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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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No. 2591. New Zealand, South Isl., sheet xiv., River Waiau to Cape Foulwind; plan Greymouth Harb. added. June.

No. 1999. New Zealand, South Isl., Banks Penin., Ports Lyttelton and Levy, and Pigeon Bay. June.

PACIFIC OCEAN.

ADMIRALTY CHART that has received large corrections:—
No. 1490. N. Pacific, Sandwich Isl., harbs. and anchorages; plan Kaanapali anchorage added. June.

NORTH AMERICA.—WEST COAST.

Washington.

JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT.—On 30th June, 1904, a white concrete pyra. beacon surm. by a black iron staff and ball, the whole 24 ft. high, was to be est. on Minor Isl., with Smith or Blunt Isl. Lt.-h. (48° 19′ N., 122° 51′ W.) S.W. ⅞ W. 1 mile. Aug.

Notice to Mariners No. 65 of 1904.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 10th September, 1904.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Hydrographic Office, Washington, D.C., United States of America, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

CANARY ISLANDS.

TENERIFE — SANTA CRUZ — HYDROGRAPHIC INFORMATION.—Lieutenant G. W. Logan, U.S. Navy, navigating officer of the U.S.S. “Castine,” has furnished the following hydrographic information concerning the Harbour of Santa Cruz, Canary Islands:—

BREAKWATERS.—The main breakwater is not completed as represented on H.O. chart No. 1621, but ends at a point from which Fort San Pedro bears (approximately) S. 68° W. true (W. ⅓ S. magnetic).

A section of about 100 yards immediately beyond the present termination was destroyed by the sea, and lies completely submerged, but almost awash at low water, with its outer end marked by a black-and-white vertically striped buoy, from which a red lantern is shown at night. About 250 yards beyond this buoy on the line of prolongation of the breakwater is a buoy, painted with red-and-white vertical stripes, from which also a red light is shown at night. This outer buoy carries a small bell, which, however, it is difficult to see or hear. The outer buoy marks the proposed extremity of the breakwater. Some dumping has been done on the line of buoys, and vessels should not pass between them.

There are two short transverse breakwaters. The one shown on H.O. chart No. 1621, just to the southward and westward of Fort San Miguel, is known as the Old Harbour-works Breakwater.

The one shown abreast Valle Seco is called the New Harbour-works Breakwater, and its further extension is contemplated, but is not at present in progress. This breakwater appears to be charted about 200 yards too far to northward and eastward.

WHARVES.—The wharf extending out from the coal depot, which lies immediately to northward and eastward of Bar-ranco Almeida, belongs to the Tenerife Coaling Company, and may be identified from the name of that company, which is painted in conspicuous letters on the seaward face of the northward of the two buildings. From the end of this wharf a fixed green lantern light is shown at night by the company.

The wharf on H.O. chart No. 1621 to the northward and eastward of Fort San Miguel, and marked “Tenerife Coaling Company’s Wharf,” does not exist. The wharf making out from a group of buildings at the foot of Valle Seco belongs to Hamilton and Co.’s coal depot.

LANDMARKS.—Two large square towers in the town are visible from a long distance, being far more conspicuous than any other of the various buildings that appear on closer view. They are marked respectively “San Francisco” and “Concepcion” on the chart. The ship-yard shown on H.O. chart No. 1621 is of no assistance as a landmark, as there are various places along the beach where vessels may be hauled up.

Fort del’Altura is situated on the flat summit of a bluff peak upwards of 600 ft. in height. It is marked by a pole carrying telephone and telegraph wires, which looks like a signal-staff; also, on its southern side, by a small house with corrugated-iron roof. From a closer view the old wall may be seen. The beacon which it was proposed to erect on the site of this fort does not exist.

A little to the northward of Fort San Miguel, near the position marked “Quarry,” are two conspicuous white conical chimneys of a limekiln.

LIGHTS.—The harbour light located on H.O. chart No. 1621 in the water is really shown from a tower on the mole, being situated at the elbow of the mole about 25 yards to the eastward of the position assigned to it on the chart. It shows a fixed white light.

The fixed red light represented on the chart farther out on the breakwater is no longer shown from this position, its purpose being now filled by a lighted buoy.

BUOYS.—Two light-buoys mark the prolongation of the breakwater. No bell buoy exists in the position shown on H.O. chart No. 1621.

RELIABILITY OF CHART.—There seems to be reason to question the accuracy of the topography of H.O. chart No. 1621, as bearings do not plot satisfactorily.

Since, however, there are no outlying dangers, it will be sufficient to avoid the extremity of the breakwater by means of the buoys, and beyond that to be governed by the lead, remembering that inside of 15 fathoms the bottom is very steep, and the water shoals rapidly toward the shore.

MODIFIED DESCRIPTION OF TOWN.—Rear-Admiral F. E. Chadwick, U.S. Navy, Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. South Atlantic squadron, calls attention, in a letter to the Hon. Secretary of the Navy, dated the 16th July, 1904, to paragraph at top of page 113, H.O. Publication No. 102, The Azores, Madeiras, &c., 1898.

The Admiral states as follows:—

The paragraph at the top of page 113 describing Santa Cruz gives a wholly wrong impression. The aspect of the town is not “gloomy”; the heat is not “oppressive”; the town is not “stuck against a wall of black, perpendicular rocks.” It is, in fact, a remarkably picturesque and attractive small city.

Notice to Mariners No. 66 of 1904.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 13th September, 1904.

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

WM. HALL-JONES.

VICTORIA.

Port Phillip Heads and South Channel.—Electric Light.

It is hereby notified for general information that in connection with defence operations at Port Phillip Heads and South Channel the electric light is occasionally used.

Should the light be so powerful as to dazzle any person in charge of a vessel, and so render the passage through the entrance to Port Phillip or through the channel uncertain and hazardous, he is warned to exhibit a blue light, when the use of the electric light will be discontinued until the vessel has passed beyond its influence.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

Melbourne, 20th August, 1904.

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 8th September, 1904.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

AUCKLAND HOSPITAL FOR MENTAL DISEASES.—ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS CONTRACT.

Accepted.
£ s. d.
Morris, E., Auckland .. .. .. 6,095 0 0

Declined.
Hutchison, L. W. E., Auckland .. .. 6,279 0 0
Guthrie and Colborne, Auckland .. .. 6,560 1 0

Revised Regulations for the Entry of Naval Cadets who are Candidates for Commissions as Executive and Engineer Officers of the British Navy and Officers of the Royal Marines.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th September, 1904.

REVISED regulations with respect to the entry of naval cadets who are candidates for commissions as executive and engineer officers of the navy and officers of the Royal Marines, received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, are republished for general information.