Mar. 23.
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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re-erected. It is assumed that the character of the beacon is the same as before--viz., a pyramidal white structure surmounted by two red baskets.

Approx. position: Lat. 52° 28′ 45″ S., long. 69° 22′ 45″ W.

184. MADEIRA ISLAND.

SAN LOURENZO POINT.—FORA ISLAND.—UNRELIABILITY OF LIGHT.—The Portuguese Government has given telegraphic information that the fixed and flashing light on Fora Island, San Lourenzo Point, Madeira, is not to be relied upon. Further notice will be given when the light has resumed its normal characteristics.

185. CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.

BOAVISTA.—BRAZEN HILL BLUFF.—SHOAL SOUTH-EASTWARD.—Information dated 28th December, 1904, has been received from Commander H. E. Greenstreet, of the New Zealand Company’s steamship “Rimutaka,” of the existence of a shoal which breaks on the south-east side of Boavista. It is about 1 mile in extent and is situated (approximately) about 2½ miles S. 58° W. true (W.S.W. ⅓ W. w’ly mag.) from Brazen Hill Bluff.

Approx. position: Lat. 16° 0′ 30″ N., long. 22° 44′ 30″ W.

251. CALIFORNIA.

SAN FRANCISCO HARBOUR.—FOUR-AND-ONE-HALF-FATHOM GAS BUOY.—ALTERATION IN LIGHT.—The Lighthouse Board has given notice that about March 1, 1905, the characteristic of the light on this buoy, about 2,700 ft. eastward of the Pacific Mail Steamship Wharf, San Francisco Bay, will be changed from fixed white to intermittent white every 5 seconds.

253. BRITISH COLUMBIA—WASHINGTON.

SUBMARINE TELEPHONE-CABLE LAID BETWEEN VANCOUVER ISLAND AND THE MAINLAND.—Through the courtesy of Mr. William P. Anderson, Chief Engineer, Department of Marine and Fisheries, Ottawa, Canada, the following advance proof of Canadian Notice to Mariners No. 7 of 1905 is published for the benefit of mariners:—

A submarine telephone-cable has recently been laid across the several channels between Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and the mainland in Washington, United States of America. The parts cross the channels as follows:

From a point in Telegraph Cove near the south-east extreme of Vancouver Island, in latitude 48° 27′ 55″ N., longitude 123° 17′ 11″ W., across Haro Strait on a course N. 45° E. true (N.N.E. mag.), 8·45 miles, to a point in Andrews Bay in latitude 48° 32′ 30″ N., longitude 123° 10′ W., on the west shore of San Juan Island.

From a point on the east shore of San Juan Island north of Friday Harbour, in latitude 48° 33′ 3″ N., longitude 123° 1′ W., across San Juan channel, on a course N. 77° E. true (N.E. ¾ E. e’ly mag.), 1·21 miles, to a point on the south-west shore of Shaw Island in latitude 48° 33′ 15″ N., longitude 122° 59′ 28″ W.

From a point on the north-east shore of Shaw Island in latitude 48° 35′ 3″ N., longitude 122° 55′ 23″ W., across Harney Channel on a course N. 1° W. true (N.N.W. ⅓ W. mag.), 0·542 mile, to a point on the south shore of Orcas Island in latitude 48° 35′ 31″ N., longitude 122° 55′ 23″ W.

From Lawrence Point, the easternmost point of Orcas Island, in latitude 48° 39′ 40″ N., longitude 122° 45′ W., across Rosario Strait on a course N. 48° E. true (N.N.E. ¼ E. mag.), 3·62 miles, to a point on the west shore of Lummi Island in latitude 48° 41′ 43″ N., longitude 122° 41′ 28″ W.

From a point on the east shore of Lummi Island in latitude 48° 42′ 17″ N., longitude 122° 40′ 30″ W., across Hale Passage on a course N. 57° E. true (N.E. by N. mag.), 0·915 mile, to a point on the mainland in latitude 48° 42′ 47″ N., longitude 122° 39′ 28″ W., in Lummi Indian Reservation, Washington, and 7 miles from Whatcom.

The geographical positions and bearings given are approximate.

Each landing is designated by a white monument sign 12 in. wide by 66 in. long, with the word “Cable” in black painted thereon. Mariners are instructed not to anchor in the vicinity of these cables.

Arbor Day.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st March, 1905.

WEDNESDAY, the 12th day of July next, will be observed as a public holiday in the Government offices throughout New Zealand for the celebration of Arbor Day.

In order that the movement may be made as successful as possible, the Government hopes that the Mayors of the various municipalities and Chairmen of local bodies will place the matter prominently before the people of the colony, and do all they can to encourage the planting of public reserves and other available lands, both public and private, with trees suited to the locality.

ALBERT PITT,
For Colonial Secretary.

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 18th March, 1905.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

ERECTI0N OF COURTHOUSE AT BLUFF.

Accepted.
£ s. d.
Walker and Son, John .. .. .. 986 4 0

Declined.
Walker, James .. .. .. 1,090 5 4
Hamilton and Davy .. .. .. 1,350 0 0

Notice of the Laying-off of Road through Waiwhakaata No. 3b, Blocks IX. and X., Pirongia Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting under the authority of section 92 of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” that the road described in the Schedule hereto was, on the 1st December, 1904, duly taken and laid off through the land specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said colony, by Warrant dated 14th October, 1904.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 8 acres and 17 perches, more or less, situated in Blocks IX. and X., Pirongia Survey District, and being a road-line of a width of not less than 100 links, traversing the Waiwhakaata Block No. 6115, the centre-line of which commences at a point on the western boundary of the aforesaid block at a distance of 2073·6 links to the northward of an old peg on the side of the main road, and proceeds easterly generally for a distance of 7989·6 links, more or less, to its intersection by the eastern boundary of the aforesaid block at a point at a distance to the northward of 3169·9 links, more or less, from the south-western angle of Section No. 15: as the same is delineated on a plan marked R. 6367, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured sienna.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and five.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

Notice of the Taking and Laying-off of Road through Ngaurukehu B No. 2a, Maungakaretu Survey District, Wanganui County.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under the authority of section 92 of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” that the road known as Panemango Road, described in the Schedule hereto, was, on the 7th day of September, 1904, duly taken and laid off through the land specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said colony, by Warrant dated the 15th April, 1904.

SCHEDULE.

In the Land District of Wellington; as the said road is delineated on a plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

Dated this 18th day of March, 1905.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.