1822
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 65

It shows a group of six occultations of about 3½ seconds separated by light of about 5 seconds and followed by light of about 14 seconds duration.

T. G. R. FINNY, Commander, R.I.M.,
Presidency Port Officer.

Presidency Port Office, Madras, 15th June, 1903.

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Cannanore Light—Character altered.

With reference to this office Notice to Mariners No. 15 of 1903, it is hereby notified that the alteration to the light at Cannanore as described therein was carried out and the light exhibited on the 1st July, 1903.

The light shows a group of four occultations of about 5½ seconds separated by light of about 6 seconds and followed by light of about 20 seconds duration.

T. G. R. FINNY, Commander, R.I.M.,
Presidency Port Officer.

Presidency Port Office, Madras, 1st July, 1903.

These notices affect the following Admiralty charts: India (sheet 2), West Coast, Vengurla to Cape Comorin, No. 827; and India, West Coast, Viziadrug to Cochin with the Laccadive Archipelago, No. 2737.

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Notice to Mariners No. 55 of 1903.

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Marine Department,
Wellington, 14th August, 1903.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 22 of 1903, issued by this Department on the 20th March last, the following notice, received from the Presidency Port Officer, Madras, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

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INDIA—EAST COAST.

Negapatam Light—Character altered.

With reference to this office Notices to Mariners No. 68 of 1902 and No. 2 of 1903, it is hereby notified that the alteration to the light at Negapatam as described therein was carried out, and the light exhibited on the 1st July, 1903.

The light shows a group of four occultations of about 4½ seconds separated by light of about 7 seconds and followed by light of about 21 seconds duration.

T. G. R. FINNY, Commander, R.I.M.,
Presidency Port Officer.

Presidency Port Office, Madras, 1st July, 1903.

This notice affects the following Admiralty charts: Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, No. 70; also Bay of Bengal, West Coast, Coast of Coromandel, sheet IV., Madras to Point Calimere, No. 71; and India (sheet 3), East Coast, Cape Comorin to Cocanada, No. 828.

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Notice to Mariners No. 56 of 1903.

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ESTABLISHMENT OF TELEGRAPH-OFFICE AND REFUGE FOR SHIPWRECKED PERSONS AT CABO DE LAS VIRGENES, PATAGONIA.

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Marine Department,
Wellington, 17th August, 1903.

THE following extract from a communication received by the Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington, from the Director, International Bureau of Telegraphic Administration, Berne, is published for the information of mariners.

WM. HALL-JONES.

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EXTRACT FROM LETTER FROM DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF TELEGRAPHIC ADMINISTRATIONS, BERNE, TO THE SECRETARY, GENERAL POST OFFICE, WELLINGTON.

Berne, 1st March, 1903.

THE Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs of the Argentine Republic, in communicating the opening to public service of a telegraph-office at Cabo de las Virgenes, situated at the extremity of the Patagonian territory, states that this point of communication is the most southerly of the American Continent and of the world.

He indicates at the same time that a refuge for shipwrecked has been attached to the telegraph-office, an institution almost indispensable in those latitudes, where navigation is very dangerous and shipwrecks are unhappily very frequent. These seas are crossed annually by more than four thousand vessels of all nationalities, Cabo de las Virgenes being at the immediate entry of the Straits of Magellan.

This point will therefore in future be, owing to the installation of this telegraph-office, and with the necessary rapidity, in direct communication with the entire world, the said cape being accessible to all the vessels which follow that route, either for entering the straits or going outwards to south in order to double Cape Horn.

The great facility for correspondence, and the altogether exceptional geographical situation, have led the General Argentine Direction to the idea of establishing there the refuge mentioned above, and, beyond its humane object, will find itself in communication with all the calling-ports of vessels in distress, with the principal commercial places, and even with the families of the shipwrecked.

The Argentine Republic begs us to call the attention of the offices of the Union to the great utility of the refuge of the shipwrecked, as well as of the advantageous conditions in which the telegraph-office of Cabo de las Virgenes finds itself, which we do with great pleasure, for we can but applaud the generous impulse which actuated the Argentine Administration to the creation of the office and the refuge attached thereto.

E. FREY,
Le Directeur.

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Notice to Mariners No. 57 of 1903.

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Marine Department,
Wellington, 17th August, 1903.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

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SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—GULF ST. VINCENT.—PORT ADELAIDE RIVER.

In consequence of the Light’s Passage harbour-works being now in progress, the following alterations will be made on or about the 20th August next:—

No. 1 leading beacon and No. 2 light beacon will be removed altogether. In lieu thereof two beacons showing green lights will be placed on the North Bank, one near the present reflecting beacon and the other opposite the present No. 1 white light.

Two light beacons (both red) will be placed on the North Bank, which, when in line, will lead through the cutting to the bend.

Two beacons, having white lights, will be placed on the South Bank, which, when in line, will show the bend in the channel.

Sailing directions: To enter the river pass the occulting buoy at a distance of about 50 ft., and steer between the white light on a pile abreast of the old lighthouse and the first green light, which is placed between the reflecting beacon and the cutting, on a N.E. by E. course, passing the second green light at a similar distance until the new lead on the North Bank (now No. 1 lead) comes in line. Keep them in line until the two lights on the South Bank are in line, then steer for No. 3 as before.

This affects Admiralty Chart No. 1750.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 25th July, 1903.

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Public-school Cadet Companies, Detachments, and Battalions recognised.

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Education Department,
Wellington, 18th August, 1903.

THE undermentioned public-school cadet companies, detachments, and battalions are recognised under the regulations published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 15th May, 1902:—

Auckland Education District.

The Huntly Public School Cadet Detachment.

Wanganui Education District.

The First Wanganui Public School Cadet Battalion, with the following officers:—

John E. Vernon, rector of the College Street (Palmerton North) District High School, to command the battalion;

William H. McLean (commanding the Feilding District High School Cadets) to be Adjutant; and

Charles W. Liggins (of the Jackeytown School) to be Quartermaster.

The No. 3 Company Wanganui District High School Cadets.

The No. 2 Company Woodville Public School Cadets.

Wellington Education District.

The Wairarapa Public School Cadet Battalion, with the following officers:—

Henry A. Parkinson (commanding the Greytown Public School Cadets) to command the battalion;