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117° 12' E. Banda Reef has therefore been expunged from the Admiralty charts. April.

China.

HONG KONG HARB.—Works for the extension of the dockyard have been commenced, and the following two dolphins have been est., and buoys withdrawn: a. The ern. dolphin lies with Murray pier head S. 82° W., 880 ft., and dockyard sheers S. 3° W. b. The wrn. dolphin lies with Murray pier head S. 31° W., 380 ft., and dockyard sheers S. 33° E. Approx. position, 22° 17' N., 114° 9¾' E. A small F. red lt. is exh. from each of these dolphins. Sandpiper and No. 12 buoys, moored about 1⅓ and ⅔ of a cable respectively nrd. of Murray pier head, have both been withdrawn. Also, a dredger lies sunk about 400 ft. N. 34° W. from Murray pier head. April.

RIVER MIN.—A rk., carrying a least depth of about 5 ft L.W. springs, lies in approx. 26° 5' N., 119° 31' E., nrd. of Tintao, with Red Peak S. 66° W., 2 cables, and Kaulin Head S. 56° E. There is another rk. between the above and the wrn. bank of the river. Feb.

PE CHILI GULF.—SHA-LUI-TIEN (TSAO-FEI-TIEN) ISL. LT.—About April, 1901, this lt., F. white, in 38° 56' N., 118° 31' E., is to be replaced by a group-fl. white lt., showing 2 fls. in quick succ. every 20 secs. April.

Formosa.

PAKSA PT.—A Lt.-H. is in course of constr. on Paksa Pt. (25° 2' N., 121° 3' E.), from which it is stated a rev. red and white lt. every 10 secs., elev. 121 ft. above H.W., R. 18 miles, is to be exh. Further notice will be given when the precise details are known, no information as to this lt. having yet been received from the Japanese authorities, but an unauthorised report states that it is already lit. April.

PACIFIC OCEAN.

Caroline Islands.

SUK OR PULUSUK, POZOAT.—The following information has been received respecting the reefs and tides in the vicinity of these isls.: a. The Susanne Reef, in approx. 6° 55' N., 149° 15' E., Pulusuk Isl., and the shoal reported in 1886, are connected together by a bank carrying 12 fms. or less. The tide is said to run strongly over this bank, the flood setting to the erd., and the ebb to the wrd. b. The Uranie Bank, in approx. 7° 22' N., 149° 25' E., is said to be connected to Pozoat Isl. c. A bank, now called Hitchfield Bank, 4 or 5 miles in diam., carrying 11 fms. or less, was passed over in 7° 46' N., 149° 42' E. March.

GRAY FEATHER BANK.—A sounding of 5 fms. has been obtained in approx. 8° 10' N., 148° 45' E., on the Gray Feather Bank; also, a sounding of 24 fms. in 8° 40' N., 149° 2' E., and that depth was continued until 8° 10' N., 149° 17' E., when there was no btm. at 30 fms. It seems not improbable that the Gray Feather Bank is of considerable extent, and that the depth of 5 fms. was obtained on a patch near its edge. April.

Notice to Mariners No. 32 of 1901.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 13th May, 1901.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Portmaster, Brisbane, Queensland, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

NORTH BARNARD LIGHT.

In future the light exhibited from North Barnard Island will be fixed white instead of the group flashing light previously shown.

The light is visible fourteen miles in clear weather between the bearings of approximately N. ¼ E. and S.E. ¼ E. Chart affected, No. 2349; and Australia Directory, Vol. ii.

T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster.

Marine Department,
Brisbane, 11th April, 1901.

Militia Officers promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 10th May, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following promotions:—

New Zealand Militia.

Major Thomas Jowsey to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
Lieutenant Kindersley Camillo Montague Lewin to be Captain.

Promotions to date from the 9th May, 1901.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Defence.

Militia Officer promoted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th May, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following promotion:—

New Zealand Militia.

Lieutenant Charles Leslie Sommerville to be Captain.

Date of commission, 10th May, 1901.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Defence.

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 Nelson.

The warehouse known as

Buxton’s Bond,

as appointed and described in Commissioner’s Order No. 168, of the 15th day of September, 1882.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this eighth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and one.

C. H. MILLS,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Commissioner’s Order No. 657.]

Potatoes affected with Scab prohibited from landing in New South Wales.—Notice No. 642.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, N.Z., 13th May, 1901.

IT is hereby notified for public information that a communication has been received from the New South Wales Department of Agriculture stating that potatoes found on arrival to be affected with scab will be condemned, and will not be permitted to be landed in that colony.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Land in Marlborough subject to “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900.”

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 7th May, 1901.

PURSUANT to the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” I hereby notify that the under-mentioned Crown land, being part of the land known as the Waipapa Small Grazing-runs, which has been acquired under the said Act, is subject to the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Marlborough Land District, containing by admeasurement 3,648 acres, more or less, being Sections Nos. 88 and 89, Block II., Nos. 13, 63, 64, 83 to 87, 90, and 91, Block VI., part of original Native Reserve A, Block X., Nos. 5, 10, 11, 12, 65, and 82, Block XI., all in Puhipuhi Survey District; as the same is delineated upon the plan marked S.G. 21195, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged with blue.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Lands.

Land in Canterbury subject to “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900.”

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 7th May, 1901.

PURSUANT to the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” I hereby notify that the under-mentioned Crown land, being the land known as the Kohika Settlement, which has been acquired under the said Act, is subject to the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing 2,135 acres 3 roods 6 perches, more or less, being Rural Sections Nos. 15164, 15165, 15181, 15182, 15183, 16385, 17658, 17659, 18019, 18391, 20845, 24584, 31136, 33753, and part of