Aug. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1997

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 11th August, 1905.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

Erection of Post-office, Waitotara.

Accepted.

Ashwell and Hamilton, Wanganui .. .. 444 8 3

Declined.

Stewart, A... .. .. 490 0 0
Boon Bros., New Plymouth .. .. 498 5 0
Burrell, A. B., Hawera .. .. 500 0 0
Johns, H. T., Wanganui .. .. 563 0 0
Thompson, A. T., Wanganui .. .. 652 0 0

Notice to Mariners No. 62 of 1905.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 11th August, 1905.

REFERRING to previous Notices to Mariners, No. 37, issued by this Department on the 19th May, 1904, No. 41, on the 9th June, 1905, and No. 58, on the 28th July, 1905, the following, received from the Marine Board Office, Port Adelaide, South Australia, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

South Australia.

Gulf of St. Vincent.—Port Adelaide River.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 20 of 1905, masters of vessels and others are advised that the two white vertical lights mentioned therein have been now placed 11 ft. 9 in. apart, and the two red vertical lights 10 ft. apart, in lieu of the distance mentioned in the notice above alluded to.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide,
22nd July, 1905.

Notice to Mariners No. 63 of 1905.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 15th August, 1905.

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

WM. HALL-JONES.

1012. CEYLON.

SOUTH COAST.—POINT DE GALLE HARBOUR.—WRECK IN ENTRANCE.—Information dated 8th May, 1905, has been received from the Master Attendant at Point de Galla that the wreck of the steamer “Secundra” has sunk in the entrance to the harbour, in a position from which Point de Galle Lighthouse bears N. 40° W. true (N.W. ⅜ N. mag.), distant 1,400 yards, and Watering Point N. 71° E. true (E.N.E. ¼ E. mag.).

A red spherical buoy has been moored at the bow and another at the stern of this wreck.

Approx. position: Lat. 6° 01′ N., long. 80° 13′ E.

1016. CHINA SEA.

GASPAR STRAIT.—GASPAR ISLAND.—CORAL REEF TO NORTH-NORTH-EASTWARD.—Captain J. Findlay, of the American steamship “Mississippi,” reports that on 10th May, 1905, at 10 a.m., his ship passed a coral reef awash in the northern approach to Gaspar Strait, in (approximately) latitude 2° 19′ S., longitude 107° 08′ E.

Hydrographic Office Charts.—Nos. 1500, 854B, 826A, 1170, and 1266. “China Sea Directory,” Vol. i., 1896, page 461.

1050. HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

MAUI ISLAND.—LAHAINA ROADS.—ALTERATION IN BUOYAGE.—On 16th June, 1905, the Lahaina anchorage buoy, painted red, was replaced by a black-and-white perpendicularly striped second-class nun buoy, Territorial type, which was moored in 8⅜ fathoms of water in a position 30 ft. northward of the former position, with the lighthouse bearing N. 56° E. true (N.E. mag.).

This buoy marks the mid-channel entrance to Lahaina roads where anchorage may be had inside of the buoy within the limits of the white sector of the light in not less than 30 ft. of water.

The new Government wharf, white with red roof, has the crown of the roof in the line of bearing N. 56° E. true (N.E. mag.) between the buoy and the light and correctly marks the middle line of the deepest water of the break in the reef.

Hydrographic Office Charts.—Nos. 527, 1216, 1368, and 132. H.O. Publication No. 115, the Hawaiian Islands, &c., 1903, page 86.

1051. HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

MAUI ISLAND.—LAHAINA.—NEW LIGHT EXHIBITED.—On 20th June, 1905, the two fixed white lights with red and green sectors shown from the Government wharf at Lahaina will be discontinued, and a new fixed white lens-lantern light visible 12 miles, with two red sectors visible 7 miles, will be exhibited in its stead.

The new light will be shown at an altitude of 60 ft. above high water from a square pyramidal trestle tower 55 ft. high, with the upper 10 ft. walled in to form a room, painted white with lead-coloured trimmings, located on the eastern end of the Government wharf.

The lantern is displayed in the open air on a box-shaped structure with a rail forming a gallery round it. The white sector marks the anchorage in Lahaina roads and the break in the reef through which the boats land at the Government wharf. The red sectors mark the reef-line, which extends about 300 yards out from the shore-line.

Hydrographic Office Charts.—Nos. 527, 1216, 1368, and 132. H.O. Light List, Vol. i., No. 780. H.O. Publication No. 115, the Hawaiian Islands, &c., 1903, page 86.

Notice to Mariners No. 64 of 1905.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 15th August, 1905.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Board of Trade, London, are published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO, ETC.

RHIO STRAIT.—TERKOLEI ISL. LT.—This lt. (0° 57¼′ N., 104° 20½′ E.) has been altered from F. white to a quick-fl. white 1-. June.

The black can buoy surm. by a cone, prev. moored on the nrn. side of the shoal, 1½ miles south-eastd. from the isl., has been moved to the S.-wrn. side of the shoal, and now lies in approx. 0° 56′ N., 104° 21¼′ E., about 1½ miles S. 34° E. from Terkolei Lt.-h. July.

AUSTRALIA.

SPECIAL WARNING TO MARINERS.—CAUSES OF WRECK AT THE PORT PHILLIP HEADS.—A careful inquiry into the casualties which have occurred at the entr. of Port Phillip has shown that in nearly every case they have taken place in consequence of the vessels either attempting to enter the Heads at night without a pilot, or against a strong ebb stream, which, it must be remembered runs partly athwart the entr. with great force, frequently at the rate of 7 knots, causing a high confused tumbling sea, which in sly. or wly. gales often breaks from pt. to pt. The mariner must not suppose that because he has a fine fair wind outside the Heads he can always force his vessel against the ebb. To this error is attributable the loss of several vessels. The wind, although fresh outside, frequently falls light just as the vessel gets into the tide-ripple between the Heads, when she becomes unmanageable; and even with a strong breeze vessels often sheer athwart the tide, which hereabouts forms a series of strong irregular eddies.

PORT PHILLIP ENTR.—The elec. lt. is occasionally used in connection with defence operations at Port Phillip Heads and S. chan. Should the lt. dazzle any person in charge of a vessel, and so render the passage through the entr. to Port Phillip or through the chan. uncertain and hazardous, he is warned to exh. a blue lt., when the elect. lt. will be disc. until the vessel has passed beyond its influence. Nov.

PORT JACKSON.—The following lts. and fog-sigs. were to be est. in the port: (a.) On 22nd April, 1905, a F. white elec. lt., elev. 22 ft. above H.W., and a fog-bell struck once every 15 secs., est. in a lt.-h. 20 yards S.-erd. from the extr. of Bradley Head. (b.) On 22nd April, 1905, the oil lt. (F. red) in Fort Denison (33° 51½′ S., 151° 13½′ E.) replaced by an elec. lt. of greater brilliancy; and on 6th May the fog-gong replaced by a fog-bell, struck twice in succ. every 30 secs.—stroke, silence 8 secs.; stroke, silence 22 secs. (c.) On 6th May, 1905, a fog-bell struck 3 times in succ. every 30 secs.—stroke, silence 8 secs.; stroke, silence 8 secs.; stroke, silence 14 secs.—est. on Dawes Pt. July.