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and 1½ cables broad, with a least depth of 7 fms., in approx. 15° 23½′ S., 166° 34′ E., with Cape Lisburn S. 48° E., 19 miles, and peak (2,950 ft.) on the coast N. 48° E. The water was a little discoloured, and the sea broke slightly over this bank. A reef about 4 miles S.-wrd. of the above, marked P.D. on the Admiralty Chart, was reported by H.M.S. “Conflict” in 1876, a sounding of 9 fms. having been obtained on it in approx. 15° 24′ S., 166° 30′ E., but since that time H.M.S. “Wallaroo” has passed over this position on 3 occasions without obser. any indic. of this danger; it is therefore assumed that the shoal reported by the “Conflict” is identical with that now fixed by the “Phoebe.” Jan.

NORTH AMERICA.—WEST COAST.
British Columbia.

SEAFORTH CHAN.—A rk., now named Wellington Rk., on which the s.s. “Wellington” struck in Sept., 1902, of small extent, not marked by kelp, carrying 18 ft. L.W. springs, with 15 to 20 fms. around, lies in approx. 52° 12½′ N., 128° 10½′ W., with the S.-wrn. Regatta Rk. N. 3° W., 6 cables, and White Stone S. 82° W. A white conical beacon, surm. by a ball, elev. 25 ft. above H.W., is est. on the S.-wrn.-most of the 2 Regatta Rks. A white square beacon, surm. by a drum, elev. 40 ft. above H.W., is est. on White Stone, 12 cables S. 50° W. from Regatta Rk. beacon. Jan.

Vancouver Island.

COLBURNE PASSAGE.—The following rks. lie in the passage:—1. A rk., carrying 2¾ fms., with the S. extr. of Pym Isl. (48° 42¼′ N., 123° 23½′ W.) S. 84° W., 3 cables, and the W. extr. of Coal Isl. S. 9° W. 2. A rk., carrying 3 fms., with the W. extr. of Coal Isl. S. 5° W., 2¼ cables, and the S. extr. of Knapp Isl. S. 79° W. 3. A rk., carrying 3 fms., with the W. extr. of Coal Isl. S. 30° E., 2¼ cables, and the S. extr. of Knapp Isl. S. 82° W. 4. A rk., carrying 3½ fms., with Yellow Islet N. 43° E., 4 cables, in the position of the 4-fm. patch marked on the charts. Jan.

PORTIER PASS.—On 15th Nov., 1902, 2 F. white leading-lts. were to be est. on the wrn. end of Galiano Isl. The front lt., elev. 23 ft. above H.W., R. 9 miles, exh. from a square white wooden tower, 24 ft. high, in approx. 49° 1′ N., 123° 35′ W., about 20 yds. within Race Pt. The rear lt., elev. 36 ft. above H.W., R. 11 miles, exh. from a square white wooden tower, 31 ft. high, close to the beacon on Virago Pt., or 2 cables S. 7° E. from the front lt. These 2 lts. in line S. 7° E. lead through the nrn. entr. into Portier Pass. Jan.

Washington.

TATOOSH ISL.—On 1st Dec., 1902, a sig. station, from which sigs. with International flags can be made, for transmission from and to all parts of the world, was to be est. at “Tatoosh Isl., Washington.” Vessels desiring to be reported should, when within 10 miles of the station (48° 23′ N., 124° 45′ W., ½ mile N.W. of Cape Flattery, entr. to Juan de Fuca Strait), display flags denoting their names. Jan.

California.

SAN FRANCISCO HARB.—On 20th Jan., 1903, a lt.-buoy, red and black hor., exh. an occ. white lt., vis. 10 secs., ecl. 10 secs., is to replace the can buoy, in 26 ft., marking the middle of Presidio Shoal, on the srn. side of the entr., inside the Golden Gate, with Alcatraz lt.-h. N.E. ⅚ E., and Fort Pt. lt.-h. S.W. by W. ½ W. Also, on same date, a lt.-buoy, red and black hor., exh. a F. white lt., is to replace the can buoy, in 29 ft., marking the Blossom Rk., with Fort Pt. lt.-h. S.W. by W. ¹³⁄₁₈ W., and Alcatraz lt.-h. W. ⅞ N. Jan.

