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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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ance with “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” and “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900”:

“That this Board doth declare the following plant, included in the Second Schedule of ‘The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,’ to be a noxious weed within the boundaries of the Waiuku District—Gorse (Ulex europæus); such special order to take effect from the date of its publication in the New Zealand Gazette.”

WILLIAM J. KING,
Clerk, Waiuku Road Board.

Waiuku, 2nd March, 1901.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly made on the 22nd day of February, 1901, and confirmed on the 30th day of March, 1901, and is in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

WILLIAM J. KING,
Clerk, Waiuku Road Board.

Waiuku, 27th April, 1901.

Cancellation of Permissive License to form Artificial Oyster-beds in Porirua Harbour.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 7th May, 1901.

IT is hereby notified that the permissive license, under “The Sea-fisheries Act, 1894,” to form and plant artificial oyster-beds within the portion of Porirua Harbour therein described, granted to Edward Holroyd Beere, of Wellington, civil engineer, on the 17th day of December, 1894, is hereby cancelled.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Notice to Mariners No. 26 of 1901.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 2nd May, 1901.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 6 of 1901, published by this department on the 4th February, 1901, the following Notice, received from the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, South Australia, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—APPROACH TO SPENCER GULF AND INVESTIGATOR STRAIT.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 1 of 1901, mariners are hereby informed that the proposed light on the South Neptune Island will in all probability, as previously advised, be exhibited about October, 1901. The structure will be made of braced wrought iron, painted red, and situated on the highest point of the most southern island, in lat. 85° 20′ 10″ S., long. 136° 6′ 45″ (approx.). The light is to be of the second order, revolving once in fifty seconds, and showing all round the horizon a group of three white flashes at intervals of ten seconds and an eclipse of thirty seconds. Its focal plane will be 179 ft. above high-water mark, and it will be visible from a vessel’s deck for a distance of about twenty miles in clear weather. The cottages and stores, which will be built on the north side of the island, are to be composed of granite with roofs of red tiles, and will not be visible from the southern side.

This affects Admiralty Chart No. 2389.

THOS. N. STEPHENS,
President Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 4th April, 1901.

Notice to Mariners No. 27 of 1901.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 2nd May, 1901.

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

WM. HALL-JONES.

VICTORIA.

PORT OF PORT PHILLIP.—POINT GELLIBRAND LIGHT-VESSEL.

REFERRING to General Notice to Mariners, Victoria, dated 1st June, 1898, page 78, and to Notice to Mariners No. 32, dated 10th March, 1900, it is hereby notified that on or about the 22nd day of May, 1901, Point Gellibrand Light-vessel will be removed for repairs, and that a gas buoy with a fixed red light will be temporarily moored in position thereof.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 30th March, 1901.

WEST CHANNEL, PORT PHILLIP.

REFERRING to General Notice to Mariners, Victoria, dated 1st June, 1898, page 67, notice is hereby given that knolls have formed in the west channel, between Nos. 5 and 8 buoys, the depth of water over such knolls being 17 ft. 3 in. at low water. These knolls are about 400 ft. to 500 ft. off No. 8 buoy.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 2nd April, 1901.

PORT OF APOLLO BAY.

REFERRING to General Notice to Mariners, Victoria, dated 1st June, 1898, page 55, mariners and others are hereby notified that a 300-gallon iron mooring-buoy has been moored in 14 ft. depth of water in Apollo Bay, at a position 50 fathoms distant N. ½ E. from the end of the new jetty.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 3rd April, 1901.

Notice to Mariners No. 28 of 1901.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 6th May, 1901.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 23 of 1901, published by this department on the 18th April, 1901, the following notice, received from the Portmaster, Brisbane, Queensland, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

WESTERN APPROACH TO TORRES STRAIT.—PROUDFOOT SHOAL LIGHTSHIP.

Notice is hereby given that the Proudfoot Shoal Lightship has been removed in a position approximately two miles south-west from the Proudfoot Shoal.

Chart affected: No. 2354; and Australia Directory, Vol. ii.

T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster.

Marine Department, Brisbane,
12th April, 1901.

Notice to Mariners No. 29 of 1901.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 6th May, 1901.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Presidency Port Officer, Madras, are published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

INDIA.—EAST COAST.—KRISTNA LIGHT.

WITH reference to this office Notice No. 19, of 26th April, 1898, it is notified that the double-flashing white light referred to in paragraph 1 thereof will, on and after the 1st May, 1901, be exhibited from a masonry tower on the Golconda Coast, between False Point Divi and Point Divi—latitude 15° 47′ N., longitude 80° 59′ E. 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 white light now displayed on Point Divi will be discontinued, but its tower will be maintained as a landmark.

THOS. G. R. FINNY,
Commander, R.I.M.,
Presidency Port Officer.

Presidency Port Office, Madras, 14th March, 1901.

INDIA.—WEST COAST.—SOUTH CANARA.—KAPH LIGHT.

WITH reference to this office Notice No. 18, of 26th April, 1898, it is notified that the triple-flashing white light referred to in paragraph 1 thereof will, on and after the 1st June, 1901, be exhibited from a masonry tower on a rock near to the Kaph ruined battery—latitude 13° 13′ N., longitude 74° 44′ E. 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.

THOS. G. R. FINNY,
Commander, R.I.M.,
Presidency Port Officer.

Presidency Port Office, Madras, 14th March, 1901.

INDIA.—EAST COAST.—SEVEN PAGODAS, OR MAHABALIPURAM.

WITH reference to this office Notice No. 43, of 12th November, 1900, it is hereby notified that the triple-flashing white light referred to will, on and after the 1st July, 1901, be exhibited from a masonry tower on a rock at Seven Pagodas, or Mahabalipuram—latitude 12° 37′ N., longitude 80° 11′ E. The light will be 134·99 ft. above the sea, and will be