Oct. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2497

5½ miles N. of a berg in 48° 14½' S., 94° 13' E. Large quantities of small ice were in the vicinity of the large bergs, and several pieces 2 miles from the bergs. On 26th May, passed 2 miles S. of a large berg in 47° 56' S., 109° 16' E.; same day, passed 4 miles N. of a berg 270 ft. high, in 47° 55' S., 111° 44' E. Aug.

From 23rd to 25th June, 1904, the “Turakina” passed about 30 bergs, many very large, one 290 ft. high and ¼ mile long, two 380 ft. and 410 ft. high respectively, and from one to two cables long, in from 48° 7' S., 101° 48' E., to 47° 56' S., 115° 5' E. Sept.

EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO, ETC.

Malacca Strait, &c.

DURIAN STRAIT.—A black lt.-buoy, exh. an occ. white lt., vis. 10 secs., ecl. 10 secs., is moored in approx. 0° 51½' N., 103° 34¼' E., on the S.W. edge of the Middelburg Reef, nrn. entr. to the strait. Sept.

CHINA SEA, ETC.

AMOY HARB.—The following rks. exist in the approach to the harb.: (a.) A rk., carrying 3¾ fms. l.w. springs, in approx. 24° 16' N., 118° 13' E., with the s.-ern. extr. of Chin Ha Pt. N. 87° W. 4⅙ miles, and Chapel Isl. lt. S. 8° E. There may be less water. A further exam. of this rk. will be made. (b.) A small shoal, carrying 4¾ fms. near its wrn. end, with Quemoy Pagoda N. 17° E. 6⅛ miles, and Taitan Lt.-h. N. 47° W. Sept.

PARKER ISLS.—An isolated rk., which dries 2 ft., with deep water around, lies in approx. 30° 46' N., 122° 26' E., in the nrn. part of the Parker Isls., with the nrn. pt. of the isl. (175 ft.) N. of Chesney Isl. N. 81° E. 3 cables, and the n.-wrn. extr. of Raffles Isl. S. 27° W. Sept.

NORTH AMERICA.—WEST COAST.

Washington.

JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT.—A white concrete pyra. beacon, surm. by a black iron staff and ball, the whole 24 ft. high, is est. on Minor Isl., with Smith or Blunt Isl. Lt.-h. (48° 19' N., 122° 51' W.) S.W. ⅜ W. 1 mile. Sept.

A conical buoy, red and black hor., is moored in 6 fms. in approx. 48° 20¾' N., 123° 3¾' W., about 50 ft. N. 8° W. from the 13 ft. head on the Hein or Fonte bank, with Cattle Pt. N. 8° E. 7 miles, and Discovery Isl. lt. N. 80° W. Sept.

A F. white lt., elev. 20 ft., is exh. from an arm on a white post, in 48° 22¾' N., 124° 36¼' W., on a rocky pt. at the n.-wrn. extr. of Waaddah Isl., Nee'ah Bay. Sept.

PUGET SOUND.—A F. white lt., elev. 16 ft. above h.w., is est. on the arm of an unpainted pile, in 47° 27' N., 122° 22¾' W., on the outer end of Pully Pt. Sept.

California.

SAN FRANCISCO HARB.—The fog-bell on the N.W. end of Alcatraz Isl. is again in operation. Sept.

Mexico.

CAPE SAN LUCAS.—In Sept., 1904, a lt.-h., now in course of constr. at the cape Cabo Falso, approx. 22° 53' N., 109° 57' W., is intended to be put in operation. Sept.

Notice to Mariners No. 73 of 1904.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 25th October, 1904.

WITH reference to Notice to Mariners No. 7 of 1904, issued by this Department on the 9th February last, notice is hereby given that the signal mast for the weather-forecast signals has been re-erected at Cape Maria van Diemen, and that the signals as described in Notice to Mariners No. 32 of 1899, and in the “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” are now shown from it, as was done from the old mast.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 24th October, 1904.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

ERECTI0N OF ARMOURY AND STORE, MOUNT COOK DEPOT, WELLINGTON.

Accepted. £ s. d.
Mace and Nicholson, Wellington .. .. 985 0 0

Declined. £ s. d.
Sanders Bros., Wellington .. .. 998 18 0
Humphries, L. S., Wellington .. .. 1,001 11 0
Thompson, W. L., Wellington .. .. 1,020 0 0
Cooper, A., and Son, Wellington .. .. 1,028 0 0
Connon, G., Wellington .. .. 1,034 0 0
Moffatt, J., Wellington .. .. 1,036 10 4
Trevor, James, and Son, Wellington .. .. 1,140 0 0
Howie and Matthews, Wellington .. .. 1,155 0 0
Reynell, E. and A., Wellington .. .. 1,168 13 0
Emeny, W. G., Wellington .. .. 1,190 0 0
Dement, C. H., Wellington .. .. 1,200 0 0
Wakelin, R. A., Wellington .. .. 1,302 10 6

Authorising the Laying-off of Brentwood Avenue, in the Township of Brentwood, of a Width of 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 18th October, 1904.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 2 of “The Towns Main Streets Act, 1902,” I, Thomas Young Duncan, Minister of Lands, do hereby authorise the laying-off of Brentwood Avenue, in the Town of Brentwood, Auckland Land District, of a width of 66 ft., instead of 99 ft. as prescribed by section 17 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Te Makarini Scholarships, held at Te Aute College, Hawke’s Bay.

THREE scholarships of the yearly value of £35, tenable for two years, are offered for competition. One of these scholarships, to be called the senior scholarship, is open to all Maori boys under sixteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination: the other two scholarships are junior scholarships, one of which is open to all Maori boys under fifteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination who have attended a Native school or schools other than Te Aute or St. Stephen’s, and whose attendance at school during the previous year is considered by the Inspector of Native Schools to have been satisfactory; the other is open to Maori boys whose attendance at any school other than Te Aute and St. Stephen’s during the previous year has been similarly satisfactory. The senior scholarship is open to Maori boys on the conditions laid down in the regulations of the Trustees of the Te Makarini Scholarships Fund, as printed in the Native Schools Code, 1897. Candidates for the junior scholarships will be examined in the subjects specified for Standard IV. in the Native Schools Code, 1897. The questions will, however, be somewhat more difficult than those set for the standard examinations. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 12th and 13th of December, 1904.

Candidates must, either directly or through their teachers, send notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education Department, Wellington, of their intention to present themselves for examination. Such notice must be posted so as to reach the Department not later than the 9th of November, 1904.

Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may be obtained from teachers of Native schools and boarding institutions, the Secretaries to Education Boards, or the Secretary for Education, Wellington.

W. W. BIRD,
Inspector of Native Schools.

Wellington, 3rd October, 1904.

Instructress in Domestic Economy for Western Australia.

Education Department,
Wellington, 26th September, 1904.

THE Education Department, Perth, requires the services of an Organizing Instructress in Domestic Economy, Cookery, and Laundry-work. The salary is £230 per annum, which amount covers giving lectures on Saturdays at the Training College.

The successful applicant will be required to take up the work in February next.

Applicants for the position must have good certificates or diplomas in the subjects enumerated above.

Applications, accompanied by original certificates and testimonials, will be received at this office up to 31st October.

Applications are to be marked “Organizing Instructress.”

E. O. GIBBES,
Assistant Secretary for Education.