Nov. 10.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

2707

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th November, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

No. 16, Quartermaster-Sergeant JOHN ARTHUR BURNSIDE, Otago Hussar Volunteers,

he having a total efficient service to 29th February, 1904, entitling him thereto of twenty-one years and thirty-eight days.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th November, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

No. 246, Sergeant-major WILLIAM JOHN HUGHES, 3rd Battalion Wellington Rifle Volunteers,

he having a total efficient service to 24th October, 1904, entitling him thereto of twenty years two months and twenty days.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th November, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

No. 77, Sergeant JOHN LANGHAM, Irish Rifle Volunteers (Wanganui),

he having a total efficient service to 29th February, 1904, entitling him thereto of twenty years five months and twenty-seven days.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th November, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the award of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal to

No. 68, Private ALEXANDER MCDONALD, North Dunedin Rifle Volunteers,

he having a total efficient service to 29th February, 1904, entitling him thereto of twenty years one month and twelve days.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Trustees, Lyttelton Drill-shed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th November, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the appointment of

Lieutenant-Colonel ARTHUR BAUCHOP, C.M.G., New Zealand Militia, Officer Commanding Canterbury District;

Captain (Acting-Major) HERBERT STANLEY HEWLETT, Divisional Staff, New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers;

Captain WILLIAM PATRICK WALL, Officer Commanding Lyttelton Detachment New Zealand Permanent Force;

Captain CHARLES GEORGE CURTIS, Officer Commanding No. 5 Company New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers (Lyttelton Naval Artillery Volunteers);

Captain JOSEPH THOMAS BRICE, Officer Commanding No. 7 Company New Zealand Garrison Artillery Volunteers (N Battery),

as Trustees of the Lyttelton Drill-shed, situated on Section 97, Lyttelton Tunnel Railway Reserve, in terms of “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act, 1888,” “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Trustees Validation Act, 1890,” “Defence Act, 1886,” “Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900,” and regulations thereunder (Volunteer Regulations, 1895, Nos. 239 to 243).

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

Notice to Mariners No. 75 of 1904.

REPORTED ERROR IN POSITION OF ISLANDS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 5th November, 1904.

SUB-LIEUTENANT F. A. WORSLEY, R.N.R., lately commanding the schooner “Countess of Ranfurly,” reports that some of the positions given in the Admiralty charts of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, notably Manuai and Mauki, are considerably in error, though more correctly placed on the French charts, which are also more accurate than the British charts in regard to the Cook Islands.

He gives the following as the result of his observations:—

• French charts, 158° 58′ W.; British charts, 158° 43′ W.
  † Lieutenant Johnson, R.N., 1891, 157° 14′ W.
  ‡ Surveyor Hazard, 1903, latitude 19° 1′ S.
  § Approx. to 2 miles.
  || Captain Bollons, Government s.s. “Hinemoa,” 178° 25′ W.
  ¶ Approx. to 3 miles.

Beveridge Reef is awash and about 6 miles long. The enclosed lagoon is deep in the central and northern, and shallow in the southern, portion, and has an apparently clear passage on the W.N.W. side.

Off the N.W. point of Manuai there is a safe anchorage, with offshore or light winds, in 9 to 12 fathoms water; copra-shed bearing S.E. by S., and end of reef bearing N.E. This anchorage is from 1 to 1½ cables off the reef. The schooner “Countess of Ranfurly” has used this anchorage on several occasions.

The height of Te Atu Kura, the highest point of Rarotonga, is calculated by N. M. Connal, Government Surveyor, at 2,110 ft., instead of 2,920 ft. as previously given, and he also makes the height of Ikurangi to be 1,600 ft.