On 17th Jan., 1903, Fort Pt. lt., F. & fl., in 37° 48′ N., 122° 29′ W., S. side of entr. to the harb., is to be disc., and a F. red over a F. white lt. are to be exh. until 22nd Jan., when they are to be replaced by a perm. fl. lt. showing red and white fls. alt., with intervals of 5 secs. between the fls. Jan.

Two shoal-heads, carrying 4¾ and 4½ fms., lie respectively about 4½ and 6 cables S.-erd. from Rincon Pt.: both shoals are marked by conical buoys, red and black hor., one buoy on the 4¾ fms. patch, moored in 11 fms., with Yerba Buena lt.-h. (37° 48½′ N., 122° 21½′ W.) N. 18° E., 14½ cables, and Alcatraz lt.-h. N. 57° W., and the other on the 4½ fms. patch, in 10½ fms., with Yerba Buena lt.-h. N. 11° E., 14¼ cables, and Alcatraz lt.-h. N. 58° W. The 2 prev. buoys marking shoals near these positions have been expunged from the chart. Jan.

ARGUELLO PT. LT.H.—The fog-siren at this lt.-h. (34° 34½′ N., 120° 38¾′ W.) has been replaced by a fog-whistle sounding blasts of 2 secs. dura. separated by intervals of 28 secs. Jan.

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Notice to Mariners No. 14 of 1903.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 24th February, 1903.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Hydrographic Office, Washington, D.C., United States of America, is published for general information.
WM. HALL-JONES.

AFRICA.

(174.) EAST COAST.—DELAGOA BAY.—REUBEN POINT.—LIGHT- BUOY ESTABLISHED.—CUTFIELD SHOAL MARKED BY BEACON.—W. Stanley Hollis, Esq., U.S. Consul at Lorenzo Marquez, forwards the following information:—

The cylindrical red buoy which marked the bank that extends south-south-eastward from Ponta Vermelha (Reuben Point) has been replaced, in the same position, by another cylindrical buoy of the same colour, but much larger, and surmounted by a fixed green light, visible for three miles, mounted in an iron basket on top of the said buoy.

Vessels, after passing this buoy, should continue well along the course marked by the two beacons on the Catembe side of the Rio Espirito Santo (English River) until the port has been well opened out, in order to pass clear of the Machaquene Bank, which has extended toward the south.

A triangular wooden beacon, painted white, has been erected on the top of Cutfield Hill to mark the Cutfield Shoal, 26 miles northward of Inyack Island.

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Notice of Intention to take Land for a Road through Sub-divisional Lots 1, 2, 3, 84, 85, 96, and 97 of Original Allotment No. 7, Parish of Waipareira, Block II., Titirangi Survey District.

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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 Subdivisional Lots 1, 2, 3, 84, 85, 96, and 97 of Original Allotment No. 7, Parish of Waipareira, Block II., Titirangi Survey District, and for the purposes of such public work the lands described in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken; and notice is further given that the plan of the said road and of the lands so required to be taken is deposited in the Henderson Post-office, County of Waitemata, Auckland Land District, 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 lands shall, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such lands, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing within forty days from the first publication of this notice to the Minister for Public Works, Wellington.

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SCHEDULE.

All in the Auckland Land District: as the said areas are delineated upon the plan marked as above stated, deposited in the Post-office at Henderson, County of Waitemata, in the Auckland Land District, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of February, one thousand nine hundred and three.
C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Lands.

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Notice as to Day for closing under “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894.”

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WHEREAS the local authorities respectively mentioned in the first column of the Schedule hereto have duly notified to me that the days upon which the shops in their respective districts shall be closed, pursuant to the provisions of “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894,” are the days set opposite their respective names in the second column of the said Schedule:

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by the said Act, I, William Hall-Jones, acting for and on behalf of the Minister of Labour, do hereby appoint that the said respective days shall be the days upon which all shops in the said respective districts shall be closed.

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SCHEDULE.

Clyde (Wairoa) . . . Wednesday.
Devonport . . . "
Otautau . . . "
Wanganui . . . Thursday.
WM. HALL-JONES.
For Minister of Labour.