Jan. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 269

Volunteer Officer resigned.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th January, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the under-mentioned officer:—

Denniston Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant William James Clegg. Date of resignation, 30th November, 1902.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

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Volunteer Officer resigned.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th January, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by the under-mentioned officer:—

Imperial Rifle Volunteers.
Captain William Thomas Charlewood. Date of resignation, 28th October, 1902.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

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Name of Deceased Volunteer Officer erased from New Zealand Army List.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th January, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that the name of the late Lieutenant Roger Kerkham, Dunedin City Rifle Volunteers (accidentally killed), be erased from the New Zealand Army List as from 14th December, 1902.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

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Volunteer Officer promoted.
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Defence Office,
Wellington, 26th January, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under paragraph 63A, Amended Volunteer Regulations, of the following promotion:—

Dunedin Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant John Alexander McMillan to be Captain. Date of commission, 3rd November, 1902.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

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Notice to Mariners No. 5 of 1903.
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Marine Department,
Wellington, 23rd January, 1903.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 6 of 1902, issued by this Department on the 24th January, 1902, the following notice, received from the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, Victoria, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

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VICTORIA.
Point Lonsdale Light.—Port Phillip.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 4, dated 19th December, 1901, it is hereby notified that on and after the 5th January, 1903, the portion of the red occulting light shown from Point Lonsdale Lighthouse, inside Port Phillip, between the bearings of N. 88° W. and S. 78° W., will be altered from red to white.

Mariners navigating the South Channel between Nos. 2 and 6 buoys, and seeing the white light changing to red, will know they are too close to the south side of the channel, and should haul out to the northward to get the white light again.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 22nd December, 1902.

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Notice to Mariners No. 6 of 1903.
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Marine Department,
Wellington, 24th January, 1903.

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

WM. HALL-JONES.

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SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
Spencer Gulf.—Middle Bank Lightship.

Notice is hereby given that during the prevalence of fog or mist a gong will be sounded at the abovementioned lightship for a period of thirty seconds in duration and at intervals of five minutes.

The sound will be audible in ordinary weather for a distance of three miles.

This affects Admiralty Chart 2389B.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board.
Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide,
8th December, 1902.

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Notice to Mariners No. 7 of 1903.
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Marine Department,
Wellington, 26th January, 1903.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, Victoria, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

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VICTORIA.
West Channel.—Port Phillip.

REFERRING to General Notice to Mariners, Victoria, dated the 24th September, 1901, page 69, it is hereby notified that a narrow shoal, about 2 cables long, carrying 15 ft. to 16 ft. at low water, has been located in the West Channel between Nos. 6 and 8 buoys. Such shoal runs almost parallel with the eastern bank of the channel, at about 300 ft. therefrom, and extends 200 ft. westward of an imaginary line drawn through Nos. 6 and 8 buoys, with its southern extremity 1½ cables N. by E. from No. 6 buoy.

Owing to the formation of shallow knolls, and changes in the contour of the banks of the channel generally, mariners are furthermore informed that on the 5th January, 1903, the following buoys will be shifted from their present positions as hereunder:—

No. 1 Royal George gas buoy will be shifted S.E. ½ S. 1 cable.
No. 2 Royal George gas buoy will be shifted W. 100 ft.
No. 6 buoy will be shifted W. 200 ft.
No. 8 buoy will be shifted N. 1½ cables.
No. 12 buoy will be shifted N. by W. 1 cable.
Small black can buoy (now moored S.S.W. 4½ cables from No. 5 buoy) will be shifted E.N.E. 2½ cables, to mark the western side of the channel.
No. 5 buoy will be shifted N.N.E. 6⅔ cables.
No. 7 buoy will be shifted N.E. ½ N. 4 cables.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 22nd December, 1902.

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Notice to Mariners No. 8 of 1903.
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Marine Department,
Wellington, 27th January, 1903.

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

WM. HALL-JONES.

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AFRICA.
East Coast.

DELAGOА BAY. — A beacon, a circular stone pillar about 12 ft. high, and showing 2 ft. or 3 ft. above H.W., is est. in approx. 25° 58⅓′ S., 32° 35′ E., about ¾ cable within the edge of the mud-flat extending from Lorenzo Marques to the srd. with the harb. lt. N. 36° W., 5½ cables, and the E. A. Tel. office flagstaff N. 87° E. Dec.

ZANZIBAR HARB.—A white stone pillar, 15 ft. high, is est. in 6° 11′ S., 39° 12′ E., on the beach to the S.-erd. of Kiungani Mission Station, with the white stone pillar, 36 ft. high, N. 42° E., 1 cable, and Kiungani Mission flagstaff N. 13° W. These 2 pillars in line N. 42° E. lead through the srn. pass between Mtwana and Penfold Rk. buoys. It is proposed to est. a F. white lt. on each of the above beacons. Dec.

EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO, ETC.
Malacca Strait, &c.

EDI RAJUT LT.—In 1903 this F. white lt. (4° 58⅔′ N., 97° 46½′ E.), is to be replaced by a group-fl. white lt. showing 2 fls. in quick succ. every 10 secs., elev. 65 ft. above H.W., R. 13 miles, exh. from a white iron-frame lt.-h. having a white house with red roof at its base. Dec.

LANGKAT RIVER.—In 1903 the F. white lt. (4° 2′ N., 98° 28½′ E.), wrn. side of entr. to the river, is to be altered to