1770
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 61

EAST COAST. — KYAUCHAU BAY. — TSINGTAU. — YU-NUI-SAN LIGHT. — ADDITIONAL WHITE SECTOR. — The German Government has given notice that the Yu-nui-san light at Tsingtau Harbour has received an additional fixed white sector from S. 1° E. true (S. ⅓ W. W’ly mag.) to S. 4° W. true (S. ⅔ W. mag.) over an arc of 5°. This sector shows clear of the western buoy of Horseshoe Reef.

Approx. position: Lat. 36° 2′ 42″ N., long. 120° 16′ 39″ E.

British Admiralty charts (issued to U.S. vessels): No. 857; H.O. Light List, Vol. ii., No. 132b; China Sea Directory, Vol. iii., 1904, page 529.

EAST COAST. — KYAUCHAU BAY. — BUOYAGE. — The German Government has given notice that the entrance into Great Harbour, Kyauchau Bay, has been marked by two red spar buoys on the starboard side bearing the letters H E / 1 and H E / 3 respectively, and by two black conical buoys on the port side bearing the letters H E / 2 and H E / 4 respectively, which indicate the channel. The buoys are in the following positions:

H E / 1, latitude 36° 5′ 3″ N., longitude 120° 17′ 24″ E.

H E / 3, latitude 36° 5′ 12″ N., longitude 120° 17′ 54″ E.

H E / 2, latitude 36° 5′ 15″ N., longitude 120° 17′ 18″ E.

H E / 4, latitude 36° 5′ 21″ N., longitude 120° 17′ 51″ E.

British Admiralty charts (issued to U.S. vessels): No. 857; China Sea Directory, Vol. iii., 1904, page 530.

WUSUNG RIVER. — INNER BAR LIGHTBUOY REPLACED BY LIGHTBOAT. — Lieutenant C. B. Morgan, U.S. Navy, navigating officer of the U.S.S. “Albany,” reports under date of 30th April, 1904, that river pilots have given information that the Wusung River Inner Bar lightbuoy, painted black and showing a fixed red light, has been replaced by a lightboat showing a fixed red light.

Approx. position: Lat. 31° 21′ 45″ N., long. 121° 30′ E.

(See Notice to Mariners No. 6 (205) of 1904.)

British Admiralty charts (issued to U.S. vessels): Nos. 1199 and 1601; H.O. Light List, Vol. ii., No. 141b; China Sea Directory, Vol. iii., 1904, page 415.

WUSUNG LIGHT. — REPORTED CHANGE IN LIGHT SECTORS. — Lieutenant C. B. Morgan, U.S. Navy, navigating officer of the U.S.S. “Albany,” reports under date of 30th April, 1904, that the present characteristics of the Wusung light, on the left bank of the Wusung River, near Wusung, are red from down the river to S. 62° W. true (S.W. by W. ⅔ W. W’ly mag.), and green from this bearing to the left bank of the Wusung.

There is no white sector in this light.

Approx. position: Lat. 31° 23′ 18″ N., long. 121° 30′ 3″ E.

British Admiralty charts (issued to U.S. vessels): Nos. 1199 and 1601; H.O. Light List, Vol. ii., No. 141; China Sea Directory, Vol. iii., 1904, page 413.

AFRICA.

CAPE COLONY. — TABLE BAY. — BREAKWATER LIGHTHOUSE DESTROYED. — Information dated 7th April, 1904, has been received from the commander at H.B.M. dockyard, Simons Bay, that the lighthouse on the extremity of the breakwater at Table Bay has been washed away.

Although not expressly stated, it is presumed that the fixed green light formerly exhibited from that lighthouse is temporarily shown from some other structure.

Approx. position: Lat. 33° 54′ S., long. 18° 26′ E.

British Admiralty charts (issued to U.S. vessels): No. 123; H.O. Light List, Vol. iii., No. 5; Africa Pilot, Part iii., 1897, page 57; H.O. Publication No. 105, West Coast of Africa, 1893, page 526.

Notice to Mariners No. 56 of 1904.

PILOT-STATION FOR BLUFF HARBOUR AT STIRLING POINT WITHDRAWN.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 18th July, 1904.

THE Bluff Harbour Board has given notice that, as the whole of the piloting-work for that port is now done with the tug, the Board has decided to withdraw the station at Stirling Point as a pilot-station, although the boat will still be retained there for use in cases of emergency.

C. H. MILLS,
Acting Minister of Marine.

Title of “Honourable” to be borne by Mr. Edward Tennyson Conolly.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th July, 1904.

THE following despatch, received from His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

JAS. McGOWAN.

(New Zealand.—Miscellaneous.)

Downing Street, 17th May, 1904.

My Lord,—In reply to your lordship’s despatch (No. 17) of the 18th March, I have the honour to inform you that the King has been pleased to approve of Mr. Edward Tennyson Conolly, late Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, bearing the title of “Honourable” for life within the colony.

I have, &c.,

ALFRED LYTTTELTON.

Governor the Right Hon. the Earl of Ranfurly,
G.C.M.G., &c.

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 15th July, 1904.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is published for general information.

JAS. McGOWAN,
Acting Minister for Public Works.

ADDITIONS TO BARRACKS CONTRACT, OCEAN BEACH BATTERY, DUNEDIN.

Accepted.

France, G., Dunedin £ s. d.
.. .. .. 588 10 0

Declined.

Brundell and Watkins .. .. .. 592 15 0
Lawrence, G. .. .. .. 646 18 0
Lyders, E. .. .. .. 649 7 0
Lambourne, T. and C. .. .. .. 650 19 0
Aburn, A. A. .. .. .. 795 0 0

PENROSE (AUCKLAND) RIFLE RANGE CONTRACT.

Accepted.

Larkin, Jos. .. .. .. £ s. d.
.. .. .. 744 2 4

Declined.

Troyes Bros. .. .. .. 833 14 3
Prendergast, T. .. .. .. 932 0 10
Knight, G. .. .. .. 938 2 8
Wells, Son, and Co. .. .. .. 997 13 1
Mays and Gordon .. .. .. 1,169 10 0
Mathieson, J. G. .. .. .. 1,198 6 0
Magee, Jas. .. .. .. 1,609 11 0

Dunedin City Council’s Abattoir made available for the Purposes of the Boroughs of South Dunedin, Mornington, North-east Valley, and Caversham.—Notice No. 880.

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 Councils of the Boroughs of South Dunedin, Mornington, North-east Valley, and Caversham, been made available for the purposes of the districts comprising the said boroughs, and that the Dunedin City Council is the controlling authority of the said abattoir.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Date of Surveyors’ Examination fixed.

Office of the Surveyors’ Board,
Government Buildings,
Wellington, 14th July, 1904.

THE next examination for surveyors under “The New Zealand Institute of Surveyors and Board of Examiners Act, 1900,” conducted by the Federated Surveyors’ Boards of Australasia and New Zealand, will be held in Wellington, beginning on Tuesday, 20th September, 1904.

C. E. ADAMS,
Secretary, Surveyors’ Board.