2226
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 102

Notice to Mariners, No. 46 of 1899.

ALTERATION OF BUOYAGE SYSTEM AT MANUKAU HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 29th November, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in order to decrease the risk of navigation at night-time in the Manukau Harbour, the buoys have been so altered and arranged that the starboard-hand buoys on entering the harbour are all cask- or barrel-shaped and painted red, except the turning-buoys, which are cone-shaped, surmounted with staff and cage, and painted red.

The port-hand buoys are all iron buoys and painted black, but are of various shapes, some being conical, some flat-topped, and others dome-shaped.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty chart No. 2726; “New Zealand Pilot,” 1891, Chapter vi., pages 256 to 264.

T. THOMPSON,
For Minister of Marine.

Notice to Mariners, No. 47 of 1899.

LEADING-BEACONS, WHAINGAROA (OR RAGLAN) HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 29th November, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that, owing to changes in the position of the bar of Whaingaroa (or Raglan) Harbour, the old leading-beacons on North Head are not now of any use. Other beacons have been erected by the Northern Steamship Company near the Township of Raglan. Captain Bollons, of the Government steamer “Hinemoa,” reports having examined these beacons and the bar at the entrance to the river, where the least water found with the beacons in line was 10 ft. at low water, spring tides.

The beacons are situated on Te Kohae Point, near the Township of Raglan, on the starboard or south side of the river. They bear E. by N. ½ N., and W. by S. ½ S., from one another, and lie about two cables apart; they are open-boarded and painted white.

The lower or front one is situated in the Government Reserve and near the Courthouse, the upper or back one being built about 8 ft. from the roadside.

The old beacons on the North Head are still standing, but are quite useless for the channel as it at present exists. Bearings correct magnetic.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty chart No. 2534; “New Zealand Pilot,” 1891, chap. vi., pages 266 to 267.

T. THOMPSON,
For Minister of Marine.

Notice to Mariners, No. 48 of 1899.

AOTEA HARBOUR. — LEADING-BEACONS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 29th November, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that two beacons have been erected to lead over the bar at the entrance to Aotea Harbour. They are situated about one-third of a mile to the southward of Kapua-te-mauna, or South Head, and are built on rising ground and ridges, the back or upper one being about 100 ft. higher than the front beacon. The ground is dark, and the white beacons stand out clearly, being visible ten miles at sea. The beacons are about 400 ft. apart, and bear N.E. by E. ¼ E., and S.W. by W. ¼ W., from one another (correct magnetic). They are triangular in shape, and painted white.

Should the beacons by any chance get blown down, good natural marks can be had by keeping an umbrella-shaped clump of trees near the top of the hill (south of the South Head) just open to the southward of a big clump of pohutukawa-trees (dark green), which are near the lower part of the hill to the westward.

These marks are very conspicuous, and easily picked up, and lead in over the bar in deepest water.

The least water on the bar at low water, spring tides, is 4 ft.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty chart No. 2535; “New Zealand Pilot,” 1891, Chapter vi., pages 268 and 269.

T. THOMPSON,
For Minister of Marine.

Notice to Mariners, No. 49 of 1899.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 1st December, 1899.

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

T. THOMPSON,
For Minister of Marine.

VICTORIA [No. 23].—PORT PHILLIP BAY.—POPE’S EYE BANK.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 22, dated 4th instant, it is hereby notified that the buoy which broke adrift from the S.W. limit of the Pope’s Eye Bank has been replaced in position.

This notice affects Admiralty charts 1171A and 2747A; “Australia Directory,” Vol. i., page 446; and General Notice to Mariners, Victoria, page 64.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Harbour Office, Customs,
Melbourne, 24th October, 1899.
Port Officer.

[No. 24].—PORT PHILLIP BAY.—SUNKEN WRECK.

Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 21, dated 19th September, 1899, it is hereby notified that the sunken steamship Excelsior has now been moved further towards Point Gellibrand Floating Light, and that, in order to permit of the necessary operations in connection with the recovery of the vessel being conducted with safety and efficiency, it is necessary that vessels passing within a radius of three-quarters of a mile from the wreck slacken speed to a rate not exceeding six knots an hour.

Masters and others in charge of vessels are cautioned accordingly.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Harbour Office, Customs,
Melbourne, 1st November, 1899.
Port Officer.

[No. 25].—PORT PHILLIP BAY.—SYMONDS SPIT BEACON.

Referring to Notice to Mariners dated 16th April, 1890, notice is hereby given that the pile beacon marking the north-east end of the West Middle Sand at the entrance to Symonds Channel, within Port Phillip, has fallen down, and that a 300-gallon cask buoy has been moored to mark such position.

Charts affected: 274B and 1171A.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Harbour Office, Customs,
Melbourne, 6th November, 1899.
Port Officer.

Services of Volunteer Officer retained on the Active List.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th November, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to approve, under paragraph 260, Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the services of

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Leitch Murray, commanding 1st Battalion Infantry Volunteers, “Countess of Ranfurly’s Own,”

being retained for service until he shall have attained the age of sixty-five years.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officers resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 30th November, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to accept the resignations of the commissions held by the under-mentioned officers:—

1st Westland Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Alexander Bertram King.

New Zealand Volunteer Medical Staff.

Surgeon-Captain Murdoch Mackenzie.

Date of resignations, 1st November, 1899.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th December, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the under-mentioned officer:—

Christ College Rifle Volunteers.

Captain Norman Lionel D’Arcy Smith. Date of resignation, 8th October, 1899.

T. THOMPSON.