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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

Approving and appointing a Bonding Warehouse for the Manufacturing of Perfumery, &c.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this purpose vested by “The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882,” I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do hereby approve and appoint the under-mentioned premises to be a warehouse or place of security for the manufacture therein of perfumery and other articles in which spirit is a necessary ingredient:—

Port of Wellington.

A building constructed of wood and iron, situated at the rear of premises of Mr. W. F. Barraud, Molesworth Street, City of Wellington, to be known as

BARRAUD’S PERFUMERY BOND.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twelfth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner’s Order No. 265.]

Revocation of Appointment of Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the authority in me for this purpose vested, I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do, by this order under my hand, revoke and annul the appointment of the under-mentioned warehouse for the reception and security of goods entered to be warehoused without payment of duty upon the first entry thereof, namely,—

Port of Lyttelton.

A building situate on Section 11, Norwich Quay, Port of Lyttelton, and known as

HAWKINS’S BOND.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twelfth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner’s Order No. 266.]

Approving and appointing a Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this purpose vested by “The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882,” I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do hereby approve and appoint the under-mentioned warehouse to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under bond, namely,—

Port of Lyttelton.

A brick building with iron roof, situated on Section No. 68 of the Lyttelton Municipal Reserve, Lyttelton, to be known as

THE GLADSTONE BOND.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twelfth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner’s Order No. 267.]

Alterations in and Additions to the Scale of Charges in force on the New Zealand Railways.

IN accordance with section 144 of “The Public Works Act, 1882,” I, Edward Richardson, the Minister for Public Works, do hereby make the following alterations in and additions to the scale of charges, to come into force from and after the 18th day of April, 1887:—

PART IV.—LOCAL RATES.

AUCKLAND SECTION.

Goods of Classes A, B, C, and D, ex ship at Onehunga, consigned to ship at Auckland, will be charged 4s. 8d. per ton from Onehunga to Auckland, inclusive of wharfage at Onehunga. Minimum quantity, 2 tons.

As witness my hand, this ninth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
Minister for Public Works.

Notice to Mariners, No. 7 of 1887.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 12th April, 1887.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Portmaster, Brisbane, and the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, are published for general information.

Jos. A. TOLE,
(For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.)

INNER ROUTE TO TORRES STRAIT.—BEACONS ON “a” REEF, CAPE TRIBULATION, AND ON “m” REEF, CLAREMONT ISLANDS, WASHED AWAY.

NOTICE is hereby given that the beacons on “a” Reef, near Cape Tribulation, and on “m” Reef, Claremont Islands, have been washed away during the recent heavy weather. They will be replaced as soon as practicable.

G. P. HEATH,
Commander, R.N., Portmaster.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 10th March, 1887.

ALTERATION IN LIGHT, GOODE ISLAND, TORRES STRAIT.

NOTICE is hereby given that, on and after the 22nd instant, the temporary light formerly exhibited at the old signal station on Goode Island will be done away with, and a fourth-order dioptric light will be exhibited from the new tower, built on the Western Hill of that island, the elevation of which is shown on the chart as being 327ft.

The light is visible from a N.E. by E. ¼ E. to a S.W. ¾ W. bearing, when it is shut in by the high land of Hammond Island. While the light is in sight from the westward, vessels will be clear of the Gerard Banks.

The light stands at an elevation of 345ft., and will be visible in fine weather from a distance of twenty-four miles. The signal station is also moved to the same hill.

G. P. HEATH,
Commander, R.N., Portmaster.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 14th March, 1887.

GIPPSLAND LAKES.

Lake Victoria.—Light at Entrance to McLennan’s Straits.

NOTICE is hereby given that, on and after the 15th March, 1887, a red and white light, visible in clear weather about three miles distant, will be exhibited from McLennan’s Straits Jetty.

The light will be cut so as to show a white light to mark the entrance to McLennan’s Straits from Lake Victoria, and a red light to the S.E. and N.W. of such entrance.

Masters of vessels, when entering McLennan’s Straits from Lake Victoria, should keep the white light visible.

Lake King.—Additional Light to mark Entrance to Mitchell River.

Adverting to Notice to Mariners dated the 25th October, 1883, it is now further notified that, on and after the 15th March, 1887, a red and white light, visible in clear weather about three miles distant, will be exhibited from a lamp-post about 25ft. above the summer-level, erected on the north bank of the Mitchell River, and distant about one mile from the entrance beacons.

The light will be cut so as to show a white light to mark the entrance from the dolphin beacon on the south side to the white beacon on the north side of the Mitchell River entrance, and red from such beacons towards McMillan’s Straits and Jones Bay respectively.

Masters of vessels, when entering the Mitchell River, should keep the white light visible.

BANCROFT BAY.

Metung Jetty Light.

Notice is hereby given that, on and after the 15th March, 1887, a green light will be exhibited from the Metung Jetty, visible in clear weather at a distance of about three miles.

ALEXR. WILSON,
Engineer in Charge, Ports and Harbours.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 28th February, 1887.

PORT PHILLIP BAY.

Navigation of the West Channel through the Swashway.

PILOTS, masters of vessels, and others are hereby informed that a series of sand-knolls have formed to the eastward of the swashway buoy, and extending therefrom about 2 cables length, the shallowest water found being 15ft. at low-water springs.

Pending a re-survey of the vicinity, mariners are warned that the charted soundings in the “swashway,” or waters between the east end of the Royal George Shoal and No. 4 West Channel Buoy, are unreliable, and they are consequently advised not to navigate their vessels in the vicinity of such shoal-ground.

ALEXR. WILSON,
Engineer in Charge, Ports and Harbours.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 7th March, 1887.