JUNE 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1349

Notice to Mariners No. 42 of 1901.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 26th June, 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 Geelong.

MARINERS and others are hereby informed that dredging operations will be commenced forthwith at the inner portion of the Hopetoun Channel, and there will be exhibited a basket ball by day, and three red lights in a vertical position by night, from the port or starboard side of the dredger, to indicate the side on which vessels navigating the channel are to pass such dredger.

Brackets and signals will be erected on the channel beacons for dredging purposes only, such brackets projecting towards the channel a distance of 26 ft.

The dredger will be moored at night on the south side of the channel, consequently vessels passing through the channel at night must pass to the northward of the dredger.

Caution.

Mariners and others must pass the dredger at the slowest possible speed, and must stop engines while passing the dredger’s chains.

This affects General Notice to Mariners, Victoria, dated 1st June, 1898, page 71.

Notice to Mariners No. 87, of the 25th instant, is hereby cancelled.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Department of Ports and Harbours, Port Officer.
Melbourne, 27th May, 1901.

Port of Geelong.—Hopetoun Channel.

REFERRING to General Notice to Mariners, Victoria, dated 1st June, 1898, page 71, it is hereby notified that a pile beacon surmounted by a black ball has been erected on the port bank of the Hopetoun Channel, in 12 ft. depth of water, directly opposite No. 6 beacon and in line with black beacons 1, 3, and 5. Such pile beacon is for enabling persons navigating vessels through the channel to steer in mid-channel, and should not be approached by such vessels within 50 ft.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Department of Ports and Harbours, Port Officer.
Melbourne, 30th May, 1901.

Notice to Mariners No. 43 of 1901.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 26th June, 1901.

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

INDIA.
East Coast.—Madras Presidency.
Vakalapudi Light.

NOTICE is hereby given that during the alterations to the Vakalapudi Light it will be extinguished from and after the 15th November, 1901, for a period of one month, and will be re-exhibited on the 15th December, 1901. During the interval a temporary fixed white light will be exhibited from the existing tower.

W. Aves, Commander, R.I.M.,
For Presidency Port Officer.
Presidency Port Office, Madras, 29th April, 1901.

East Coast.—Armeghon.

With reference to this office Notice to Mariners No. 49, of 27th November, 1900, it is notified that the light at Armeghon will be extinguished from and after the 1st February, 1902, for a period of one month, and will be re-exhibited on the 1st March, 1902. During the interval a temporary fixed white light will be exhibited from roof of lightkeepers’ quarters, visible in all directions seaward twelve miles.

W. Aves, Commander, R.I.M.,
For Presidency Port Officer.
Madras, 29th April, 1901.

East Coast.—Pamban.

With reference to this office Notice to Mariners No. 47, of 27th November, 1900, it is notified that the light at Pamban will be extinguished from and after 1st July, 1901, for a period of three months, and will be re-exhibited on 1st October, 1901. During the interval a temporary light will be exhibited from the existing tower, visible in all directions seaward eight miles.

W. Aves, Commander, R.I.M.,
For Presidency Port Officer.
Presidency Port Office, Madras, 29th April, 1901.

East Coast.—Godavari District.
Sacramento Light.

Notice is hereby given that the temporary dioptric port light of the fourth order now exhibited from the mainland opposite the Sacramento Shoal will be extinguished on the 15th April, 1902, and a dioptric white flashing light, giving one flash every five seconds, will be exhibited on the same date from a concrete tower. 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.

W. Aves, Commander, R.I.M.,
For Presidency Port Officer.
Madras, 29th April, 1901.

East Coast.—Godavari District.
Temporary Light at Sacramento Shoal.

With reference to this office Notice to Mariners No. 23, of 20th July, 1895, and No. 18, of 29th April, 1901, it is notified that the temporary light which is exhibited from the mainland opposite the Sacramento Shoal has been removed to a spot 500 yards east of its former position.

W. Aves, Commander, R.I.M.,
For Presidency Port Officer.
Presidency Port Office, Madras, 3rd May, 1901.

West Coast.—Travancore.
Exhibition of New Light at Tangacherri.

Notice is hereby given that a dioptric group flashing white light, giving two flashes every ten seconds, will be exhibited at Tangacherri Point on 1st April, 1902, from a cement grey tower 140 ft. above the sea, and visible in clear weather from a distance of eighteen miles in all directions seaward.

W. Aves, Commander, R.I.M.,
For Presidency Port Officer.
Presidency Port Office, Madras, 29th April, 1901.

East Coast.—Pulicat.

With reference to this office Notice to Mariners No. 48, dated 27th November, 1900, it is notified that the light at Pulicat will be extinguished from and after 1st November, 1901, for a period of one month, and will be re-exhibited on the 1st December, 1901. During the interval a temporary fixed white light will be exhibited from the roof of light-keeper’s quarters, visible in all directions seaward ten miles.

W. Aves, Commander, R.I.M.,
For Presidency Port Officer.
Presidency Port Office, Madras, 29th April, 1901.

West Coast.—Cochin.

With reference to this office Notice to Mariners No. 46, of 27th November, 1900, it is notified that the light at Cochin will be extinguished from and after 1st September, 1901, for a period of four months, and will be re-exhibited on 1st January, 1902. During the interval a temporary light will be exhibited from cabin and mast 40 ft. above sea-level, and visible in all directions seaward eight miles.

W. Aves, Commander, R.I.M.,
For Presidency Port Officer.
Madras, 29th April, 1901.

East Coast.—Masulipatam.

With reference to paragraph 3 of this office Notice to Mariners No. 19, of 26th April, 1898, it is notified that a fixed white light will be exhibited on the 1st July, 1901 (until the arrival of the occulting apparatus), from a white masonry tower on the coast immediately to the northward of the entrance to the Masulipatam River, lat. 16° 9′ N., long. 81° 10′ E. 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.

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

W. Aves, Commander, R.I.M.,
For Presidency Port Officer.
Madras, 29th April, 1901.

East Coast.—Seven Pagodas, or Mahabalipuram.

In this office Notice to Mariners No. 8, of 14th March, 1901—
For lat. 12° 37′ N. read 12° 36′ 50″ N.
For long. 80° 11′ E. read 80° 11′ 30″ E.
For arc of illumination from N.E. through E. to S.S.W. (191° 30′) read “in all directions seaward.”

W. Aves, Commander, R.I.M.,
For Presidency Port Officer.
Presidency Port Office, Madras, 7th May, 1901.