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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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without payment of duty upon the first entry thereof, namely:—

Port of Timaru.

The warehouse known as

THE CENTRAL BOND,

as appointed and described in Commissioner’s Order No. 154, of the 23rd November, 1881.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

J. BALLANCE,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner’s Order No. 385.]

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 Dunedin.

The warehouse known as

THE CENTRAL BOND,

as appointed and described in Commissioner’s Order No. 256, of the 1st February, 1887.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

J. BALLANCE,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner’s Order No. 386.]

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 Wanganui.

The warehouse known as

TOD’S BOND,

as appointed and described in Commissioner’s Order No. 97, of the 16th February, 1877.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

J. BALLANCE,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner’s Order No. 387.]

Notice to Mariners, No. 2 of 1891.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 29th January, 1891.

WITH reference to Notice to Mariners No. 40 of 1890, issued by this department on the 21st November, 1890, the following notice to mariners, received from the Marine Board, Hobart, Tasmania, is published for general information.

JOHN McKENZIE,
For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.

POSTPONED EXHIBITION OF FLASHING WHITE LIGHT ON S.W. MAATSUYKER ISLAND, SOUTH COAST OF TASMANIA.

WITH reference to notices issued by this Board dated the 11th July and the 24th October, 1890, mariners are hereby informed that, owing to unforeseen difficulties, the exhibition of Maatsuyker Island light will be postponed until on and after the 1st day of June, 1891, when a light will be exhibited from a lighthouse on the S.W. Maatsuyker Island, the position and characteristics of which are as follow:—

The lighthouse is situated on the south side of the S.W. Maatsuyker Island, which lies off the south coast of Tasmania, in latitude 43° 39′ 30″ S., longitude 146° 17′ 30″ E. (approximate).

The tower is 42ft. in height from base to top of the lantern, and is painted white.

The light will be first order, dioptric group, flashing white light, visible all round the horizon as far as the land will allow, giving a quick double flash at intervals of thirty seconds.

The light will be elevated 350ft. above the mean sea-level, and, allowing 10ft. for the height of the eye, will be seen at a distance of twenty-five miles in clear weather, and at a lesser distance according to the state of the atmosphere.

T. M. FISHER,
Master Warden.

Marine Board Offices,
Hobart, 3rd January, 1891.

Notice to Mariners, No. 3 of 1891.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 29th January, 1891.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.

QUEENSLAND.—INNER ROUTE TO TORRES STRAIT.—SANDBANK IN POLLARD CHANNEL.

THE German Government has given notice (dated the 25th October, 1890), that the Commander of the German steam-vessel “Erlangen” has reported having struck on a sandbank with 15ft. of water over it, lying in the fairway of Pollard Channel, with Sunday Islet bearing W. ¾ S. and the largest of the Cockburn Islands N.N.W. ¾ W. Approximate position, lat. 11° 55½′ S., long. 143° 21½′ E.

NOTE.—Should the above-given position of the sandbank be correct, it would be directly in the track recommended by Captain Blackwood; the line, therefore, showing the track southward of Cockburn Reef should be removed from the Admiralty charts.

T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 29th December, 1890.

QUEENSLAND.—SHOAL OFF CAPE BOWLING GREEN.

NOTICE is hereby given that Lieutenant Pirie, R.N., Commanding H.M. surveying vessel “Paluma,” reports the discovery of a bank with 2½ fathoms over it at low-water spring-tides off Cape Bowling Green. It lies with Cape Bowling Green Lighthouse bearing S. 71° W., distant 2·8 miles. As there may be less water over it, vessels should give it a wide berth. Bearing magnetic.

T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 9th January, 1891.

VICTORIA.—PORT PHILLIP BAY.—SORRENTO CHANNEL.

REFERRING to Notices to Mariners dated the 18th September, 1876, and the 13th September, 1888, pilots, masters of vessels, and others interested are hereby notified that the two buoys which marked the western end of the Sorrento Channel have been shifted to the following positions: Black Buoy bears E. ½ N., 2¼ cables from Point King, in 8ft. 6in. low water; White Buoy bears S.E. by E. ¾ E., 2¼ cables from Point King, in 7ft. 6in. low water.

The channel will have a minimum depth of 8ft. at low water.

An extra 50-gallon cask buoy (black) has been placed in position to mark the south edge of north bank, bearing east 4 cables from outer end of Sorrento Jetty, in 6ft. 6in. low water.

A. W. MUSGROVE,
Secretary for Trade and Customs.

Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 29th December, 1890.

Notice to Mariners, No. 4 of 1891.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 31st January, 1891.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners, No. 32 of 1890, issued by this department on the 26th August last, the following notice, received from the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, is published for general information.

JOHN McKENZIE,
For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.

CAPE OTWAY.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners dated the 6th August, 1890, mariners and others are hereby notified that it is intended, on and after the 1st April, 1891, to exhibit from the old lighthouse tower at Cape Otway a first-order dioptric light, showing white flashes in groups of three every minute, and to discontinue the exhibition of the present catoptric light, which is now being shown from a temporary wooden structure erected about 20ft. to the southward of the stone tower. The stone tower has not been altered.