1902
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 86

Notice of Intention to take Land for a Road through Block III., Mangatoro Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” to execute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of a road through Block III., Mangatoro Survey District, and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken; and notice is further given that a plan of the said road and of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the Ngapaeruru Post-office, and is there open for inspection. And notice is hereby given that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land shall, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Lands, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

ROAD THROUGH BLOCK III., MANGATORO DISTRICT.

In the Hawke’s Bay Land District; as the said area is delineated upon the plan marked as above stated, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, thereon coloured as above mentioned.

As witness my hand, this twentieth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and one.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds.—Notice No. 666.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington. 23rd September, 1901.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the under-mentioned local governing bodies have, by special order, declared the plants enumerated opposite the name of each to be “noxious weeds” within the meaning of “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,” in the district under the jurisdiction of each respectively.

Local Bodies. Plants.
Havelock Town Board .. Gorse and broom.
Patea County Council .. Pennyroyal.
Heathcote Road Board .. Dock, burdock, thistles (any species of Carlina, Carduus, Cnicus, Centaurea, and Silybum), lupin, and pennyroyal.

Bruce County Council .. The whole of the plants contained in the Second Schedule of the above-named Act.

Hunua Road Board .. Ditto.
Hamilton Borough Council .. "
Tuapeka County Council .. "

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Notice to Mariners No. 59 of 1901.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 20th September, 1901.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 52 of 1901, issued by this department on the 10th ultimo, the Department of Navigation, Sydney, New South Wales, has notified that the position of the rock therein referred to is distant 5 cables north 50° west from North Evans Reef, the word “north” having been omitted inadvertently from the notice.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Notice to Mariners No. 60 of 1901.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 20th September, 1901.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Board of Trade, London, are published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

CHINA SEA, ETC.

PE CHILI GULF.—SHA-LUI-TIEN (TSAO-FEI-TIEN) ISL. LT.—This lt., prev. F. white, in 38° 55½′ N., 118° 31′ E., has been replaced by a group-fl. white lt., showing two fls. in quick succ. every 20 secs., elev. 51 ft. above H.W., R. 12½ miles. The Lt.-H. has been increased in height to 57 ft. Aug.

NORTH AMERICA.—WEST COAST.

Vancouver Island.

BROTCHY LEDGE.—The F. white lt. prev. exh. from the beacon on Brotchy Ledge (48° 24′ N., 123° 24′ W.), entr. to Victoria Harb., has been replaced by an occ. white elec. lt., vis. 40 secs., ecl. 20 secs.; and an elec. foghorn sounding a blast of 20 secs. dura., with intervals of 40 secs., the horn sounding while the lt. is ecl. and being silent while the lt. is vis., is est. at the beacon. On Sundays from sunrise to sunset the horn will not be sounded owing to the elec. being shut off for overhauling purposes. July.

SIDNEY CHAN.—A black can buoy is moored in 36 ft. in approx. 48° 34′ N., 123° 18′ W., on the ern. edge of the 3¼-fms. shoal, wrd. of Darcy Isl., with Whale Rk. N. 29° W., 13 cables, and nrn. extr. of Darcy Isl. N. 61° E. The black spar buoy, moored 17 cables S. 28° E. from the beacon on the N. pt. of Sidney Isl., has been replaced by a black can buoy moored in 24 ft. on the ern. part of the shoal. The red can buoy marking the wrn. edge of the same shoal, 17 cables S. 18° E. from the above beacon, has been replaced by a red conical buoy moored in 13 fms. The passage between these buoys is unsafe. July.

SIDNEY.—The two red spar buoys, in approx. 48° 39′ N. 123° 24′ W., prev. marking the shoal extending from the coast at Sidney, have been withdrawn. July.

SHUTE PASSAGE.—The red can buoy marking Celia Reef has been replaced by a red conical buoy moored in 9 fms., in approx. 48° 43′ N., 123° 23′ W., about ½ cable S. 6° E. from the reef. July.

A rk. on which the s.s. “Horda” struck in the srn. approach to Captain Passage, Ganges Harb., is a narrow ridge with a least depth of 2 fms. at its wrn. extr., in approx. 48° 49¾′ N., 123° 25′ W., with Nose Pt. N. 23° W., 6¾ cables, and ern. extr. of Chain Isls. S. 79° W. The ern. extr. of this danger is a pinnacle carrying 3 fms., ¾ cable S. 78° E. from the 2-fm. pinnacle, with 6 fms. between these two shoal heads, and 20 to 30 fms. around the rk. A small black buoy is temp. moored in 5 fms. close to, on the ern. side of the 3-fm. head. July.

NANAIMO HARB.—Caution.—The depth between Beacon Rk. and Carpenter Rk., in the harb., is reported not to exceed 9 ft. Mariners are warned to be cautious in using this passage until this report has been confirmed. Aug.

BALLINAC ISL. LT.—Referring to prev. notice, further information has been received that this F. white lt. (49° 20¾′ N., 124° 9½′ W.), is obsc. at intervals by trees from S. 75° E., through S., to S. 21° W., elev. 100 ft. above H.W. (not 77 ft. as prev. stated), R. 16 miles. June.

BALLINAC CHAN.—The rk., now named “Dorcas Rk.,” on which the s.s. “City of Nanaimo” touched in the chan., is ½ cable in extent, carrying from 4 to 16 ft., with deep water close to on all sides; it is marked by kelp, except when the kelp is submerged by strong tides. A black spar buoy is moored in 24 ft., in approx. 49° 19½′ N., 124° 12′ W., on the nrn. side of the rk., with the nrn. extr. of Dorcas Pt. S. 50° E., 4 cables, and nrn. extr. of Gerald Isl. N. 82° E. Note.—The ebb tide in this vicinity was found to set strongly to the W.N.W. Aug.

California.

SAN FRANCISCO HARB.—The rk., carrying 3 fms., in approx. 37° 50′ N., 122° 26½′ W., about ¾ cable S. 68° E. from the former position of Shag Rk., and 3½ cables N. 2° W. from Arch Rk., has been removed, and there is now a depth over it of 30 ft. Aug.

Mare Isl. Strait Shoal Beacon, a pile structure, exh. a F. white lt., is re-est. in 8 ft. water, about 87 yds. N.E. ½ E. from its prev. position, and 200 yds. N.-erd. of the extr. of the shoal. July.

SAN PEDRO BAY.—The breakwater under constr. on the S.-wrn. side of the bay having been extended seaward, the F. red lt. marking its outer end has been moved about 2¾ cables E. by S. ¾ S., and is now est. in 33° 42′ N., 118° 16′ W., with Fermin Pt. Lt.-H. W. by S., 1¾ miles. From the wrn. end of the breakwater a trestle extends to the shore. July.

Notice to Mariners No. 61 of 1901.

WEATHER SIGNALS, NUGGET POINT.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 23rd September, 1901.

NOTICE is hereby given that cone-and-drum weather signals, similar to those now in use at Cape Maria van Diemen, Tiritiri, Cape Campbell, and Farewell Spit lighthouses, which were described in Notice to Mariners No. 38, of the 9th September, 1899, will be exhibited from the flagstaff at Nugget Point Lighthouse on and after the 15th October, 1901.

WM. HALL-JONES.