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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 19

20th day of December, 1902, as appoints the several sums to be paid to the county funds for the licensing of vehicles has this day been approved by His Excellency the Governor.

C. H. MILLS,
For Colonial Secretary.

Notice to Mariners No. 15 of 1903.

POSITION OF MCKENZIE CAIRN, SOUTH OF MOERAKI LIGHTHOUSE.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 2nd March, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that a memorial cairn in the shape of a beacon has been erected on Pukelvitai Hill, about five miles S. 24° W. of Moeraki Lighthouse, and strangers navigating this part of the coast must not mistake this for Moeraki Lighthouse. Owing to the much higher altitude of the memorial cairn it is seen from seaward in the daytime at a much greater distance off than Moeraki Lighthouse, and consequently is picked up before the lighthouse is seen. The cairn can easily be recognised from the fact that it is built on a peak, and appears right on the sky-line with no background behind it, whereas the Moeraki Lighthouse is built on a low hill, and has all the higher land behind it as a background. The height of Pukelvitai Hill is 741 ft. and the cairn 58 ft., giving a total height above the sea of 799 ft. Position of cairn to correspond with the present coast charts—lat. 45° 28′ 7″ S., and long. 170° 48′ 45″ E.; or, as derived from the latest determination of Mount Cook Observatory, lat. 45° 27′ 46″ S., and long. 170° 47′ 28″ E.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Notice to Mariners No. 16 of 1903.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1903.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 12 of 1903, issued by this Department on the 13th February, 1903, the following notice, received from the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, Victoria, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

VICTORIA.

Port Phillip Bay.—Gellibrand Light-vessel.

REFERRING to Notices to Mariners Nos. 49 and 50, dated 7th and 12th instant respectively, it is hereby notified for general information that the Gellibrand Light-vessel has now been replaced in position.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 29th January, 1903.

Notice to Mariners No. 17 of 1903.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 6th March, 1903.

THE following corrections to the New Zealand Nautical Almanac for 1903, issued by this Department, are published for general information:—

Page 122, fifth line below “Wellington to Napier” should read, Te Kaukau to Flat Point (N. 50° W. 7 miles), true course N. 55½° E., magnetic course N. 40° E.

Page 123, second line below “Onehunga to Kaipara” should read, North Head Lighthouse to North Head White Beacon, true course N. 28½° W., magnetic course N. 43° W.

Page 124, second line below “Lyttelton to Oamaru” should read, distance 119·5 miles.

Page 124, third line below “Lyttelton to Oamaru” should read, distance 150·2 miles.

Page 124, fourth line below “Port Chalmers to Bluff” should read, Nugget Point (N. 63° W. 5 miles) instead of (S. 63° W. 5 miles) as printed.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Notice to Mariners No. 18 of 1903.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 6th March, 1903.

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

WM. HALL-JONES.

INNER ROUTE TO TORRES STRAITS.

Notice is hereby given that Captain Michael (Torres Straits pilot) reports the existence of a shoal, on which the sea was breaking heavily, in the following approximate position:—

North Reef Lighthouse S. 39° E., distant nineteen miles. As the above position is near the track of steamers between North Reef and High Peak Island, masters are cautioned to keep a good look-out in this locality.

Chart affected: No. 346; Australia Directory, Vol. ii.

JOHN MACKAY,
Portmaster.
Marine Department, Brisbane, 17th February, 1903.

Notice to Mariners No. 19 of 1903.

ASTROLABE ROADS, TASMAN BAY.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 9th March, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the buoy marking Hapuka Reef, Astrolabe Roads, which was notified to have disappeared, has been replaced in position.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Notice to Mariners No. 20 of 1903.

BUOYS IN POVERTY BAY, OFF GISBORNE.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 11th March, 1903.

THE Gisborne Harbour Board have notified that the buoy to the southward of Tomoana and other pinnacle rocks, moored on bearings Pah Hill N. 65° E. and Flagstaff N. 4° E., and the other buoy to N.W. of these rocks, have been painted black; these buoys being on the port hand when coming in on the line of leading-beacons. The Waihora Rock buoy is red on starboard hand.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty charts Nos. 1663 and 2527; “New Zealand Pilot,” 7th edition, Chap. iv., pages 149 to 151.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds in the Borough of Carterton, and in Taieri County.—Notice No. 757.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1903.

IT is hereby notified for public information that the undermentioned local governing bodies have, by special order, declared the plants enumerated opposite 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.
Carterton Borough Council.. Gorse, broom, ragwort, and ox-eye daisy.
Taieri County Council .. Bathurst burr, broom, giant burdock, gorse, hakea, and ragwort or ragweed.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Hokitika Savings-bank Balance-sheet for 1902.

RECEIPTS and Payments of the Hokitika Savings-bank for the Year ending 31st December, 1902.

Approved.

RANFURLY, Governor.
—/3/1903.

RECEIPTS.
£ s. d.
Cash in bank on 31st December, 1901—
On fixed deposit .. .. .. 1,653 0 0
On open account .. .. .. 1,601 13 3
Amount lodged by depositors .. .. .. 10,935 13 5
Interest credited during year .. .. .. 33 5 4
Interest credited, 31st December, 1902 .. .. .. 670 13 6
Interest on mortgages .. .. .. 1,088 3 3
Interest from banks on deposits .. .. .. 97 10 4
Interest on New Zealand Government debentures .. .. .. 77 18 0
Interest on Hokitika Borough debentures .. .. .. 18 18 0
Mortgages repaid .. .. .. 4,141 8 0

£20,322 3 1

PAYMENTS.
£ s. d.
Repaid depositors .. .. .. 7,310 18 6
Interest credited depositors .. .. .. 703 18 10
Charges .. .. .. 209 9 3
Invested on mortgage .. .. .. 6,363 9 1
Cash in Bank of New Zealand on fixed deposit .. .. .. 750 0 0
Cash in Bank of New South Wales on fixed deposit .. .. .. 906 3 7