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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 1

Notice to Mariners No. 89 of 1902.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 18th December, 1902.

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

WM. HALL-JONES.

NEW ZEALAND.

AUCKLAND.—TIME SIG.—A black ball is dropped automatically from the yardarm of the Port Office flagstaff (approx. 36° 50′ 44″ S., 174° 45′ 52″ E.) at Auckland, at noon, New Zealand standard M.T., corresponding to 0h.9m.3·5s. p.m. local M.T., or 0h.30m.0s. a.m. Gr. M.T. The ball is hoisted close up as a preparatory sig. at 11h.55m. a.m., and any error that may occur in the time of dropping is published in the local newspapers the following day. The sig. is made daily, Sundays and public holidays excepted. Nov.

NORTH AMERICA.—WEST COAST.

British Columbia.

QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND.—The following rks. lie in the Sound: 1. A rk., carrying less than 6 ft., and marked by kelp, in approx. 51° 03⅓′ N., 127° 41⅓′ W., in Sealed Passage, with the ern. extr. of Reid Isl. S.81° E., 6 cables, and Middle Rk. N.38° E. 2. A rk., which occasionally breaks, but over which the depth has not yet been determined, in approx. 50° 58⅔′ N., 127° 33′ W., in N. Chan., with the S.-ern. islet of the Southgate group N.15° W., 3⅔ cables, and the summit of Annie Rk. N.75° E. 3. A rk., carrying 2½ fms., in approx. 50° 59′ N., 127° 32⅔′ W., in N. Chan., with the S.-ern. islet of the Southgate group N.31° W., 2¼ cables, and the summit of Annie Rk. N.85° E. Nov.

Vancouver Island.

CLAYOQUOT SOUND.—The following rks. lie in Browning Passage: 1. A rocky bank, carrying 2½ fms., in approx. 49° 9½′ N., 125° 53½′ W., extends about 70 yds. off the N.-ern. coast of the Middle Isl. in the narrows at the wrn. entr. to the passage. Immediately outside of it the depth is 6 fms. 2. A shoal, usually marked by kelp, carrying 3 ft., in approx. 49° 8¼′ N., 12° 52¼′ W., extends off the S. shore of the passage. Its outer end lies with the house on Guinard Pt. N.73° E., 6 cables, and the W. extr. of the isl. N.W. of that pt. N.4° W. Outside the water deepens quickly to 5 fms. 3. A rk., carrying less than 6 ft., lies in approx. 49° 9¼′ N., 125° 53½′ W., with the E. extr. of the srn. of the 3 isls. in the narrows of the passage N.87° W., 1½ cables, and the E. extr. of the ern. isl. N.14° E. A spar buoy, black and red hor., is moored close to the rk. Nov.

California.

SAN FRANCISCO HARB.—Alcatraz Isl. lt. (37° 49′ N., 122° 25′ W.) has been altered from F. white to a fl. white lt., every 15 secs. Nov.

The fog-bell on the S.E. extr. of Alcatraz Isl. is again in operation. Oct.

ARGUELLO PT. LT.-H.—On 17th November, 1902, the fog-siren at this lt.-h. (34° 34′ N., 120° 39′ W.) is to be replaced by a fog-whistle sounding blasts of 2 secs. dura. separated by intervals of 28 secs. Nov.

Notice to Mariners No. 90 of 1902.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 19th December, 1902.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Chief Harbourmaster, Fremantle, Western Australia, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.—WEST COAST.

It is hereby notified that an uncharted shoal, on which the sea breaks heavily, has been found to exist in lat. 28° 6′ south, long. 113° 30′ east, about 13 miles north 22° west of North Island.

Chart affected: No. 1056, Cape Cuvier to Champion Bay.

Also an uncharted shoal has been reported, on which the sea breaks, in lat. 28° 48′ south, long. 114° 10′ east (pos. approx.).

Chart affected: No. 1723, Houtman Rocks.

C. J. IRVINE,
Chief Harbourmaster.

Harbourmaster’s Office,
Fremantle, 25th November, 1902.

Notice to Mariners No. 91 of 1902.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1902.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Hydrographic Office, Washington, D.C., United States of America, are published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

CALIFORNIA.

(1774.) FORT ROSS COVE APPROACH—SUNKEN ROCK REPORTED.—Information has been received of the existence of a sunken rock, which breaks only during heavy weather, and which lies in the approach to Fort Ross Cove about 1⅔ miles S.27° E. true (S.E. ⅓ S. mag.) from the southern extremity of the point on the north-west side of the entrance to that cove, and about 1 mile off shore.

Approximate geographical position: Latitude, 38° 28′ 55″ N.; longitude, 123° 14′ W.

As little as 13 ft. at about half tide has been reported over the rock, and, as it only breaks in heavy weather, it is thought to be of very small extent—probably a pinnacle or bayonet rock.

The locality will be carefully examined when opportunity offers.

(1837.) SAN FRANCISCO BAY—BUOYS ESTABLISHED.—November 10, 1902, a first-class nun buoy, painted red and black in horizontal stripes, was established in 11 fathoms of water to mark the 4½-fathom spot 1,520 ft. eastward of the Pacific Mail Steamship Wharf, San Francisco, California. The buoy is located on the following bearings:—

Yerba Buena Lighthouse, N.34° E. true (N. by E. ½ E. mag.).

Oakland Harbour Lighthouse, N.72° E. true (N.E. ⅔ E. mag.).

Alcatraz Lighthouse, N.41° W. true (N.W. by W. ⅓ W. mag.).

Also, on the same date, a first-class nun buoy, painted red and black in horizontal stripes, was established in 10½ fathoms of water to mark the 4½-fathom spot 2,700 yards eastward of the Pacific Mail Steamship Wharf, San Francisco Bay, California. The buoy is located on the following bearings:—

Yerba Buena Lighthouse, N.27° E. true (N. ⅔ E. mag.).

Oakland Harbour Lighthouse, N.69° E. true (N.E. ⅝ E. mag.).

Alcatraz Lighthouse, N.42° W. true (N.W. by W. ¼ W. mag.).

(See Notice to Mariners No. 43 (1611) of 1902.)

Notice to Mariners No. 92 of 1902.

BUOY SHIFTED—WELLINGTON HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 22nd December, 1902.

NOTICE is hereby given that the red buoy which was mentioned in Notice to Mariners No. 86 of 1902, issued by this Department on the 9th December, as having been placed 6½ cables S.S.E. of Hope Shoal buoy has been shifted to a position 9 cables south (magnetic) of the Hope Shoal buoy. The buoy is in 33½ ft. of water at L.W.O.S.

The following angles were observed from the buoy by sextant:—

Between Somes Island Lighthouse and Kau Point Rock, 43° 3′.

Between Kau Point Rock and Steeple Rock, 99° 18′.

Between Steeple Rock and Pencarrow, 37° 20′.

The position of the buoy is also determined by the following bearings:—

Somes Island Lighthouse, N.10° W.

Kau Point Rock, N.53° W.

Steeple Rock, S.28° W.

The water deepens very rapidly on the western side of the buoy, and it will be quite safe for deep-draught vessels to pass to the westward of this buoy, and of the Hope Shoal buoy about half a cable distant, until well north of the Falcon Shoal extension, when all danger of touching will have passed.

Charts. &c., affected: Admiralty chart No. 1423; “New Zealand Pilot,” 7th edition, Chap. v., pages 167 to 176.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration of Boundaries of Borough of St. Albans, County of Selwyn.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th December, 1902.

PURSUANT to section 176 of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that a petition has been presented to him praying that the area described in the Schedule hereto may