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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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PACIFIC OCEAN.
New Guinea.

GEELVINK BAY.—A shoal, carrying 3 fms., lies in approx. 2° 4′ S., 134° 17′ E., in the chan. between Moeswar and the mainland, with the S. pt. of Ramandiri N. 81° W. 8 miles, and Wairundi N. 27° E. Nov.

KUMAMBA ISLS.—The following reefs are reported to exist off the isls. :—1. A reef, carrying 3 fms., in approx. 1° 37′ S., 138° 42½′ E., Srd. of Liki. 2. A reef, carrying 10 fms., in approx. 1° 39′ S., 138° 45′ E., N.-wrd. of Lamsutu (Nirumoar) Isl. 3. A reef, steep-to, in approx. 1° 41′ S., 138° 48′ E., extending about one mile to the Erd. from the E. coast of Lamsutu Isl. Nov.

IRIS BAY.—A reef, named Salean Segara, carrying 2 fms., rock, sand, and coral, is reported to exist in approx. 2° 20½′ S., 140° 10′ E., about 2 miles from the coast near Iris Bay. Nov.

LUSANCAY ISLS.—The following dangers are reported to exist S.-wrd. of the isls. :—1. A sandbank with low trees on its Ern. end, now called Rothwell Bank, S. 55° W. 21 miles from Nauria Isl. (approx. 8° 34′ S., 150° 18′ E.). 2. A small islet, N. 87° W. 12 miles from the same isl. 3. A shoal patch, S. 58° W. 10½ miles from the isl. 4. A shoal patch, S. 63° W. 7 miles from the isl. 5. A shoal patch, S. 69° W. 3 miles from the isl. The above positions are only approx., as their dist. from the vessel when passing them was estimated. Nov.

SOUTH AMERICA.
East Coast.

BAHIA BLANCA LT.-V.—On 17th Oct., 1903, this lt.-v. (39° 10′ S., 61° 38′ W.) was wrecked, and has been replaced by the Argentine man-of-war De Mayo. Nov.

RIO DE LA PLATA.—MONTEVIDEO.—The armoured vessel ‘El Plata,” white, with one yellow mast and funnel, exh. a f. white lt., elev. 56 ft., r. 10 miles, is temp. moored in approx. 34° 57½′ S., 57° 16½′ W., 2¾ cables N. 52° W. from the wrks. of the s.ss. “Vera” and “Alacrity,” and 14½ miles N. 73° E. from Embudo Pt. Mariners are cautioned not to pass within 3 cables of the lt.-v. This vessel will eventually be replaced by a perm. lt.-v. to be named “Faro Intermediario.” Also, with reference to Admiralty Notice to Mariners No. 355 of 1903: The Chico Bank red lt.-buoy, exh. a f. red lt., is moored in approx. 34° 57½′ S., 57° 23′ W., about 9 miles N. 65° E. from Embudo Pt.

Notice to Mariners No. 90 of 1903.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 31st December, 1903.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Hydrographer to the Admiralty, London, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN.

Ice reported eastward of Falkland Islands.

RECENT reports show that during the months of July and August numerous icebergs have been seen between the parallels of 47° and 54° south latitude and the meridians of 46° and 55° west longitude.

It is now nearly ten years since ice was reported in this locality in any considerable quantity, but during the years 1892 and 1893 large masses of ice were continuously met with hereabouts, and it seems not impossible that icebergs may be encountered more frequently than usual to the eastward and north-eastward of the Falkland Islands during the next year or two.

Mariners are warned accordingly.

This notice affects the following Admiralty chart: Ice Chart of the Southern Hemisphere, No. 1241.

By command of their Lordships.

W. J. L. WHARTON,
Hydrographer.

Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London,
17th November, 1903.

Notice to Mariners No. 91 of 1903.

SUNKEN ROCK OFF WHARARIKI POINT, NEAR EAST CAPE, NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 31st December, 1903.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 49 of 1902, issued by this Department on the 19th July, 1902, respecting the position of a rock on which the ss. “Tutanekai” touched while at anchor, Commander W. P. Dawson, R.N., of H.M.S. “Penguin,” reports that a least depth of 8 ft. was obtained on a rock off Wharariki Point in latitude 37° 48′ 15″ S. and longitude 178° 29′ 10″ E. (approximately), East Island summit bearing N. 19° E., distant 9⁷⁄₁₀ miles; and that it is probable that this is the same rock on which the “Tutanekai” struck and reported.

Bearings magnetic. Admiralty charts, &c., affected: Nos. 1212 and 2527; N.Z. Pilot, 7th edition, 1901, page 146.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Notice to Mariners No. 92 of 1903.

BANKS OFF EAST CAPE, EAST COAST, NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 31st December, 1903.

COMMANDER W. P. Dawson, R.N., of H.M.S. “Penguin,” now engaged in surveying the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, reports the discovery off East Cape, in latitude 37° 33′ 10″ S. and longitude 178° 54′ 20″ E. (approximately), of a circular bank, 1³⁄₁₀ miles in diameter, with general depths over it of from 20 to 30 fathoms. From the least depth (14 fathoms) East Island summit bears S. 50½° W., distant 16²⁄₁₀ miles.

A second circular bank, ½ mile in diameter, was also discovered S. 5° E., 2⁴⁄₁₀ miles from the first, with general depths over it of from 25 to 30 fathoms, and a least depth of 22 fathoms.

Very strong tide-rips were experienced over these banks.

Bearings magnetic. Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty charts Nos. 1212 and 2527; N.Z. Pilot, 7th edition, 1901, page 144.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Arrest of British Seamen Deserters in Japan, and of Japanese Seamen in British Dominions.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 31st December, 1903.

THE following circular despatch, received from the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

(Circular.)

Downing Street, 19th October, 1903.

SIR,—With reference to my predecessor’s circular despatch of the 30th of May, 1898, covering an Order of the Queen in Council applying section 238 of “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,” to the case of Japan, I have the honour to transmit to you, for publication in the colony under your Government, copies of an Order in Council of the 9th instant repealing the Order in Council of the 19th of May, 1898, and providing for the apprehension of deserters from Japanese ships.

I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient humble servant,

ALFRED LYTTLETON.

The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 9th day of October, 1903.

Present:

THE KING’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by subsection (1) of section 238 of “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,” it is provided that, where it appears to His Majesty that due facilities are or will be given by the Government of any foreign country for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British merchant ships in that country, His Majesty may, by Order in Council stating that such facilities are or will be given, declare that that section shall apply in the case of such foreign country, subject to any limitations, conditions, and qualifications contained in the Order:

And whereas it appears to His Majesty that due facilities are given by the Government of Japan for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British merchant ships in that country :

And whereas Her late Majesty Queen Victoria was pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, on the 19th day of May, 1898, to apply the provision of section 238 of “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,” in the case of Japan:

And whereas since the date of the above-mentioned Order in Council the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation entered into by Her late Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, and His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, dated the 16th day of July, 1894, has been brought into operation in accordance with the provision of Article XXI, thereof :