JUNE 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1057

longitude 74° 44′ E., approximately. The light will be 140 ft. above the sea, and will be visible in clear weather from a distance of eighteen miles in all directions seaward. It will be known as the Kaph Light.

2. On a date to be hereafter fixed, a fixed white light will be exhibited from a white masonry tower to be erected on the southern end of the enclosure known as the Marine Yard at Mangalore—latitude 12° 52′ N., longitude 74° 50′ E., approximately.

The light will be 33 ft. above the sea, and will be visible in clear weather from a distance of eleven miles in all directions seaward.

3. On the Kaph Light being exhibited, the white fixed light now displayed at Mangalore will be discontinued. Tower will not be removed.

H. A. STREET,
Commander, R.I.M.,
Presidency Port Officer.

Presidency Port Office,
Madras, 26th April, 1898.

India—East Coast.

1. On a date to be hereafter fixed, a double-flashing white light, giving two flashes every ten seconds, will be exhibited from a white masonry lighthouse now in course of erection on the Golconda Coast, between False Point Divi and Point Divi—latitude 15° 47′ N., longitude 80° 59′ E., approximately. The light will be 140 ft. above the sea, and will be visible in clear weather from a distance of eighteen miles in all directions seaward. It will be known as the Kistna Light.

2. On the date of the exhibition of this light the fixed white light now displayed on Point Divi will be discontinued, but its tower will be maintained as a landmark.

3. On a date to be hereafter fixed an occulting white light will be exhibited from a white masonry tower to be erected on the coast immediately to the northward of the entrance to the Masulipatam River — latitude 16° 9′ N., longitude 81° 10′ E., approximately. The light will be 33 ft. above the sea, and will be visible in clear weather from a distance of eleven miles in all directions seaward.

4. On the date of the exhibition of this light the fixed white light now displayed from the flagstaff at Masulipatam will be discontinued.

H. A. STREET,
Commander, R.I.M.,
Presidency Port Officer.

Presidency Port Office,
Madras, 26th April, 1898.

India—Tinnevelly Coast—Gulf of Manar.

1. On a date to be hereafter fixed, a double-flashing white light, giving two flashes every ten seconds, will be exhibited from a white masonry lighthouse now in course of erection on Manapaud Point. The light will be 140 ft. above the sea, and will be visible in clear weather from a distance of eighteen miles in all directions seaward.

2. On the date of the exhibition of this light the fixed red light now displayed on Manapaud Point will be discontinued, and its tower will be removed in due course.

H. A. STREET,
Commander, R.I.M.,
Presidency Port Officer.

Presidency Port Office,
Madras, 26th April, 1898.

Notice to Mariners, No. 22 of 1898.

FOG-SIGNAL, PENCARROW HEAD, ENTRANCE TO WELLINGTON HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 29th June, 1898.

WITH reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 4 of 1898, issued by this department on the 12th January last, it is hereby notified that on and after Monday, the 11th July, 1898, the following fog-signals will be sounded near Pencarrow Head Lighthouse. The signals consist of explosions of cotton-powder charges at intervals of fifteen minutes, and will be made when the land is likely to be obscured at a distance of about three miles from seaward by either fog, mist, falling snow, or continuous rain.

It is anticipated that these sound-signals will be heard at any distance under ten miles, varying according to the state of the atmosphere and the force and direction of the wind.

Special warnings to mariners concerning fog-signals, published by the Board of Trade, are as follow :—

“Sound is conveyed in a very capricious way through the atmosphere. Apart from wind, large areas of silence have been found in different directions and different distances from the signals, in some instances even when in close proximity to the sound-signal.

“The mariner should not assume—

“1. That he is out of ordinary hearing-distance because he fails to hear the sound.

“2. That because he hears a fog-signal faintly, that he is at a great distance from it.

“3. That he is near it because he hears the sound plainly.

“4. That the distance from and the intensity of the sound on any one occasion is a guide to him for any future occasion.

“5. That the fog-signal has ceased sounding because he does not hear it even when in close proximity.”

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty charts Nos. 1423, 2054, and 695; “New Zealand Pilot,” chapter iv., pages 168 to 183.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Regulations re the Importation of Plants and Fruit into Western Australia.—Notice No. 515.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 29th June, 1898.

THE following regulations regarding the importation of plants, fruit, &c., into Western Australia are published for the information of New Zealand exporters.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister for Agriculture.

ORDERS UNDER “THE DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS AND SUBSTANCES ACT, 1880.”

Department of Lands and Surveys,
Perth, 26th May, 1898.

It is hereby notified for general information that, under the powers conferred upon him by “The Destructive Insects and Substances Act, 1880” (44th Vict., No. 5), His Excellency the Governor in Executive Council has been pleased to authorise the publication of the following Orders regulating the importation and disinfection of vine cuttings, buds, grapes, trees, plants, cuttings (other than vines), grafts, buds, seeds, pits, scions, and fruits respectively.

GEO. THROSSELL,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Orders regulating the Importation and Disinfection of Vine Cuttings, Buds, and Grapes.

1. All consignees, agents, or other persons engaged or concerned in the importation of vine-cuttings to the Colony of Western Australia shall, within forty-eight hours of the arrival of such vine-cuttings at the first port or place of debarkation in the Colony of Western Australia, deliver the said vine-cuttings to the Chief Inspector or a Local Inspector appointed in that behalf. In the event of the consignee or his agent failing to deliver the said vine-cuttings to the Chief Inspector or Local Inspector within the prescribed time, the Chief Inspector or Local Inspector shall have power to seize the said vine-cuttings. If upon such seizure the said vine-cuttings are found to be infected with any injurious insects (or their germs), or with fungi, blight, or other diseases injurious to fruit, or to fruit-trees or vines, the said Inspector shall immediately destroy the same by fire; but if the said vine-cuttings are found on inspection to be free from injurious insects (or their germs), or from fungi, blight, or other diseases injurious to fruit, fruit-trees, vines, or other trees or plants, the said Inspector shall dip the said vine-cuttings as per Order 5, and hold the same to the order of the consignee or his agent for seven clear days from the time of disinfection.

2. The importation of vines with roots or of vines that have had their roots cut off is absolutely prohibited. The importation of grapes, vine-cuttings, and buds is also prohibited, except as hereinafter provided, and subject to these regulations, which shall be strictly observed.

3. Grapes may be imported from South Australia, subject to the regulations in force for the time being for the examination and disinfection of imported fruits.

4. Vine cuttings or buds may be imported from South Australia, provided that all such cuttings and buds shall be disinfected by the Chief Inspector or Local Inspector immediately upon arrival at the port or place where they are to be landed.

5. The disinfecting of vine cuttings and buds required by the preceding Order shall be effected by dipping the same in a solution of one pound of sulphide of lime to twenty gallons of water, the cuttings to be immersed for ten (10) minutes. The consignee, agent, or other person engaged or concerned in the importation of any such vine cuttings or buds shall pay for the inspection and disinfection thereof the fees set out in the Schedule hereunder.