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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 90

South Australia, and Tasmania, and in the Colony of New Zealand, quarantine regulations equally stringent with those observed in this colony are rigidly enforced, and that the disease of rabies has never been known to exist in any of the said colonies: And whereas it is desirable that similar privileges to those offered to Natal shall be extended to the aforesaid colonies:

Now, therefore, I, the Governor aforesaid, do hereby proclaim, declare, and make known that from and after the date of this my Proclamation dogs may be landed from any ship, vessel, or boat coming from any ports of Australia or New Zealand as aforesaid, under similar restrictions to those enforced in regard to the Colony of Natal, as more fully set forth in the Schedule to this my Proclamation.

And this Proclamation shall be read with and as portion of my Proclamation above mentioned.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Given under my hand, and the Public Seal of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, this 2nd day of September, 1895.

HERCULES ROBINSON,
Governor.

By command of His Excellency the Governor in Council.
JOHN FROST.

No. 353, 1895.

SCHEDULE TO THE FOREGOING PROCLAMATION.

Regulations.

8. No dog shall be allowed to enter or be introduced by any ship or vessel into this colony from the Colony of Natal, the Colonies of Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, and Tasmania, and the Colony of New Zealand, except upon production to a duly-authorised officer of the Department of Agriculture of a declaration made by the owner before a Magistrate or Justice of the Peace to the effect that the said dog has for the past six months been kept in either of the colonies aforesaid, as the case may be, and not elsewhere, and that during such period it has not been brought into contact with any other dog suffering from a contagious or infectious disease, and a certificate made by a veterinary surgeon or other qualified officer duly authorised, stating that it is free from any appearance of rabies or symptoms of any other contagious or infectious disease: Provided also that, in case of dogs coming from ports of Australia or New Zealand, they shall not be landed except upon the production of a certificate, signed by the Inspector of Stock of either of such colonies, or other local authority having power to sign such certificates, as the case may be, that they are free of disease, such certificate to be to the satisfaction of the duly-authorised officer of the Department of Agriculture of this colony.

9. The commander of the vessel upon which such dog shall be so conveyed shall be required to give a certificate to the effect that during the voyage the said animal has not come into contact with any other dog coming from any extra-colonial port, and that no dogs from extra-colonial ports were carried on the vessel whilst such animal was on board.

10. Any person contravening the provisions of the above Proclamation or of these regulations, or wilfully obstructing any person in the due execution of any of the said provisions, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £50, or in default of payment to imprisonment with or without hard labour for any period not exceeding three months, unless such fine be sooner paid.

Notice to Mariners, No. 31 of 1896.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 14th November, 1896.

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

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Marine.

THE following addition, which has been made to the rules and regulations for the ports in Victoria, is published for general information:—

PROPELLERS NOT TO BE MOVED WHILST THE VESSEL IS MOORED AT A WHARF.

The person in charge of any steam-vessel shall not, without the authority of the Port Officer, Piermaster, or Wharf Manager, permit the propelling-engines of such vessel to be worked while moored alongside any wharf.

By order.
ALEXR. WILSON,
Port Officer.

Harbour Office, Customs,
Melbourne, 9th October, 1896.

PORT PHILLIP HEADS.—ELECTRIC LIGHT.

Pilots, masters of vessels, and others are hereby informed that between the 16th and 23rd instant, both dates inclusive, the electric lights at Queenscliff and Point Nepean Batteries will probably be used in connection with the defence manoeuvres at Port Phillip Heads, and blue-lights and rockets may be fired from time to time.

In the event of the electric lights being so powerful as to dazzle the observer, and render the passage through the entrance to Port Phillip uncertain and hazardous, mariners are warned to exhibit a blue-light, when the exhibition of the electric light will be immediately discontinued until the vessel in the vicinity of the Heads has passed beyond the influence of such light.

By order.
ALEXR. WILSON,
Port Officer.

Harbour Office, Customs,
Melbourne, 14th October, 1896.

VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, EASTERN ENTRANCE BASS STRAITS.

Gabo Island Light.

REFERRING to notice to mariners dated 6th February, 1889, it is hereby notified that, during the month of January, 1897, an arc of red light will be added to the principal light over Cape Howe on a bearing south 13° 40′ west round to south 33° 40′ west, and the present white light towards Little Rame Head and Mallagoota Inlet will be discontinued, and, in lieu thereof, an arc of red light will be visible from 1 mile to the south of Little Rame Head on a bearing north 45° east round to north 84° 22′ east.

After the proposed changes have been made the arc of white light will be visible, as heretofore, towards Cape Howe on a bearing south 33° 40′ west, and from thence to north 45° east.

Caution.

The arc of red light over Cape Howe is to warn mariners coming from the eastward of their close proximity thereto, and a course should not be taken to the westward until the full power of the white light is visible.

The arc of red light off Little Rame Head is to warn mariners of their near approach to the shore.

All bearings are magnetic and from seaward.

This notice will affect Admiralty charts Nos. 1016 and 1121, also page 401, Vol. i., of the Australia Directory.

Inner Harbour, Geelong.—New Pier opposite Freezing Company’s Works, North Shore.

Notice is hereby given that two mooring-buoys have been anchored in 30ft. of water eastward and westward of the end of new pier at North Shore, Geelong, and distant about 90 fathoms therefrom.

By order.
ALEXR. WILSON,
Port Officer.

Harbour Office, Customs,
Melbourne, 28th October, 1896.

Notice to Mariners, No. 32 of 1896.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 16th November, 1896.

THE following Hydrographic Notice, received from His Excellency the Naval Commander-in-Chief, Australian Station, is published for general information.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Marine.

AUSTRALIAN STATION.

“Orlando,” at Port Lincoln,
2nd October, 1896.

(Hydrographic Notice No. 27.)

1. Shoals in Western Part of Gulf of Spencer, South Australia.

INFORMATION has been received of the existence of two reefs, which are well known to fishermen at Port Lincoln, who constantly fish on them, and which are not marked on Admiralty charts:—

(1.) A shoal with about 12ft. on it lies about S.E. 2½ miles from Dangerous Reef.

Charts affected: 2389B, 2759B.

Sailing Directions: Australia, Vol. i., page 104.

(2.) A shoal with about 4 fathoms on it lies in Thorny Passage, about S.S.E. 2 miles from Hopkins Island.

Charts affected: 2389A, 2759B.

Sailing Directions: Australia, Vol. i., page 99.

(“Orlando,” Note No. 8, 1st October, 1896: Office No. 837.)

2. Shoal reported in Entrance to Port Phillip, Victoria.

A report has been received that the Orient Company’s steamer “Orcya,” drawing 26ft., bumped, when going out of Port Phillip (the sea being very rough at the time), on a spot