Sept. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2101

black conical buoy, surm. by staff and ball, moored in 6½ fms., in approx. 24° 26′ N., 118° 4⅓′ E., ¼ cable erd. of the rk., with Cornwallis stone N. 64° E. 3¼ cables. Vessels should pass to the erd. of this buoy. The prev. information received, that this buoy marked the Impérieuse Rk., is therefore erroneous. Also, a pinnacle rk., carrying 15 ft. at L.W., exists about 50 yds. n.-erd. of Impérieuse Rk., with Cornwallis stone N. 67° E. 4 cables. Aug.

Shanghai.—Tsungming Crossing W. spit buoy, and E. entr. buoy, have each been replaced by a lt.-buoy exh. an occ. white lt., vis. 4 secs., ecl. 2 secs.—the former red and black vert., moored with Chung Pao Sha quarantine beacon (31° 26⅓′ N., 121° 31′ E.), S. 44° E. 2¹⁄₁₀ miles, and Cupola S. 69° W.; and the latter black, moored with Chung Pao Sha quarantine beacon S. 61° W. 5⁴⁄₁₅ miles, and the Two Trees N.W. The present direction of Tsungming Crossing is about N. 80° E. and S. 80° W., the least depth at its ern. end being 3¼ fms. and at its wrn. end 4¼ fms. at L.W. The nrn. edge of Tsungming Bank is marked by 2 black buoys placed at equal dists. between the E. entr. lt.-buoy and the W. spit buoy. Also, Harvey Pt. Chan. S.E. spit buoy, in approx. 31° 36′ N., 121° 18′ E., about 4⅔ miles to the wrd. of Pien Tan Sha beacon, has been replaced by a lt.-buoy, black, exh. an occ. white lt., vis. 4 secs., ecl. 2 secs. Aug.

Shantung.—Kyau Chau Approach.—On 16th May, 1903, fog explosives, giving one report every 10 mins., were to be provis. est. on Tcha Lien Tau (35° 53½′ N., 120° 53′ E.), and on the srn. extr. of Itis Penin. (36° 2½′ N., 120° 22′ E.). At Itis Penin., if the fog sigs. of vessels under way are heard, the charge will be fired every 5 mins. until the vessels have passed. Aug.

SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN.

Falkland Isls. — Port Egmont. — The following dangers exist in the approach to the port: (a.) A rk. in approx. 51° 12¼′ S., 59° 59¾′ W., vis. between the rollers, on which the sea broke furiously at least one mile N. 81° E. from the ern.-most of the Port Egmont cays. (b.) Two kelp patches were passed through to the nrd. of Mount Harston, Saunders Isl., in the following approx. positions as obtained by cross bearings: One in 51° 14′ S., 60° 17½′ W., and the other in 51° 13¾′ S., 60° 14′ W. Aug.

Notice to Mariners No. 68 of 1903.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1903.

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.

(1732) CALIFORNIA.

San Francisco Bay Entrance.—Bonita Point Light-station.—Fog Signal to be moved.—On or about the 25th August, 1903, the fog signal at this station, located on the westernmost extremity of Bonita Point, sea-coast of California, and on the northern side of the entrance to San Francisco Bay, will be moved to and established in the structure recently erected on the extreme end of Bonito Point, 335 ft. S., 79° W. true (S.W. by W. ⅔ W. W’ly mag.) from its present position, and 65 ft. N., 87° W. true (W.S.W. ¾ W. mag.) from the lighthouse. The new structure is 13 ft. lower than the lighthouse and 90 ft. above the water.

The structure is of brick, whitewashed, with red roof and a whitewashed brick chimney in rear of the lighthouse.

No change will be made in the charisteristic of the fog signal.

(1733) CALIFORNIA.

Humboldt Bay.—Increased Depth over Bar.—Through the courtesy of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, a copy of a recent survey of the entrance to Humboldt Bay has been received. The survey shows a channel 31 ft. deep at mean low water and 250 ft. in width over the bar, and this channel depth exceeds by about 3 ft. that shown by a previous survey of 1899, made just after the jetties had been completed. The middle of the narrowest part of the channel is about 250 ft. north-east of the line indicated by the Humboldt Bay range beacon lights, and is about ⁸⁄₁₀ mile distant from the front range beacon.

The line marked by the range beacon lights on the South Jetty passes over the point of shoal on the south side of the channel, carrying a depth of 29 ft.

To carry best water, vessels entering should pass about 250 ft. north-eastward of the line indicated by the range beacons until abreast the outer ends of the jetties, when the line marked by the range beacons should be followed.

Notice to Mariners No. 69 of 1903.

TELEGRAPH-CABLE, NORTH SHORE TO RIPA ISLAND, LYTTLETON HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 22nd September, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that a telegraph-cable has been laid across Lyttelton Harbour from Battery Point. north shore, to Ripa Island on south shore. The line of cable has been marked by three prominent white pillars: one just inside Battery Point, north shore, and two (one above the other) just inside Ripa Island on south shore. Masters of vessels are cautioned against anchoring in the vicinity of this line.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Notice to Mariners No. 70 of 1903.

NELSON HARBOUR.—REMOVAL OF BUOY, BOLTON HOLE.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 22nd September, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that, owing to changes in the harbour rendering it of no use, the Bolton Hole Buoy, Nelson Harbour, has been permanently removed.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 2185; “New Zealand Pilot,” 7th edition, Chapter vi., page 222.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 15th September, 1903.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the undermentioned persons:—

J. G. WARD.

Government Offices to be closed on 14th October (Labour Day).

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th September, 1903.

THE Government Offices throughout New Zealand will be closed on Wednesday, 14th October, 1903, being Labour Day.

J. G. WARD.

Dunedin City Council’s Abattoir made available for the Purposes of the Borough of Port Chalmers.—Notice No. 814.

IN pursuance of section 15, subsection 6 (a), of “The Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1900,” it is hereby notified that the abattoir established by the Dunedin City Council for the district comprising the City of Dunedin has, by agreement between the said City Council and the Council of the Borough of Port Chalmers, been made available for the purposes of the district comprising the said borough, and that the Dunedin City Council is the controlling authority of the said abattoir.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of September, one thousand nine hundred and three.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.