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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 64

Notice to Mariners No. 34 of 1931.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 2nd September, 1931.

NEW ZEALAND.—NORTH ISLAND.—GISBORNE HARBOUR.
Alteration in Light.

Position: Outer end of Western Groyne. Lat. 38° 40′·6 S.; long. 178° 01′·4 E. (approx.).

Alteration: On 14th September, the character of the light will be altered from fixed white to fixed green.

Charts affected: 3321—3343—2527—2528.

Publications: Admiralty List of Lights, Part VI, 1930, No. 3394; New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide-tables, 1931, page 223, and plan of harbour.

Authority: Gisborne Harbour Board, 20/8/31.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

(M. 3/13/97.)

Notice to Mariners No. 36 of 1931.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 2nd September, 1931.

THE following information has been received from the Secretary, Department of Transport, Melbourne, and is published for general information.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.—LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
1931. No. 1.

Astronomical positions are approximate unless seconds are given. 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.—SOUTH COAST.—BASS STRAIT.—CHAPPELL ISLANDS.

Goose Island: Intended Alteration in Light.

Mariners and others are hereby notified that the fixed white light on Goose Island will be replaced by a group-flashing white light (U) on or about 30th November, 1931.

Position: Near south point. Lat. 40° 19′ S., long. 147° 48′ E., on Chart No. 1706.

Alterations:—

Character: The fixed white light will be replaced by a group-flashing white light (U), showing four flashes every twenty seconds, thus—Flash, 0·3 sec.; eclipse, 3 sec.; flash, 0·3 sec.; eclipse, 3 sec.; flash, 0·3 sec.; eclipse, 3 sec.; flash, 0·3 sec.; eclipse, 9·8 sec.

Power: The power will be increased from 20,000 candles to 35,000 candles.

NOTE.—The light will be unwatched. The lightkeepers will be withdrawn. In other respects the light will remain unaltered.

Remarks: Further notice will be given when the alterations have been completed.

Charts affected: Admiralty Chart No. 1706—Banks Strait; Admiralty Chart No. 1695A—Bass Strait; Admiralty Chart No 1079—Tasmania; Admiralty Chart No. 2759B—Australia —southern portion.

Publications affected: Admiralty List of Lights, Part VI, 1930, No. 3252.

By direction—
H. C. BROWN,
Secretary, Department of Transport.

B. WALLACH, Director of Lighthouses,
Department of Transport, Melbourne, 16th July, 1931.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 29th August, 1931.

THE Tolaga Bay Lodge, No. 155, with registered office at Tolaga Bay, is registered as a branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of New Zealand Friendly Society, under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 29th day of August, 1931.

R. WITHEFORD,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in the Auckland, Taranaki, and Canterbury Land Districts forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 1st September, 1931.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leases and licenses of the undermentioned lands having been declared forfeited by resolutions of the Land Boards of the respective land districts, the said lands have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915.

SCHEDULE.

• This notice is in substitution of that dated 1st July, 1931, and published at page 1878 of the Gazette of the 2nd July, 1931.

(L. and S. 22/950/1; 22/950/3; 22/950/8.)

E. A. RANSOM, Minister of Lands.