10s., and the balance secured to the State Advances Superintendent on first mortgage, twenty-years table; interest at 6 per cent. per annum.

Situated in the north-east Puketoi Block, having frontages to the Makuri and Waewaepa Roads. Access is from Pahiatua or Woodville, which are about twenty-one miles distant by formed dray-roads. The section comprises broken, hilly land, falling steeply from road frontages. Most of the bush has been felled, and second growth is appearing in places. The soil is of fair quality resting on rotten rock formation. Altitude, 1,800 ft. to 2,200 ft. above sea-level.

Full particulars can be obtained from this office.

H. W. C. MACKINTOSH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.