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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

miles to East Cape, forming four successive bays, the
depth of water in which has not been ascertained.
The hills forming the ridge of this promontory are
of regular shape and well defined, gradually decreas-
ing in altitude as East Cape is approached. The two
peaks next, east of Mount Killerton, are tufted, a
small group of large trees growing near the summit
of each. Eastward of these, the hollows between the
hills become deeper, giving to them, when seen at a
distance, the appearance of islands.

East Cape of New Guinea is the extremity of the
promontory just described, the hills of which end in
a double summit 388 feet high, thickly wooded on
the north-west, but clear and well cultivated on the
north-east side. A narrow strip of sand-beach here
fringes the coast, and a village possessing a few
canoes is situated close to the water's edge. From
the eastern summit of East Cape, the summit of
Lydia Island bears E. by S., distant 9 miles, and
Cape Prevost, of Normanby Island (D'Entrecasteaux
Group), N.N.E. E., distant 9 miles.

The Natives, though formerly friendly, during a
second visit appeared shy, and could with difficulty
only be persuaded to accompany the surveying party
to the peak, although all endeavour was made to
propitiate them with hoop-iron and red handkerchief;
and it was with evident relief that they saw the boats
take their departure.

Anchor and Chain Islets, situated on a tongue of
coral reef, north-east and south-west of each other,
1 mile apart, and north-east of East Cape, are small,
low, and thickly wooded. Anchor Islet is the larger
of the two, and nearest to East Cape, from which it
is separated by a narrow boat channel, through which
the tide sets with considerable velocity. It is half
a mile long, by about a cable broad, and near the
southern centre a grassy mound rises to a level with
the tops of the trees, with which it is thickly clothed.
The coral reef from which it springs extends from its
northern side to a distance of half a mile, and has
several boulder rocks above water.

Chain Islet is nearly a third of a mile in length,
east and west, by a cable in breadth, densely wooded,
and surrounded by a narrow strip of sand-beach.
Midway between these two islets a dip takes place in
the coral reef, and a sand-bank near the centre of the
channel between them shows dry at all times of tide.

To the southward of Anchor and Chain Islets, and
between them and Lydia Island, the depths are
irregular, and numerous coral reefs, upon which
the sea often breaks, block up what would otherwise
be the shortest route through Goschen Strait.

The East Coast of New Guinea has now been
followed from what was formerly erroneously termed
Heath Point (now Heath Island), and the point
immediately north of the Leocadie Islands, (where
the description given in vol. ii., 2nd edition of the
Australian Directory, page 380, ceases to be correct,)
to the newly-discovered East Cape as found by
Captain J. Moresby. The islands to the southward,
discovered by the same officer, will be next described,
together with the islands' rocks and dangers found
existing in this locality during the recent survey.

L. S. DAWSON,
Lieutenant, and Admiralty Surveyor.

ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO BUOYS AND
BEACONS LAID DOWN IN WESTERN PORT.
The following Notice to Mariners is published for
general information.

EDWARD COHEN.
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Melbourne, 22nd September, 1874.

PILOTS; masters of vessels, fishermen, and others are
Informed that—

1. A Beacon has been erected on the Crayfish
   Rock, sixteen feet high, with a five (5) foot square
   on the top, painted white.

2. A Black Cask Buoy (50 gallons) has been laid
   down in 8 feet at low water, to mark the dangers of
   Adams Point, and the following magnetic bearings
   mark the positions of this buoy:—
   Brilla Island ... S. E.
   Eagle Rock ... W. b. S. S.
   Crayfish Rock Beacon ... S.W. W.

3. A Beacon has also been erected on a patch of
   rock just awash at low water, off Stony Point Reef
   Island. The beacon is a little more than a cable's
   length off the point, is 20 feet high, with a 4 foot
   square painted white.

4. The Buoy on Maggie Shoal has been changed
   in colour from chequered black and white to white
   only.

5. The Buoy of McHaffie's Reef has been changed
   in colour from red to white.

CHARLES B. PAYNE,
Chief Harbour Master.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 21st September, 1874.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 19th October, 1874.

THE following lists of successful and unsuccessful
Tenderers are published for general information.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

TIMARU AND WAITAKI RAILWAY.
SOUTHERN CONTRACT.
Accepted. £ s. d.
George Pratt, Timaru ... ... 18,544 7 8

Declined.
Jos. Hadfield, Christchurch ... 20,426 0 6
D. Proudfoot, Dunedin ... 21,238 0 0
Walter Fuller, Christchurch ... 22,766 18 2
Brogden and Sons, Wellington ... 23,770 3 6

WAIKATO BRIDGE CONTRACT.
Accepted. £ s. d.
J. Taylor, Auckland ... ... 12,789 0 0

Declined.
J. Brown, Tararu ... ... 16,993 5 0
G. Edgecumbe, Newcastle ... 17,788 1 9
W. Cameron, Auckland ... 21,218 0 0

• Licensed Distributor of Stamps appointed.

Office of the Commissioner of Stamp Duties,
Wellington, 16th October, 1874.

IT is notified for public information, that
Mr. JOHN MARSHALL BROWN,
Rattray Street, Dunedin, has been appointed a
Licensed Distributor of Duty Stamps.
By order of the Commissioner of Stamp Duties.
W. H. WARREN.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the parcel of land
hereinafter described will be brought under
the provisions of "The Land Transfer Act, 1870,"
unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within
one calendar month from date of gazetting this notice.
HENRY CHARLES ROBJOHNS, Applicant.
-2 roods, Town Section 333, Napier. (E. Lyndon,
Broker.)

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 17th day of October, 1874, at the
Lands Registry Office, Napier.

575 HANSON TURTON,
District Land Registrar.